🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🌿 Foraging
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54.97111, -1.51002
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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 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here 🛝 Playground 194m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here 🛝 Playground 194m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🅿️ Parking· Free 🛝 Playground
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Moorhen, Woodpigeon, Magpie +64 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Moorhen, Woodpigeon, Magpie +64 more · last seen 2026
Free
Plants — Hawthorn, Garlic Mustard, Blackthorn +23 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Ribwort Plantain, Greater Plantain, Hawthorn +201 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Ribwort Plantain, Greater Plantain, Hawthorn +201 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Way of Learning Walking route 61 km ▾
Named route Length 61 km Point-to-point Regional walking route
Show on map Stride out walk Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Hadrian's Wall Path Walking route 134.5 km ▾
Named route Length 134.5 km National walking route
Show on map Tyne and Wear Heritage Way Section 7 Walking route 15.2 km ▾
Named route Length 15.2 km Regional walking route
Show on map King Charles III England Coast Path: South Bents to Amble Walking route ▾
Named route Ref ECP National walking route
Show on map 151 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 14 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 14 National Cycle Network
Show on map Bowes Railway Path Cycling route ▾
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map Cycle Route 5 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 5 Local cycle route
Show on map Coast Road cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 5 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref EV12 International cycle route
Show on map Hadrian's Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 72 National Cycle Network
Show on map 5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Waggonways Cycle Route D - Rising Sun Mountain bike route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Waggonways Cycle Route E - Silverlink Albert Edward Dock Mountain bike route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Waggonways Cycle Route F - Wallsend Dene Mountain bike route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Harton Branch Route Mountain bike route ▾
Marsden Quarry Route Mountain bike route ▾
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Wildlife to spot
5,641 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 5,641 records · National Biodiversity Network Woodpigeon · Moorhen · Mallard · Magpie · Robin +38
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus2025 Gadwall Mareca strepera2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Linnet Linaria cannabina2025 Sand Martin Riparia riparia2025 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus2025 🦌 Mammals 1 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Rabbit
Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus Four-spotted Chaser · Common Blue Damselfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Azure Damselfly · Emperor Dragonfly +2
Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis 7-spot Ladybird Blackthorn · Common Knapweed · Wild Parsnip · Common Sorrel · Barren Brome +21
Blackthorn Prunus spinosa Common Knapweed Centaurea nigra Wild Parsnip Pastinaca sativa Common Sorrel Rumex acetosa Barren Brome Anisantha sterilis Tall Melilot Melilotus altissimus Atlantic Ivy Hedera hibernica Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 5,641 records · National Biodiversity Network Woodpigeon · Moorhen · Mallard · Magpie · Robin +38
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Common Gull Larus canus2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus2025 Gadwall Mareca strepera2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2025 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba2025 Linnet Linaria cannabina2025 Sand Martin Riparia riparia2025 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus2025 🦌 Mammals 1 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Rabbit
Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus Four-spotted Chaser · Common Blue Damselfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Azure Damselfly · Emperor Dragonfly +2
Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis 7-spot Ladybird Blackthorn · Common Knapweed · Wild Parsnip · Common Sorrel · Barren Brome +21
Blackthorn Prunus spinosa Common Knapweed Centaurea nigra Wild Parsnip Pastinaca sativa Common Sorrel Rumex acetosa Barren Brome Anisantha sterilis Tall Melilot Melilotus altissimus Atlantic Ivy Hedera hibernica Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Coccinella septempunctata
Coccinella septempunctata
Viper's-bugloss Echium vulgare
Viper's-bugloss Echium vulgare
Field Horsetail Equisetum arvense
Field Horsetail Equisetum arvense
Black Horehound Ballota nigra
Black Horehound Ballota nigra
Ramsons Allium ursinum
Ramsons Allium ursinum
Ivy-leaved Speedwell Veronica hederifolia
Ivy-leaved Speedwell Veronica hederifolia
Eastern Rocket Sisymbrium orientale
Eastern Rocket Sisymbrium orientale
Diels' Cotoneaster Cotoneaster dielsianus
Diels' Cotoneaster Cotoneaster dielsianus
Veronica serpyllifolia subsp. serpyllifolia Veronica serpyllifolia subsp. serpyllifolia
Veronica serpyllifolia subsp. serpyllifolia Veronica serpyllifolia subsp. serpyllifolia
Holly Ilex aquifolium
Holly Ilex aquifolium
Himalayan Cotoneaster Cotoneaster simonsii
Himalayan Cotoneaster Cotoneaster simonsii
Goat's-beard Tragopogon pratensis
Goat's-beard Tragopogon pratensis
Bladder Campion Silene vulgaris
Bladder Campion Silene vulgaris
Pineappleweed Matricaria discoidea
Pineappleweed Matricaria discoidea
Lady's Bedstraw Galium verum
Lady's Bedstraw Galium verum
Himalayan Clematis Clematis montana
Himalayan Clematis Clematis montana
Field Forget-me-not Myosotis arvensis
Field Forget-me-not Myosotis arvensis
Thale Cress Arabidopsis thaliana
Thale Cress Arabidopsis thaliana
Japanese Knotweed Reynoutria japonica
Japanese Knotweed Reynoutria japonica
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