Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
55.52553, -1.90540
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦87+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chaffinch and Wren
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- ☕The Tearoom — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦87+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chaffinch and Wren
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- ☕The Tearoom — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Chaffinch, Wren, Carrion Crow +84 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Chaffinch, Wren, Carrion Crow +84 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Sycamore, Downy Birch, Greater Stitchwort +116 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
café; Urban park — family destination
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Saint Cuthbert's Way (Kirk Yetholm to Lindisfarne)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Pennine CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route2.3 km▾
Named routeRef 68Length 2.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route1.1 km▾
Named routeRef 68Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route8 m▾
Named routeRef 68Length 8 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2.7 km▾
Named routeRef 68Length 2.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route347 m▾
Named routeRef 68Length 347 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface bareearth
Photos
Italian Garden at Chillingham Castle
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
5,551 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,551 records · National Biodiversity NetworkChaffinch · Long-tailed Tit · Pheasant · Robin · Siskin +35
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Common GullLarus canus
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- MagpiePica pica
- TealAnas crecca
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- RavenCorvus corax
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐝Insects2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Syrphus · Common Darter
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Downy Birch · Sweet Vernal-grass · Cock's-foot · Crested Dog's-tail · Sycamore +67
- Downy BirchBetula pubescens
- Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
- Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
- Great Wood-rushLuzula sylvatica
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,551 records · National Biodiversity NetworkChaffinch · Long-tailed Tit · Pheasant · Robin · Siskin +35
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Common GullLarus canus
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- MagpiePica pica
- TealAnas crecca
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- RavenCorvus corax
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐝Insects2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Syrphus · Common Darter
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Downy Birch · Sweet Vernal-grass · Cock's-foot · Crested Dog's-tail · Sycamore +67
- Downy BirchBetula pubescens
- Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
- Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
- Great Wood-rushLuzula sylvatica
- BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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