Motte and bailey castle on Haw Hill
1 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
55.16460, -1.68804
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦69+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Jackdaw
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕Chantry Tea Rooms — a good base for a longer summer day out
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦69+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Jackdaw
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕Chantry Tea Rooms — a good base for a longer summer day out
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Jackdaw, Magpie +66 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Jackdaw, Magpie +66 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Eristalis pertinax, Epistrophe grossulariae +99 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Common Couch, Cock's-foot, Reed Canary-grass +107 more · last seen 2026
Free
Historic site; Grade I listed building nearby: MORPETH CASTLE
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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Named routeRef 155Length 436 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.6 km▾
Named routeRef 155Length 1.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Photos
Sheep grazing on Haw Hill, Morpeth
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
41,376 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
41,376 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Robin · Blackbird · Magpie +37
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Great TitParus major2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects19 species
winterspring
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Cream-spot Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird +14
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
- Hypera nigrirostrisHypera nigrirostris
Primrose · Wood-sorrel · Lesser Celandine · Wild Onion · Barren Strawberry +24
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Wild OnionAllium vineale
- Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis
- Yellow Star-of-BethlehemGagea lutea
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
41,376 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Robin · Blackbird · Magpie +37
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Great TitParus major2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects19 species
winterspring
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Harlequin Ladybird · Cream-spot Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird +14
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- 10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
- Hypera nigrirostrisHypera nigrirostris
Primrose · Wood-sorrel · Lesser Celandine · Wild Onion · Barren Strawberry +24
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Wild OnionAllium vineale
- Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis
- Yellow Star-of-BethlehemGagea lutea
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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