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🦅 Birds🦉 Wildlife🦋 Insects
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Places › England › North East › Newcastle upon Tyne Getting here
54.97537, -1.58851
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🐦 54+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Woodpigeon 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here ☕ Ouseburn Farm Cafe — a good base for a longer summer day out 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🐦 54+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Woodpigeon 🌿 Foraging is at its best in summer here ☕ Ouseburn Farm Cafe — a good base for a longer summer day out 🚲 Bike parking☕ Café🅿️ Parking· Paid
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Woodpigeon, Mallard +51 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Robin, Woodpigeon, Mallard +51 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Syrphus ribesii, Harlequin Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird +54 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Syrphus ribesii, Harlequin Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird +54 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Ivy-leaved Speedwell, White Dead-nettle, Trailing Bellflower +122 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Ivy-leaved Speedwell, White Dead-nettle, Trailing Bellflower +122 more · last seen 2026
Free
Plants — White Dead-nettle, Red Dead-nettle, Small Nettle +16 more foraging species
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 7 signed routes nearby
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Route 14 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 14 National Cycle Network
Show on map Bowes Railway Path Cycling route ▾
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Show on map Hadrian's Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 72 National Cycle Network
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Waggonways Cycle Route D - Rising Sun Mountain bike route ▾
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Show on map Waggonways Cycle Route F - Wallsend Dene Mountain bike route ▾
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Wildlife to spot
55,192 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 55,192 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 35 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Blackbird · Mallard · Kingfisher · Woodpigeon · Robin +30
Blackbird Turdus merula Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Robin Erithacus rubecula Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Dipper Cinclus cinclus Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Magpie Pica pica Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Woodcock Scolopax rusticola Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla Dunnock Prunella modularis Mute Swan Cygnus olor Little Owl Athene noctua Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Pipistrelle Bat species
Pipistrelle Bat species Pipistrellus 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 22 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird · Cream-spot Ladybird +17
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata 10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata 2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata Ivy-leaved Speedwell · Snowdrop · Veronica hederifolia subsp. lucorum · Trailing Bellflower · Cherry Plum +13
Ivy-leaved Speedwell Veronica hederifolia Snowdrop Galanthus nivalis Veronica hederifolia subsp. lucorum Veronica hederifolia subsp. lucorum Trailing Bellflower Campanula poscharskyana Cherry Plum Prunus cerasifera Red Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum White Dead-nettle Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 55,192 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 35 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Blackbird · Mallard · Kingfisher · Woodpigeon · Robin +30
Blackbird Turdus merula Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Robin Erithacus rubecula Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba Dipper Cinclus cinclus Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Magpie Pica pica Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Woodcock Scolopax rusticola Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla Dunnock Prunella modularis Mute Swan Cygnus olor Little Owl Athene noctua Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2025 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Stock Dove Columba oenas2025 Pipistrelle Bat species
Pipistrelle Bat species Pipistrellus 🐸 Amphibians 1 species
spring
2026 ▾
Common Frog
Common Frog Rana temporaria 🐝 Insects 22 species
winter spring
2026 ▾
Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Orange Ladybird · 10-spot Ladybird · Cream-spot Ladybird +17
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata 10-spot Ladybird Adalia decempunctata Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata 2-spot Ladybird Adalia bipunctata Ivy-leaved Speedwell · Snowdrop · Veronica hederifolia subsp. lucorum · Trailing Bellflower · Cherry Plum +13
Ivy-leaved Speedwell Veronica hederifolia Snowdrop Galanthus nivalis Veronica hederifolia subsp. lucorum Veronica hederifolia subsp. lucorum Trailing Bellflower Campanula poscharskyana Cherry Plum Prunus cerasifera Red Dead-nettle Lamium purpureum White Dead-nettle Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Cream-streaked Ladybird Harmonia quadripunctata
Cream-streaked Ladybird Harmonia quadripunctata
18-spot Ladybird Myrrha octodecimguttata
18-spot Ladybird Myrrha octodecimguttata
Syrphus torvus Syrphus torvus
Syrphus torvus Syrphus torvus
Pine Ladybird Exochomus quadripustulatus
Pine Ladybird Exochomus quadripustulatus
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Eyed Ladybird Anatis ocellata
Eyed Ladybird Anatis ocellata
Larch Ladybird Aphidecta obliterata
Larch Ladybird Aphidecta obliterata
Chocolate Mining Bee Andrena scotica
Chocolate Mining Bee Andrena scotica
Melangyna lasiophthalma Melangyna lasiophthalma
Melangyna lasiophthalma Melangyna lasiophthalma
Early Bumblebee Bombus pratorum
Early Bumblebee Bombus pratorum
Liocoris tripustulatus Liocoris tripustulatus
Liocoris tripustulatus Liocoris tripustulatus
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes
Common Flower Bug Anthocoris nemorum
Common Flower Bug Anthocoris nemorum
Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris
Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis
Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis) Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis)2025
Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis) Ectopsocus briggsi agg. (briggsi/petersi/meridionalis)2025 Lamium album
Lamium album
Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage Chrysosplenium oppositifolium
Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage Chrysosplenium oppositifolium
Sticky Mouse-ear Cerastium glomeratum
Sticky Mouse-ear Cerastium glomeratum
Spear Thistle Cirsium vulgare
Spear Thistle Cirsium vulgare
Sweet Violet Viola odorata
Sweet Violet Viola odorata
Hyacinth Hyacinthus orientalis
Hyacinth Hyacinthus orientalis
False Oxlip Primula veris x vulgaris = P. x polyantha
False Oxlip Primula veris x vulgaris = P. x polyantha
Lungwort Pulmonaria officinalis
Lungwort Pulmonaria officinalis
Lesser Celandine Ficaria verna
Lesser Celandine Ficaria verna
Galanthus nivalis x plicatus = G. x valentinei Galanthus nivalis x plicatus = G. x valentinei
Galanthus nivalis x plicatus = G. x valentinei Galanthus nivalis x plicatus = G. x valentinei
Coltsfoot Tussilago farfara
Coltsfoot Tussilago farfara
Early Crocus Crocus tommasinianus
Early Crocus Crocus tommasinianus