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📷 Andrew Curtis · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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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
🌿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

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

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· Free

Best for

5 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Jackdaw, Blackbird +63 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Jackdaw, Blackbird +63 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Ribwort Plantain, Rosebay Willowherb, Common Bird's-foot-trefoil +34 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Ribwort Plantain, Rosebay Willowherb, Common Bird's-foot-trefoil +34 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird, Lily Beetle +18 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Harlequin Ladybird, 7-spot Ladybird, Lily Beetle +18 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Plants — Common Nettle, Rowan, Elder +5 more foraging species

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

10 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Weardale WayWalking route124 km

Named routeLength 124 kmRegional walking route

Heritage Trails: monumentWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Heritage Trails: WallWalking route

Named routePoint-to-pointLocal walking route

Heritage Trails: cityWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Heritage TrailsWalking route

Named routeLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

148 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 14Cycling route

Named routeRef 14National Cycle Network

Bowes Railway PathCycling route

Named routeRegional cycle route

Cycle Route 3Cycling route

Named routeRef 3Local cycle route

Cycle Route 5Cycling route

Named routeRef 5Local cycle route

Hadrian's CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRef 72National Cycle Network

Angel CyclewayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

4,614 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

4,614 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds69 species

springsummerautumn

2026

Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Blackbird · House Sparrow · Magpie +64

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
MagpiePica pica
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
SwiftApus apus2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
Great TitParus major2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
Common GullLarus canus2024
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
BuzzardButeo buteo2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2023
Willow TitPoecile montanus2022
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2024
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2023
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2023
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2023
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2022
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2022
BirdsAves2021
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2021
CuckooCuculus canorus2021

🦌

Mammals7 species

autumn

2025

Hedgehog · Brown Rat · Grey Squirrel · Wood Mouse · Pipistrelle Bat species +2

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Brown RatRattus norvegicus2024
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2024
Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2023
BatChiroptera2022
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2021

🐸

Amphibians1 species

winter

2024

Great Crested Newt

Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus

🐝

Insects21 species

springsummer

2025

Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Lily Beetle · 2-spot Ladybird · 14-spot Ladybird +16

Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2021
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2022
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2021
Greater Horntail WaspUrocerus gigas
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Eristalinus sepulchralisEristalinus sepulchralis
Water LadybirdAnisosticta novemdecimpunctata
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2024
Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans2024
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2023
Back-SwimmerNotonecta2023
St Marks FlyBibio marci2023
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2022
FroghopperCercopidae2022
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2021
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2021
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2021

🌿

Plants39 species

summer

2025

Ribwort Plantain · Rosebay Willowherb · Common Ragwort · Common Bird's-foot-trefoil · Creeping Thistle +34

Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Common NettleUrtica dioica2024
DaisyBellis perennis2024
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2024
DandelionTaraxacum2024
BrambleRubus fruticosus2024
Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2023
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2023
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2023
FeverfewTanacetum parthenium2023
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2023
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria2023
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2023
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Black MedickMedicago lupulina
White CloverTrifolium repens
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense
RowanSorbus aucuparia
AlderAlnus glutinosa
ElderSambucus nigra
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Red CampionSilene dioica
HazelCorylus avellana
YarrowAchillea millefolium2024
Oxford RagwortSenecio squalidus2023
London PlanePlatanus occidentalis x orientalis = P. x hispanica2023
Midland HawthornCrataegus laevigata2023
LaburnhamLaburnum anagyroides2023
Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera var. pissardii2023
Slender SpeedwellVeronica filiformis2022
Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea2021
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2021

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

4,614 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds69 species

springsummerautumn

2026

Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Blackbird · House Sparrow · Magpie +64

WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
MagpiePica pica
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
SwiftApus apus2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
Great TitParus major2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
Common GullLarus canus2024
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
RookCorvus frugilegus2024
LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2024
BuzzardButeo buteo2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2023
Willow TitPoecile montanus2022
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix2024
Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2024
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
WaxwingBombycilla garrulus2023
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2023
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis2023
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2022
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2022
BirdsAves2021
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2021
CuckooCuculus canorus2021

🦌

Mammals7 species

autumn

2025

Hedgehog · Brown Rat · Grey Squirrel · Wood Mouse · Pipistrelle Bat species +2

HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Brown RatRattus norvegicus2024
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2024
Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus2023
BatChiroptera2022
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2021

🐸

Amphibians1 species

winter

2024

Great Crested Newt

Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus

🐝

Insects21 species

springsummer

2025

Harlequin Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Lily Beetle · 2-spot Ladybird · 14-spot Ladybird +16

Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2021
2-spot LadybirdAdalia bipunctata2022
14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2021
Greater Horntail WaspUrocerus gigas
Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Eristalinus sepulchralisEristalinus sepulchralis
Water LadybirdAnisosticta novemdecimpunctata
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2024
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2024
Volucella bombylansVolucella bombylans2024
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2023
Back-SwimmerNotonecta2023
St Marks FlyBibio marci2023
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2022
FroghopperCercopidae2022
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2021
Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2021
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2021

🌿

Plants39 species

summer

2025

Ribwort Plantain · Rosebay Willowherb · Common Ragwort · Common Bird's-foot-trefoil · Creeping Thistle +34

Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Common NettleUrtica dioica2024
DaisyBellis perennis2024
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2024
DandelionTaraxacum2024
BrambleRubus fruticosus2024
Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes2023
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium2023
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2023
FeverfewTanacetum parthenium2023
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2023
Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria2023
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2023
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Black MedickMedicago lupulina
White CloverTrifolium repens
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense
RowanSorbus aucuparia
AlderAlnus glutinosa
ElderSambucus nigra
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
Red CampionSilene dioica
HazelCorylus avellana
YarrowAchillea millefolium2024
Oxford RagwortSenecio squalidus2023
London PlanePlatanus occidentalis x orientalis = P. x hispanica2023
Midland HawthornCrataegus laevigata2023
LaburnhamLaburnum anagyroides2023
Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera var. pissardii2023
Slender SpeedwellVeronica filiformis2022
Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea2021
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2021

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Andrew Curtis · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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