Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome28 ha
Getting here
54.59638, -1.40435
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦58+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wigeon and Pochard
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 248m away
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦58+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wigeon and Pochard
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 248m away
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Wigeon, Pochard, Blue Tit +55 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Wigeon, Pochard, Blue Tit +55 more · last seen 2025; Lowland meadows priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Speckled Wood, Ringlet +33 more · last seen 2025; Lowland meadows — marbled white, meadow brown and pollinating insects
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Meadowsweet, Bush Vetch, Ribwort Plantain +90 more · last seen 2024
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🛝Family friendly
Good match
Urban park — family destination
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km53 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 14Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 14National Cycle Network
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
Stockton - Preston ParkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
West Stockton - TownCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
NCN 1 Tees to TyneCycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route33 m▾
Named routeRef 14Length 33 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Photos
Minor road south of Whitton
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
12,052 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
12,052 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds37 species
springsummerwinter
2025▾
Blackbird · Shoveler · Wigeon · Woodpigeon · Magpie +32
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- WigeonMareca penelope
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- PochardAythya ferina
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
🐝Insects11 species
springautumn
2025▾
Common Darter · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Migrant Hawker · Willow Emerald Damselfly · 7-spot Ladybird +6
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Water LadybirdAnisosticta novemdecimpunctata
Broad-leaved Dock · Festuca rubra · Great Willowherb · Bush Vetch · Crosswort +77
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
- Festuca rubraFestuca rubra
- Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
- Bush VetchVicia sepium
- CrosswortCruciata laevipes
- Greater PlantainPlantago major
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
12,052 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds37 species
springsummerwinter
2025▾
Blackbird · Shoveler · Wigeon · Woodpigeon · Magpie +32
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- WigeonMareca penelope
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- PochardAythya ferina
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
🐝Insects11 species
springautumn
2025▾
Common Darter · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Migrant Hawker · Willow Emerald Damselfly · 7-spot Ladybird +6
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Water LadybirdAnisosticta novemdecimpunctata
Broad-leaved Dock · Festuca rubra · Great Willowherb · Bush Vetch · Crosswort +77
- Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
- Festuca rubraFestuca rubra
- Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
- Bush VetchVicia sepium
- CrosswortCruciata laevipes
- Greater PlantainPlantago major
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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