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The Green

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📷 Hugh Mortimer · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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54.67609, -1.77403

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Moorhen and Great Tit
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 191m away — 3 car parks within reach

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦70+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Moorhen and Great Tit
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Parking 191m away — 3 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

8 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Moorhen, Great Tit, Coal Tit +67 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Strong match

Birds — Moorhen, Great Tit, Coal Tit +67 more · last seen 2026

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Family friendly

Good match

Urban park — family destination

Free

Hiking

Good match

Named hiking route nearby: Weardale Way; Named hiking route nearby: Weardale Way

Free

Cycling

Good match

Named cycling route nearby: National Byway (County Durham and Northumberland)

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

6 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Weardale WayWalking route124 km

Named routeLength 124 kmRegional walking route

Witon-le-Wear Circular Walk 2Walking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Witton-le-Wear Circular Walk 1Walking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Finchale Camino Inglés (Durham to Escomb)Walking route

Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route

Mineral Valleys Walk - Escomb, Witton Park & EtherleyWalking route

Named routeRound tripLocal walking route

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Cycling

25 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Walney to Wear Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRef 70National Cycle Network

National Cycle Network Route 715Cycling route

Walney to Wear (via Bishop Auckland)

Named routeRef 715National Cycle Network

National Byway (County Durham and Northumberland)Cycling route

The National Byway route through County Durham and Northumberland

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

Main RouteCycling route55 m

Named routeRef 70Length 55 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route588 m

Named routeRef 70Length 588 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route20 m

Named routeRef 70Length 20 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

30,619 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

30,619 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds56 species

winter

2026

Moorhen · Coal Tit · Mallard · Little Grebe · Coot +51

MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
CootFulica atra
Mute SwanCygnus olor
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Great TitParus major
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
Gallinula chloropus chloropusGallinula chloropus chloropus2025
Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025

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Mammals3 species

springwinter

2026

Soprano Pipistrelle · Red Fox · Grey Squirrel

Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025

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Amphibians1 species

spring

2026

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

30,619 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds56 species

winter

2026

Moorhen · Coal Tit · Mallard · Little Grebe · Coot +51

MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Coal TitPeriparus ater
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
CootFulica atra
Mute SwanCygnus olor
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Great TitParus major
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
Gallinula chloropus chloropusGallinula chloropus chloropus2025
Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025

🦌

Mammals3 species

springwinter

2026

Soprano Pipistrelle · Red Fox · Grey Squirrel

Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2025
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2026

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Hugh Mortimer · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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