🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
54.51013, -1.18035
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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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby
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Tees LinkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Marton West BeckWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Cleveland WayWalking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointNational walking route
Samaritan WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Three Ridings on FootWalking route▾
Named routeRef 3RRegional walking route
44 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
The White Rose Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 65National Cycle Network
National Cycle Route 165Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 165National Cycle Network
RCN Regional Route 54Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 54Regional cycle route
James Cook University Hospital RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef JCUHLocal cycle route
Middlesbrough Cycle CircuitCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Moors to SeaMountain bike route▾
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Wildlife to spot
5,915 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,915 records · National Biodiversity NetworkShoveler · Pochard · Wigeon · Glossy Ibis · Jackdaw +32
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- PochardAythya ferina2025
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- PintailAnas acuta
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
🐝Insects18 species
springsummer
2025▾
Azure Damselfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Common Blue Damselfly · Common Darter · Emperor Dragonfly +13
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Common Liverwort
- Common LiverwortMarchantia polymorpha
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,915 records · National Biodiversity NetworkShoveler · Pochard · Wigeon · Glossy Ibis · Jackdaw +32
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- PochardAythya ferina2025
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- PintailAnas acuta
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
🐝Insects18 species
springsummer
2025▾
Azure Damselfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Common Blue Damselfly · Common Darter · Emperor Dragonfly +13
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Common Liverwort
- Common LiverwortMarchantia polymorpha
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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