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Hasting Hill cursus and causewayed enclosure

📷 Alex McGregor · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦93+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Black-headed Gull and Moorhen
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦93+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Black-headed Gull and Moorhen
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

6 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Black-headed Gull, Moorhen, Jackdaw +90 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Black-headed Gull, Moorhen, Jackdaw +90 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Snowberry, Ramsons, Common Reed +8 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Snowberry, Ramsons, Common Reed +8 more · last seen 2026

Free

Foraging

Good match

Plants — Ramsons, White Dead-nettle, Blackthorn +2 more foraging species

Varies

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Syrphus, Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi · last seen 2026; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Syrphus, Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Weardale WayWalking route124 km

Named routeLength 124 kmRegional walking route

King Charles III England Coast Path: North Gare to South BentsWalking route

Named routeRef England Coast PathNational walking route

Way of LearningWalking route61 km

Named routeLength 61 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route

Tyne and Wear Heritage Way Section 7Walking route15.2 km

Named routeLength 15.2 kmRegional walking route

Bede's WayWalking route19 km

Route linking linking the twin Anglo-Saxon monasteries of St Peter’s in Wearmouth and St Paul’s in Jarrow

Named routeLength 19 kmPoint-to-pointLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

100 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Walney to Wear Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRef 70National Cycle Network

EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 5Cycling route

Named routeRef EV12International cycle route

NCN 1 Seaham alternativeCycling route

Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network

NCN 1 Tees to TyneCycling route

Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network

Route 7Cycling route

Named routeRef 7National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route217 m

Named routeRef 7Length 217 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

24,985 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

24,985 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds40 species

winter

2026

Jackdaw · Coot · Mallard · Moorhen · Magpie +35

JackdawColoeus monedula
CootFulica atra
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
MagpiePica pica
Mute SwanCygnus olor
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
GadwallMareca strepera
Greylag GooseAnser anser
BlackbirdTurdus merula
RobinErithacus rubecula
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Great TitParus major
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
PochardAythya ferina2025
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025

🐝

Insects2 species

winterspring

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Syrphus

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
SyrphusSyrphus

🌿

Plants4 species

winter

2026

Ramsons · Snowberry · Common Reed · Holly

RamsonsAllium ursinum
SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus
Common ReedPhragmites australis
HollyIlex aquifolium

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

24,985 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds40 species

winter

2026

Jackdaw · Coot · Mallard · Moorhen · Magpie +35

JackdawColoeus monedula
CootFulica atra
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
MagpiePica pica
Mute SwanCygnus olor
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
GadwallMareca strepera
Greylag GooseAnser anser
BlackbirdTurdus merula
RobinErithacus rubecula
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
RedwingTurdus iliacus
Great TitParus major
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
LapwingVanellus vanellus
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
PochardAythya ferina2025
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025

🐝

Insects2 species

winterspring

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Syrphus

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
SyrphusSyrphus

🌿

Plants4 species

winter

2026

Ramsons · Snowberry · Common Reed · Holly

RamsonsAllium ursinum
SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus
Common ReedPhragmites australis
HollyIlex aquifolium

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Alex McGregor · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Hasting hill trig point, Sunderland

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