Harwood Beck and Widdybank: North Pennine Birdwalks - Site 3

The meadows and pastures around Harwood Beck and Widdybank are some of the best places to see breeding waders and black grouse. If you sit quietly in your car you may be rewarded with the sight of a snipe shepherding its chicks through the vegetation or a precocious young lapwing chick pecking for food in the short turf.
Redshank © NPAP

Location: 

Static viewing from a grassy verge on the road to Cow Green Reservoir.

Terrain: 

  • On road sections

Area: 

Access: 

  • Car parking
  • Public transport

Interests: 

Facilities nearby: 

  • Pub