The Border Forest Park
43 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🍄Fungi
Free entryDogs welcome43 ha
Getting here
55.17134, -2.65610
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
- 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Blanket bog — golden plover, curlew, dunlin and merlin; Birds — Meadow Pipit, Chaffinch, Wren +37 more · last seen 2024
Free
🍄Mushroom foraging
Good match
Fungi — Cladonia bellidiflora · last seen 2013; Fungi — Cladonia bellidiflora · last seen 2013
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Insects — Green-veined White, Small Heath · last seen 2012; Insects — Green-veined White, Small Heath · last seen 2012
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Moderate match
Plants — Wood-rust · last seen 2010; Plants — Wood-rust · last seen 2010
Free
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Lakeside WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
13 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Reivers' RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 10National Cycle Network
National Byway (County Durham and Northumberland)Cycling route▾
The National Byway route through County Durham and Northumberland
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route24 m▾
Named routeRef 10Length 24 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose
Main RouteCycling route1 km▾
Named routeRef 10Length 1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose
Main RouteCycling route3.1 km▾
Named routeRef 10Length 3.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose
Main RouteCycling route6.2 km▾
Named routeRef 10Length 6.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Lonesome Pine MTB Trail (Red)Mountain bike route▾
Cross Border MTB TrailMountain bike route▾
Bloody Bush MTB Trail (Red)Mountain bike route▾
Great North Trail (Scottish Borders)Mountain bike route154.8 km▾
Named routeLength 154.8 kmNational Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
618 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
618 records · National Biodiversity NetworkChaffinch · Meadow Pipit · Wren · Siskin · Coal Tit +28
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- SiskinSpinus spinus2013
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2012
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RobinErithacus rubecula2016
- CuckooCuculus canorus2016
- DunnockPrunella modularis2012
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2012
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2012
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2011
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2016
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2011
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- SwallowHirundo rustica2016
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2016
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2013
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2012
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2011
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2011
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2011
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2011
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2011
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2011
Roe Deer
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Green-veined White · Small Heath
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi
- Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus
Cladonia bellidiflora
- Cladonia bellidifloraCladonia bellidiflora
Heath Bedstraw · Selfheal · Foxglove · Marsh Thistle · Common Nettle +70
- Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile
- SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
- FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
- Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
618 records · National Biodiversity NetworkChaffinch · Meadow Pipit · Wren · Siskin · Coal Tit +28
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- SiskinSpinus spinus2013
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2012
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RobinErithacus rubecula2016
- CuckooCuculus canorus2016
- DunnockPrunella modularis2012
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2012
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2012
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2011
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2016
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2011
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- SwallowHirundo rustica2016
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2016
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2013
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2012
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2011
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2011
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2011
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2011
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2011
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2011
Roe Deer
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Green-veined White · Small Heath
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi
- Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus
Cladonia bellidiflora
- Cladonia bellidifloraCladonia bellidiflora
Heath Bedstraw · Selfheal · Foxglove · Marsh Thistle · Common Nettle +70
- Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile
- SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
- FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
- Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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