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Peat Knowe

27 ha

📷 Andrew Smith · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome27 ha

Getting here

55.24202, -2.41112

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Walking trails

Best for

5 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Birds — Raven, Chaffinch, Woodpigeon +45 more · last seen 2024; Blanket bog — golden plover, curlew, dunlin and merlin

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Green-veined White, Ringlet, Meadow Brown +3 more · last seen 2016; Insects — Green-veined White, Ringlet, Meadow Brown +3 more · last seen 2016

Free

Seasonal nature

Moderate match

Plants — Five-ranked Bog-moss · last seen 2010; Plants — Five-ranked Bog-moss · last seen 2010

Free

Forest walks

Moderate match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Pennine Way (Middleton in Teesdale to Kirk Yetholm)Walking route

Named routeNational walking route

Lakeside WayWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Reivers Kielder alternativeCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Route 686Cycling route

Named routeRef 686National Cycle Network

N/ACycling route8.9 km

Named routeLength 8.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

🚵

Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Great North Trail (North Pennines and Kielder Forest)Mountain bike route123.9 km

Named routeLength 123.9 kmNational Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

894 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

894 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds39 species

summer

2024

Raven · Chaffinch · Woodpigeon · Wren · Meadow Pipit +34

RavenCorvus corax
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2017
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2017
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2017
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2016
RobinErithacus rubecula2017
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2016
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2016
Coal TitPeriparus ater2016
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2017
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2016
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2016
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2017
SiskinSpinus spinus2011
BlackbirdTurdus merula2017
SwallowHirundo rustica2016
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2012
MerlinFalco columbarius
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2016
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2016
House MartinDelichon urbicum2016
LapwingVanellus vanellus2016
Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2011
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2010
SnipeGallinago gallinago2010
DunnockPrunella modularis2010
Barn OwlTyto alba2010
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
Great TitParus major2016
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2016
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2016
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2016
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2016
CuckooCuculus canorus2016
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2015
Long-eared OwlAsio otus2015
Black GrouseLyrurus tetrix2014
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2010
JayGarrulus glandarius2010

🦌

Mammals5 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2016

Grey Squirrel · Mole · Red Squirrel · Red Fox · Roe Deer

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2015
MoleTalpa europaea
Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris2015
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2012
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

🐝

Insects6 species

summer

2016

Green-veined White · Small Heath · Common Hawker · Ringlet · Meadow Brown +1

Green-veined WhitePieris napi
Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2015
Common HawkerAeshna juncea2015
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2015
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2015
Common BluePolyommatus icarus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

894 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds39 species

summer

2024

Raven · Chaffinch · Woodpigeon · Wren · Meadow Pipit +34

RavenCorvus corax
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2017
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2017
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2017
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2016
RobinErithacus rubecula2017
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2016
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2016
Coal TitPeriparus ater2016
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2017
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2016
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2016
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2017
SiskinSpinus spinus2011
BlackbirdTurdus merula2017
SwallowHirundo rustica2016
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2012
MerlinFalco columbarius
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2016
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2016
House MartinDelichon urbicum2016
LapwingVanellus vanellus2016
Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2011
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2010
SnipeGallinago gallinago2010
DunnockPrunella modularis2010
Barn OwlTyto alba2010
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
Great TitParus major2016
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2016
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2016
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2016
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2016
CuckooCuculus canorus2016
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2015
Long-eared OwlAsio otus2015
Black GrouseLyrurus tetrix2014
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2010
JayGarrulus glandarius2010

🦌

Mammals5 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2016

Grey Squirrel · Mole · Red Squirrel · Red Fox · Roe Deer

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2015
MoleTalpa europaea
Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris2015
Red FoxVulpes vulpes2012
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

🐝

Insects6 species

summer

2016

Green-veined White · Small Heath · Common Hawker · Ringlet · Meadow Brown +1

Green-veined WhitePieris napi
Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2015
Common HawkerAeshna juncea2015
RingletAphantopus hyperantus2015
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2015
Common BluePolyommatus icarus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Andrew Smith · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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