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Langdon Beck Plantation

10 ha

📷 Trevor Littlewood · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Lapwing and Curlew
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦76+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Lapwing and Curlew
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

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£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

6 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Lapwing, Curlew, Pheasant +73 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Lapwing, Curlew, Pheasant +73 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Sharp-flowered Rush, Carnation Sedge, Red Fescue +72 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Sharp-flowered Rush, Carnation Sedge, Red Fescue +72 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Moss Carder Bee, Broken-belted Bumblebee, Eristalis intricaria +12 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Moss Carder Bee, Broken-belted Bumblebee, Eristalis intricaria +12 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Plants — Meadowsweet, Marsh Hawk's-beard, Alpine Bistort +1 more foraging species

Varies

Forest walks

Moderate match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Pennine Way (Middleton in Teesdale to Kirk Yetholm)Walking route

Named routeNational walking route

Teesdale Way (Dufton to Middleton in Teesdale)Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

High Force GeotrailWalking route6.5 km

Named routeLength 6.5 kmRound tripLocal walking route

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Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

National Byway (County Durham and Northumberland)Cycling route

The National Byway route through County Durham and Northumberland

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

21,490 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

21,490 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds73 species

spring

2025

Lapwing · Curlew · Pheasant · Meadow Pipit · Swallow +68

LapwingVanellus vanellus
CurlewNumenius arquata
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
SwallowHirundo rustica
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
DipperCinclus cinclus
Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica
JackdawColoeus monedula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Greylag GooseAnser anser
House MartinDelichon urbicum
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
House SparrowPasser domesticus
RedshankTringa totanus
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
SnipeGallinago gallinago
BuzzardButeo buteo
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
RobinErithacus rubecula
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Great TitParus major
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
SwiftApus apus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
SiskinSpinus spinus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Stock DoveColumba oenas
MagpiePica pica
Rock DoveColumba livia
RookCorvus frugilegus
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
DunnockPrunella modularis
Common GullLarus canus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Common TernSterna hirundo
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
WhitethroatCurruca communis
JayGarrulus glandarius
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
CuckooCuculus canorus
Anas platyrhynchos platyrhynchosAnas platyrhynchos platyrhynchos
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Garden WarblerSylvia borin
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus

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Mammals3 species

spring

2025

Brown Hare · Roe Deer · Rabbit

Brown HareLepus europaeus
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus

🐝

Insects15 species

summer

2025

Moss Carder Bee · Broken-belted Bumblebee · Eristalis intricaria · Eristalis tenax · Rhingia campestris +10

Moss Carder BeeBombus muscorum
Broken-belted BumblebeeBombus soroeensis
Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Rhingia campestrisRhingia campestris
Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis
Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
Eristalis horticolaEristalis horticola
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius
Eristalis rupiumEristalis rupium
Bilberry BumblebeeBombus monticola
Curtonotus aulicusCurtonotus aulicus
Heath BumblebeeBombus jonellus
Eristalis nemorumEristalis nemorum

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Plants125 species

summer

2025

Sharp-flowered Rush · Carnation Sedge · Red Fescue · Yorkshire-fog · Sweet Vernal-grass +120

Sharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorus
Carnation SedgeCarex panicea
Red FescueFestuca rubra
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
Quaking-grassBriza media
Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca
Common SedgeCarex nigra
Star SedgeCarex echinata
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
SneezewortAchillea ptarmica
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense
Common Yellow-sedgeCarex demissa
Flea SedgeCarex pulicaris
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus
Variegated HorsetailEquisetum variegatum
Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris
Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre
Marsh HorsetailEquisetum palustre
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
Heath RushJuncus squarrosus
Common CottongrassEriophorum angustifolium
Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre
Velvet BentAgrostis canina
Soft-rushJuncus effusus
Long-Stalked Yellow SedgeCarex lepidocarpa
Common BentAgrostis capillaris
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
Bulbous RushJuncus bulbosus
Wavy Hair-GrassAvenella flexuosa
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
Marsh WillowherbEpilobium palustre
Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile
Smooth Lady's-mantleAlchemilla glabra
PignutConopodium majus
Jointed RushJuncus articulatus
Tawny SedgeCarex hostiana
Alpine RushJuncus alpinoarticulatus
DaisyBellis perennis
TormentilPotentilla erecta
Rough HawkbitLeontodon hispidus
Heath Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza maculata
Common ButterwortPinguicula vulgaris
Northern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza purpurella
Alpine BartsiaBartsia alpina
Alpine BistortBistorta vivipara
Sea PlantainPlantago maritima
Marsh Hawk's-beardCrepis paludosa
Cross-leaved HeathErica tetralix
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
HeatherCalluna vulgaris
Water AvensGeum rivale
Hare's-tail CottongrassEriophorum vaginatum
Round-leaved SundewDrosera rotundifolia
BilberryVaccinium myrtillus
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
Flat-sedgeBlysmus compressus
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Broad-leaved CottongrassEriophorum latifolium
Fairy FlaxLinum catharticum
Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula
Mountain PansyViola lutea
Yellow SaxifrageSaxifraga aizoides
Lesser ClubmossSelaginella selaginoides
Sheep's-fescueFestuca ovina
Hair SedgeCarex capillaris
Mountain EverlastingAntennaria dioica
Scottish AsphodelTofieldia pusilla
Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii
GlobeflowerTrollius europaeus
Common TwaybladeNeottia ovata
Golden-head MossBreutelia chrysocoma
Campylium stellatumCampylium stellatum
Bristly HaircapPolytrichum piliferum
Grass-of-ParnassusParnassia palustris
Sherard's Downy-roseRosa sherardii
Bottle SedgeCarex rostrata
Pyrenean ScurvygrassCochlearia pyrenaica
BogbeanMenyanthes trifoliata
Purple Moor-grassMolinia caerulea
Spring GentianGentiana verna
CranberryVaccinium oxycoccos
Bog AsphodelNarthecium ossifragum
Field GentianGentianella campestris
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
LousewortPedicularis sylvatica
Slender Scottish EyebrightEuphrasia scottica
Heath Wood-rushLuzula multiflora
an EyebrightEuphrasia arctica
Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea
Tea-leaved WillowSalix phylicifolia
Smooth Meadow-grassPoa pratensis
CrosswortCruciata laevipes
Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis
Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
Field Wood-rushLuzula campestris
Zigzag CloverTrifolium medium
Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor
Salix caprea subsp. capreaSalix caprea subsp. caprea
Common Rock-roseHelianthemum nummularium
Eared WillowSalix aurita
Meadow OatHelictochloa pratensis
Dioecious SedgeCarex dioica
Marsh ValerianValeriana dioica
Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum
Wild ThymeThymus drucei
Creeping WillowSalix repens
Common MilkwortPolygala vulgaris
Rusty WillowSalix cinerea subsp. oleifolia
Changing Forget-me-notMyosotis discolor
Mat-grassNardus stricta
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Pale SedgeCarex pallescens
False SedgeCarex simpliciuscula
Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi
Wood Crane's-billGeranium sylvaticum
Great BurnetSanguisorba officinalis
Heath Fragrant-orchidGymnadenia borealis
Northern BedstrawGalium boreale
Melancholy ThistleCirsium heterophyllum
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

21,490 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds73 species

spring

2025

Lapwing · Curlew · Pheasant · Meadow Pipit · Swallow +68

LapwingVanellus vanellus
CurlewNumenius arquata
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
SwallowHirundo rustica
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
DipperCinclus cinclus
Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica
JackdawColoeus monedula
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Greylag GooseAnser anser
House MartinDelichon urbicum
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
House SparrowPasser domesticus
RedshankTringa totanus
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
SnipeGallinago gallinago
BuzzardButeo buteo
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
RobinErithacus rubecula
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Great TitParus major
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
SwiftApus apus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
SiskinSpinus spinus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Stock DoveColumba oenas
MagpiePica pica
Rock DoveColumba livia
RookCorvus frugilegus
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
DunnockPrunella modularis
Common GullLarus canus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Common TernSterna hirundo
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
WhitethroatCurruca communis
JayGarrulus glandarius
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
CuckooCuculus canorus
Anas platyrhynchos platyrhynchosAnas platyrhynchos platyrhynchos
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Garden WarblerSylvia borin
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus

🦌

Mammals3 species

spring

2025

Brown Hare · Roe Deer · Rabbit

Brown HareLepus europaeus
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus

🐝

Insects15 species

summer

2025

Moss Carder Bee · Broken-belted Bumblebee · Eristalis intricaria · Eristalis tenax · Rhingia campestris +10

Moss Carder BeeBombus muscorum
Broken-belted BumblebeeBombus soroeensis
Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
Rhingia campestrisRhingia campestris
Sericomyia silentisSericomyia silentis
Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans
Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
Eristalis horticolaEristalis horticola
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius
Eristalis rupiumEristalis rupium
Bilberry BumblebeeBombus monticola
Curtonotus aulicusCurtonotus aulicus
Heath BumblebeeBombus jonellus
Eristalis nemorumEristalis nemorum

🌿

Plants125 species

summer

2025

Sharp-flowered Rush · Carnation Sedge · Red Fescue · Yorkshire-fog · Sweet Vernal-grass +120

Sharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorus
Carnation SedgeCarex panicea
Red FescueFestuca rubra
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
Quaking-grassBriza media
Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca
Common SedgeCarex nigra
Star SedgeCarex echinata
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
SneezewortAchillea ptarmica
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense
Common Yellow-sedgeCarex demissa
Flea SedgeCarex pulicaris
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus
Variegated HorsetailEquisetum variegatum
Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris
Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre
Marsh HorsetailEquisetum palustre
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
Heath RushJuncus squarrosus
Common CottongrassEriophorum angustifolium
Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre
Velvet BentAgrostis canina
Soft-rushJuncus effusus
Long-Stalked Yellow SedgeCarex lepidocarpa
Common BentAgrostis capillaris
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
Bulbous RushJuncus bulbosus
Wavy Hair-GrassAvenella flexuosa
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
Marsh WillowherbEpilobium palustre
Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile
Smooth Lady's-mantleAlchemilla glabra
PignutConopodium majus
Jointed RushJuncus articulatus
Tawny SedgeCarex hostiana
Alpine RushJuncus alpinoarticulatus
DaisyBellis perennis
TormentilPotentilla erecta
Rough HawkbitLeontodon hispidus
Heath Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza maculata
Common ButterwortPinguicula vulgaris
Northern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza purpurella
Alpine BartsiaBartsia alpina
Alpine BistortBistorta vivipara
Sea PlantainPlantago maritima
Marsh Hawk's-beardCrepis paludosa
Cross-leaved HeathErica tetralix
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
HeatherCalluna vulgaris
Water AvensGeum rivale
Hare's-tail CottongrassEriophorum vaginatum
Round-leaved SundewDrosera rotundifolia
BilberryVaccinium myrtillus
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
Flat-sedgeBlysmus compressus
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Broad-leaved CottongrassEriophorum latifolium
Fairy FlaxLinum catharticum
Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula
Mountain PansyViola lutea
Yellow SaxifrageSaxifraga aizoides
Lesser ClubmossSelaginella selaginoides
Sheep's-fescueFestuca ovina
Hair SedgeCarex capillaris
Mountain EverlastingAntennaria dioica
Scottish AsphodelTofieldia pusilla
Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii
GlobeflowerTrollius europaeus
Common TwaybladeNeottia ovata
Golden-head MossBreutelia chrysocoma
Campylium stellatumCampylium stellatum
Bristly HaircapPolytrichum piliferum
Grass-of-ParnassusParnassia palustris
Sherard's Downy-roseRosa sherardii
Bottle SedgeCarex rostrata
Pyrenean ScurvygrassCochlearia pyrenaica
BogbeanMenyanthes trifoliata
Purple Moor-grassMolinia caerulea
Spring GentianGentiana verna
CranberryVaccinium oxycoccos
Bog AsphodelNarthecium ossifragum
Field GentianGentianella campestris
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
LousewortPedicularis sylvatica
Slender Scottish EyebrightEuphrasia scottica
Heath Wood-rushLuzula multiflora
an EyebrightEuphrasia arctica
Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea
Tea-leaved WillowSalix phylicifolia
Smooth Meadow-grassPoa pratensis
CrosswortCruciata laevipes
Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis
Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
Field Wood-rushLuzula campestris
Zigzag CloverTrifolium medium
Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor
Salix caprea subsp. capreaSalix caprea subsp. caprea
Common Rock-roseHelianthemum nummularium
Eared WillowSalix aurita
Meadow OatHelictochloa pratensis
Dioecious SedgeCarex dioica
Marsh ValerianValeriana dioica
Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum
Wild ThymeThymus drucei
Creeping WillowSalix repens
Common MilkwortPolygala vulgaris
Rusty WillowSalix cinerea subsp. oleifolia
Changing Forget-me-notMyosotis discolor
Mat-grassNardus stricta
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Pale SedgeCarex pallescens
False SedgeCarex simpliciuscula
Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi
Wood Crane's-billGeranium sylvaticum
Great BurnetSanguisorba officinalis
Heath Fragrant-orchidGymnadenia borealis
Northern BedstrawGalium boreale
Melancholy ThistleCirsium heterophyllum
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Trevor Littlewood · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Langdon Beck Plantation over fields

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