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1 2 3 discover? Tick the boxes along the way to keep a record of all of the wonderful things you have Discover Brightwater is the new name seen around the Deserted Medieval Villages. for the area around the River Skerne Keep an eye out for... in canny county Durham. It stretches ...the railway path. It originally connected from the Trimdons in the north to South Birds Insects Darlington North to Barnard Castle and the Park in Darlington; and from Sedgefield line first opened in 1856. ❏ Chiffchaff ❏ Butterfly in the east to the Locomotion, National ...the remains of the Archdeacon of ❏ ❏ Railway Museum, in Shildon in the west. Durham’s moated manor at Archdeacon Sparrow Moth Brightwater isn’t a new name, but a Newton. Look out for the moat and the raised ❏ Chaffinch ❏ Ladybird rediscovery of an old Viking word. ‘Skirr’ triangular platform at the north side of the field which is thought to have been the 15th century is the Norse word meaning ‘bright’ so ❏ Warbler ❏ Honeybee chapel. translating our Viking ancestors’ name Animals Flowers for the river gives us Brightwater. ... the Barred Warbler. It is one of the larger warblers, the male easy to identify with his ❏ ❏ Discover Brightwater is a landscape bright yellow eye and barred chest. The female Shrew Poppy partnership project which has been and juvenile birds present more of a challenge ❏ Fox ❏ Trefoil funded by all those lovely people who but size, wing bars and bill are key identification play the lottery. points. it’s size makes it a somewhat clumsy ❏ Stoat ❏ Daisy warbler and it is often heard crashing through bushes. ❏ ❏ ohn Rabbit Knapweed oto: J Bridg ph es w Did you spot anything hiding in the llo a hedgerows and farm fields? w S
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64 60 S 10 Moor Hall The site at Farm 52 Archdeacon Newton was home to the 11 manor house of the Archdeacon of 60 Durham. 12 Conisclie Grange The Darlington to55 Barnard Castle railway line was opened in the 1850s and was discontinued There’s plenty in the 1960s. of the countryside to Drinks and snacks are see on this walk. available to buy from The White Heifer that Travelled and the local Co-op.
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