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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
54.51627, -1.66209
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦31+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Starling
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦31+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Starling
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Starling, Kestrel +28 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Robin, Starling, Kestrel +28 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Soapwort, Yellow Star-of-Bethlehem, Sweet Violet +79 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Named cycling route nearby: National Cycle Route 165
Varies
🛝Family friendly
Good match
Urban park — family destination
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
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
19 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Mowden Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef MowdenLocal cycle route
National Cycle Route 165Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 165National Cycle Network
Darlington LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef LoopLocal cycle route
Baydale Beck Cycle PathCycling route▾
Named routeRef BaydaleLocal cycle route
Hummersknott Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef HummersknottLocal cycle route
West Park Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef WestLocal cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
West Park BMX TrackMountain bike route▾
Photos
Village green and school in Manfield
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
1,602 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,602 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds31 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Robin · Starling · Kestrel · Wren · Woodpigeon +26
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- DipperCinclus cinclus2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
🐸Amphibians2 species
springautumn
2025▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
🐝Insects4 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Southern Hawker · Small Green Nettle Weevil · Hairy Shieldbug · Red-headed Cardinal Beetle
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Small Green Nettle WeevilPhyllobius roboretanus
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2024
- Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2023
Soapwort · Yellow Star-of-Bethlehem · Sweet Violet · Tufted Vetch · Yarrow +77
- SoapwortSaponaria officinalis2025
- Yellow Star-of-BethlehemGagea lutea
- Sweet VioletViola odorata2024
- Tufted VetchVicia cracca2023
- YarrowAchillea millefolium2023
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,602 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds31 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Robin · Starling · Kestrel · Wren · Woodpigeon +26
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- DipperCinclus cinclus2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
🐸Amphibians2 species
springautumn
2025▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo
🐝Insects4 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Southern Hawker · Small Green Nettle Weevil · Hairy Shieldbug · Red-headed Cardinal Beetle
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Small Green Nettle WeevilPhyllobius roboretanus
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2024
- Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2023
Soapwort · Yellow Star-of-Bethlehem · Sweet Violet · Tufted Vetch · Yarrow +77
- SoapwortSaponaria officinalis2025
- Yellow Star-of-BethlehemGagea lutea
- Sweet VioletViola odorata2024
- Tufted VetchVicia cracca2023
- YarrowAchillea millefolium2023
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Ash
Ash
Fraxinus excelsior2025
Fraxinus excelsior2025
SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2025SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus2025Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2025Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2025Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2025Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare2025Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2023Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2023Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2023Marsh WoundwortStachys palustris2023White Dead-nettleLamium album2023White Dead-nettleLamium album2023Dame's-violetHesperis matronalis2023Dame's-violetHesperis matronalis2023Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2025Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea2025CrosswortCruciata laevipes2025CrosswortCruciata laevipes2025Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025Field PansyViola arvensis2025Field PansyViola arvensis2025Yellow LoosestrifeLysimachia vulgaris2025Yellow LoosestrifeLysimachia vulgaris2025Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2025Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense2025OsierSalix viminalis2024OsierSalix viminalis2024MoschatelAdoxa moschatellina2024MoschatelAdoxa moschatellina2024Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2024Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2024Sweet CicelyMyrrhis odorata2023Sweet CicelyMyrrhis odorata2023PignutConopodium majus2023PignutConopodium majus2023Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2023Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2023Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2023Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2023TansyTanacetum vulgare2023TansyTanacetum vulgare2023Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2023Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2023Red CampionSilene dioica2023Red CampionSilene dioica2023Wych ElmUlmus glabra2023Wych ElmUlmus glabra2023Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2023Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale2023Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2023Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2023ElderSambucus nigra2023ElderSambucus nigra2023Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis2023Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis2023Hairy St John's-wortHypericum hirsutum2023Hairy St John's-wortHypericum hirsutum2023GorseUlex europaeus2023GorseUlex europaeus2023Wood Club-rushScirpus sylvaticus2023Wood Club-rushScirpus sylvaticus2023Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2023Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2023PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2023PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea2023Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas2023Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas2023Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2023Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2023WeldReseda luteola2023WeldReseda luteola2023Black MedickMedicago lupulina2023Black MedickMedicago lupulina2023Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum2023Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum2023BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2023BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2023Water MintMentha aquatica2023Water MintMentha aquatica2023BroomCytisus scopariusBroomCytisus scopariusRedshankPersicaria maculosa2025RedshankPersicaria maculosa2025DogwoodCornus sanguinea2025DogwoodCornus sanguinea2025Common CouchElymus repens2025Common CouchElymus repens2025Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2025Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2025BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025BlackthornPrunus spinosa2025Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2025Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2025Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum2025Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum2025SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2025Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2025BeechFagus sylvatica2025BeechFagus sylvatica2025Bladder CampionSilene vulgaris2025Bladder CampionSilene vulgaris2025Dusky Crane's-billGeranium phaeum2024Dusky Crane's-billGeranium phaeum2024Hedge BedstrawGalium album2024Hedge BedstrawGalium album2024Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2023Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2023Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2023Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2023Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2023Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2023Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2023Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens2023RaspberryRubus idaeus2023RaspberryRubus idaeus2023BrambleRubus fruticosus2023BrambleRubus fruticosus2023Wood AvensGeum urbanum2023Wood AvensGeum urbanum2023Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2023Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2023Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2023Red ValerianCentranthus ruber2023Bread WheatTriticum aestivum2023Bread WheatTriticum aestivum2023MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2023MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2023HawthornCrataegus monogyna2023HawthornCrataegus monogyna2023Rubus sect. CorylifoliiRubus sect. Corylifolii2023Rubus sect. CorylifoliiRubus sect. Corylifolii2023Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2023Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis2023Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2023Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2023Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi2023Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi2023Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2023Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2023Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2023Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2023Leopard's-baneDoronicum pardalianches2023Leopard's-baneDoronicum pardalianches2023Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2023Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2023Events & activities nearby
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