Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍄Fungi
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
54.70657, -1.68249
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦86+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Shoveler and Pochard
- 🍄Mushroom 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
- 🐦86+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Shoveler and Pochard
- 🍄Mushroom 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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Shoveler, Pochard, Woodpigeon +83 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Shoveler, Pochard, Woodpigeon +83 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Bonet Odro, Redleg Toughshank, Purple Brittlegill +118 more · last seen 2022
Varies
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Ribwort Plantain, Selfheal, Goat's-beard +25 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Weardale WayWalking route124 km▾
Named routeLength 124 kmRegional walking route
Finchale Camino Inglés (Durham to Escomb)Walking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Mineral Valleys Walk - Escomb, Witton Park & EtherleyWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
Way of Life - Gainford to EscombWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
H100: CroxdaleWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
36 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Walney to Wear Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 70National Cycle Network
National Cycle Network Route 715Cycling route▾
Walney to Wear (via Bishop Auckland)
Named routeRef 715National Cycle Network
National Byway (County Durham and Northumberland)Cycling route▾
The National Byway route through County Durham and Northumberland
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route55 m▾
Named routeRef 70Length 55 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route588 m▾
Named routeRef 70Length 588 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route47 m▾
Named routeRef 70Length 47 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Photos
Path down from The War Memorial, Willington
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
4,284 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,284 records · National Biodiversity NetworkShoveler · Pochard · Wigeon · Woodpigeon · Blackbird +23
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- PochardAythya ferina
- WigeonMareca penelope
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great TitParus major
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Badger · Roe Deer · Brown Hare +5
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- BadgerMeles meles
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Common Blue Damselfly · Tree Bumblebee
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum
Selfheal · Ribwort Plantain · Goat's-beard
- SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,284 records · National Biodiversity NetworkShoveler · Pochard · Wigeon · Woodpigeon · Blackbird +23
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- PochardAythya ferina
- WigeonMareca penelope
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- MagpiePica pica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great TitParus major
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Badger · Roe Deer · Brown Hare +5
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- BadgerMeles meles
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Common Blue Damselfly · Tree Bumblebee
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum
Selfheal · Ribwort Plantain · Goat's-beard
- SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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