North End Recreation Ground
🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds⚽ Pitches
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Places › England › North East › Darlington Getting here
54.54387, -1.55614
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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 ⚽ Playing fields is at its best in summer here 🧺 Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings ⚽ Playing fields is at its best in summer here 🧺 Picnic area on site — summer afternoons here are an easy, low-cost day out 🅿️ Parking🧺 Picnic spot🛝 Playground
🦉 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, Robin +51 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Robin +51 more · last seen 2026
Free
⚽ Playing fields
Very strong match
Playing field
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Mugwort, Gypsywort, Rowan +45 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Mugwort, Gypsywort, Rowan +45 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, Common Darter, 2-spot Ladybird +19 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, Common Darter, 2-spot Ladybird +19 more · last seen 2026
Free
Plants — Rowan, Henbit Dead-nettle, Blackthorn +5 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 4 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 Alternatives in Teesdale Way (Middleton in Teesdale to Middlesbrough) Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Barmpton & Little Ketton Walking route ▾
Named route Ref 2 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Brafferton & Newton Ketton Walking route ▾
Named route Ref 3 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map 27 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 14 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 14 National Cycle Network
Show on map Mowden Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Mowden Local cycle route
Show on map National Cycle Route 165 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 165 National Cycle Network
Show on map Darlington Loop Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Loop Local cycle route
Show on map Morton Park Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Morton Local cycle route
Show on map Baydale Beck Cycle Path Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Baydale Local cycle route
Show on map 2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
West Park BMX Track Mountain bike route ▾
Faverdale BMX Track Mountain bike route ▾
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Wildlife to spot
24,169 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 24,169 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 30 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
House Sparrow · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Dunnock · Blackbird +25
House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Goldcrest Regulus regulus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 🦌 Mammals 1 species
autumn winter
2025 ▾
Grey Squirrel
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Harlequin Ladybird · Western Conifer Seed Bug · Culiseta annulata · Parent Bug · Syrphus +5
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025 Western Conifer Seed Bug Leptoglossus occidentalis2025 Culiseta annulata Culiseta annulata Parent Bug Elasmucha grisea2025 Syrphus Syrphus2025 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Spear Thistle · Stinking Iris · Spindle · Ash · Silver Birch +5
Spear Thistle Cirsium vulgare Stinking Iris Iris foetidissima Spindle Euonymus europaeus Ash Fraxinus excelsior Silver Birch Betula pendula Blackthorn Prunus spinosa Snowberry Symphoricarpos albus Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 24,169 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 30 species
autumn winter
2026 ▾
House Sparrow · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Dunnock · Blackbird +25
House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Goldcrest Regulus regulus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 🦌 Mammals 1 species
autumn winter
2025 ▾
Grey Squirrel
Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Harlequin Ladybird · Western Conifer Seed Bug · Culiseta annulata · Parent Bug · Syrphus +5
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis2025 Western Conifer Seed Bug Leptoglossus occidentalis2025 Culiseta annulata Culiseta annulata Parent Bug Elasmucha grisea2025 Syrphus Syrphus2025 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Spear Thistle · Stinking Iris · Spindle · Ash · Silver Birch +5
Spear Thistle Cirsium vulgare Stinking Iris Iris foetidissima Spindle Euonymus europaeus Ash Fraxinus excelsior Silver Birch Betula pendula Blackthorn Prunus spinosa Snowberry Symphoricarpos albus Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata2025
2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata2025
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata2025
Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis2025
Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis2025
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2025
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum2025
Common Knapweed Centaurea nigra
Common Knapweed Centaurea nigra
Mugwort Artemisia vulgaris
Mugwort Artemisia vulgaris
Musk-mallow Malva moschata
Musk-mallow Malva moschata