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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

6 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Blanket bog — golden plover, curlew, dunlin and merlin; Birds — Meadow Pipit, Red Grouse (scotica), Dipper +44 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Green Spleenwort, Fir Clubmoss, Parsley Fern +283 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Green Spleenwort, Fir Clubmoss, Parsley Fern +283 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Bilberry, Rowan, Wood-sorrel +12 more foraging species

Varies

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Brachycentrus subnubilus, Hydropsyche siltalai, Rhyacophila dorsalis +25 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Brachycentrus subnubilus, Hydropsyche siltalai, Rhyacophila dorsalis +25 more · last seen 2024

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Pennine Way (Middleton in Teesdale to Kirk Yetholm)Walking route

Named routeNational walking route

Teesdale Way (Dufton to Middleton in Teesdale)Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

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Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

National Byway (County Durham and Northumberland)Cycling route

The National Byway route through County Durham and Northumberland

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

5,233 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

5,233 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds33 species

summer

2025

Oystercatcher · Lapwing · Curlew · Skylark · Meadow Pipit +28

OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
CurlewNumenius arquata
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
DipperCinclus cinclus
DunlinCalidris alpina
Common GullLarus canus
GoosanderMergus merganser
DunnockPrunella modularis
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
RedshankTringa totanus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024

🌿

Plants43 species

autumn

2025

Yellow Saxifrage · Bird's-eye Primrose · Spring Gentian · False Sedge · Juniper +38

Yellow SaxifrageSaxifraga aizoides2024
Bird's-eye PrimrosePrimula farinosa2024
Spring GentianGentiana verna
False SedgeCarex simpliciuscula2024
JuniperJuniperus communis2024
Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina
Limestone BedstrawGalium sterneri2024
Parsley FernCryptogramma crispa2024
Fir ClubmossHuperzia selago
Green SpleenwortAsplenium viride
Hooked Scorpion-mossScorpidium scorpioides2024
Northern BedstrawGalium boreale2024
Chickweed WillowherbEpilobium alsinifolium2024
Palustriella falcataPalustriella falcata
Marsh BryumBryum pseudotriquetrum
Sharp-leaved BlindiaBlindia acuta
Palustriella commutataPalustriella commutata
GreasewortAneura pinguis
Star SedgeCarex echinata
Purple Moor-grassMolinia caerulea
Heath SpeedwellVeronica officinalis
New Zealand WillowherbEpilobium brunnescens
Common SorrelRumex acetosa
Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum
Bog AsphodelNarthecium ossifragum
BilberryVaccinium myrtillus
Heath RushJuncus squarrosus
Jointed RushJuncus articulatus
RowanSorbus aucuparia
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella
Common CottongrassEriophorum angustifolium
Viviparous Sheep's-fescueFestuca vivipara
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Mountain PansyViola lutea
BearberryArctostaphylos uva-ursi2024
Beech FernPhegopteris connectilis2024
Alpine Meadow-rueThalictrum alpinum2024
Teesdale VioletViola rupestris2024
Wood Crane's-billGeranium sylvaticum2024
Twisted Bog-mossSphagnum contortum2024
Warnstorf's Bog-mossSphagnum warnstorfii2024
Lesser ClubmossSelaginella selaginoides2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

5,233 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds33 species

summer

2025

Oystercatcher · Lapwing · Curlew · Skylark · Meadow Pipit +28

OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
CurlewNumenius arquata
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
DipperCinclus cinclus
DunlinCalidris alpina
Common GullLarus canus
GoosanderMergus merganser
DunnockPrunella modularis
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
RedshankTringa totanus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024

🌿

Plants43 species

autumn

2025

Yellow Saxifrage · Bird's-eye Primrose · Spring Gentian · False Sedge · Juniper +38

Yellow SaxifrageSaxifraga aizoides2024
Bird's-eye PrimrosePrimula farinosa2024
Spring GentianGentiana verna
False SedgeCarex simpliciuscula2024
JuniperJuniperus communis2024
Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina
Limestone BedstrawGalium sterneri2024
Parsley FernCryptogramma crispa2024
Fir ClubmossHuperzia selago
Green SpleenwortAsplenium viride
Hooked Scorpion-mossScorpidium scorpioides2024
Northern BedstrawGalium boreale2024
Chickweed WillowherbEpilobium alsinifolium2024
Palustriella falcataPalustriella falcata
Marsh BryumBryum pseudotriquetrum
Sharp-leaved BlindiaBlindia acuta
Palustriella commutataPalustriella commutata
GreasewortAneura pinguis
Star SedgeCarex echinata
Purple Moor-grassMolinia caerulea
Heath SpeedwellVeronica officinalis
New Zealand WillowherbEpilobium brunnescens
Common SorrelRumex acetosa
Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum
Bog AsphodelNarthecium ossifragum
BilberryVaccinium myrtillus
Heath RushJuncus squarrosus
Jointed RushJuncus articulatus
RowanSorbus aucuparia
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella
Common CottongrassEriophorum angustifolium
Viviparous Sheep's-fescueFestuca vivipara
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Mountain PansyViola lutea
BearberryArctostaphylos uva-ursi2024
Beech FernPhegopteris connectilis2024
Alpine Meadow-rueThalictrum alpinum2024
Teesdale VioletViola rupestris2024
Wood Crane's-billGeranium sylvaticum2024
Twisted Bog-mossSphagnum contortum2024
Warnstorf's Bog-mossSphagnum warnstorfii2024
Lesser ClubmossSelaginella selaginoides2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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