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St Paul's Church

📷 Malc McDonald · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦107+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Woodpigeon
🚴Start cycling visits early on summer days — trails are best before the heat builds via NCN 1 Tees to Tyne
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦107+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Woodpigeon
🚴Start cycling visits early on summer days — trails are best before the heat builds via NCN 1 Tees to Tyne
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· Free

Best for

7 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Robin, Woodpigeon, Blackbird +104 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Woodpigeon, Blackbird +104 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 — Japanese Knotweed, Himalayan Balsam, Bloody Crane's-bill +24 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Japanese Knotweed, Himalayan Balsam, Bloody Crane's-bill +24 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, 2-spot Ladybird, Orange Ladybird +31 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, 2-spot Ladybird, Orange Ladybird +31 more · last seen 2025

Free

Cycling

Good match

Named cycling route nearby: NCN 1 Tees to Tyne

Varies

Dog walks

Good match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

6 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Weardale WayWalking route124 km

Named routeLength 124 kmRegional walking route

Durham Coastal PathWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

King Charles III England Coast Path: North Gare to South BentsWalking route

Named routeRef England Coast PathNational walking route

Way of LearningWalking route61 km

Named routeLength 61 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route

Heritage 100 - Seaham to Nose's PointWalking route

Named routeRound tripLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

103 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Walney to Wear Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRef 70National Cycle Network

EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 5Cycling route

Named routeRef EV12International cycle route

NCN 1 Seaham alternativeCycling route

Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network

NCN 1 Tees to TyneCycling route

Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network

Route 7Cycling route

Named routeRef 7National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route55 m

Named routeRef 1Length 55 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface pavementslabs

Wildlife to spot

9,941 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

9,941 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds109 species

winterautumn

2026

Robin · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Herring Gull · Dunnock +104

RobinErithacus rubecula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Great TitParus major2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
Rock DoveColumba livia2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2024
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2023
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
FulmarFulmarus glacialis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2024
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
TealAnas crecca2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2024
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2022
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2022
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2024
Common TernSterna hirundo2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2025
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2024
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2024
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2022
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2022
BuzzardButeo buteo2022
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2021
SiskinSpinus spinus2021
Little AukAlle alle2024
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2024
Barn OwlTyto alba2024
HoopoeUpupa epops2024
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2024
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
Blyth's Reed WarblerAcrocephalus dumetorum2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2024
Light-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla hrota2023
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fusca2023
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2023
Black-throated DiverGavia arctica2023
Larus argentatus argentatusLarus argentatus argentatus2023
Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus2023
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2022
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2022
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2021
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2021
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus2021
Great SkuaStercorarius skua2021
Balearic ShearwaterPuffinus mauretanicus2021
Long-tailed SkuaStercorarius longicaudus2021
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus2021
Pomarine SkuaStercorarius pomarinus2021
Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus2021

🦌

Mammals13 species

summerautumn

2025

Wood Mouse · Brown Rat · Greater White-toothed Shrew · Pygmy Shrew · Hedgehog +8

Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2024
Brown RatRattus norvegicus2024
Greater White-toothed ShrewCrocidura russula2024
Pygmy ShrewSorex minutus2024
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Common ShrewSorex araneus2024
VoleArvicolinae2024
Bank VoleMyodes glareolus2024
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024
Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024

🐝

Insects29 species

spring

2025

Harlequin Ladybird · 2-spot Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly +24

Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2024
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2024
Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva2024
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2024
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2024
Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus2024
Gooden's Nomad BeeNomada goodeniana2023
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Lagria hirtaLagria hirta
Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
Liocoris tripustulatusLiocoris tripustulatus
Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria2024
Bronze ShieldbugTroilus luridus2024
Chrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctum2023
Broad-barred FusehornArge cyanocrocea2023
Orange-tailed Mining BeeAndrena haemorrhoa2023
Tipula vernalisTipula vernalis2023
Buffish Mining BeeAndrena nigroaenea2023
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2022
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2022
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2021
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2021

🌿

Plants53 species

winter

2025

Himalayan Balsam · Japanese Knotweed · Coltsfoot · Horse-radish · Bloody Crane's-bill +48

Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2023
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2024
ColtsfootTussilago farfara
Horse-radishArmoracia rusticana
Bloody Crane's-billGeranium sanguineum
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2024
DaisyBellis perennis2024
Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2024
Northern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza purpurella2024
Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum2024
Winter-cressBarbarea vulgaris2024
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2023
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2022
Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Common Ramping-fumitoryFumaria muralis
WeldReseda luteola
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
BrassicaBrassica
BeechFagus sylvatica
Pink-sorrelOxalis articulata
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Oxford RagwortSenecio squalidus
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Great HorsetailEquisetum telmateia2024
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2024
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2024
Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2024
Black BryonyTamus communis2024
Early-purple OrchidOrchis mascula2022
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2022
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2022
ElderSambucus nigra2022
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2022
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2022
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2022
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2022
DandelionTaraxacum2022
CleaversGalium aparine2022
Red FescueFestuca rubra2022
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2022
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2022
Silver BirchBetula pendula2022
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2022
WillowSalix2022
BrambleRubus fruticosus2022
HollyIlex aquifolium2022
White CloverTrifolium repens2022
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2022
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2022
AlderAlnus glutinosa2022
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2022

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

9,941 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds109 species

winterautumn

2026

Robin · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Herring Gull · Dunnock +104

RobinErithacus rubecula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Great TitParus major2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
Rock DoveColumba livia2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2024
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2023
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
FulmarFulmarus glacialis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2024
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
TealAnas crecca2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2024
KittiwakeRissa tridactyla2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2022
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2022
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2024
Common TernSterna hirundo2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea2025
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2024
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2024
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2022
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2022
BuzzardButeo buteo2022
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2021
SiskinSpinus spinus2021
Little AukAlle alle2024
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2024
Barn OwlTyto alba2024
HoopoeUpupa epops2024
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2024
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis2024
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
Blyth's Reed WarblerAcrocephalus dumetorum2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2024
Light-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla hrota2023
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fusca2023
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2023
Black-throated DiverGavia arctica2023
Larus argentatus argentatusLarus argentatus argentatus2023
Larus argentatus argenteusLarus argentatus argenteus2023
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2022
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2022
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2021
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2021
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus2021
Great SkuaStercorarius skua2021
Balearic ShearwaterPuffinus mauretanicus2021
Long-tailed SkuaStercorarius longicaudus2021
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus2021
Pomarine SkuaStercorarius pomarinus2021
Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus2021

🦌

Mammals13 species

summerautumn

2025

Wood Mouse · Brown Rat · Greater White-toothed Shrew · Pygmy Shrew · Hedgehog +8

Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2024
Brown RatRattus norvegicus2024
Greater White-toothed ShrewCrocidura russula2024
Pygmy ShrewSorex minutus2024
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Common ShrewSorex araneus2024
VoleArvicolinae2024
Bank VoleMyodes glareolus2024
Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024
Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024

🐝

Insects29 species

spring

2025

Harlequin Ladybird · 2-spot Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly +24

Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2024
Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2024
Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva2024
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2024
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2024
Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus2024
Gooden's Nomad BeeNomada goodeniana2023
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
Lagria hirtaLagria hirta
Common Green GrasshopperOmocestus viridulus
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
Liocoris tripustulatusLiocoris tripustulatus
Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricaria2024
Bronze ShieldbugTroilus luridus2024
Chrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctum2023
Broad-barred FusehornArge cyanocrocea2023
Orange-tailed Mining BeeAndrena haemorrhoa2023
Tipula vernalisTipula vernalis2023
Buffish Mining BeeAndrena nigroaenea2023
Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2022
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2022
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2021
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2021

🌿

Plants53 species

winter

2025

Himalayan Balsam · Japanese Knotweed · Coltsfoot · Horse-radish · Bloody Crane's-bill +48

Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2023
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2024
ColtsfootTussilago farfara
Horse-radishArmoracia rusticana
Bloody Crane's-billGeranium sanguineum
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2024
DaisyBellis perennis2024
Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2024
Northern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza purpurella2024
Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum2024
Winter-cressBarbarea vulgaris2024
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2023
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2022
Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Common Ramping-fumitoryFumaria muralis
WeldReseda luteola
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
BrassicaBrassica
BeechFagus sylvatica
Pink-sorrelOxalis articulata
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Oxford RagwortSenecio squalidus
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Great HorsetailEquisetum telmateia2024
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2024
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2024
Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2024
Black BryonyTamus communis2024
Early-purple OrchidOrchis mascula2022
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2022
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2022
ElderSambucus nigra2022
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2022
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2022
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2022
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2022
DandelionTaraxacum2022
CleaversGalium aparine2022
Red FescueFestuca rubra2022
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2022
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2022
Silver BirchBetula pendula2022
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2022
WillowSalix2022
BrambleRubus fruticosus2022
HollyIlex aquifolium2022
White CloverTrifolium repens2022
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2022
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2022
AlderAlnus glutinosa2022
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2022

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Malc McDonald · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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