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Lynchets (cultivation terraces)

29 ha

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Dogs welcome29 ha

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55.55096, -2.18597

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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
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕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
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

5 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Chaffinch, Blackbird +88 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Chaffinch, Blackbird +88 more · last seen 2026

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Cercopis vulnerata, 7-spot Ladybird, Common Carder Bee +15 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Cercopis vulnerata, 7-spot Ladybird, Common Carder Bee +15 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Ground-ivy, Common Dog-violet, Small-fruited Prickly-sedge +2 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Ground-ivy, Common Dog-violet, Small-fruited Prickly-sedge +2 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

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

Named routeNational walking route

Pennine Way (Tan Hill to Kirk Yetholm) - deviationWalking route

to keep main route contiguous for route analysis

Named routeLocal walking route

Saint Cuthbert's Way (Kirk Yetholm to Lindisfarne)Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Wildlife to spot

3,429 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

3,429 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds61 species

summerwinter

2026

Chaffinch · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Swallow · Pheasant +56

ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Great TitParus major2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
DipperCinclus cinclus2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2025
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2024
TealAnas crecca2024
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024

🦌

Mammals2 species

winter

2025

Feral Goat · Roe Deer

Feral GoatCapra hircus
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

🦎

Reptiles1 species

spring

2025

Adder

AdderVipera berus

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2025

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects5 species

summer

2025

Common Darter · Cercopis vulnerata · 7-spot Ladybird · Downlooker Snipefly · Cantharis livida

Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Downlooker SnipeflyRhagio scolopaceus
Cantharis lividaCantharis livida

🌿

Plants2 species

spring

2025

Ground-ivy · Common Dog-violet

Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

3,429 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds61 species

summerwinter

2026

Chaffinch · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Swallow · Pheasant +56

ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Great TitParus major2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
DipperCinclus cinclus2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2025
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2025
RavenCorvus corax2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2024
TealAnas crecca2024
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024

🦌

Mammals2 species

winter

2025

Feral Goat · Roe Deer

Feral GoatCapra hircus
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

🦎

Reptiles1 species

spring

2025

Adder

AdderVipera berus

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2025

Common Toad

Common ToadBufo bufo

🐝

Insects5 species

summer

2025

Common Darter · Cercopis vulnerata · 7-spot Ladybird · Downlooker Snipefly · Cantharis livida

Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Downlooker SnipeflyRhagio scolopaceus
Cantharis lividaCantharis livida

🌿

Plants2 species

spring

2025

Ground-ivy · Common Dog-violet

Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Jim Barton · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Cultivation terraces above the Elsdon Burn

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✦Hethpool stone circlesHistoric site1.2 km→✦Three Roman period native settlements and later droveway 750m south west of TorleehouseHistoric site2.4 km→✦Roman period native enclosed settlement 480m north of Sutherland BridgeHistoric site3.2 km→✦Roman period native enclosed settlement 460m north of Sutherland BridgeHistoric site3.3 km→⛪St Gregory's ChurchReligious grounds3.4 km→✦Southernknowe Roman period native enclosed settlement and clearance cairns, 280m north of Sutherland BridgeHistoric site3.4 km→

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