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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦97+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Black-headed Gull
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
☕Starbucks — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦97+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Herring Gull and Black-headed Gull
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
☕Starbucks — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Bike parkingCaféParking· Paid

Best for

8 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Herring Gull, Black-headed Gull, Oystercatcher +94 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Herring Gull, Black-headed Gull, Oystercatcher +94 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 — Great Willowherb, Northern Marsh-orchid, Purple Toadflax +26 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Great Willowherb, Northern Marsh-orchid, Purple Toadflax +26 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed with public access

Free

Family friendly

Strong match

café; Urban park — family destination

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Common Darter, Red-tailed Bumblebee, Harlequin Ladybird +11 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Common Darter, Red-tailed Bumblebee, Harlequin Ladybird +11 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

6 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Durham Coastal PathWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Three Villages Native Tree WalkWalking route

Named routeRef 3 Villages TreeLocal walking route

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

Named routeRef England Coast PathNational walking route

King Charles III England Coast Path: Filey Brigg to North GareWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

Way of LoveWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

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Cycling

52 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 14Cycling route

Named routeRef 14National Cycle Network

Hartlepool Cycle RoutesCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

(14)Cycling route

waymarked route from North Gare to National Cycle Route 14 in Seaton Carew

Named routeRef (14)Local cycle route

to Summerhill Country ParkCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Main RouteCycling route1.6 km

Named routeRef 14Length 1.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route362 m

Named routeRef 14Length 362 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

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Mountain biking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Summerhill BMX TrackMountain bike route

Named routeRef BMX

Wildlife to spot

14,633 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

14,633 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds96 species

winter

2026

Herring Gull · Black-headed Gull · Oystercatcher · Turnstone · Rock Dove +91

Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MagpiePica pica2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
RazorbillAlca torda2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Great TitParus major2025
CootFulica atra2025
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2024
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2024
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitor2024
Muscovy DuckCairina moschata2024
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2024
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
SwiftApus apus2024
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis2024
Slavonian GrebePodiceps auritus2024
ShagGulosus aristotelis2024
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
KnotCalidris canutus2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2024
Brent GooseBranta bernicla2024
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
GreenshankTringa nebularia2024
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2024
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024

🦌

Mammals2 species

summer

2024

Common Pipistrelle · Common Shrew

Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
Common ShrewSorex araneus

🐝

Insects14 species

summer

2025

Common Darter · Red-tailed Bumblebee · Harlequin Ladybird · Fork-tailed Flower Bee · Tree Bumblebee +9

Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Fork-tailed Flower BeeAnthophora furcata
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum
Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum
Vestal Cuckoo BeeBombus vestalis
Hill Cuckoo BeeBombus rupestris
Forest Cuckoo BeeBombus sylvestris
Black ClockPterostichus madidus
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2024
Blue Mason BeeOsmia caerulescens2024
Red Mason BeeOsmia bicornis2024

🌿

Plants83 species

spring

2025

Northern Marsh-orchid · Purple Toadflax · Mugwort · Creeping Thistle · Great Willowherb +78

Northern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza purpurella2024
Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2024
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2024
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2024
Bee OrchidOphrys apifera2024
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus2024
Common ToadflaxLinaria vulgaris2024
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2024
Common NettleUrtica dioica2024
ChicoryCichorium intybus2024
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2024
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2024
YarrowAchillea millefolium2024
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024
Common MallowMalva sylvestris2024
DaisyBellis perennis2024
Biting StonecropSedum acre2024
Pyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalis2024
RedshankPersicaria maculosa2024
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
SpringbeautyClaytonia perfoliata
Yellow-wortBlackstonia perfoliata2024
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2024
Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia2024
Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas2024
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2024
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2024
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2024
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2024
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2024
Hoary MustardHirschfeldia incana2024
Red FescueFestuca rubra2024
Common Ramping-fumitoryFumaria muralis2024
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2024
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2024
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2024
Curled DockRumex crispus2024
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2024
Greater PlantainPlantago major2024
WeldReseda luteola2024
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum2024
DandelionTaraxacum2024
Common ChickweedStellaria media2024
Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba2024
CleaversGalium aparine2024
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2024
Perennial Wall-rocketDiplotaxis tenuifolia2024
Common VetchVicia sativa2024
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2024
Bush VetchVicia sepium2024
Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis2024
Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum2024
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2024
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2024
Hoary CressLepidium draba2024
BrambleRubus fruticosus2024
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2024
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2024
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2024
Lenten-roseHelleborus orientalis2024
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2024
Sea PlantainPlantago maritima2024
Oxford RagwortSenecio squalidus2024
Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica2024
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa2024
Rosa caninaRosa canina2024
White Dead-nettleLamium album2024
Beaked Hawk's-beardCrepis vesicaria2024
Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus2024
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum2024
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2024
American WillowherbEpilobium ciliatum2024
Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna2024
Flattened Meadow-grassPoa compressa2024
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2024
White StonecropSedum album2024
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2024
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2024
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2024
Common ScurvygrassCochlearia officinalis2024
Wood BurdockArctium nemorosum2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

14,633 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds96 species

winter

2026

Herring Gull · Black-headed Gull · Oystercatcher · Turnstone · Rock Dove +91

Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
TurnstoneArenaria interpres2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator2025
SanderlingCalidris alba2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
EiderSomateria mollissima2025
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MagpiePica pica2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
RazorbillAlca torda2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Great TitParus major2025
CootFulica atra2025
Red-throated DiverGavia stellata2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2024
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Common TernSterna hirundo2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus2024
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitor2024
Muscovy DuckCairina moschata2024
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Common GuillemotUria aalge2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2024
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
SwiftApus apus2024
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis2024
Slavonian GrebePodiceps auritus2024
ShagGulosus aristotelis2024
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
GannetMorus bassanus2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
KnotCalidris canutus2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla2024
Brent GooseBranta bernicla2024
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
GreenshankTringa nebularia2024
Great Northern DiverGavia immer2024
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024

🦌

Mammals2 species

summer

2024

Common Pipistrelle · Common Shrew

Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
Common ShrewSorex araneus

🐝

Insects14 species

summer

2025

Common Darter · Red-tailed Bumblebee · Harlequin Ladybird · Fork-tailed Flower Bee · Tree Bumblebee +9

Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Fork-tailed Flower BeeAnthophora furcata
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum
Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum
Vestal Cuckoo BeeBombus vestalis
Hill Cuckoo BeeBombus rupestris
Forest Cuckoo BeeBombus sylvestris
Black ClockPterostichus madidus
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2024
Blue Mason BeeOsmia caerulescens2024
Red Mason BeeOsmia bicornis2024

🌿

Plants83 species

spring

2025

Northern Marsh-orchid · Purple Toadflax · Mugwort · Creeping Thistle · Great Willowherb +78

Northern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza purpurella2024
Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2024
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2024
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2024
Bee OrchidOphrys apifera2024
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus2024
Common ToadflaxLinaria vulgaris2024
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica2024
Common NettleUrtica dioica2024
ChicoryCichorium intybus2024
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2024
Red CloverTrifolium pratense2024
YarrowAchillea millefolium2024
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2024
Common MallowMalva sylvestris2024
DaisyBellis perennis2024
Biting StonecropSedum acre2024
Pyramidal OrchidAnacamptis pyramidalis2024
RedshankPersicaria maculosa2024
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
SpringbeautyClaytonia perfoliata
Yellow-wortBlackstonia perfoliata2024
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2024
Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia2024
Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas2024
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2024
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2024
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2024
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2024
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2024
Hoary MustardHirschfeldia incana2024
Red FescueFestuca rubra2024
Common Ramping-fumitoryFumaria muralis2024
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2024
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2024
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2024
Curled DockRumex crispus2024
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2024
Greater PlantainPlantago major2024
WeldReseda luteola2024
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum2024
DandelionTaraxacum2024
Common ChickweedStellaria media2024
Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba2024
CleaversGalium aparine2024
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2024
Perennial Wall-rocketDiplotaxis tenuifolia2024
Common VetchVicia sativa2024
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2024
Bush VetchVicia sepium2024
Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis2024
Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum2024
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens2024
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2024
Hoary CressLepidium draba2024
BrambleRubus fruticosus2024
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2024
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2024
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2024
Lenten-roseHelleborus orientalis2024
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2024
Sea PlantainPlantago maritima2024
Oxford RagwortSenecio squalidus2024
Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica2024
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa2024
Rosa caninaRosa canina2024
White Dead-nettleLamium album2024
Beaked Hawk's-beardCrepis vesicaria2024
Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus2024
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum2024
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2024
American WillowherbEpilobium ciliatum2024
Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna2024
Flattened Meadow-grassPoa compressa2024
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2024
White StonecropSedum album2024
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2024
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus2024
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle2024
Common ScurvygrassCochlearia officinalis2024
Wood BurdockArctium nemorosum2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

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