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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
54.56565, -1.13514
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦61+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chaffinch and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦61+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chaffinch and Woodpigeon
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Chaffinch, Woodpigeon, Goldfinch +58 more · last seen 2025
Free
Birds — Chaffinch, Woodpigeon, Goldfinch +58 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Lily Beetle, Small White, Migrant Hawker +36 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Walk GreenWalking route▾
Walk RedWalking route▾
Walk WhiteWalking route▾
Tees LinkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Marton West BeckWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
49 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
RCN Regional Route 54Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 54Regional cycle route
NCN National Route 168Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 168National Cycle Network
Middlesbrough Cycle CircuitCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Guisborough LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef GuisboroughLocal cycle route
NCN 1 Humber to TeesCycling route▾
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Guisborough Forest Red RouteMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Red
Guisborough Forest Blue RouteMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Blue
Photos
The view from Birchington Avenue – 1971
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
3,501 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,501 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Chaffinch · Robin · Wren · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit +37
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- MagpiePica pica
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- SwiftApus apus2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2023
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
🦌Mammals2 species
springautumn
2025▾
Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐝Insects13 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Red Mason Bee · Migrant Hawker · Southern Hawker · Geotrupes spiniger · Carabus nemoralis +8
- Red Mason BeeOsmia bicornis
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2024
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2023
- Geotrupes spinigerGeotrupes spiniger
- Carabus nemoralisCarabus nemoralis
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
🌿Plants4 species
springsummer
2024▾
Bog Asphodel · Greater Stitchwort · Wood-sorrel · Snowberry
- Bog AsphodelNarthecium ossifragum
- Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea
- Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella
- SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2023
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,501 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Chaffinch · Robin · Wren · Woodpigeon · Blue Tit +37
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- MagpiePica pica
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- SwiftApus apus2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2023
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
🦌Mammals2 species
springautumn
2025▾
Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐝Insects13 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Red Mason Bee · Migrant Hawker · Southern Hawker · Geotrupes spiniger · Carabus nemoralis +8
- Red Mason BeeOsmia bicornis
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2024
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2023
- Geotrupes spinigerGeotrupes spiniger
- Carabus nemoralisCarabus nemoralis
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
🌿Plants4 species
springsummer
2024▾
Bog Asphodel · Greater Stitchwort · Wood-sorrel · Snowberry
- Bog AsphodelNarthecium ossifragum
- Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea
- Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella
- SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2023
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2024Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2024Tachina grossaTachina grossa2023Tachina grossaTachina grossa2023Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2023Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2023Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2023Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2023Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2023Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2023Norfolk AeshnaAeshna isoceles2023Norfolk AeshnaAeshna isoceles2023Blue Mason BeeOsmia caerulescens2023Blue Mason BeeOsmia caerulescens2023