Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍄Fungi
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
55.20078, -2.52357
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦99+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chaffinch and Robin
- 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦99+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chaffinch and Robin
- 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Chaffinch, Robin, Carrion Crow +96 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Chaffinch, Robin, Carrion Crow +96 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Sickener, crotail rèin-fhèidh, Primrose Brittlegill +53 more · last seen 2020
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Eristalis pertinax, Helophilus pendulus, Sericomyia silentis +60 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Moderate match
Plants — Raspberry · last seen 2019
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Lakeside WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
24 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Reivers Kielder alternativeCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Reivers' RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 10National Cycle Network
National Byway (County Durham and Northumberland)Cycling route▾
The National Byway route through County Durham and Northumberland
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
N/ACycling route8.9 km▾
Named routeLength 8.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route1.1 km▾
Named routeRef 10Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
N/ACycling route282 m▾
Named routeLength 282 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Lonesome Pine MTB Trail (Red)Mountain bike route▾
Great North Trail (North Pennines and Kielder Forest)Mountain bike route123.9 km▾
Named routeLength 123.9 kmNational Cycle Network
Deadwater BlackMountain bike route▾
Named routeRound trip
Deadwater RedMountain bike route▾
Named routeRound trip
Osprey Mountain Bike Trail (Blue)Mountain bike route▾
Great North Trail (Scottish Borders)Mountain bike route154.8 km▾
Named routeLength 154.8 kmNational Cycle Network
Photos
Hollinwood near Plashetts Station
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
1,938 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,938 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
springsummer
2026▾
House Martin · Chaffinch · Swallow · Sand Martin · Common Sandpiper +39
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- PochardAythya ferina2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- GoosanderMergus merganser2024
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2023
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2023
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2023
- DipperCinclus cinclus2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- Common GullLarus canus2023
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2023
Pine Marten
Adder
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2024▾
Common Toad
Eristalis pertinax · Sericomyia silentis · Meliscaeva cinctella · Melanostoma scalare · Helophilus pendulus +24
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis
- Meliscaeva cinctellaMeliscaeva cinctella
- Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2024
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2024
- Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,938 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
springsummer
2026▾
House Martin · Chaffinch · Swallow · Sand Martin · Common Sandpiper +39
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- PochardAythya ferina2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- GoosanderMergus merganser2024
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2024
- CuckooCuculus canorus2024
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2023
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2023
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2023
- DipperCinclus cinclus2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- Common GullLarus canus2023
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2023
Pine Marten
Adder
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2024▾
Common Toad
Eristalis pertinax · Sericomyia silentis · Meliscaeva cinctella · Melanostoma scalare · Helophilus pendulus +24
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis
- Meliscaeva cinctellaMeliscaeva cinctella
- Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2024
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2024
- Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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