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🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome85 ha
Getting here
54.62996, -1.56204
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦61+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon 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
- 🐦61+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Woodpigeon 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 — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, House Sparrow +58 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Woodpigeon, Blackbird, House Sparrow +58 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Cantharis livida, Vine Weevil, Syrphus +33 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — False Fox-sedge, Giant Hogweed, Great Burnet +125 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Locomotion & Historic ShildonWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
Hardwick Park & Bishop's FenWalking route▾
Named routeRef 7Round tripLocal walking route
Brafferton & Newton KettonWalking route▾
Named routeRef 3Round tripLocal walking route
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Great North CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 725National Cycle Network
Locomotion WayCycling route3.2 km▾
Named routeLength 3.2 kmLocal cycle route
Great North CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 725National Cycle Network
4 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
Woodham Way, Newton Aycliffe
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
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Wildlife to spot
6,155 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,155 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds37 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Robin · House Sparrow · Starling +32
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
🐝Insects7 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Limnephilus auricula · Vine Weevil · Green Shieldbug · Gilletteella cooleyi · Birch Shieldbug +2
- Limnephilus auriculaLimnephilus auricula
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Gilletteella cooleyiGilletteella cooleyi
- Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus
- Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus
Rowan
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,155 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds37 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Robin · House Sparrow · Starling +32
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
🐝Insects7 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Limnephilus auricula · Vine Weevil · Green Shieldbug · Gilletteella cooleyi · Birch Shieldbug +2
- Limnephilus auriculaLimnephilus auricula
- Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Gilletteella cooleyiGilletteella cooleyi
- Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctus
- Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus
Rowan
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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