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Summerhouse moated site

📷 Hugh Mortimer · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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54.56507, -1.68905

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦74+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Woodpigeon
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦74+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Woodpigeon
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

5 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, House Sparrow +71 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, House Sparrow +71 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Red-tailed Bumblebee, Western Conifer Seed Bug, Scoliocentra +3 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Red-tailed Bumblebee, Western Conifer Seed Bug, Scoliocentra +3 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Himalayan Balsam, White Clover, Common Vetch +3 more · last seen 2022; Plants — Himalayan Balsam, White Clover, Common Vetch +3 more · last seen 2022

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Teesdale Way (Middleton in Teesdale to Middlesbrough)Walking route

UK long distance footpath from Dufton to Warrenby.

Named routeRegional walking route

Way of Life - Gainford to EscombWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

National Cycle Network Route 715Cycling route

Walney to Wear (via Bishop Auckland)

Named routeRef 715National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route7.3 km

Named routeRef 715Length 7.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route1.5 km

Named routeRef 715Length 1.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Wildlife to spot

862 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

862 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds16 species

summer

2026

Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Jackdaw · House Martin · House Sparrow +11

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Great TitParus major2025
MagpiePica pica2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2022
SwiftApus apus2022

🐝

Insects1 species

winter

2026

Scoliocentra

ScoliocentraScoliocentra

🌿

Plants95 species

spring

2022

Cow Parsley · Ivy · Shepherd's-purse · Elder · White Bryony +90

Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
IvyHedera helix
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
ElderSambucus nigra
White BryonyBryonia dioica
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
Rosa caninaRosa canina
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga
Greater PlantainPlantago major
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
Common NettleUrtica dioica
SilverweedPotentilla anserina
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
Clustered DockRumex conglomeratus
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Fat-henChenopodium album
Red FescueFestuca rubra
Fool's Water-CressHelosciadium nodiflorum
HollyIlex aquifolium
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Common ChickweedStellaria media
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
CleaversGalium aparine
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
White CloverTrifolium repens
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea
Three-nerved SandwortMoehringia trinervia
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
AshFraxinus excelsior
White Dead-nettleLamium album
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
AlderAlnus glutinosa
Parsley-piertAphanes arvensis
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas
DandelionTaraxacum
Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus
Soft-rushJuncus effusus
Common FumitoryFumaria officinalis
Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis
Bush VetchVicia sepium
KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens
Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
Wych ElmUlmus glabra
Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis
Floating Sweet-grassGlyceria fluitans
Water FigwortScrophularia auriculata
Common MallowMalva sylvestris
Canary-grassPhalaris canariensis
Biting StonecropSedum acre
Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
PignutConopodium majus
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
Jointed RushJuncus articulatus
Salad BurnetPoterium sanguisorba
Pepper-saxifrageSilaum silaus
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana
Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum
Great BromeAnisantha diandra
Danish ScurvygrassCochlearia danica
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Water AvensGeum rivale

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

862 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds16 species

summer

2026

Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Jackdaw · House Martin · House Sparrow +11

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Great TitParus major2025
MagpiePica pica2024
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2022
SwiftApus apus2022

🐝

Insects1 species

winter

2026

Scoliocentra

ScoliocentraScoliocentra

🌿

Plants95 species

spring

2022

Cow Parsley · Ivy · Shepherd's-purse · Elder · White Bryony +90

Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
IvyHedera helix
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
ElderSambucus nigra
White BryonyBryonia dioica
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
Rosa caninaRosa canina
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga
Greater PlantainPlantago major
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
Common NettleUrtica dioica
SilverweedPotentilla anserina
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria
Clustered DockRumex conglomeratus
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Fat-henChenopodium album
Red FescueFestuca rubra
Fool's Water-CressHelosciadium nodiflorum
HollyIlex aquifolium
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Common ChickweedStellaria media
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
CleaversGalium aparine
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
White CloverTrifolium repens
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea
Three-nerved SandwortMoehringia trinervia
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera
AshFraxinus excelsior
White Dead-nettleLamium album
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
AlderAlnus glutinosa
Parsley-piertAphanes arvensis
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas
DandelionTaraxacum
Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus
Soft-rushJuncus effusus
Common FumitoryFumaria officinalis
Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis
Bush VetchVicia sepium
KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens
Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
Wych ElmUlmus glabra
Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis
Floating Sweet-grassGlyceria fluitans
Water FigwortScrophularia auriculata
Common MallowMalva sylvestris
Canary-grassPhalaris canariensis
Biting StonecropSedum acre
Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis
PignutConopodium majus
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
Jointed RushJuncus articulatus
Salad BurnetPoterium sanguisorba
Pepper-saxifrageSilaum silaus
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana
Branched Bur-reedSparganium erectum
Great BromeAnisantha diandra
Danish ScurvygrassCochlearia danica
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Water AvensGeum rivale

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Hugh Mortimer · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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