Iris Brickfield Allotments
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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🍂 Seasonal
Dogs welcome
Places › England › North East › Newcastle upon Tyne Getting here
54.98761, -1.56919
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here ☕ Baked Up North — a good base for a longer summer day out 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here ☕ Baked Up North — a good base for a longer summer day out 🚲 Bike parking☕ Café🅿️ Parking🛝 Playground
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Magpie, Robin, Mallard +40 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Magpie, Robin, Mallard +40 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Ivy-leaved Speedwell, Fat-hen, Pellitory-of-the-wall +212 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Ivy-leaved Speedwell, Fat-hen, Pellitory-of-the-wall +212 more · last seen 2026
Free
Plants — Spear-leaved Orache, Rowan, Red Dead-nettle +20 more foraging species
Varies
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Syrphus ribesii, Syrphus torvus, Harlequin Ladybird +43 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Syrphus ribesii, Syrphus torvus, Harlequin Ladybird +43 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Heritage Trails: monument Walking route ▾
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Route 14 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 14 National Cycle Network
Show on map Bowes Railway Path Cycling route ▾
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Show on map Hadrian's Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 72 National Cycle Network
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Reivers Off Road Cycle Route Mountain bike route ▾
Waggonways Cycle Route D - Rising Sun Mountain bike route ▾
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Show on map Waggonways Cycle Route E - Silverlink Albert Edward Dock Mountain bike route ▾
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Show on map Waggonways Cycle Route F - Wallsend Dene Mountain bike route ▾
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Wildlife to spot
34,341 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 34,341 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 35 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
Blackbird · Magpie · Grey Heron · Woodpigeon · Mallard +30
Blackbird Turdus merula Magpie Pica pica Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Robin Erithacus rubecula Great Tit Parus major Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Nuthatch Sitta europaea Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Dipper Cinclus cinclus Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater Goldcrest Regulus regulus Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Woodcock Scolopax rusticola Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis Snipe Gallinago gallinago Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Pipistrelle Bat species
Pipistrelle Bat species Pipistrellus 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
autumn
2025 ▾
Palmate Newt
Palmate Newt Lissotriton helveticus Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Syrphus torvus · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Orange Ladybird +11
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Syrphus torvus Syrphus torvus Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata 10-spot Ladybird Ivy-leaved Speedwell · Snowdrop · Veronica hederifolia subsp. lucorum · Trailing Bellflower · Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage +11
Ivy-leaved Speedwell Veronica hederifolia Snowdrop Galanthus nivalis Veronica hederifolia subsp. lucorum Veronica hederifolia subsp. lucorum Trailing Bellflower Campanula poscharskyana Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage Chrysosplenium oppositifolium Sticky Mouse-ear Cerastium glomeratum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 34,341 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 35 species
winter autumn
2026 ▾
Blackbird · Magpie · Grey Heron · Woodpigeon · Mallard +30
Blackbird Turdus merula Magpie Pica pica Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Robin Erithacus rubecula Great Tit Parus major Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Nuthatch Sitta europaea Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Dipper Cinclus cinclus Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater Goldcrest Regulus regulus Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus Woodcock Scolopax rusticola Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis Snipe Gallinago gallinago Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Pipistrelle Bat species
Pipistrelle Bat species Pipistrellus 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
autumn
2025 ▾
Palmate Newt
Palmate Newt Lissotriton helveticus Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Syrphus torvus · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Orange Ladybird +11
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Syrphus torvus Syrphus torvus Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata 10-spot Ladybird Ivy-leaved Speedwell · Snowdrop · Veronica hederifolia subsp. lucorum · Trailing Bellflower · Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage +11
Ivy-leaved Speedwell Veronica hederifolia Snowdrop Galanthus nivalis Veronica hederifolia subsp. lucorum Veronica hederifolia subsp. lucorum Trailing Bellflower Campanula poscharskyana Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage Chrysosplenium oppositifolium Sticky Mouse-ear Cerastium glomeratum Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Adalia decempunctata
Adalia decempunctata
Melangyna lasiophthalma Melangyna lasiophthalma
Melangyna lasiophthalma Melangyna lasiophthalma
Liocoris tripustulatus Liocoris tripustulatus
Liocoris tripustulatus Liocoris tripustulatus
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes
Pine Ladybird Exochomus quadripustulatus
Pine Ladybird Exochomus quadripustulatus
Larch Ladybird Aphidecta obliterata
Larch Ladybird Aphidecta obliterata
Common Flower Bug Anthocoris nemorum
Common Flower Bug Anthocoris nemorum
Early Bumblebee Bombus pratorum
Early Bumblebee Bombus pratorum
Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris
Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis Spear Thistle
Spear Thistle
Cirsium vulgare
Cirsium vulgare
Sweet Violet Viola odorata
Sweet Violet Viola odorata
Lungwort Pulmonaria officinalis
Lungwort Pulmonaria officinalis
False Oxlip Primula veris x vulgaris = P. x polyantha
False Oxlip Primula veris x vulgaris = P. x polyantha
Cherry Plum Prunus cerasifera
Cherry Plum Prunus cerasifera
Lesser Celandine Ficaria verna
Lesser Celandine Ficaria verna
Red Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum
Red Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum
Early Crocus Crocus tommasinianus
Early Crocus Crocus tommasinianus
Greater Knapweed Centaurea scabiosa2025
Greater Knapweed Centaurea scabiosa2025
Corn Marigold Glebionis segetum2025
Corn Marigold Glebionis segetum2025 