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🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
54.96976, -1.48803
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground 280m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground 280m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Herring Gull +72 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Magpie, Woodpigeon, Herring Gull +72 more · last seen 2026
Free
Plants — White Dead-nettle, Common Nettle, Dandelion +11 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — White Dead-nettle, Daisy, Snowdrop +67 more · last seen 2026; Plants — White Dead-nettle, Daisy, Snowdrop +67 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Urban park — family destination
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Way of LearningWalking route61 km▾
Named routeLength 61 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Stride out walkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Hadrian's Wall PathWalking route134.5 km▾
Named routeLength 134.5 kmNational walking route
Tyne and Wear Heritage Way Section 7Walking route15.2 km▾
Named routeLength 15.2 kmRegional walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: South Bents to AmbleWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
151 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 14Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 14National Cycle Network
Bowes Railway PathCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Coast Road cyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
Hadrian's CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 72National Cycle Network
Angel CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Waggonways Cycle Route D - Rising SunMountain bike route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Waggonways Cycle Route E - Silverlink Albert Edward DockMountain bike route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Waggonways Cycle Route F - Wallsend DeneMountain bike route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Harton Branch RouteMountain bike route▾
Marsden Quarry RouteMountain bike route▾
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
6,320 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
6,320 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds31 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Herring Gull · Moorhen · Mallard · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon +26
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- TealAnas crecca2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
🦌Mammals1 species
springsummer
2025▾
Rabbit
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐝Insects8 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · Broad-bodied Chaser · 7-spot Ladybird · Vine Weevil +3
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
🌿Plants19 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Snowdrop · Herb-Robert · Black Spleenwort · Common Nettle · Hazel +14
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025
- Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum2025
- Common NettleUrtica dioica2025
- HazelCorylus avellana2025
- Wall-rue
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,320 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds31 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Herring Gull · Moorhen · Mallard · Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon +26
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- TealAnas crecca2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
🦌Mammals1 species
springsummer
2025▾
Rabbit
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
🐝Insects8 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · Broad-bodied Chaser · 7-spot Ladybird · Vine Weevil +3
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
🌿Plants19 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Snowdrop · Herb-Robert · Black Spleenwort · Common Nettle · Hazel +14
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025
- Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum2025
- Common NettleUrtica dioica2025
- HazelCorylus avellana2025
- Wall-rue
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Common DarterSympetrum striolatumCommon DarterSympetrum striolatumSyrphusSyrphusSyrphusSyrphusAsplenium ruta-muraria2025
Asplenium ruta-muraria2025
HollyIlex aquifolium2025HollyIlex aquifolium2025AspenPopulus tremula2025AspenPopulus tremula2025SpindleEuonymus europaeus2025SpindleEuonymus europaeus2025BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2025Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2025Wild ParsnipPastinaca sativa2025Wild ParsnipPastinaca sativa2025Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2025Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis2025Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025Common ToadflaxLinaria vulgaris2025Common ToadflaxLinaria vulgaris2025Greater SpearwortRanunculus lingua2025Greater SpearwortRanunculus lingua2025Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2025Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2025White Dead-nettleLamium album2025White Dead-nettleLamium album2025CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2025CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2025