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Portrack Baptist Church

📷 Mick Garratt · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦77+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Blackbird
🚴Start cycling visits early on summer days — trails are best before the heat builds via Route 14
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦77+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Blackbird
🚴Start cycling visits early on summer days — trails are best before the heat builds via Route 14
🐕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

Parking· Paid

Best for

9 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Mallard, Blackbird, Black-headed Gull +74 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Mallard, Blackbird, Black-headed Gull +74 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Giant Hogweed, Glaucous Sedge, Green-flowered Helleborine +22 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Giant Hogweed, Glaucous Sedge, Green-flowered Helleborine +22 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Speckled Wood, Small White, Green-veined White +44 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Speckled Wood, Small White, Green-veined White +44 more · last seen 2025

Free

Cycling

Good match

Named cycling route nearby: Route 14

Varies

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

5 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

Thornaby Trail LoopWalking route

Named routeRef Thornaby TrailRound tripLocal walking route

Thornaby Trail ConnectionsWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Marton West BeckWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

King Charles III England Coast Path: Filey Brigg to North GareWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

139 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 14Cycling route

Named routeRef 14National Cycle Network

Teesside Park AccessCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Saltholm Cycle PathCycling route

Named routeRef SaltholmLocal cycle route

EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 5Cycling route

Named routeRef EV12International cycle route

The White Rose Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRef 65National Cycle Network

8 Bridges Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRef 8 BridgesLocal cycle route

🚵

Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Thornaby BMX TrackMountain bike route

Named route

Wildlife to spot

12,824 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

12,824 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds51 species

autumnwinter

2026

Mallard · Mute Swan · Grey Heron · Black-headed Gull · Robin +46

MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Great TitParus major2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
TealAnas crecca2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
CootFulica atra2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumn

2025

Otter

OtterLutra lutra

🐝

Insects10 species

summer

2025

Orange Ladybird · Limnephilus marmoratus · Common Darter · 10-spot Ladybird · Swollen-thighed Beetle +5

Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
Limnephilus marmoratusLimnephilus marmoratus
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
HydropsycheHydropsyche
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Common Flower BugAnthocoris nemorum
Malthinus flaveolusMalthinus flaveolus

🌿

Plants35 species

spring

2025

Symphyotrichum novi-belgii · Marsh Foxtail · Brooklime · Lesser / Wood Burdock · Curled Dock +30

Symphyotrichum novi-belgiiSymphyotrichum novi-belgii
Marsh FoxtailAlopecurus geniculatus
BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga
Lesser / Wood BurdockArctium minus
Curled DockRumex crispus
Red CurrantRibes rubrum
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris
Red CampionSilene dioica
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Hoary PlantainPlantago media
Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa
RaspberryRubus idaeus
Northern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza purpurella
White CloverTrifolium repens
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
Imperforate St John's-wortHypericum maculatum
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
Wood DockRumex sanguineus
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Wych ElmUlmus glabra
ElderSambucus nigra
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Common ValerianValeriana officinalis
Toad Rush agg.Juncus bufonius
BindweedCalystegia
Crack-willowSalix alba x euxina = S. x fragilis
CleaversGalium aparine
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
Common ReedPhragmites australis
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

12,824 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds51 species

autumnwinter

2026

Mallard · Mute Swan · Grey Heron · Black-headed Gull · Robin +46

MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Great TitParus major2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
TealAnas crecca2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
CootFulica atra2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025

🦌

Mammals1 species

autumn

2025

Otter

OtterLutra lutra

🐝

Insects10 species

summer

2025

Orange Ladybird · Limnephilus marmoratus · Common Darter · 10-spot Ladybird · Swollen-thighed Beetle +5

Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
Limnephilus marmoratusLimnephilus marmoratus
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata
Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
HydropsycheHydropsyche
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Common Flower BugAnthocoris nemorum
Malthinus flaveolusMalthinus flaveolus

🌿

Plants35 species

spring

2025

Symphyotrichum novi-belgii · Marsh Foxtail · Brooklime · Lesser / Wood Burdock · Curled Dock +30

Symphyotrichum novi-belgiiSymphyotrichum novi-belgii
Marsh FoxtailAlopecurus geniculatus
BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga
Lesser / Wood BurdockArctium minus
Curled DockRumex crispus
Red CurrantRibes rubrum
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris
Red CampionSilene dioica
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Hoary PlantainPlantago media
Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa
RaspberryRubus idaeus
Northern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza purpurella
White CloverTrifolium repens
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
Imperforate St John's-wortHypericum maculatum
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
Wood DockRumex sanguineus
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Wych ElmUlmus glabra
ElderSambucus nigra
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Common ValerianValeriana officinalis
Toad Rush agg.Juncus bufonius
BindweedCalystegia
Crack-willowSalix alba x euxina = S. x fragilis
CleaversGalium aparine
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
Common ReedPhragmites australis
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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