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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🦋 Insects
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Places › England › North East › Newcastle upon Tyne Getting here
54.98515, -1.64569
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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 🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Moorhen, Mallard, Magpie +50 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Moorhen, Mallard, Magpie +50 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird, Syrphus +73 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird, Syrphus +73 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Barren Brome, Hoary Willowherb, Wall Barley +131 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Barren Brome, Hoary Willowherb, Wall Barley +131 more · last seen 2026
Free
Plants — Rowan, Common Chickweed, Water Mint +11 more foraging species
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Heritage Trails: monument Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
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Named route Point-to-point Local walking route
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Named route Local walking route
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Named route Local walking route
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Named route Local walking route
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Route 14 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 14 National Cycle Network
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Named route Ref 3 Local cycle route
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Named route Ref 5 Local cycle route
Show on map Hadrian's Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 72 National Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
31,243 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 31,243 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 37 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Moorhen · Tufted Duck · Mallard · Mute Swan · Coot +32
Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Mute Swan Cygnus olor Coot Fulica atra Magpie Pica pica Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Canada Goose Branta canadensis Dunnock Prunella modularis Blackbird Turdus merula Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Coal Tit Periparus ater Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea Goldcrest Regulus regulus Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Greylag Goose Anser anser Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria2025 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus2025 Common Pipistrelle
Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria Harlequin Ladybird · Syrphus · Early Bumblebee · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · 7-spot Ladybird +15
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis Syrphus Syrphus Early Bumblebee Bombus pratorum Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax Broad-leaved Dock · Common Chickweed
Broad-leaved Dock Rumex obtusifolius Common Chickweed Stellaria media Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 31,243 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 37 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Moorhen · Tufted Duck · Mallard · Mute Swan · Coot +32
Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Mute Swan Cygnus olor Coot Fulica atra Magpie Pica pica Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Canada Goose Branta canadensis Dunnock Prunella modularis Blackbird Turdus merula Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Coal Tit Periparus ater Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea Goldcrest Regulus regulus Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Greylag Goose Anser anser Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria2025 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus2025 Common Pipistrelle
Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria Harlequin Ladybird · Syrphus · Early Bumblebee · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · 7-spot Ladybird +15
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis Syrphus Syrphus Early Bumblebee Bombus pratorum Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax Broad-leaved Dock · Common Chickweed
Broad-leaved Dock Rumex obtusifolius Common Chickweed Stellaria media Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata
Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata
Syrphus torvus Syrphus torvus
Syrphus torvus Syrphus torvus
Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum
Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum
Common Earwig Forficula auricularia/dentata agg.
Common Earwig Forficula auricularia/dentata agg.
Eupeodes luniger Eupeodes luniger
Eupeodes luniger Eupeodes luniger
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax
Tawny Mining Bee Andrena fulva
Tawny Mining Bee Andrena fulva
Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria
Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata2025
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata2025
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata2025
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata2025
Cartodere bifasciata Cartodere bifasciata2025
Cartodere bifasciata Cartodere bifasciata2025
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis2025
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis2025 