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Isabella Heap

47 ha

📷 Oliver Dixon · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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55.12011, -1.53320

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦95+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Shelduck and Mallard
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 312m away — 7 car parks within reach

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦95+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Shelduck and Mallard
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 312m away — 7 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· Free

Best for

8 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Shelduck, Mallard, Moorhen +92 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds

Free

Wildlife

Strong match

Birds — Shelduck, Mallard, Moorhen +92 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Orange Ladybird, Harlequin Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird +47 more · last seen 2026; Lowland meadows — marbled white, meadow brown and pollinating insects

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Creeping Cinquefoil, Sea Plantain, Yarrow +75 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

King Charles III England Coast Path: South Bents to AmbleWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

The Angel's WayWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

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Cycling

59 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Valley lineCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

East lineCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Nelson lineCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Coast lineCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Horton lineCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Northburn lineCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

🚵

Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Reivers Off Road Cycle RouteMountain bike route

Named route

🐴

Horse riding

2 public paths nearby

Public paths

No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.

Wildlife to spot

6,711 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

6,711 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds68 species

autumnwinter

2026

Blackbird · Woodpigeon · House Sparrow · Carrion Crow · Rock Dove +63

BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Great TitParus major2025
MagpiePica pica2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
EiderSomateria mollissima
Common GullLarus canus2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
FulmarFulmarus glacialis2025
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2025
AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025

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Insects27 species

springsummer

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird · Syrphus · Lagria hirta +22

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
SyrphusSyrphus2025
Lagria hirtaLagria hirta2025
Melanostoma

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

6,711 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds68 species

autumnwinter

2026

Blackbird · Woodpigeon · House Sparrow · Carrion Crow · Rock Dove +63

BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Great TitParus major2025
MagpiePica pica2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
EiderSomateria mollissima
Common GullLarus canus2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
FulmarFulmarus glacialis2025
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2025
AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025

🐝

Insects27 species

springsummer

2026

7-spot Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird · Syrphus · Lagria hirta +22

7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
SyrphusSyrphus2025
Lagria hirtaLagria hirta2025
Melanostoma

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Oliver Dixon · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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