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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
54.87433, -3.07617
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦79+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Blackbird
- 🐕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
- 🐦79+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Blackbird
- 🐕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, Blackbird, Blue Tit +76 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Robin, Blackbird, Blue Tit +76 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Anabolia nervosa, Hairy Shieldbug +22 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🛝Family friendly
Good match
Urban park — family destination
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
King Charles III England Coast Path: Gretna to AllonbyWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
Hadrian's Wall PathWalking route134.5 km▾
Named routeLength 134.5 kmNational walking route
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Hadrian's Cycleway LoopCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Hadrian's CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 72National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route5 km▾
Named routeRef 72Length 5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Photos
View over the lake at Watchtree Nature Reserve
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Wildlife to spot
22,216 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
22,216 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
springautumn
2026▾
Robin · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Blackbird · Mute Swan +43
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- White-cheeked PintailAnas bahamensis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- Redpoll (cabaret/flammea)Acanthis flammea cabaret/flammea2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- Regulus regulus regulusRegulus regulus regulus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Brown Hare · Badger · Grey Squirrel
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- BadgerMeles meles2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad
7-spot Ladybird · Anabolia nervosa · Hairy Shieldbug · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Eristalis nemorum +12
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Anabolia nervosaAnabolia nervosa2025
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
- Eristalis nemorumEristalis nemorum2025
- Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum
Wild Marjoram · Spindle · Hazel · Common Nettle · Male-fern +1
- Wild MarjoramOriganum vulgare
- SpindleEuonymus europaeus
- HazelCorylus avellana
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
- Crab AppleMalus sylvestris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
22,216 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
springautumn
2026▾
Robin · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Blackbird · Mute Swan +43
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- TealAnas crecca2025
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- White-cheeked PintailAnas bahamensis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- Redpoll (cabaret/flammea)Acanthis flammea cabaret/flammea2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- Regulus regulus regulusRegulus regulus regulus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Brown Hare · Badger · Grey Squirrel
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- BadgerMeles meles2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad
7-spot Ladybird · Anabolia nervosa · Hairy Shieldbug · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Eristalis nemorum +12
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Anabolia nervosaAnabolia nervosa2025
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025
- Eristalis nemorumEristalis nemorum2025
- Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum
Wild Marjoram · Spindle · Hazel · Common Nettle · Male-fern +1
- Wild MarjoramOriganum vulgare
- SpindleEuonymus europaeus
- HazelCorylus avellana
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas
- Crab AppleMalus sylvestris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025Agonum muelleriAgonum muelleri2025Agonum muelleriAgonum muelleri2025Black ClockPterostichus madidus2025Black ClockPterostichus madidus2025Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata2025Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata2025Coenosia tigrinaCoenosia tigrina2025Coenosia tigrinaCoenosia tigrina2025Rhyzobius lituraRhyzobius litura2025Rhyzobius lituraRhyzobius litura2025Common Ground-hopperTetrix undulata2025Common Ground-hopperTetrix undulata2025Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis2025Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis2025Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2025Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2025St Marks FlyBibio marci2025St Marks FlyBibio marci2025