Rookery Plantation ✦ Ancient woodland 2 ha
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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🍂 Seasonal
Free entry Dogs welcome 2 ha
Places › England › North East › Stockton-on-Tees Getting here
54.54517, -1.37535
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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 🌿 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 🌿 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; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Robin +67 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blue Tit, Great Tit, Robin +67 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Nipplewort, Wood Avens, Green Alkanet +7 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Azure Damselfly, Common Darter, Emerald Damselfly +24 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Azure Damselfly, Common Darter, Emerald Damselfly +24 more · last seen 2025
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Teesdale Way (Middleton in Teesdale to Middlesbrough) Walking route ▾
UK long distance footpath from Dufton to Warrenby.
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Thornaby Trail Loop Walking route ▾
Named route Ref Thornaby Trail Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Thornaby Trail Connections Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map 76 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 14 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 14 National Cycle Network
Show on map EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 5 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref EV12 International cycle route
Show on map 8 Bridges Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 8 Bridges Local cycle route
Show on map Portrack & Haverton Hill Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Portrack Local cycle route
Show on map Yarm - Preston Park Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Stockton - Preston Park Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map ✦ Ancient woodland — continuously wooded since at least 1600 AD. A rare and irreplaceable habitat, rich in biodiversity and historical character.
Photos Elton Hall now a Residential Home
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Wildlife to spot
6,073 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 6,073 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 44 species
spring summer autumn winter
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · Carrion Crow · Chaffinch · Blue Tit +39
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Redshank Tringa totanus2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Linnet Linaria cannabina2025 Teal Anas crecca2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Curlew Numenius arquata2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Whitethroat Curruca communis2025 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2025 Sand Martin Riparia riparia2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Roe Deer
Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus 🐝 Insects 21 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Azure Damselfly · Large Red Damselfly · Emperor Dragonfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Syrphus +16
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans Syrphus Syrphus Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum 🌿 Plants 7 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Nipplewort · Wood Avens · Hedge Bedstraw · Musk-mallow · Burnet-saxifrage +2
Nipplewort Lapsana communis Wood Avens Geum urbanum Hedge Bedstraw Galium album Musk-mallow Malva moschata Burnet-saxifrage Pimpinella saxifraga Green Alkanet Pentaglottis sempervirens Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 6,073 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 44 species
spring summer autumn winter
2026 ▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · Carrion Crow · Chaffinch · Blue Tit +39
Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Redwing Turdus iliacus2025 Redshank Tringa totanus2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Linnet Linaria cannabina2025 Teal Anas crecca2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Curlew Numenius arquata2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos2025 Whitethroat Curruca communis2025 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2025 Sand Martin Riparia riparia2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Roe Deer
Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus 🐝 Insects 21 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Azure Damselfly · Large Red Damselfly · Emperor Dragonfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Syrphus +16
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans Syrphus Syrphus Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum 🌿 Plants 7 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Nipplewort · Wood Avens · Hedge Bedstraw · Musk-mallow · Burnet-saxifrage +2
Nipplewort Lapsana communis Wood Avens Geum urbanum Hedge Bedstraw Galium album Musk-mallow Malva moschata Burnet-saxifrage Pimpinella saxifraga Green Alkanet Pentaglottis sempervirens Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Brown Hawker
Brown Hawker
Aeshna grandis
Aeshna grandis
Ruddy Darter Sympetrum sanguineum
Ruddy Darter Sympetrum sanguineum
Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta
Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea
Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata
Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata
Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa
Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum
Oedemera lurida Oedemera lurida
Oedemera lurida Oedemera lurida
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
Plagiosterna aenea Plagiosterna aenea
Plagiosterna aenea Plagiosterna aenea
Red-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa serraticornis
Red-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa serraticornis
Downlooker Snipefly Rhagio scolopaceus
Downlooker Snipefly Rhagio scolopaceus
Figwort Weevil Cionus scrophulariae
Figwort Weevil Cionus scrophulariae
Cercopis vulnerata Cercopis vulnerata
Cercopis vulnerata Cercopis vulnerata
Alder Leaf Beetle Agelastica alni
Alder Leaf Beetle Agelastica alni
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