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St John's Church

📷 Bill Henderson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦60+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Woodpigeon
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground 299m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦60+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Woodpigeon
☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
🛝Playground 299m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

ParkingPlayground

Best for

9 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Robin, Woodpigeon, Blackbird +57 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Woodpigeon, Blackbird +57 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Rosebay Willowherb, Ribwort Plantain, Common Bird's-foot-trefoil +22 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Rosebay Willowherb, Ribwort Plantain, Common Bird's-foot-trefoil +22 more · last seen 2026

Free

Playgrounds

Strong match

playground, parking

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

playground

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Southern Hawker, Harlequin Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird +24 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Southern Hawker, Harlequin Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird +24 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

11 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Heritage Trails: monumentWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Heritage Trails: WallWalking route

Named routePoint-to-pointLocal walking route

Heritage Trails: cityWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Heritage TrailsWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Heritage Trails: churchesWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

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Cycling

149 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 14Cycling route

Named routeRef 14National Cycle Network

Bowes Railway PathCycling route

Named routeRegional cycle route

Cycle Route 3Cycling route

Named routeRef 3Local cycle route

Cycle Route 5Cycling route

Named routeRef 5Local cycle route

Hadrian's CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRef 72National Cycle Network

Angel CyclewayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

17,154 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

17,154 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds63 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2026

Robin · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Mallard · Great Tit +58

RobinErithacus rubecula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Great TitParus major2025
CootFulica atra2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
SwiftApus apus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024

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Mammals1 species

winterspringsummer

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐝

Insects27 species

spring

2025

Southern Hawker · Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · 2-spot Ladybird +22

Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
Chocolate Mining BeeAndrena scotica
Orange-tailed Mining BeeAndrena haemorrhoa
Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva
Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
Harmonia axyridis form spectabilisHarmonia axyridis form spectabilis
Harmonia axyridis form conspicuaHarmonia axyridis form conspicua
Greater Horntail WaspUrocerus gigas
Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2024
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2024
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2024
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2024
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2024
Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans2024
Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2024

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Plants25 species

summer

2026

Rosebay Willowherb · Ribwort Plantain · Common Bird's-foot-trefoil · Creeping Thistle · Hart's-Tongue +20

Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2025
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025
Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
Black MedickMedicago lupulina2025
White CloverTrifolium repens2025
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2025
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2025
RowanSorbus aucuparia2025
AlderAlnus glutinosa2025
ElderSambucus nigra2025
RamsonsAllium ursinum2025
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025
Greater PeriwinkleVinca major2025
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025
Norway MapleAcer platanoides2025
HazelCorylus avellana2025
Japanese CherryPrunus serrulata2025
Japanese RoseRosa rugosa2024
YarrowAchillea millefolium2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

17,154 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds63 species

winterspringsummerautumn

2026

Robin · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Mallard · Great Tit +58

RobinErithacus rubecula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Great TitParus major2025
CootFulica atra2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
SwiftApus apus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024

🦌

Mammals1 species

winterspringsummer

2025

Grey Squirrel

Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐝

Insects27 species

spring

2025

Southern Hawker · Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · 2-spot Ladybird +22

Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
Chocolate Mining BeeAndrena scotica
Orange-tailed Mining BeeAndrena haemorrhoa
Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva
Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
Harmonia axyridis form spectabilisHarmonia axyridis form spectabilis
Harmonia axyridis form conspicuaHarmonia axyridis form conspicua
Greater Horntail WaspUrocerus gigas
Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2024
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2024
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2024
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2024
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2024
Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans2024
Cantharis rusticaCantharis rustica2024

🌿

Plants25 species

summer

2026

Rosebay Willowherb · Ribwort Plantain · Common Bird's-foot-trefoil · Creeping Thistle · Hart's-Tongue +20

Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2025
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025
Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
Black MedickMedicago lupulina2025
White CloverTrifolium repens2025
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2025
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2025
RowanSorbus aucuparia2025
AlderAlnus glutinosa2025
ElderSambucus nigra2025
RamsonsAllium ursinum2025
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2025
Greater PeriwinkleVinca major2025
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025
Norway MapleAcer platanoides2025
HazelCorylus avellana2025
Japanese CherryPrunus serrulata2025
Japanese RoseRosa rugosa2024
YarrowAchillea millefolium2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Bill Henderson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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