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🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🧺Picnic
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
54.54465, -1.55186
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground 145m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🛝Playground 145m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking🧺Picnic spot🛝Playground
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
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🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Blackbird +51 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Blackbird +51 more · last seen 2026
Free
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
picnic area, car park
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Mugwort, Gypsywort, Rowan +43 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Mugwort, Gypsywort, Rowan +43 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, picnic area
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Teesdale Way (Middleton in Teesdale to Middlesbrough)Walking route▾
UK long distance footpath from Dufton to Warrenby.
Named routeRegional walking route
Alternatives in Teesdale Way (Middleton in Teesdale to Middlesbrough)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Barmpton & Little KettonWalking route▾
Named routeRef 2Round tripLocal walking route
Brafferton & Newton KettonWalking route▾
Named routeRef 3Round tripLocal walking route
29 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 14Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 14National Cycle Network
Mowden Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef MowdenLocal cycle route
National Cycle Route 165Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 165National Cycle Network
Darlington LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef LoopLocal cycle route
Morton Park Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef MortonLocal cycle route
Baydale Beck Cycle PathCycling route▾
Named routeRef BaydaleLocal cycle route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
West Park BMX TrackMountain bike route▾
Faverdale BMX TrackMountain bike route▾
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
22,119 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
22,119 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds30 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · House Sparrow · Blue Tit · Dunnock · Blackbird +25
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
🦌Mammals1 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Harlequin Ladybird · Parent Bug · Syrphus · 7-spot Ladybird · 2-spot Ladybird +4
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Parent BugElasmucha grisea
- SyrphusSyrphus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
- Willow Emerald Damselfly
Stinking Iris · Spindle · Ash · Silver Birch · Blackthorn +7
- Stinking IrisIris foetidissima
- SpindleEuonymus europaeus
- AshFraxinus excelsior
- Silver BirchBetula pendula
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus
- Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
22,119 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds30 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · House Sparrow · Blue Tit · Dunnock · Blackbird +25
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
🦌Mammals1 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Harlequin Ladybird · Parent Bug · Syrphus · 7-spot Ladybird · 2-spot Ladybird +4
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Parent BugElasmucha grisea
- SyrphusSyrphus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- 2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
- Willow Emerald Damselfly
Stinking Iris · Spindle · Ash · Silver Birch · Blackthorn +7
- Stinking IrisIris foetidissima
- SpindleEuonymus europaeus
- AshFraxinus excelsior
- Silver BirchBetula pendula
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus
- Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Chalcolestes viridis
Chalcolestes viridis
Common DarterSympetrum striolatumCommon DarterSympetrum striolatumMigrant HawkerAeshna mixtaMigrant HawkerAeshna mixtaMugwortArtemisia vulgarisMugwortArtemisia vulgarisMusk-mallowMalva moschataMusk-mallowMalva moschataGreater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatusGreater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatusGypsywortLycopus europaeusGypsywortLycopus europaeusSquare-stalked St John's-wortHypericum tetrapterumSquare-stalked St John's-wortHypericum tetrapterum