Middlesbrough Baptist Church
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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🦋 Insects
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome
Places › England › North East › Middlesbrough Getting here
54.55387, -1.25301
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ ☀️ June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails 🅿️ Parking 281m away — 2 car parks within reach 🌤️ Visiting this summer
☀️ June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails 🅿️ Parking 281m away — 2 car parks within reach £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Carrion Crow +69 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Carrion Crow +69 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Large White, Speckled Wood +69 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Small White, Large White, Speckled Wood +69 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Common Spotted-orchid, Cuckooflower, Black-poplar +89 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Common Spotted-orchid, Cuckooflower, Black-poplar +89 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Plants — Thyme-leaved Speedwell, Hogweed, White Dead-nettle +5 more foraging species
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Teesdale Way (Middleton in Teesdale to Middlesbrough) Walking route ▾
UK long distance footpath from Dufton to Warrenby.
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Thornaby Trail Loop Walking route ▾
Named route Ref Thornaby Trail Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Thornaby Trail Connections Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Tees Link Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Marton West Beck Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map 112 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 14 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 14 National Cycle Network
Show on map Teesside Park Access Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Saltholm Cycle Path Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Saltholm Local cycle route
Show on map EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 5 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref EV12 International cycle route
Show on map The White Rose Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 65 National Cycle Network
Show on map RCN Regional Route 54 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 54 Regional cycle route
Show on map 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Thornaby BMX Track Mountain bike route ▾
Photos Friends Meeting House on Cambridge Road
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Wildlife to spot
6,969 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 6,969 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 41 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit · Starling +36
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blackbird Turdus merula Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris Robin Erithacus rubecula Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Magpie Pica pica2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis Hooded Crow Corvus cornix2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus2025 Teal Anas crecca2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Snipe Gallinago gallinago2025 Redshank Tringa totanus2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2024 🦌 Mammals 4 species
spring autumn
2025 ▾
Common Pipistrelle · Domestic Dog · Grey Squirrel · Otter
Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2024 Domestic Dog Canis lupus subsp. familiaris Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Otter Lutra lutra Broad-bodied Chaser · Field Grasshopper · Cheilosia illustrata · Common Green Sawfly · Glyphotaelius pellucidus +10
Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa2024 Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus Cheilosia illustrata Cheilosia illustrata Common Green Sawfly Tenthredo mesomela Glyphotaelius pellucidus Glyphotaelius pellucidus Alder Leaf Beetle Agelastica alni Bee Orchid · Cuckooflower · Fox-and-cubs · Common Spotted-orchid · Cut-leaved Crane's-bill +26
Bee Orchid Ophrys apifera2024 Cuckooflower Cardamine pratensis2024 Fox-and-cubs Pilosella aurantiaca2024 Common Spotted-orchid Dactylorhiza fuchsii Cut-leaved Crane's-bill Geranium dissectum2024 Cowslip Primula veris Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 6,969 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 41 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit · Starling +36
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blackbird Turdus merula Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris Robin Erithacus rubecula Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Magpie Pica pica2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis Hooded Crow Corvus cornix2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus2025 Teal Anas crecca2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Siskin Spinus spinus2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Snipe Gallinago gallinago2025 Redshank Tringa totanus2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2024 🦌 Mammals 4 species
spring autumn
2025 ▾
Common Pipistrelle · Domestic Dog · Grey Squirrel · Otter
Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2024 Domestic Dog Canis lupus subsp. familiaris Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Otter Lutra lutra Broad-bodied Chaser · Field Grasshopper · Cheilosia illustrata · Common Green Sawfly · Glyphotaelius pellucidus +10
Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa2024 Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus Cheilosia illustrata Cheilosia illustrata Common Green Sawfly Tenthredo mesomela Glyphotaelius pellucidus Glyphotaelius pellucidus Alder Leaf Beetle Agelastica alni Bee Orchid · Cuckooflower · Fox-and-cubs · Common Spotted-orchid · Cut-leaved Crane's-bill +26
Bee Orchid Ophrys apifera2024 Cuckooflower Cardamine pratensis2024 Fox-and-cubs Pilosella aurantiaca2024 Common Spotted-orchid Dactylorhiza fuchsii Cut-leaved Crane's-bill Geranium dissectum2024 Cowslip Primula veris Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Dark-edged Bee-fly
Dark-edged Bee-fly
Bombylius major
Bombylius major
Dorytomus Dorytomus
Dorytomus Dorytomus
Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis2024
Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis2024
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2024
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum2024
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2024
Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctatissima2024
Common Rose Fusehorn Arge pagana2024
Common Rose Fusehorn Arge pagana2024
Volucella bombylans subsp. plumata Volucella bombylans subsp. plumata2024
Volucella bombylans subsp. plumata Volucella bombylans subsp. plumata2024
Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata2024
Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata2024
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella2024
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella2024 2024
2024
Bush Vetch Vicia sepium
Bush Vetch Vicia sepium
Common Scurvygrass Cochlearia officinalis2024
Common Scurvygrass Cochlearia officinalis2024
Red Campion Silene dioica2024
Red Campion Silene dioica2024
Northern Marsh-orchid Dactylorhiza purpurella
Northern Marsh-orchid Dactylorhiza purpurella
Common Bird's-foot-trefoil Lotus corniculatus
Common Bird's-foot-trefoil Lotus corniculatus
Grass Vetchling Lathyrus nissolia2024
Grass Vetchling Lathyrus nissolia2024
Giant Hogweed Heracleum mantegazzianum2024
Giant Hogweed Heracleum mantegazzianum2024
Meadow Vetchling Lathyrus pratensis2024
Meadow Vetchling Lathyrus pratensis2024
Dactylorhiza fuchsii x purpurella = D. x venusta Dactylorhiza fuchsii x purpurella = D. x venusta2024
Dactylorhiza fuchsii x purpurella = D. x venusta Dactylorhiza fuchsii x purpurella = D. x venusta2024
Common Vetch Vicia sativa2024
Common Vetch Vicia sativa2024
Red Clover Trifolium pratense2024
Red Clover Trifolium pratense2024
Marsh-marigold Caltha palustris2024
Marsh-marigold Caltha palustris2024
Black Medick Medicago lupulina
Black Medick Medicago lupulina
Ground-ivy Glechoma hederacea
Ground-ivy Glechoma hederacea
Cornflower Centaurea cyanus2024
Cornflower Centaurea cyanus2024
Common Poppy Papaver rhoeas2024
Common Poppy Papaver rhoeas2024
Pyramidal Orchid Anacamptis pyramidalis2024
Pyramidal Orchid Anacamptis pyramidalis2024
Meadow Crane's-bill Geranium pratense2024
Meadow Crane's-bill Geranium pratense2024
Hedgerow Crane's-bill Geranium pyrenaicum2024
Hedgerow Crane's-bill Geranium pyrenaicum2024
Early-purple Orchid Orchis mascula2024
Early-purple Orchid Orchis mascula2024
Common Field-speedwell Veronica persica2024
Common Field-speedwell Veronica persica2024
Bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana2024
Bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana2024
Wood Forget-me-not Myosotis sylvatica2024
Wood Forget-me-not Myosotis sylvatica2024
Herb-Robert Geranium robertianum2024
Herb-Robert Geranium robertianum2024
Gorse Ulex europaeus2024
Gorse Ulex europaeus2024 Events & activities nearby Switch provider to compare local events, tours and bookable activities.
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