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Selset Reservoir

253 ha

📷 David Brown · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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BirdsWildlifeSeasonal

Public accessFree entryDogs welcome253 ha

Getting here

54.58546, -2.14019

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦80+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Lapwing and Greylag Goose
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦80+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Lapwing and Greylag Goose
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

8 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Lapwing, Greylag Goose, Mallard +77 more · last seen 2025; Reservoir — wildfowl and wading birds

Free

Wildlife

Strong match

Birds — Lapwing, Greylag Goose, Mallard +77 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Common Nettle, Meadow Buttercup, Common Mouse-ear +42 more · last seen 2017

Free

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Waterside walks

Good match

Reservoir — waterside public access

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

8 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Pennine Way (Middleton in Teesdale to Kirk Yetholm)Walking route

Named routeNational walking route

Teesdale Way (Middleton in Teesdale to Middlesbrough)Walking route

UK long distance footpath from Dufton to Warrenby.

Named routeRegional walking route

Teesdale Way (Dufton to Middleton in Teesdale)Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Tees Railway PathWalking route9.7 km

Follows route of former Tees Valley Railway

Named routeLength 9.7 kmLocal walking route

Pennine Way (Tan Hill to Middleton in Teesdale)Walking route

Named routeNational walking route

Kelton Lanepublic footpath · 472 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 472 mPath type: service

Kelton Lanepublic footpath · 216 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 216 mPath type: service

Kelton Lanepublic footpath · 100 m

Public pathpublic footpathLength 100 mPath type: unclassified

🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

National Byway (County Durham and Northumberland)Cycling route

The National Byway route through County Durham and Northumberland

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

2,432 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

2,432 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds51 species

spring

2025

Lapwing · Greylag Goose · Oystercatcher · Black-headed Gull · Mallard +46

LapwingVanellus vanellus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
CurlewNumenius arquata
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
JackdawColoeus monedula
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
RedshankTringa totanus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
Great TitParus major2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
SwallowHirundo rustica
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
SiskinSpinus spinus
SnipeGallinago gallinago
GoosanderMergus merganser
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
RookCorvus frugilegus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
TealAnas crecca
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2024
Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024

🦌

Mammals1 species

summer

2024

Rabbit

RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

2,432 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds51 species

spring

2025

Lapwing · Greylag Goose · Oystercatcher · Black-headed Gull · Mallard +46

LapwingVanellus vanellus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
CurlewNumenius arquata
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
JackdawColoeus monedula
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
RedshankTringa totanus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
Great TitParus major2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
SwallowHirundo rustica
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
SiskinSpinus spinus
SnipeGallinago gallinago
GoosanderMergus merganser
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
RookCorvus frugilegus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
TealAnas crecca
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2024
Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024

🦌

Mammals1 species

summer

2024

Rabbit

RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 David Brown · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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