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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍄Fungi
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Getting here
54.61010, -1.80813
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦77+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Jackdaw
- 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground 118m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦77+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Jackdaw
- 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground 118m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow +74 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow +74 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Rosy Crust, Angel's Bonnet, Clouded Funnel +34 more · last seen 2016
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Hebrew Character, Green-veined White, Large Yellow Underwing +150 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Playing field
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Mineral Valleys Walk - Escomb, Witton Park & EtherleyWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
Way of Life - Gainford to EscombWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Gaunless Valley Heritage WalkWalking route9 km▾
Named routeLength 9 kmRound tripLocal walking route
6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Walney to Wear Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 70National Cycle Network
National Cycle Network Route 715Cycling route▾
Walney to Wear (via Bishop Auckland)
Named routeRef 715National Cycle Network
National Byway (County Durham and Northumberland)Cycling route▾
The National Byway route through County Durham and Northumberland
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route7.3 km▾
Named routeRef 715Length 7.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.5 km▾
Named routeRef 715Length 1.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route4.1 km▾
Named routeRef 70Length 4.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
2,215 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,215 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
winterautumn
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Robin · Blackbird · Starling +41
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great TitParus major
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- CootFulica atra
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Common GullLarus canus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- GadwallMareca strepera
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- CurlewNumenius arquata2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
Rabbit
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐝Insects31 species
summerautumn
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Eristalis tenax · Red-tailed Bumblebee · Common Carder Bee · Xylota segnis +26
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2024
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024
- Xylota segnisXylota segnis
- SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria
Floating Sweet-grass · Musk Thistle · Fox-and-cubs · Bell Heather · Common Bird's-foot-trefoil +60
- Floating Sweet-grassGlyceria fluitans2024
- Musk ThistleCarduus nutans2024
- Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2023
- Bell HeatherErica cinerea2024
- Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2024
- Heath-grassDanthonia decumbens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,215 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
winterautumn
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Robin · Blackbird · Starling +41
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Great TitParus major
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- CootFulica atra
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Common GullLarus canus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- GadwallMareca strepera
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- CurlewNumenius arquata2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
Rabbit
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐝Insects31 species
summerautumn
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Eristalis tenax · Red-tailed Bumblebee · Common Carder Bee · Xylota segnis +26
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2024
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024
- Xylota segnisXylota segnis
- SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria
Floating Sweet-grass · Musk Thistle · Fox-and-cubs · Bell Heather · Common Bird's-foot-trefoil +60
- Floating Sweet-grassGlyceria fluitans2024
- Musk ThistleCarduus nutans2024
- Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2023
- Bell HeatherErica cinerea2024
- Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2024
- Heath-grassDanthonia decumbens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2024Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2024Heath RushJuncus squarrosus2024Heath RushJuncus squarrosus2024Carnation SedgeCarex panicea2024Carnation SedgeCarex panicea2024CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2024CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2024Pond Water-crowfootRanunculus peltatusPond Water-crowfootRanunculus peltatusHeath GroundselSenecio sylvaticus2024Heath GroundselSenecio sylvaticus2024Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2024Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2024Marsh RagwortJacobaea aquatica2024Marsh RagwortJacobaea aquatica2024Brittle Bladder-fernCystopteris fragilis2024Brittle Bladder-fernCystopteris fragilis2024Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina2024Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina2024DaisyBellis perennis2024DaisyBellis perennis2024Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2024Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2024BroomCytisus scoparius2024BroomCytisus scoparius2024Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile2024Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile2024Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum2024Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum2024CrosswortCruciata laevipes2024CrosswortCruciata laevipes2024FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2024FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2024Perennial CornflowerCentaurea montana2024Perennial CornflowerCentaurea montana2024Heath MilkwortPolygala serpyllifolia2024Heath MilkwortPolygala serpyllifolia2024Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2024Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2024Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2024Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2024Heath SpeedwellVeronica officinalis2024Heath SpeedwellVeronica officinalis2024Mat-grassNardus stricta2024Mat-grassNardus stricta2024YarrowAchillea millefolium2024YarrowAchillea millefolium2024MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2024MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2024Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2024Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2024Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2024Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2024Heath Wood-rushLuzula multiflora2024Heath Wood-rushLuzula multiflora2024White CloverTrifolium repens2024White CloverTrifolium repens2024Cross-leaved HeathErica tetralix2024Cross-leaved HeathErica tetralix2024Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2024Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2024Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus2024Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus2024Dotted LoosestrifeLysimachia punctata2024Dotted LoosestrifeLysimachia punctata2024GorseUlex europaeus2024GorseUlex europaeus2024Sheep's SorrelRumex acetosella2024Sheep's SorrelRumex acetosella2024SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2024SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2024Soft-rushJuncus effusus2024Soft-rushJuncus effusus2024Common VetchVicia sativa2024Common VetchVicia sativa2024Jointed RushJuncus articulatus2024Jointed RushJuncus articulatus2024BrackenPteridium aquilinum2024BrackenPteridium aquilinum2024Narrow-leaved VetchVicia sativa subsp. nigra2024Narrow-leaved VetchVicia sativa subsp. nigra2024Red CampionSilene dioica2024Red CampionSilene dioica2024Flea SedgeCarex pulicaris2024Flea SedgeCarex pulicaris2024Sheep's-fescueFestuca ovina2024Sheep's-fescueFestuca ovina2024BilberryVaccinium myrtillus2024BilberryVaccinium myrtillus2024Bitter-vetchLathyrus linifolius2024Bitter-vetchLathyrus linifolius2024Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2024Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2024TormentilPotentilla erecta2024TormentilPotentilla erecta2024Common BistortBistorta officinalis2024Common BistortBistorta officinalis2024Wood Forget-me-notMyosotis sylvatica2024Wood Forget-me-notMyosotis sylvatica2024Bush VetchVicia sepium2024Bush VetchVicia sepium2024AshFraxinus excelsior2024AshFraxinus excelsior2024Wood StitchwortStellaria nemorum2024Wood StitchwortStellaria nemorum2024Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2024Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2024LungwortPulmonaria officinalis2024LungwortPulmonaria officinalis2024Greater PlantainPlantago major2023Greater PlantainPlantago major2023Asplenium trichomanes subsp. quadrivalensAsplenium trichomanes subsp. quadrivalens2023Asplenium trichomanes subsp. quadrivalensAsplenium trichomanes subsp. quadrivalens2023Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2023Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2023EyebrightEuphrasia2023EyebrightEuphrasia2023Events & activities nearby
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