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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
54.82667, -1.45768
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 273m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 273m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Reedbeds — bitterns, marsh harriers, bearded tits and reed warblers; Birds — Swallow, Lapwing, Kestrel +61 more · last seen 2026
Free
Reedbeds priority habitat; Birds — Swallow, Lapwing, Kestrel +61 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Emperor Dragonfly, 14-spot Ladybird, Sphaerophoria +19 more · last seen 2025; Reedbeds — emperor dragonfly and rare fen invertebrates
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Sycamore, Hedge Bindweed, Common Knapweed +58 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km9 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Weardale WayWalking route124 km▾
Named routeLength 124 kmRegional walking route
Red Clover Leaf WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
Dragonfly routeWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
Shrew routeWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
Heron routeWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
52 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Walney to Wear Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 70National Cycle Network
Route 14Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 14National 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
Main RouteCycling route2.1 km▾
Named routeRef 70Length 2.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
13,506 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
13,506 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Lapwing · Swallow · Bullfinch · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Greenfinch +39
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- CootFulica atra
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- TealAnas crecca
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- EiderSomateria mollissima
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects20 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Emperor Dragonfly · Sphaerophoria · Black-Kneed Apple Capsid · Aphrophora alni · Common Green Capsid +15
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria
- Black-Kneed Apple CapsidBlepharidopterus angulatus
- Aphrophora alniAphrophora alni
- Common Green CapsidLygocoris (Lygocoris) pabulinus
- Pantilius (Pantilius) tunicatusPantilius (Pantilius) tunicatus
Sycamore · Common Ragwort · Common Knapweed · Cleavers · Ribwort Plantain +47
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
- Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- White CloverTrifolium repens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
13,506 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Lapwing · Swallow · Bullfinch · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Greenfinch +39
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Barn OwlTyto alba2025
- CootFulica atra
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- TealAnas crecca
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- EiderSomateria mollissima
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects20 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Emperor Dragonfly · Sphaerophoria · Black-Kneed Apple Capsid · Aphrophora alni · Common Green Capsid +15
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria
- Black-Kneed Apple CapsidBlepharidopterus angulatus
- Aphrophora alniAphrophora alni
- Common Green CapsidLygocoris (Lygocoris) pabulinus
- Pantilius (Pantilius) tunicatusPantilius (Pantilius) tunicatus
Sycamore · Common Ragwort · Common Knapweed · Cleavers · Ribwort Plantain +47
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
- Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- White CloverTrifolium repens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
