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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
54.72554, -2.18714
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦74+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Lapwing and Meadow Pipit
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦74+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Lapwing and Meadow Pipit
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Lapwing, Meadow Pipit, Jackdaw +71 more · last seen 2025; Moorland — golden plover, curlew and short-eared owl
Free
Birds — Lapwing, Meadow Pipit, Jackdaw +71 more · last seen 2025; Grass moorland priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Carder Bee, Early Bumblebee, Eristalis pertinax +131 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Harebell, Welsh Poppy, Crosswort +90 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Weardale WayWalking route124 km▾
Named routeLength 124 kmRegional walking route
Wearhead Walk - The River Starts HereWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
Lead Mining TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Mineral Valleys Walk: St. John's ChapelWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Slitt Wood and West Rigg GeotrailWalking route4.8 km▾
Named routeLength 4.8 kmRound tripLocal walking route
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
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
2,713 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,713 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
springsummer
2025▾
Blackbird · Blue Tit · Song Thrush · Mallard · Wren +38
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
🐝Insects3 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Western Conifer Seed Bug · Moss Carder Bee · Red-legged Shieldbug
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis
- Moss Carder BeeBombus muscorum
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Stag's-horn Clubmoss · Heath Rush · Bilberry · Fir Clubmoss · Heather +62
- Stag's-horn ClubmossLycopodium clavatum
- Heath RushJuncus squarrosus
- BilberryVaccinium myrtillus
- Fir ClubmossHuperzia selago
- HeatherCalluna vulgaris
- Hard-fernBlechnum spicant
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,713 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
springsummer
2025▾
Blackbird · Blue Tit · Song Thrush · Mallard · Wren +38
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
🐝Insects3 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Western Conifer Seed Bug · Moss Carder Bee · Red-legged Shieldbug
- Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis
- Moss Carder BeeBombus muscorum
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Stag's-horn Clubmoss · Heath Rush · Bilberry · Fir Clubmoss · Heather +62
- Stag's-horn ClubmossLycopodium clavatum
- Heath RushJuncus squarrosus
- BilberryVaccinium myrtillus
- Fir ClubmossHuperzia selago
- HeatherCalluna vulgaris
- Hard-fernBlechnum spicant
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
