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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
| + | The Rising Sun Country Park is situated off the A191 Gosforth to Whitley Bay road, on the former sites of the Rising Sun Colliery and the Scaffold Hill Isolation Hospital. It comprises Swallow Pond, a large lake formed by subsidence of former mine workings, a smaller pond, areas of mature and young trees, agricultural land and the landscaped grass covered remains of the former pit heap. | ||
==Birds== | ==Birds== | ||
Revision as of 22:26, 26 January 2008
Overview
The Rising Sun Country Park is situated off the A191 Gosforth to Whitley Bay road, on the former sites of the Rising Sun Colliery and the Scaffold Hill Isolation Hospital. It comprises Swallow Pond, a large lake formed by subsidence of former mine workings, a smaller pond, areas of mature and young trees, agricultural land and the landscaped grass covered remains of the former pit heap.
Birds
Notable Species
Rarities
Check-list
Birds you can see here include:
