Watergate · Forestry England
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🦅 Birds🦉 Wildlife🍄 Fungi
Free entry Dogs welcome
Getting here
55.10574, -2.30930
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🐦 51+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Chaffinch 🍄 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
🐦 51+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Chaffinch 🍄 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🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Chaffinch, Wren +48 more · last seen 2025; Reservoir — wildfowl and wading birds
Free
Birds — Robin, Chaffinch, Wren +48 more · last seen 2025; Reservoir — wildfowl and wading birds
Free
🍄 Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Dark Crottle, Oak Moss, Stinking Parachute +161 more · last seen 2019
Varies
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Little Shaggy-moss, Springy Turf-moss, Isothecium myosuroides +121 more · last seen 2022
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Peacock, Harlequin Ladybird, Hydropsyche pellucidula +11 more · last seen 2019
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Pennine Way (Middleton in Teesdale to Kirk Yetholm) Walking route ▾
Named route National walking route
Show on map St Cuthbert's Three Church Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Point-to-point Regional walking route
Show on map 18 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Pennine Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 68 National Cycle Network
Show on map Reivers' Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 10 National Cycle Network
Show on map National Byway (County Durham and Northumberland) Cycling route ▾
The National Byway route through County Durham and Northumberland
Named route Ref NB Regional cycle route
Show on map Route 686 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 686 National Cycle Network
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 410 m ▾
Named route Ref 10 Length 410 m National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 3.8 km ▾
Named route Ref 10 Length 3.8 km National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map 2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Stonehaugh Trail Mountain bike route ▾
Named route Round trip
Show on map Great North Trail (North Pennines and Kielder Forest) Mountain bike route 123.9 km ▾
Named route Length 123.9 km National Cycle Network
Show on map Photos Pond near Watergate Sike, Wark Forest
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Wildlife to spot
1,009 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 1,009 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 43 species
winter spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Crossbill · Chaffinch · Wren · Woodcock · Robin +38
Crossbill Loxia curvirostra Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2023 Robin Erithacus rubecula Goldcrest Regulus regulus Siskin Spinus spinus2023 Jay Garrulus glandarius Blackbird Turdus merula Carrion Crow Corvus corone Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2024 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea cabaret2023 Coal Tit Periparus ater Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Swallow Hirundo rustica Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2023 Skylark Alauda arvensis2023 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2022 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2022 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2023 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus2022 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis2022 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2024 Great Tit Parus major2024 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2023 Greylag Goose Anser anser2022 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2022 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2022 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2022 Swift Apus apus2022 Linnet Linaria cannabina2022 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2022 Dunnock Prunella modularis2022 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2022 Raven Corvus corax2022 Snipe Gallinago gallinago2022 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus2021 🦌 Mammals 3 species
winter spring autumn
2023 ▾
Roe Deer · Brown Hare · Hedgehog
Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Brown Hare Lepus europaeus2022 Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2021 Adder
Bitter-vetch · White Earwort · Springy Turf-moss · Broom Fork-moss · Fingered Cowlwort +32
Bitter-vetch Lathyrus linifolius White Earwort Diplophyllum albicans Springy Turf-moss Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus2020 Broom Fork-moss Dicranum scoparium2020 Fingered Cowlwort Colura calyptrifolia2020 Flat-topped Bog-moss Sphagnum fallax Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 1,009 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 43 species
winter spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Crossbill · Chaffinch · Wren · Woodcock · Robin +38
Crossbill Loxia curvirostra Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2023 Robin Erithacus rubecula Goldcrest Regulus regulus Siskin Spinus spinus2023 Jay Garrulus glandarius Blackbird Turdus merula Carrion Crow Corvus corone Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Stonechat Saxicola rubicola2024 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis flammea cabaret2023 Coal Tit Periparus ater Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Swallow Hirundo rustica Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2023 Skylark Alauda arvensis2023 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus2022 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2022 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2023 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus2022 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis2022 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2024 Great Tit Parus major2024 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2023 Greylag Goose Anser anser2022 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2022 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2022 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2022 Swift Apus apus2022 Linnet Linaria cannabina2022 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2022 Dunnock Prunella modularis2022 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2022 Raven Corvus corax2022 Snipe Gallinago gallinago2022 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus2021 🦌 Mammals 3 species
winter spring autumn
2023 ▾
Roe Deer · Brown Hare · Hedgehog
Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Brown Hare Lepus europaeus2022 Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2021 Adder
Bitter-vetch · White Earwort · Springy Turf-moss · Broom Fork-moss · Fingered Cowlwort +32
Bitter-vetch Lathyrus linifolius White Earwort Diplophyllum albicans Springy Turf-moss Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus2020 Broom Fork-moss Dicranum scoparium2020 Fingered Cowlwort Colura calyptrifolia2020 Flat-topped Bog-moss Sphagnum fallax Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2020
2020
Little Shaggy-moss Rhytidiadelphus loreus2020
Little Shaggy-moss Rhytidiadelphus loreus2020
Bank Haircap Polytrichum formosum2020
Bank Haircap Polytrichum formosum2020
Water Earwort Scapania undulata2020
Water Earwort Scapania undulata2020
Blueish Veilwort Metzgeria violacea2020
Blueish Veilwort Metzgeria violacea2020
Bifid Crestwort Lophocolea bidentata2020
Bifid Crestwort Lophocolea bidentata2020
Ladder Flapwort Nardia scalaris2020
Ladder Flapwort Nardia scalaris2020
Wood-rust Cephalozia curvifolia2020
Wood-rust Cephalozia curvifolia2020
Big Shaggy-moss Hylocomiadelphus triquetrus2020
Big Shaggy-moss Hylocomiadelphus triquetrus2020
Red-stemmed Feather-moss Pleurozium schreberi2020
Red-stemmed Feather-moss Pleurozium schreberi2020
Notched Pouchwort Calypogeia arguta2020
Notched Pouchwort Calypogeia arguta2020
Neat Feather-moss Pseudoscleropodium purum2020
Neat Feather-moss Pseudoscleropodium purum2020
Chalk Comb-moss Ctenidium molluscum2020
Chalk Comb-moss Ctenidium molluscum2020
Isothecium myosuroides Isothecium myosuroides2020
Isothecium myosuroides Isothecium myosuroides2020
Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme2020
Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme Hypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiforme2020
Forked Veilwort Metzgeria furcata2020
Forked Veilwort Metzgeria furcata2020
Fringed Bog-moss Sphagnum fimbriatum2020
Fringed Bog-moss Sphagnum fimbriatum2020
Long-beaked Water Feather-moss Rhynchostegium riparioides2020
Long-beaked Water Feather-moss Rhynchostegium riparioides2020
Waved Silk-moss Plagiothecium undulatum2020
Waved Silk-moss Plagiothecium undulatum2020
Common Tamarisk-moss Thuidium tamariscinum2020
Common Tamarisk-moss Thuidium tamariscinum2020
Silky Forklet-moss Dicranella heteromalla2020
Silky Forklet-moss Dicranella heteromalla2020
Common Feather-moss Kindbergia praelonga2020
Common Feather-moss Kindbergia praelonga2020
Common Pocket-moss Fissidens taxifolius2020
Common Pocket-moss Fissidens taxifolius2020
Glittering Wood-moss Hylocomium splendens2020
Glittering Wood-moss Hylocomium splendens2020
Yellow Fringe-moss Racomitrium aciculare2020
Yellow Fringe-moss Racomitrium aciculare2020
Greater Water-moss Fontinalis antipyretica2020
Greater Water-moss Fontinalis antipyretica2020
Frizzled Pincushion Plenogemma phyllantha2020
Frizzled Pincushion Plenogemma phyllantha2020
Pointed Spear-moss Calliergonella cuspidata2020
Pointed Spear-moss Calliergonella cuspidata2020
Overleaf Pellia Pellia epiphylla2020
Overleaf Pellia Pellia epiphylla2020
Elegant Bristle-moss Orthotrichum pulchellum2020
Elegant Bristle-moss Orthotrichum pulchellum2020
Atrichum undulatum Atrichum undulatum2020
Atrichum undulatum Atrichum undulatum2020
Swan's-neck Thyme-moss Mnium hornum2020
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