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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🐦 73+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Woodpigeon ⚽ Playing fields 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
🐦 73+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Woodpigeon ⚽ Playing fields is at its best in summer here 🐕 Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days 🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Robin +70 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Robin +70 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
⚽ Playing fields
Very strong match
Playing field
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large Red Damselfly, Common Darter, Southern Hawker +107 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Large Red Damselfly, Common Darter, Southern Hawker +107 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Ragwort, Hart's-Tongue, Marsh Woundwort +24 more · last seen 2026; Plants — Ragwort, Hart's-Tongue, Marsh Woundwort +24 more · last seen 2026
Free
Plants — Wood-sorrel, Dandelion, Hazel +1 more foraging species
Varies
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 12 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Weardale Way Walking route 124 km ▾
Named route Length 124 km Regional walking route
Show on map Cuddy's Corse Walking route 12 km ▾
Named route Length 12 km Point-to-point Local walking route
Show on map Way of Learning Walking route 61 km ▾
Named route Length 61 km Point-to-point Regional walking route
Show on map Heritage 100 - Walridge Fell Walking route ▾
Named route Ref 5 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map Hedley Hall Wood Blue Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map 41 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Bowes Railway Path Cycling route ▾
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map Angel Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Beamish Loop Cycling route 11 km ▾
Named route Ref CDN6 Length 11 km Round trip Local cycle route
Show on map Great North Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 725 National Cycle Network
Show on map Link Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map Station to Riverside Ground Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map 1 public path nearby
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Wildlife to spot
6,656 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 6,656 records · National Biodiversity Network Chaffinch · Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Long-tailed Tit +29
Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blackbird Turdus merula Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Robin Erithacus rubecula Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Dipper Cinclus cinclus Barn Owl Tyto alba2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Linnet Linaria cannabina2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Siskin Spinus spinus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2025 Whitethroat Curruca communis2025 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2025 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2025 🦌 Mammals 8 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Roe Deer · Daubenton's Bat · Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Badger +3
Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Daubenton's Bat Myotis daubentonii Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus Badger Meles meles Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Harlequin Ladybird · Common Darter · Large Red Damselfly · Azure Damselfly · Southern Hawker +38
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea Emerald Damselfly Lestes sponsa 7-spot Ladybird Welsh Poppy · Hart's-Tongue · Marsh Woundwort · Good King Henry · Great Mullein +16
Welsh Poppy Papaver cambricum2025 Hart's-Tongue Asplenium scolopendrium Marsh Woundwort Stachys palustris2025 Good King Henry Blitum bonus-henricus2025 Great Mullein Verbascum thapsus2025 Sessile Oak Quercus petraea Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 6,656 records · National Biodiversity Network Chaffinch · Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Long-tailed Tit +29
Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blackbird Turdus merula Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Robin Erithacus rubecula Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Dipper Cinclus cinclus Barn Owl Tyto alba2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Coal Tit Periparus ater2025 Swallow Hirundo rustica2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris2025 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Linnet Linaria cannabina2025 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis2025 Siskin Spinus spinus2025 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Skylark Alauda arvensis2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto2025 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus2025 Whitethroat Curruca communis2025 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus2025 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2025 🦌 Mammals 8 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Roe Deer · Daubenton's Bat · Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Badger +3
Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Daubenton's Bat Myotis daubentonii Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus Badger Meles meles Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Harlequin Ladybird · Common Darter · Large Red Damselfly · Azure Damselfly · Southern Hawker +38
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea Emerald Damselfly Lestes sponsa 7-spot Ladybird Welsh Poppy · Hart's-Tongue · Marsh Woundwort · Good King Henry · Great Mullein +16
Welsh Poppy Papaver cambricum2025 Hart's-Tongue Asplenium scolopendrium Marsh Woundwort Stachys palustris2025 Good King Henry Blitum bonus-henricus2025 Great Mullein Verbascum thapsus2025 Sessile Oak Quercus petraea Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Whiskered Bat
Whiskered Bat
Myotis mystacinus
Myotis mystacinus
Noctule Nyctalus noctula
Noctule Nyctalus noctula Coccinella septempunctata
Coccinella septempunctata
Common Green Grasshopper Omocestus viridulus
Common Green Grasshopper Omocestus viridulus
Figwort Sawfly Tenthredo scrophulariae
Figwort Sawfly Tenthredo scrophulariae
Syrphus Syrphus
Syrphus Syrphus
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata
Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata
Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa
Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa
Black Darter Sympetrum danae
Black Darter Sympetrum danae
Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis
Willow Emerald Damselfly Chalcolestes viridis
Sicus ferrugineus Sicus ferrugineus
Sicus ferrugineus Sicus ferrugineus
Turnip Tigress Athalia rosae
Turnip Tigress Athalia rosae
Leucozona glaucia Leucozona glaucia
Leucozona glaucia Leucozona glaucia
Cheilosia pagana Cheilosia pagana
Cheilosia pagana Cheilosia pagana
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva
Volucella pellucens Volucella pellucens
Volucella pellucens Volucella pellucens
Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis
Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis
Meliscaeva auricollis Meliscaeva auricollis
Dasysyrphus albostriatus Dasysyrphus albostriatus
Dasysyrphus albostriatus Dasysyrphus albostriatus
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus
Helophilus pendulus Helophilus pendulus
Broad Centurion Chloromyia formosa
Broad Centurion Chloromyia formosa
Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum
Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus
Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus
Livid Sawfly Tenthredo livida
Livid Sawfly Tenthredo livida
Common Green Sawfly Tenthredo mesomela
Common Green Sawfly Tenthredo mesomela
Chrysogaster solstitialis Chrysogaster solstitialis
Chrysogaster solstitialis Chrysogaster solstitialis
Cercopis vulnerata Cercopis vulnerata
Cercopis vulnerata Cercopis vulnerata
Dark Sawfly Tenthredo atra
Dark Sawfly Tenthredo atra
Empis tessellata Empis tessellata
Empis tessellata Empis tessellata
Oak Leaf-roller Attelabus nitens
Oak Leaf-roller Attelabus nitens
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum
Hairy Shieldbug Dolycoris baccarum
Xylota segnis Xylota segnis
Xylota segnis Xylota segnis
Parhelophilus Parhelophilus
Parhelophilus Parhelophilus
Eyed Ladybird Anatis ocellata
Eyed Ladybird Anatis ocellata
Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata
Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata
Black Snipefly Chrysopilus cristatus
Black Snipefly Chrysopilus cristatus
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum
Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum 2025
2025
Hoary Ragwort Jacobaea erucifolia2025
Hoary Ragwort Jacobaea erucifolia2025
Bittersweet Solanum dulcamara2025
Bittersweet Solanum dulcamara2025
Raspberry Rubus idaeus2025
Raspberry Rubus idaeus2025
Compact Rush Juncus conglomeratus2025
Compact Rush Juncus conglomeratus2025
Common Orache Atriplex patula2025
Common Orache Atriplex patula2025
Perennial Rye-grass Lolium perenne2025
Perennial Rye-grass Lolium perenne2025
Soft-brome Bromus hordeaceus2025
Soft-brome Bromus hordeaceus2025
Rubus dasyphyllus Rubus dasyphyllus2025
Rubus dasyphyllus Rubus dasyphyllus2025
Common Whitlowgrass Erophila verna2025
Common Whitlowgrass Erophila verna2025
Cultivated Vetch Vicia sativa subsp. sativa2025
Cultivated Vetch Vicia sativa subsp. sativa2025
Garden Lady's-mantle Alchemilla mollis2025
Garden Lady's-mantle Alchemilla mollis2025
Fox-and-cubs Pilosella aurantiaca2025
Fox-and-cubs Pilosella aurantiaca2025
Smooth Hawk's-beard Crepis capillaris2025
Smooth Hawk's-beard Crepis capillaris2025
Barren Brome Anisantha sterilis2025
Barren Brome Anisantha sterilis2025
Shining Crane's-bill Geranium lucidum2025
Shining Crane's-bill Geranium lucidum2025 