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55.33077, -1.58199

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦111+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Redshank
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦111+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Redshank
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

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🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParking· Paid

Best for

4 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Herring Gull, Redshank, Oystercatcher +108 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Herring Gull, Redshank, Oystercatcher +108 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Egyptian Grasshopper · last seen 2026; Insects — Egyptian Grasshopper · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Black Nightshade, Narrow-leaved Ragwort · last seen 2025; Plants — Black Nightshade, Narrow-leaved Ragwort · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Northumberland Coast PathWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

King Charles III England Coast Path: South Bents to AmbleWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

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Cycling

24 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 1Cycling route

NCN 1 Tyne to Alnmouth

Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network

EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 6Cycling route

Tynemouth - Edinburgh

Named routeRef EV12International cycle route

Main RouteCycling route303 m

Named routeRef 1Length 303 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Main RouteCycling route1 km

Named routeRef 1Length 1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Main RouteCycling route1.4 km

Named routeRef 1Length 1.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose

Main RouteCycling route4.6 km

Named routeRef 1Length 4.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

31,676 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

31,676 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds116 species

summerautumnwinter

2026

Herring Gull · Redshank · Oystercatcher · Eider · Great Black-backed Gull +111

Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
KnotCalidris canutus2025
Roseate TernSterna dougallii2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
PuffinFratercula arctica2025
RazorbillAlca torda2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2025
SwiftApus apus2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Great TitParus major2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Caspian GullLarus cachinnans2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
FulmarFulmarus glacialis2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
Long-eared OwlAsio otus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
CootFulica atra2025
GoshawkAstur gentilis2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Ardea cinerea cinereaArdea cinerea cinerea2025
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea2025
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus2025
HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
Asio otus otusAsio otus otus2025

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Mammals1 species

autumnwinter

2025

Mole

MoleTalpa europaea

🐝

Insects1 species

winter

2026

Egyptian Grasshopper

Egyptian GrasshopperAnacridium aegyptium

🌿

Plants2 species

autumn

2025

Black Nightshade · Narrow-leaved Ragwort

Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum
Narrow-leaved RagwortSenecio inaequidens

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

31,676 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds116 species

summerautumnwinter

2026

Herring Gull · Redshank · Oystercatcher · Eider · Great Black-backed Gull +111

Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
KnotCalidris canutus2025
Roseate TernSterna dougallii2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
PuffinFratercula arctica2025
RazorbillAlca torda2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2025
SwiftApus apus2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Great TitParus major2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Caspian GullLarus cachinnans2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2025
WigeonMareca penelope2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
FulmarFulmarus glacialis2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
Long-eared OwlAsio otus2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
ShagGulosus aristotelis2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
CootFulica atra2025
GoshawkAstur gentilis2025
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Ardea cinerea cinereaArdea cinerea cinerea2025
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea2025
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus2025
HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2025
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
Asio otus otusAsio otus otus2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumnwinter

2025

Mole

MoleTalpa europaea

🐝

Insects1 species

winter

2026

Egyptian Grasshopper

Egyptian GrasshopperAnacridium aegyptium

🌿

Plants2 species

autumn

2025

Black Nightshade · Narrow-leaved Ragwort

Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum
Narrow-leaved RagwortSenecio inaequidens

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 David Clark · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Town Centre end of Percy Drive Amble

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