RISING SUN COUNTRY PARK

Located amid the Rising Sun Country Park, a 162 hectare oasis for humans and animals alike, lies the Rising Sun Countryside Centre. This park-based nonprofit raises pigs, chickens, and lambs and also operates a livery stable and day care. The farm serves as one of the top tourist places to visit in Newcastle, and a venue for various forms of learning, fun, and service.

There should be a place in the woods for city dwellers to get away. This 400-acre area consists of grassland, woods, a pond, marshes, and a lake, and it belongs to the city of Newcastle. Hikers, bicyclists, and riders from nearby and further afield enjoy the area because of its abundance of animals. As the focal point of the park, the lake serves as its beating heart, and nearby the north is Swallow Pond, which is a popular spot for birdwatchers.

If you're in the mood to have a picnic or barbecue, there's a designated place for that, too. The Rising Sun Country Park Café doubles as a farm store selling organic produce and is located conveniently close to the lake. However, its past is surprising, the area was formerly utilised as a coal mine and afterwards as a hospital for those with deadly diseases.

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Highlights

• Water Rails, Bullfinches, Titmice, and Crossbills are just a few of the birds that might make an appearance or be heard in the area.
• Goldcrests and Siskins will love the site's well-established coniferous plantations.
• Willow warblers and chiffchaffs sing their hearts out during the spring and summer, and common terns scream out to one another when they arrive.
• Blackcaps can be spotted in the adjacent forest.
• Fieldfares and Red Wings, winter visitors, and big flocks of Woodpigeons, frequent the neighbouring countryside and fields.
• Whitethroat and Lesser Whitethroat prefer the trees near the farm and Pit heap in the spring and summer, so keep an eye out for them if you happen to be there.
• Stock Doves can also be seen on the meadows behind the pond, near the visitor centre.
• You can find a second pond in the modern era to the right of the tourist centre, behind Swallow Pond.
• A Red Deer, a popular sight since it is often spotted near the visitor centre, is another draw. Roe Deer and Foxes are also possible sightings.