Plan your visit
🦅Birds🛝Family🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome88 ha
Getting here
54.51456, -1.55895
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦62+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🐾South Park Aviary on site — a good way to combine wildlife and an animal visit in the same trip
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦62+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon and Blackbird
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🐾South Park Aviary on site — a good way to combine wildlife and an animal visit in the same trip
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🅿️Parking🛝Playground🚻Toilets🐄Farm visit
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Robin +59 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground, toilets; Urban park — family destination
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Robin +59 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
playground, toilets, parking
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Brown Hawker, Blue-tailed Damselfly, Azure Damselfly +47 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Yew, Daisy, Ivy-leaved Toadflax +185 more · last seen 2026
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths 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
Alternatives in Teesdale Way (Middleton in Teesdale to Middlesbrough)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Barmpton & Little KettonWalking route▾
Named routeRef 2Round tripLocal walking route
36 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 14Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 14National Cycle Network
Mowden Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef MowdenLocal cycle route
National Cycle Route 165Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 165National Cycle Network
Darlington LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef LoopLocal cycle route
Morton Park Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef MortonLocal cycle route
Baydale Beck Cycle PathCycling route▾
Named routeRef BaydaleLocal cycle route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
West Park BMX TrackMountain bike route▾
Faverdale BMX TrackMountain bike route▾
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
17,129 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
17,129 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Mallard · Rock Dove · Moorhen · Carrion Crow +31
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- CootFulica atra
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
🦌Mammals5 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Daubenton's Bat · Brandt's Bat · Noctule
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii
- Brandt's BatMyotis brandtii
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad
Willow Emerald Damselfly · Brown Hawker · Migrant Hawker · Common Darter · Emerald Damselfly +15
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2025
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum
🌿Plants35 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Yew · Red Valerian · Giant Hogweed · Hogweed · Daisy +30
- YewTaxus baccata
- Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2025
- Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2025
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- DaisyBellis perennis
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
17,129 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Mallard · Rock Dove · Moorhen · Carrion Crow +31
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- CootFulica atra
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
🦌Mammals5 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Daubenton's Bat · Brandt's Bat · Noctule
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Daubenton's BatMyotis daubentonii
- Brandt's BatMyotis brandtii
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad
Willow Emerald Damselfly · Brown Hawker · Migrant Hawker · Common Darter · Emerald Damselfly +15
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2025
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum
🌿Plants35 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Yew · Red Valerian · Giant Hogweed · Hogweed · Daisy +30
- YewTaxus baccata
- Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2025
- Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2025
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- DaisyBellis perennis
- Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
ScathophagaScathophagaScathophagaScathophagaEudasyphora cyanellaEudasyphora cyanellaEudasyphora cyanellaEudasyphora cyanellaEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaCuliseta annulataCuliseta annulataCuliseta annulataCuliseta annulataGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaAgonumAgonum2025AgonumAgonum20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025Pemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecaePemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecae2025Pemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecaePemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecae2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Culex pipiensCulex pipiens2025Culex pipiensCulex pipiens2025Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum20252025
2025
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2025Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2025Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2025Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2025Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2025Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2025Red CampionSilene dioica2025Red CampionSilene dioica2025Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2025White Dead-nettleLamium album2025White Dead-nettleLamium album2025Colorado SprucePicea pungens2025Colorado SprucePicea pungens2025Hoary PlantainPlantago media2025Hoary PlantainPlantago media2025AspenPopulus tremula2025AspenPopulus tremula2025Boston-ivyParthenocissus tricuspidata2025Boston-ivyParthenocissus tricuspidata2025GorseUlex europaeus2025GorseUlex europaeus2025HornbeamCarpinus betulus2025HornbeamCarpinus betulus2025YarrowAchillea millefolium2025YarrowAchillea millefolium2025Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2025Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2025Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2025Guelder-roseViburnum opulus2025Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2025Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2025CockspurEchinochloa crus-galli2025CockspurEchinochloa crus-galli2025Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2025Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2025Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2025Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2025Wall LettuceMycelis muralis2025Wall LettuceMycelis muralis2025Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea2025Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea2025Yellow CorydalisPseudofumaria lutea2025Yellow CorydalisPseudofumaria lutea2025Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025Sorbus aria x aucuparia = S. x thuringiacaSorbus aria x aucuparia = S. x thuringiaca2025Sorbus aria x aucuparia = S. x thuringiacaSorbus aria x aucuparia = S. x thuringiaca2025White OakQuercus alba2025White OakQuercus alba2025BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2025BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2025ElderSambucus nigra2025ElderSambucus nigra2025Turkey OakQuercus cerris2025Turkey OakQuercus cerris2025Events & activities nearby
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