Robs Wood ✦ Ancient woodland 59 ha
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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🍂 Seasonal
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome 59 ha
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55.28860, -2.33544
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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 🍄 Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here 🐕 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 🍄 Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🌿 Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
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🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Chaffinch, Robin, Coal Tit +49 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Chaffinch, Robin, Coal Tit +49 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Waved Silk-moss, Swan's-neck Thyme-moss, Wall Lettuce +3 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍄 Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Dark Crottle, Usnea subfloridana, Hypogymnia tubulosa +67 more · last seen 2014; Fungi — Dark Crottle, Usnea subfloridana, Hypogymnia tubulosa +67 more · last seen 2014
Varies
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Rhyacophila dorsalis, Hydropsyche pellucidula, Hydropsyche siltalai +23 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Rhyacophila dorsalis, Hydropsyche pellucidula, Hydropsyche siltalai +23 more · last seen 2024
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Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Pennine Way (Middleton in Teesdale to Kirk Yetholm) Walking route ▾
Named route National walking route
Show on map 1 signed route nearby
Route 686 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 686 National Cycle Network
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✦ Ancient woodland — continuously wooded since at least 1600 AD. A rare and irreplaceable habitat, rich in biodiversity and historical character.
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Wildlife to spot
729 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 729 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 47 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Crossbill · Siskin · Robin · Wren · Chaffinch +42
Crossbill Loxia curvirostra Siskin Spinus spinus Robin Erithacus rubecula Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Swallow Hirundo rustica2022 Coal Tit Periparus ater Goldcrest Regulus regulus Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Raven Corvus corax2024 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2021 Great Tit Parus major Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2023 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2021 Jay Garrulus glandarius2020 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea cabaret Blackbird Turdus merula2024 Dipper Cinclus cinclus2023 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Dunnock Prunella modularis Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2023 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2020 House Martin Delichon urbicum2020 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2020 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2020 Nuthatch Sitta europaea Cuckoo Cuculus canorus2024 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus2021 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2020 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin2020 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2020 Sand Martin Riparia riparia2020 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus2020 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos2020 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2020 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2020 Skylark Alauda arvensis2020 Redwing Turdus iliacus2019 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2018 Whitethroat Curruca communis2017 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2016 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2016 🦌 Mammals 5 species
spring autumn
2025 ▾
Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Field Vole · Red Squirrel · Pipistrelle Bat species
Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2018 Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus2018 Field Vole Microtus agrestis Red Squirrel Sciurus vulgaris2020 Pipistrelle Bat species Pipistrellus2018 Adder
🐸 Amphibians 1 species
autumn
2017 ▾
Common Toad
🐝 Insects 23 species
spring summer autumn
2024 ▾
Ringlet · Common Carder Bee · Sphegina sibirica · Rhyacophila dorsalis · Hydropsyche pellucidula +18
Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus2016 Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum Sphegina sibirica Sphegina sibirica2023 Rhyacophila dorsalis Rhyacophila dorsalis2018 Hydropsyche pellucidula Hydropsyche pellucidula 🌿 Plants 6 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Waved Silk-moss · Swan's-neck Thyme-moss · Wall Lettuce · Heath Spotted-orchid · Common Tamarisk-moss +1
Waved Silk-moss Plagiothecium undulatum Swan's-neck Thyme-moss Mnium hornum Wall Lettuce Mycelis muralis2023 Heath Spotted-orchid Dactylorhiza maculata2022 Common Tamarisk-moss Thuidium tamariscinum2017 Common Figwort Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 729 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 47 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Crossbill · Siskin · Robin · Wren · Chaffinch +42
Crossbill Loxia curvirostra Siskin Spinus spinus Robin Erithacus rubecula Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Swallow Hirundo rustica2022 Coal Tit Periparus ater Goldcrest Regulus regulus Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Raven Corvus corax2024 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2021 Great Tit Parus major Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2023 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2021 Jay Garrulus glandarius2020 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea cabaret Blackbird Turdus merula2024 Dipper Cinclus cinclus2023 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Dunnock Prunella modularis Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2023 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2020 House Martin Delichon urbicum2020 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2020 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2020 Nuthatch Sitta europaea Cuckoo Cuculus canorus2024 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus2021 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2020 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin2020 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2020 Sand Martin Riparia riparia2020 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus2020 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos2020 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2020 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2020 Skylark Alauda arvensis2020 Redwing Turdus iliacus2019 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata2018 Whitethroat Curruca communis2017 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2016 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis2016 🦌 Mammals 5 species
spring autumn
2025 ▾
Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Field Vole · Red Squirrel · Pipistrelle Bat species
Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2018 Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus2018 Field Vole Microtus agrestis Red Squirrel Sciurus vulgaris2020 Pipistrelle Bat species Pipistrellus2018 Adder
🐸 Amphibians 1 species
autumn
2017 ▾
Common Toad
🐝 Insects 23 species
spring summer autumn
2024 ▾
Ringlet · Common Carder Bee · Sphegina sibirica · Rhyacophila dorsalis · Hydropsyche pellucidula +18
Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus2016 Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum Sphegina sibirica Sphegina sibirica2023 Rhyacophila dorsalis Rhyacophila dorsalis2018 Hydropsyche pellucidula Hydropsyche pellucidula 🌿 Plants 6 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Waved Silk-moss · Swan's-neck Thyme-moss · Wall Lettuce · Heath Spotted-orchid · Common Tamarisk-moss +1
Waved Silk-moss Plagiothecium undulatum Swan's-neck Thyme-moss Mnium hornum Wall Lettuce Mycelis muralis2023 Heath Spotted-orchid Dactylorhiza maculata2022 Common Tamarisk-moss Thuidium tamariscinum2017 Common Figwort Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2018
2018
Hydropsyche siltalai Hydropsyche siltalai2018
Hydropsyche siltalai Hydropsyche siltalai2018
Small Skipper Thymelicus sylvestris2016
Small Skipper Thymelicus sylvestris2016
Vine Weevil Otiorhynchus sulcatus
Vine Weevil Otiorhynchus sulcatus
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Bilberry Bumblebee Bombus monticola2023
Bilberry Bumblebee Bombus monticola2023
Chrysogaster solstitialis Chrysogaster solstitialis2023
Chrysogaster solstitialis Chrysogaster solstitialis2023
Common Hawker Aeshna juncea2022
Common Hawker Aeshna juncea2022
Orange-tip Anthocharis cardamines2021
Orange-tip Anthocharis cardamines2021
Common Carpet Epirrhoe alternata2019
Common Carpet Epirrhoe alternata2019
Sericostoma personatum Sericostoma personatum2018
Sericostoma personatum Sericostoma personatum2018
Polycentropus kingi Polycentropus kingi2018
Polycentropus kingi Polycentropus kingi2018
Potamophylax latipennis Potamophylax latipennis2018
Potamophylax latipennis Potamophylax latipennis2018
Halesus radiatus Halesus radiatus2018
Halesus radiatus Halesus radiatus2018
Silo pallipes Silo pallipes2018
Silo pallipes Silo pallipes2018
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2017
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2017
Fox Moth Macrothylacia rubi2017
Fox Moth Macrothylacia rubi2017
Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina2016
Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina2016
Red-necked Footman Atolmis rubricollis2016
Red-necked Footman Atolmis rubricollis2016 Scrophularia nodosa2017
Scrophularia nodosa2017
