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🦉 Wildlife🧺 Picnic🦅 Birds
Public access Free entry Dogs welcome
Places › England › North East › Newcastle upon Tyne Getting here
54.97954, -1.64504
Open directionsv Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out ☕ The Oven Door Tearoom — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🧺 Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out ☕ The Oven Door Tearoom — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome☕ Café🅿️ Parking🧺 Picnic spot
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🧺 Picnic day out
Very strong match
picnic area, café, car park
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow +66 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow +66 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird, Syrphus +74 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird, Syrphus +74 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Field Penny-cress, Scentless Mayweed, Lesser Sea-spurrey +58 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Field Penny-cress, Scentless Mayweed, Lesser Sea-spurrey +58 more · last seen 2026
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Strong match
café, picnic area
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 9 signed routes nearby
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Wildlife to spot
28,284 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 28,284 records · National Biodiversity Network Moorhen · Tufted Duck · Mallard · Magpie · Mute Swan +36
Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Magpie Pica pica Mute Swan Cygnus olor Coot Fulica atra Blackbird Turdus merula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Canada Goose Branta canadensis Dunnock Prunella modularis Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Coal Tit Periparus ater Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea Goldcrest Regulus regulus Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Greylag Goose Anser anser Common Gull Larus canus2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Curlew Numenius arquata2025 Redshank Tringa totanus2025 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer2025 Common Pipistrelle
Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria Harlequin Ladybird · Syrphus · Early Bumblebee · 7-spot Ladybird · Buff-tailed Bumblebee +15
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis Syrphus Syrphus Early Bumblebee Bombus pratorum 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax Broad-leaved Dock · Common Chickweed
Broad-leaved Dock Rumex obtusifolius Common Chickweed Stellaria media Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 28,284 records · National Biodiversity Network Moorhen · Tufted Duck · Mallard · Magpie · Mute Swan +36
Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Magpie Pica pica Mute Swan Cygnus olor Coot Fulica atra Blackbird Turdus merula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Canada Goose Branta canadensis Dunnock Prunella modularis Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Coal Tit Periparus ater Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea Goldcrest Regulus regulus Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Greylag Goose Anser anser Common Gull Larus canus2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Curlew Numenius arquata2025 Redshank Tringa totanus2025 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus2025 Tawny Owl Strix aluco2025 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer2025 Common Pipistrelle
Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria Harlequin Ladybird · Syrphus · Early Bumblebee · 7-spot Ladybird · Buff-tailed Bumblebee +15
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis Syrphus Syrphus Early Bumblebee Bombus pratorum 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris Western Honey Bee Apis mellifera Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax Broad-leaved Dock · Common Chickweed
Broad-leaved Dock Rumex obtusifolius Common Chickweed Stellaria media Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata
Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata
Syrphus torvus Syrphus torvus
Syrphus torvus Syrphus torvus
Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum
Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum
Common Earwig Forficula auricularia/dentata agg.
Common Earwig Forficula auricularia/dentata agg.
Eupeodes luniger Eupeodes luniger
Eupeodes luniger Eupeodes luniger
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax
Eristalis pertinax Eristalis pertinax
Tawny Mining Bee Andrena fulva
Tawny Mining Bee Andrena fulva
Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria
Scathophaga stercoraria Scathophaga stercoraria
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata2025
Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata2025
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata2025
10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata2025
Cartodere bifasciata Cartodere bifasciata2025
Cartodere bifasciata Cartodere bifasciata2025
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Hawthorn Shieldbug Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis2025
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis2025 