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Visiting this summer

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
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

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🐕Dogs welcome

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Best for

5 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Mute Swan, Moorhen, Coot +90 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Mute Swan, Moorhen, Coot +90 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Emperor Dragonfly, 7-spot Ladybird, Black-tailed Skimmer +52 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Emperor Dragonfly, 7-spot Ladybird, Black-tailed Skimmer +52 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Bittersweet, Common Poppy, White Clover +15 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Bittersweet, Common Poppy, White Clover +15 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

9 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

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

Way of LearningWalking route61 km

Named routeLength 61 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route

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Cycling

67 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

Peterlee to Shotton CollieryCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Peterlee to NCR1Cycling route2.8 km

Named routeLength 2.8 kmLocal cycle route

Peterlee to HaswellCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

12,603 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

12,603 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds98 species

springautumn

2025

Moorhen · Mute Swan · Tufted Duck · Coot · Mallard +93

MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
CootFulica atra2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
GadwallMareca strepera2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
CurlewNumenius arquata2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
BuzzardButeo buteo
TealAnas crecca2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
WigeonMareca penelope2024
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2024
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
PeregrineFalco peregrinus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2024
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
PochardAythya ferina2024
JayGarrulus glandarius
RobinErithacus rubecula
JackdawColoeus monedula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
BlackbirdTurdus merula
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
HobbyFalco subbuteo
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2022
Willow TitPoecile montanus2022
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2022
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
MagpiePica pica
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
BitternBotaurus stellaris
Long-eared OwlAsio otus2024
Common TernSterna hirundo2023
RedshankTringa totanus2023
SiskinSpinus spinus2021
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Great TitParus major
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Tree SparrowPasser montanus
House MartinDelichon urbicum
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
Barn OwlTyto alba2024
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2023
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2023
Common GullLarus canus2021
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2021
DunnockPrunella modularis2021
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2021
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2021
Stock DoveColumba oenas2021
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2021
RedwingTurdus iliacus2021
SwallowHirundo rustica
Garden WarblerSylvia borin
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Rock DoveColumba livia
SwiftApus apus
WhitethroatCurruca communis
LinnetLinaria cannabina
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2024
Red KiteMilvus milvus2024
RavenCorvus corax2023
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea2023
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2022
GreenfinchChloris chloris2021
RookCorvus frugilegus2021
GoosanderMergus merganser2021

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Mammals8 species

autumn

2025

Field Vole · Wood Mouse · Bank Vole · Common Shrew · Greater White-toothed Shrew +3

Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2022
Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2022
Bank VoleMyodes glareolus2022
Common ShrewSorex araneus2022
Greater White-toothed ShrewCrocidura russula
Pygmy ShrewSorex minutus2022
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2022
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2025

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects55 species

summer

2025

Emperor Dragonfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Black-tailed Skimmer · Aphrophora alni · Pantilius (Pantilius) tunicatus +50

Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum
Aphrophora alniAphrophora alni
Pantilius (Pantilius) tunicatusPantilius (Pantilius) tunicatus
Birch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedae
Striped LadybirdMyzia oblongoguttata
Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2022
Dromius angustusDromius angustus
Black-Kneed Apple CapsidBlepharidopterus angulatus
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Common Green CapsidLygocoris (Lygocoris) pabulinus
Lamprotettix nitidulusLamprotettix nitidulus
Scymnus suturalisScymnus suturalis
Hieroglyphic LadybirdCoccinella hieroglyphica
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
Scymnus nigrinusScymnus nigrinus
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
Iassus lanioIassus lanio
Chilacis typhaeChilacis typhae
Potato CapsidClosterotomus norwegicus
Neolygus contaminatusNeolygus contaminatus
Neophilaenus lineatusNeophilaenus lineatus
Eurhadina pulchellaEurhadina pulchella
Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysiGrypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
Timothy GrassbugStenotus binotatus
Plagiognathus (Plagiognathus) chrysanthemiPlagiognathus (Plagiognathus) chrysanthemi
Pine Cone BugGastrodes grossipes
Broad DamselbugNabis (Nabicula) flavomarginatus
Heterotoma planicornisHeterotoma planicornis
Eupterycyba jucundaEupterycyba jucunda
Alder MandrelMonsoma pulveratum
Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilineaDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea
Phytocoris (Ktenocoris) varipesPhytocoris (Ktenocoris) varipes
Plagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorumPlagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorum
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Alloeotomus gothicusAlloeotomus gothicus
Bronze ShieldbugTroilus luridus
Black Bordered Oak-cutterPericlista lineolata
Stenodema (Brachystira) calcarataStenodema (Brachystira) calcarata
Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata
Calocoris (Calocoris) alpestrisCalocoris (Calocoris) alpestris
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2023
Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata2022
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2022
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2022
Red Mason BeeOsmia bicornis2022

🌿

Plants24 species

springsummer

2025

Cuckooflower · Wood Avens · Herb-Robert · Narrow-leaved Ragwort · Bittersweet +19

CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2024
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2024
Narrow-leaved RagwortSenecio inaequidens
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara
Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas
Kidney VetchAnthyllis vulneraria
White CloverTrifolium repens
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
DaisyBellis perennis
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
Greater PlantainPlantago major
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2024
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2024
Red CampionSilene dioica2024
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2024
Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2024
Japanese RoseRosa rugosa2024
Darwin's BarberryBerberis darwinii2024
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2022
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2022
Water MintMentha aquatica2022
Mare's-tailHippuris vulgaris2022
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2022

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

12,603 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds98 species

springautumn

2025

Moorhen · Mute Swan · Tufted Duck · Coot · Mallard +93

MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
CootFulica atra2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
GadwallMareca strepera2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2024
CurlewNumenius arquata2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
BuzzardButeo buteo
TealAnas crecca2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
WigeonMareca penelope2024
ShovelerSpatula clypeata2024
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
PeregrineFalco peregrinus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2024
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
PochardAythya ferina2024
JayGarrulus glandarius
RobinErithacus rubecula
JackdawColoeus monedula
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
BlackbirdTurdus merula
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
HobbyFalco subbuteo
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2022
Willow TitPoecile montanus2022
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2022
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
MagpiePica pica
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
BitternBotaurus stellaris
Long-eared OwlAsio otus2024
Common TernSterna hirundo2023
RedshankTringa totanus2023
SiskinSpinus spinus2021
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Great TitParus major
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Tree SparrowPasser montanus
House MartinDelichon urbicum
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
Barn OwlTyto alba2024
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2023
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2023
Common GullLarus canus2021
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2021
DunnockPrunella modularis2021
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2021
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2021
Stock DoveColumba oenas2021
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2021
RedwingTurdus iliacus2021
SwallowHirundo rustica
Garden WarblerSylvia borin
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Rock DoveColumba livia
SwiftApus apus
WhitethroatCurruca communis
LinnetLinaria cannabina
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2024
Red KiteMilvus milvus2024
RavenCorvus corax2023
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea2023
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2022
GreenfinchChloris chloris2021
RookCorvus frugilegus2021
GoosanderMergus merganser2021

🦌

Mammals8 species

autumn

2025

Field Vole · Wood Mouse · Bank Vole · Common Shrew · Greater White-toothed Shrew +3

Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2022
Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2022
Bank VoleMyodes glareolus2022
Common ShrewSorex araneus2022
Greater White-toothed ShrewCrocidura russula
Pygmy ShrewSorex minutus2022
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2022
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2025

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

🐝

Insects55 species

summer

2025

Emperor Dragonfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Black-tailed Skimmer · Aphrophora alni · Pantilius (Pantilius) tunicatus +50

Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum
Aphrophora alniAphrophora alni
Pantilius (Pantilius) tunicatusPantilius (Pantilius) tunicatus
Birch Catkin BugKleidocerys resedae
Striped LadybirdMyzia oblongoguttata
Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2022
Dromius angustusDromius angustus
Black-Kneed Apple CapsidBlepharidopterus angulatus
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Common Green CapsidLygocoris (Lygocoris) pabulinus
Lamprotettix nitidulusLamprotettix nitidulus
Scymnus suturalisScymnus suturalis
Hieroglyphic LadybirdCoccinella hieroglyphica
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
Scymnus nigrinusScymnus nigrinus
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
Iassus lanioIassus lanio
Chilacis typhaeChilacis typhae
Potato CapsidClosterotomus norwegicus
Neolygus contaminatusNeolygus contaminatus
Neophilaenus lineatusNeophilaenus lineatus
Eurhadina pulchellaEurhadina pulchella
Grypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysiGrypocoris (Lophyromiris) stysi
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
Timothy GrassbugStenotus binotatus
Plagiognathus (Plagiognathus) chrysanthemiPlagiognathus (Plagiognathus) chrysanthemi
Pine Cone BugGastrodes grossipes
Broad DamselbugNabis (Nabicula) flavomarginatus
Heterotoma planicornisHeterotoma planicornis
Eupterycyba jucundaEupterycyba jucunda
Alder MandrelMonsoma pulveratum
Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilineaDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea
Phytocoris (Ktenocoris) varipesPhytocoris (Ktenocoris) varipes
Plagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorumPlagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorum
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Alloeotomus gothicusAlloeotomus gothicus
Bronze ShieldbugTroilus luridus
Black Bordered Oak-cutterPericlista lineolata
Stenodema (Brachystira) calcarataStenodema (Brachystira) calcarata
Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata
Calocoris (Calocoris) alpestrisCalocoris (Calocoris) alpestris
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2023
Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata2022
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2022
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2022
Red Mason BeeOsmia bicornis2022

🌿

Plants24 species

springsummer

2025

Cuckooflower · Wood Avens · Herb-Robert · Narrow-leaved Ragwort · Bittersweet +19

CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2024
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2024
Narrow-leaved RagwortSenecio inaequidens
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara
Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas
Kidney VetchAnthyllis vulneraria
White CloverTrifolium repens
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
DaisyBellis perennis
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
Greater PlantainPlantago major
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2024
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2024
Red CampionSilene dioica2024
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2024
Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2024
Japanese RoseRosa rugosa2024
Darwin's BarberryBerberis darwinii2024
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2022
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2022
Water MintMentha aquatica2022
Mare's-tailHippuris vulgaris2022
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2022

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

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