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📷 Anthony Parkes · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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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

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Swallow, Blackbird, Carrion Crow +69 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Swallow, Blackbird, Carrion Crow +69 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Ringlet, White-letter Hairstreak, Green-veined White +79 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Ringlet, White-letter Hairstreak, Green-veined White +79 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Bluebell, Springy Turf-moss, Common Feather-moss +178 more · last seen 2024; Plants — Bluebell, Springy Turf-moss, Common Feather-moss +178 more · last seen 2024

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Hawkweed, Hogweed, Two-horned Pincerwort +9 more foraging species

Varies

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Hadrian's Wall PathWalking route134.5 km

Named routeLength 134.5 kmNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

23 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Hadrian's CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRef 72National Cycle Network

Reivers' RouteCycling route

Named routeRef 10National Cycle Network

Cumbria CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRegional cycle route

Main RouteCycling route630 m

Named routeRef 72Length 630 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route428 m

Named routeRef 72Length 428 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route5.8 km

Named routeRef 72Length 5.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

4,374 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

4,374 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds26 species

spring

2025

Swallow · House Sparrow · Swift · Carrion Crow · Wren +21

SwallowHirundo rustica
House SparrowPasser domesticus
SwiftApus apus2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
JackdawColoeus monedula
RobinErithacus rubecula
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus2024
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Red KiteMilvus milvus
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Rock DoveColumba livia
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
MagpiePica pica2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024

🦌

Mammals2 species

summer

2025

Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel

Brown HareLepus europaeus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐝

Insects15 species

summer

2025

Banded Demoiselle · Southern Hawker · Large Red Damselfly · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Cuckoo-Spit Insect +10

Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2024
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2024
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2024
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2024
Chrysogaster solstitialisChrysogaster solstitialis2024
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024
Oedemera luridaOedemera lurida2024
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2024
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2024
White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris2024
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2024

🌿

Plants129 species

summer

2025

Snowdrop · Tufted Hair-grass · Yorkshire-fog · Ash · Foxglove +124

SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2024
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2024
AshFraxinus excelsior2024
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2024
Short-fruited WillowherbEpilobium obscurum2024
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta2024
Wood HorsetailEquisetum sylvaticum2024
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2024
CrosswortCruciata laevipes2024
Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2024
YarrowAchillea millefolium2024
HazelCorylus avellana2024
Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum2024
DandelionTaraxacum2024
SilverweedPotentilla anserina2024
Curled DockRumex crispus2024
PolypodyPolypodium vulgare2024
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2024
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2024
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2024
Goat WillowSalix caprea2024
Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina2024
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2024
Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica2024
Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula2024
CleaversGalium aparine2024
BrambleRubus fruticosus2024
Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare2024
Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus2024
Common ChickweedStellaria media2024
Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2024
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2024
Common Hemp-Nettle agg.Galeopsis tetrahit2024
Marsh FoxtailAlopecurus geniculatus2024
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2024
Water AvensGeum rivale2024
Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare2024
Hard-fernBlechnum spicant2024
Tufted VetchVicia cracca2024
BeechFagus sylvatica2024
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2024
HeatherCalluna vulgaris2024
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2024
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2024
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2024
BroomCytisus scoparius2024
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2024
Rusty WillowSalix cinerea subsp. oleifolia2024
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2024
Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2024
SneezewortAchillea ptarmica2024
Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis2024
BulrushTypha latifolia2024
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2024
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2024
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2024
Bog StitchwortStellaria alsine2024
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2024
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2024
Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2024
Rosa caninaRosa canina2024
DaisyBellis perennis2024
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2024
Soft-rushJuncus effusus2024
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2024
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2024
Hedera helixHedera helix2024
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2024
Phleum pratensePhleum pratense2024
Red BartsiaOdontites vernus2024
GorseUlex europaeus2024
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2024
Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre2024
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2024
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2024
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa2024
Red CampionSilene dioica2024
ElderSambucus nigra2024
TansyTanacetum vulgare2024
American WillowherbEpilobium ciliatum2024
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2024
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2024
Common NettleUrtica dioica2024
Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2024
Common CouchElymus repens2024
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2024
Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium2024
BilberryVaccinium myrtillus2024
RowanSorbus aucuparia2024
Bush VetchVicia sepium2024
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2024
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2024
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2024
AlderAlnus glutinosa2024
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra2024
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2024
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2024
Common BentAgrostis capillaris2024
HollyIlex aquifolium2024
Common SorrelRumex acetosa2024
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2024
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2024
NipplewortLapsana communis2024
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2024
Downy BirchBetula pubescens2024
White CloverTrifolium repens2024
Sharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorus2024
Greater PlantainPlantago major2024
Toad Rush agg.Juncus bufonius2024
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2024
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2024
Bird's-nest OrchidNeottia nidus-avis2024
Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana2024
European LarchLarix decidua2024
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2024
Jointed RushJuncus articulatus2024
Purple WillowSalix purpurea2024
Water MintMentha aquatica2024
Water HorsetailEquisetum fluviatile2024
Erophila vernaErophila verna2024
AspenPopulus tremula2024
BrackenPteridium aquilinum2024
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2024
Hairy St John's-wortHypericum hirsutum2024
Russian ComfreySymphytum asperum x officinale = S. x uplandicum2024
Wood DockRumex sanguineus2024
Bird CherryPrunus padus2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

4,374 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds26 species

spring

2025

Swallow · House Sparrow · Swift · Carrion Crow · Wren +21

SwallowHirundo rustica
House SparrowPasser domesticus
SwiftApus apus2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
JackdawColoeus monedula
RobinErithacus rubecula
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus2024
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Red KiteMilvus milvus
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Rock DoveColumba livia
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
MagpiePica pica2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024

🦌

Mammals2 species

summer

2025

Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel

Brown HareLepus europaeus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐝

Insects15 species

summer

2025

Banded Demoiselle · Southern Hawker · Large Red Damselfly · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Cuckoo-Spit Insect +10

Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2024
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2024
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2024
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2024
Chrysogaster solstitialisChrysogaster solstitialis2024
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024
Oedemera luridaOedemera lurida2024
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2024
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2024
White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris2024
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2024

🌿

Plants129 species

summer

2025

Snowdrop · Tufted Hair-grass · Yorkshire-fog · Ash · Foxglove +124

SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2024
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2024
AshFraxinus excelsior2024
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2024
Short-fruited WillowherbEpilobium obscurum2024
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta2024
Wood HorsetailEquisetum sylvaticum2024
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2024
CrosswortCruciata laevipes2024
Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2024
YarrowAchillea millefolium2024
HazelCorylus avellana2024
Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum2024
DandelionTaraxacum2024
SilverweedPotentilla anserina2024
Curled DockRumex crispus2024
PolypodyPolypodium vulgare2024
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2024
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2024
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2024
Goat WillowSalix caprea2024
Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina2024
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2024
Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica2024
Lesser SpearwortRanunculus flammula2024
CleaversGalium aparine2024
BrambleRubus fruticosus2024
Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare2024
Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus2024
Common ChickweedStellaria media2024
Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2024
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2024
Common Hemp-Nettle agg.Galeopsis tetrahit2024
Marsh FoxtailAlopecurus geniculatus2024
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2024
Water AvensGeum rivale2024
Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare2024
Hard-fernBlechnum spicant2024
Tufted VetchVicia cracca2024
BeechFagus sylvatica2024
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2024
HeatherCalluna vulgaris2024
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2024
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2024
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2024
BroomCytisus scoparius2024
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2024
Rusty WillowSalix cinerea subsp. oleifolia2024
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2024
Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2024
SneezewortAchillea ptarmica2024
Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis2024
BulrushTypha latifolia2024
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2024
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2024
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2024
Bog StitchwortStellaria alsine2024
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2024
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2024
Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2024
Rosa caninaRosa canina2024
DaisyBellis perennis2024
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2024
Soft-rushJuncus effusus2024
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2024
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2024
Hedera helixHedera helix2024
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera2024
Phleum pratensePhleum pratense2024
Red BartsiaOdontites vernus2024
GorseUlex europaeus2024
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2024
Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre2024
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2024
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2024
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa2024
Red CampionSilene dioica2024
ElderSambucus nigra2024
TansyTanacetum vulgare2024
American WillowherbEpilobium ciliatum2024
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2024
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2024
Common NettleUrtica dioica2024
Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2024
Common CouchElymus repens2024
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2024
Hedge BindweedCalystegia sepium2024
BilberryVaccinium myrtillus2024
RowanSorbus aucuparia2024
Bush VetchVicia sepium2024
Greater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatus2024
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2024
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2024
AlderAlnus glutinosa2024
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra2024
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2024
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2024
Common BentAgrostis capillaris2024
HollyIlex aquifolium2024
Common SorrelRumex acetosa2024
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2024
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2024
NipplewortLapsana communis2024
Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2024
Downy BirchBetula pubescens2024
White CloverTrifolium repens2024
Sharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorus2024
Greater PlantainPlantago major2024
Toad Rush agg.Juncus bufonius2024
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2024
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2024
Bird's-nest OrchidNeottia nidus-avis2024
Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana2024
European LarchLarix decidua2024
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2024
Jointed RushJuncus articulatus2024
Purple WillowSalix purpurea2024
Water MintMentha aquatica2024
Water HorsetailEquisetum fluviatile2024
Erophila vernaErophila verna2024
AspenPopulus tremula2024
BrackenPteridium aquilinum2024
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2024
Hairy St John's-wortHypericum hirsutum2024
Russian ComfreySymphytum asperum x officinale = S. x uplandicum2024
Wood DockRumex sanguineus2024
Bird CherryPrunus padus2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Anthony Parkes · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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