Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
54.51415, -1.52817
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦66+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Herring Gull
- ☀️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
- 🐦66+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Herring Gull
- ☀️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
🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Herring Gull, Magpie +63 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Herring Gull, Magpie +63 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Darter, Emperor Dragonfly, Brown Hawker +49 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Sycamore, Daisy, Lesser Trefoil +49 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 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
40 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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Housing, Firth Moor, Darlington
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Wildlife to spot
7,465 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
7,465 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Rock Dove · Mallard · Carrion Crow +33
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- CootFulica atra
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Rose-coloured StarlingPastor roseus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
🦌Mammals3 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Feral Cat · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit
- Feral CatFelis catus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Common Darter · Migrant Hawker · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Southern Hawker · Brown Hawker +12
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025
- ScathophagaScathophaga
🌿Plants3 species
springautumn
2026▾
Daisy · Scots Pine · Gorse
- DaisyBellis perennis
- Scots PinePinus sylvestris2025
- GorseUlex europaeus2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
7,465 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds38 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Rock Dove · Mallard · Carrion Crow +33
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- CootFulica atra
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- Rose-coloured StarlingPastor roseus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
🦌Mammals3 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Feral Cat · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit
- Feral CatFelis catus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Common Darter · Migrant Hawker · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Southern Hawker · Brown Hawker +12
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025
- ScathophagaScathophaga
🌿Plants3 species
springautumn
2026▾
Daisy · Scots Pine · Gorse
- DaisyBellis perennis
- Scots PinePinus sylvestris2025
- GorseUlex europaeus2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas