🦉Wildlife✦Heritage🦅Birds
Dogs welcome
Getting here
54.50982, -1.33474
Open directionsv
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
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕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
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
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
Three Ridings on FootWalking route▾
Named routeRef 3RRegional walking route
32 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 14Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 14National Cycle Network
Teesside Park AccessCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
The White Rose Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 65National Cycle Network
National Cycle Route 165Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 165National Cycle Network
Yarm - Preston ParkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Stockton - Preston ParkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Thornaby BMX TrackMountain bike route▾
Photos
Round Hill mound and bailey across the Tees
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Wildlife to spot
17,853 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
17,853 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds31 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Blue Tit · Dunnock · Coal Tit · Great Tit · Robin +26
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
Common Pipistrelle
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects17 species
springsummer
2025▾
Marmalade Hoverfly · Eristalis tenax · Limnephilus lunatus · Volucella pellucens · Sphaerophoria scripta +12
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2024
- Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus
- Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens
- Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
🌿Plants8 species
springsummer
2025▾
Giant Hogweed · Bushy Mint · Common Bird's-foot-trefoil · Great Brome · Wood Avens +3
- Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum
- Bushy MintMentha arvensis x spicata = M. x gracilis
- Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
- Great BromeAnisantha diandra
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- Yellow ArchangelLamiastrum galeobdolon
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
17,853 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds31 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Blue Tit · Dunnock · Coal Tit · Great Tit · Robin +26
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
Common Pipistrelle
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects17 species
springsummer
2025▾
Marmalade Hoverfly · Eristalis tenax · Limnephilus lunatus · Volucella pellucens · Sphaerophoria scripta +12
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2024
- Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus
- Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens
- Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
🌿Plants8 species
springsummer
2025▾
Giant Hogweed · Bushy Mint · Common Bird's-foot-trefoil · Great Brome · Wood Avens +3
- Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum
- Bushy MintMentha arvensis x spicata = M. x gracilis
- Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
- Great BromeAnisantha diandra
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum
- Yellow ArchangelLamiastrum galeobdolon
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas