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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦86+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Teal and Moorhen
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦86+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Teal and Moorhen
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

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🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingParking· Free

Best for

4 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Teal, Moorhen, Lapwing +83 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Teal, Moorhen, Lapwing +83 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Common Darter, Migrant Hawker, Common Hawker · last seen 2025; Insects — Common Darter, Migrant Hawker, Common Hawker · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Gorse, Horse-chestnut, Harebell · last seen 2026; Plants — Gorse, Horse-chestnut, Harebell · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

7 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Way of LoveWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Trimdon Parish Circular WalkWalking route

Named routeRound tripLocal walking route

Hardwick Park & Bishop's FenWalking route

Named routeRef 7Round tripLocal walking route

Historical Circuit WalkWalking route

Named routeRound tripLocal walking route

H100 - SedgefieldWalking route

Named routeRef 12Round tripLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

5 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Hardwick Park circular routeCycling route

Named routeRound tripLocal cycle route

Great North CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRef 725National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route520 m

Named routeRef 1Length 520 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route125 m

Named routeRef 1Length 125 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route4.8 km

Named routeRef 1Length 4.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

🐴

Horse riding

2 public paths nearby

Public paths

No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.

Wildlife to spot

52,821 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

52,821 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds58 species

winter

2026

Coot · Moorhen · Black-headed Gull · Canada Goose · Gadwall +53

CootFulica atra
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
GadwallMareca strepera
LapwingVanellus vanellus
TealAnas crecca
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula
Great TitParus major
Common GullLarus canus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
American WigeonMareca americana2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025

🌿

Plants1 species

spring

2026

Gorse

GorseUlex europaeus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

52,821 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds58 species

winter

2026

Coot · Moorhen · Black-headed Gull · Canada Goose · Gadwall +53

CootFulica atra
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
GadwallMareca strepera
LapwingVanellus vanellus
TealAnas crecca
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula
Great TitParus major
Common GullLarus canus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
American WigeonMareca americana2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025

🌿

Plants1 species

spring

2026

Gorse

GorseUlex europaeus

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Ian S · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Bungalows on South View, Bishop Middleham

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