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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
✦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

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
✦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

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Carrion Crow, Blackbird, Swallow +74 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Carrion Crow, Blackbird, Swallow +74 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — White-letter Hairstreak, Green-veined White, Banded Demoiselle +101 more · last seen 2025; Insects — White-letter Hairstreak, Green-veined White, Banded Demoiselle +101 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Hogweed, Bluebell, Meadowsweet +98 more · last seen 2024; Plants — Hogweed, Bluebell, Meadowsweet +98 more · last seen 2024

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Hogweed, Meadowsweet, Hawkweed +7 more foraging species

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Hadrian's Wall PathWalking route134.5 km

Named routeLength 134.5 kmNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

23 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Hadrian's CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRef 72National Cycle Network

Reivers' RouteCycling route

Named routeRef 10National Cycle Network

Cumbria CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRegional cycle route

Main RouteCycling route630 m

Named routeRef 72Length 630 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route428 m

Named routeRef 72Length 428 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route5.8 km

Named routeRef 72Length 5.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

3,813 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

3,813 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds22 species

spring

2025

House Sparrow · Swallow · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Pied Wagtail +17

House SparrowPasser domesticus
SwallowHirundo rustica
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
SwiftApus apus2024
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Rock DoveColumba livia
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
JackdawColoeus monedula
DipperCinclus cinclus2024
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
MagpiePica pica2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024

🦌

Mammals2 species

summer

2025

Brown Hare · Otter

Brown HareLepus europaeus
OtterLutra lutra2024

🐝

Insects29 species

summer

2025

Banded Demoiselle · Southern Hawker · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Large Red Damselfly · 2-spot Ladybird +24

Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2024
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2024
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2024
NeoasciaNeoascia2024
Graphopsocus cruciatusGraphopsocus cruciatus2024
Chrysogaster solstitialisChrysogaster solstitialis2024
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024
Oedemera luridaOedemera lurida2024
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2024
White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris2024
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2024
Pale-collared CarverRhogogaster chlorosoma2024
Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans2024
Phyllobius glaucusPhyllobius glaucus2024
Polydrusus pterygomalisPolydrusus pterygomalis2024
Cantharis pellucidaCantharis pellucida2024
Tachycixius pilosusTachycixius pilosus2024
Common Leaf WeevilPhyllobius pyri2024
Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2024

🌿

Plants125 species

spring

2025

Snowdrop · Heath Wood-rush · Broad-leaved Helleborine · Heath Bedstraw · Lemon-scented Fern +120

SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
Heath Wood-rushLuzula multiflora2024
Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine2024
Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile2024
Lemon-scented FernOreopteris limbosperma2024
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2024
BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga2024
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2024
White CloverTrifolium repens2024
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2024
Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre2024
Greater PlantainPlantago major2024
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2024
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2024
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2024
Silver BirchBetula pendula2024
Great Wood-rushLuzula sylvatica2024
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria2024
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2024
Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis2024
Hedera helixHedera helix2024
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2024
BugleAjuga reptans2024
RowanSorbus aucuparia2024
Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2024
Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum2024
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra2024
GorseUlex europaeus2024
Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2024
Sharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorus2024
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2024
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2024
Large Bitter-cressCardamine amara2024
Wych ElmUlmus glabra2024
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2024
DaisyBellis perennis2024
AlderAlnus glutinosa2024
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2024
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2024
Slender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrum2024
Red CampionSilene dioica2024
Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana2024
Poa pratensisPoa pratensis2024
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2024
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2024
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2024
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2024
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024
Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium2024
SneezewortAchillea ptarmica2024
Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea2024
Jointed RushJuncus articulatus2024
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2024
Bird CherryPrunus padus2024
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2024
TormentilPotentilla erecta2024
Wood HorsetailEquisetum sylvaticum2024
Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2024
BroomCytisus scoparius2024
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2024
Norway SprucePicea abies2024
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2024
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2024
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2024
Bog StitchwortStellaria alsine2024
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2024
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa2024
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2024
Spring-sedgeCarex caryophyllea2024
Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum2024
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum2024
Thale CressArabidopsis thaliana2024
PignutConopodium majus2024
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2024
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2024
RamsonsAllium ursinum2024
Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus2024
Wood Meadow-grassPoa nemoralis2024
Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum2024
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2024
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2024
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2024
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2024
HazelCorylus avellana2024
CrosswortCruciata laevipes2024
Common SallowSalix cinerea2024
HollyIlex aquifolium2024
BlackthornPrunus spinosa2024
CleaversGalium aparine2024
Rosa caninaRosa canina2024
BeechFagus sylvatica2024
Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare2024
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2024
Bird's-nest OrchidNeottia nidus-avis2024
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2024
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2024
YarrowAchillea millefolium2024
Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2024
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2024
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2024
Common ChickweedStellaria media2024
Hard-fernBlechnum spicant2024
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2024
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2024
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2024
Wood DockRumex sanguineus2024
AshFraxinus excelsior2024
Field Wood-rushLuzula campestris2024
Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2024
BrambleRubus fruticosus2024
Great BurnetSanguisorba officinalis2024
NipplewortLapsana communis2024
Common NettleUrtica dioica2024
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2024
Changing Forget-me-notMyosotis discolor2024
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2024
Soft-rushJuncus effusus2024
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2024
Common ValerianValeriana officinalis2024
DandelionTaraxacum2024
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2024
Marsh FoxtailAlopecurus geniculatus2024
Polypodium vulgarePolypodium vulgare2024
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2024
ColtsfootTussilago farfara2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

3,813 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds22 species

spring

2025

House Sparrow · Swallow · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Pied Wagtail +17

House SparrowPasser domesticus
SwallowHirundo rustica
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
SwiftApus apus2024
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
House MartinDelichon urbicum
Rock DoveColumba livia
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
JackdawColoeus monedula
DipperCinclus cinclus2024
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
MagpiePica pica2024
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024

🦌

Mammals2 species

summer

2025

Brown Hare · Otter

Brown HareLepus europaeus
OtterLutra lutra2024

🐝

Insects29 species

summer

2025

Banded Demoiselle · Southern Hawker · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Large Red Damselfly · 2-spot Ladybird +24

Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2024
Cuckoo-Spit InsectPhilaenus spumarius2024
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2024
NeoasciaNeoascia2024
Graphopsocus cruciatusGraphopsocus cruciatus2024
Chrysogaster solstitialisChrysogaster solstitialis2024
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024
Oedemera luridaOedemera lurida2024
Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2024
White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris2024
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2024
Pale-collared CarverRhogogaster chlorosoma2024
Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans2024
Phyllobius glaucusPhyllobius glaucus2024
Polydrusus pterygomalisPolydrusus pterygomalis2024
Cantharis pellucidaCantharis pellucida2024
Tachycixius pilosusTachycixius pilosus2024
Common Leaf WeevilPhyllobius pyri2024
Violet Ground BeetleCarabus violaceus2024

🌿

Plants125 species

spring

2025

Snowdrop · Heath Wood-rush · Broad-leaved Helleborine · Heath Bedstraw · Lemon-scented Fern +120

SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
Heath Wood-rushLuzula multiflora2024
Broad-leaved HelleborineEpipactis helleborine2024
Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile2024
Lemon-scented FernOreopteris limbosperma2024
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2024
BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga2024
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2024
White CloverTrifolium repens2024
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis2024
Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre2024
Greater PlantainPlantago major2024
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2024
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2024
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2024
Silver BirchBetula pendula2024
Great Wood-rushLuzula sylvatica2024
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria2024
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2024
Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis2024
Hedera helixHedera helix2024
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2024
BugleAjuga reptans2024
RowanSorbus aucuparia2024
Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2024
Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum2024
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra2024
GorseUlex europaeus2024
Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2024
Sharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorus2024
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2024
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis2024
Large Bitter-cressCardamine amara2024
Wych ElmUlmus glabra2024
Ground-elderAegopodium podagraria2024
DaisyBellis perennis2024
AlderAlnus glutinosa2024
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2024
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2024
Slender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrum2024
Red CampionSilene dioica2024
Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana2024
Poa pratensisPoa pratensis2024
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2024
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2024
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2024
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2024
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2024
Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium2024
SneezewortAchillea ptarmica2024
Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea2024
Jointed RushJuncus articulatus2024
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2024
Bird CherryPrunus padus2024
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua2024
TormentilPotentilla erecta2024
Wood HorsetailEquisetum sylvaticum2024
Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2024
BroomCytisus scoparius2024
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2024
Norway SprucePicea abies2024
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2024
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta2024
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2024
Bog StitchwortStellaria alsine2024
CuckooflowerCardamine pratensis2024
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa2024
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra2024
Spring-sedgeCarex caryophyllea2024
Broad-leaved WillowherbEpilobium montanum2024
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum2024
Thale CressArabidopsis thaliana2024
PignutConopodium majus2024
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2024
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2024
RamsonsAllium ursinum2024
Soft-bromeBromus hordeaceus2024
Wood Meadow-grassPoa nemoralis2024
Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum2024
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2024
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2024
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus2024
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2024
HazelCorylus avellana2024
CrosswortCruciata laevipes2024
Common SallowSalix cinerea2024
HollyIlex aquifolium2024
BlackthornPrunus spinosa2024
CleaversGalium aparine2024
Rosa caninaRosa canina2024
BeechFagus sylvatica2024
Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare2024
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata2024
Bird's-nest OrchidNeottia nidus-avis2024
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2024
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2024
YarrowAchillea millefolium2024
Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2024
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2024
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2024
Common ChickweedStellaria media2024
Hard-fernBlechnum spicant2024
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare2024
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum2024
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2024
Wood DockRumex sanguineus2024
AshFraxinus excelsior2024
Field Wood-rushLuzula campestris2024
Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2024
BrambleRubus fruticosus2024
Great BurnetSanguisorba officinalis2024
NipplewortLapsana communis2024
Common NettleUrtica dioica2024
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2024
Changing Forget-me-notMyosotis discolor2024
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2024
Soft-rushJuncus effusus2024
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2024
Common ValerianValeriana officinalis2024
DandelionTaraxacum2024
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2024
Marsh FoxtailAlopecurus geniculatus2024
Polypodium vulgarePolypodium vulgare2024
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2024
ColtsfootTussilago farfara2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Rob Purvis · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Walker on the Hadrian's Wall path heading east at Haydongate

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