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🦉Wildlife⚽Pitches🦅Birds
Public accessDogs welcome
Getting here
55.59513, -1.82572
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
- ⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- ⚽Playing fields is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground on site — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
⚽Playing fields
Very strong match
Playing field
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Birds — Shoveler, Wigeon, Black-tailed Godwit +37 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Shoveler, Wigeon, Black-tailed Godwit +37 more · last seen 2025
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground; Playing field
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Saint Cuthbert's Way (Kirk Yetholm to Lindisfarne)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Northumberland Coast PathWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
11 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 1Cycling route▾
NCN 1 Alnmouth to Berwick-upon-Tweed
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 6Cycling route▾
Tynemouth - Edinburgh
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
Main RouteCycling route7.4 km▾
Named routeRef 1Length 7.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route595 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 595 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2.7 km▾
Named routeRef 1Length 2.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route94 m▾
Named routeRef 1Length 94 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
4,479 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,479 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Shoveler · Wigeon · Black-tailed Godwit · Pintail · Spoonbill +35
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- WigeonMareca penelope
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- PintailAnas acuta
- SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
- TwiteLinaria flavirostris
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Great TitParus major
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Bottle-nosed Dolphin · Brown Hare · Stoat · Rabbit · Grey Seal
- Bottle-nosed DolphinTursiops truncatus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- StoatMustela erminea
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Red-tailed Bumblebee · Small Garden Bumblebee · Common Carder Bee · Early Bumblebee · Buff-tailed Bumblebee +3
- Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius
- Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
- Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
- Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum
- Marmalade Hoverfly
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,479 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Shoveler · Wigeon · Black-tailed Godwit · Pintail · Spoonbill +35
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- WigeonMareca penelope
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- PintailAnas acuta
- SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
- TwiteLinaria flavirostris
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Great TitParus major
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Bottle-nosed Dolphin · Brown Hare · Stoat · Rabbit · Grey Seal
- Bottle-nosed DolphinTursiops truncatus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- StoatMustela erminea
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SealHalichoerus grypus
Red-tailed Bumblebee · Small Garden Bumblebee · Common Carder Bee · Early Bumblebee · Buff-tailed Bumblebee +3
- Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius
- Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
- Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
- Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum
- Marmalade Hoverfly
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Episyrphus balteatus
Episyrphus balteatus
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