Silverhill Plantation 2 ha
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🦅 Birds🦉 Wildlife🦋 Insects
Free entry Dogs welcome 2 ha
Places › England › North East › Darlington Getting here
54.56779, -1.63525
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🐦 58+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Tree Sparrow and Great Tit 🌿 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
🐦 58+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Tree Sparrow and Great Tit 🌿 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🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Tree Sparrow, Great Tit, Blue Tit +55 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Tree Sparrow, Great Tit, Blue Tit +55 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Large White, Green-veined White, 7-spot Ladybird +5 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Large White, Green-veined White, 7-spot Ladybird +5 more · last seen 2025
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🍂 Seasonal nature
Good match
Plants — Red Dead-nettle, Scentless Mayweed, Spear Thistle +4 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Red Dead-nettle, Scentless Mayweed, Spear Thistle +4 more · last seen 2025
Free
🌲 Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 1 signed route 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 7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Mowden Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Mowden Local cycle route
Show on map Darlington Loop Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Loop Local cycle route
Show on map Baydale Beck Cycle Path Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Baydale Local cycle route
Show on map Great North Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 725 National Cycle Network
Show on map Blackwell Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Blackwell Local cycle route
Show on map Hummersknott Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Hummersknott Local cycle route
Show on map 2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
West Park BMX Track Mountain bike route ▾
Faverdale BMX Track Mountain bike route ▾
Photos Heading north west on Back Lane
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Wildlife to spot
4,157 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 4,157 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 31 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Great Tit · Tree Sparrow · Blue Tit · Stock Dove · Chiffchaff +26
Great Tit Parus major2024 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus2024 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2024 Stock Dove Columba oenas2024 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2024 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2024 Blackbird Turdus merula2024 Dunnock Prunella modularis2024 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Goldcrest Regulus regulus2024 Robin Erithacus rubecula2024 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2024 Swallow Hirundo rustica2024 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2024 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2024 Redwing Turdus iliacus2024 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2024 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2024 Whitethroat Curruca communis2024 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2023 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra Canada Goose Branta canadensis Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2024 Willow Tit Poecile montanus2024 Coal Tit Periparus ater2024 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus2024 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2024 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2023 7-spot Ladybird · Broad Centurion
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Broad Centurion Chloromyia formosa 🌿 Plants 7 species
summer winter
2025 ▾
Red Dead-nettle · Scentless Mayweed · Spear Thistle · Gooseberry · Pendulous Sedge +2
Red Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum Scentless Mayweed Tripleurospermum inodorum Spear Thistle Cirsium vulgare Gooseberry Ribes uva-crispa Pendulous Sedge Carex pendula Japanese Knotweed Reynoutria japonica Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 4,157 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 31 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Great Tit · Tree Sparrow · Blue Tit · Stock Dove · Chiffchaff +26
Great Tit Parus major2024 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus2024 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2024 Stock Dove Columba oenas2024 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2024 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2024 Blackbird Turdus merula2024 Dunnock Prunella modularis2024 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Goldcrest Regulus regulus2024 Robin Erithacus rubecula2024 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2024 Swallow Hirundo rustica2024 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2024 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2024 Redwing Turdus iliacus2024 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2024 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2024 Whitethroat Curruca communis2024 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2023 Crossbill Loxia curvirostra Canada Goose Branta canadensis Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2024 Willow Tit Poecile montanus2024 Coal Tit Periparus ater2024 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus2024 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2024 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2023 7-spot Ladybird · Broad Centurion
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Broad Centurion Chloromyia formosa 🌿 Plants 7 species
summer winter
2025 ▾
Red Dead-nettle · Scentless Mayweed · Spear Thistle · Gooseberry · Pendulous Sedge +2
Red Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum Scentless Mayweed Tripleurospermum inodorum Spear Thistle Cirsium vulgare Gooseberry Ribes uva-crispa Pendulous Sedge Carex pendula Japanese Knotweed Reynoutria japonica Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Horse-chestnut
Horse-chestnut
Aesculus hippocastanum2023
Aesculus hippocastanum2023
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