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Castle Hill

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦77+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chiffchaff and Chaffinch
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦77+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Chiffchaff and Chaffinch
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

4 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Chiffchaff, Chaffinch, Goldcrest +74 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Chiffchaff, Chaffinch, Goldcrest +74 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Dark-edged Bee-fly, Black-tailed Skimmer, Cabbage Bug +2 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Dark-edged Bee-fly, Black-tailed Skimmer, Cabbage Bug +2 more · last seen 2026

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

9 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Marriott's WayWalking route42 km

Norwich to Aylsham via Reepham on disused railway

Named routeRef MWLength 42 kmRegional walking route

Olympic Torch Relay (Norwich)Walking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Costessey CircularWalking route5.5 km

Named routeLength 5.5 kmRound tripLocal walking route

Walsingham WayWalking route61 km

Named routeLength 61 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route

Yellow RouteWalking route500 m

Named routeLength 500 mLocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

28 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Purple PedalwayCycling route

Named routeRef PurpleRound tripLocal cycle route

Blue PedalwayCycling route

Named routeRef BluePoint-to-pointLocal cycle route

NCN National Route 1Cycling route

Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network

Yellow PedalwayCycling route

Named routeRef YellowPoint-to-pointLocal cycle route

EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 2Cycling route

Norwich - Lincoln

Named routeRef EV12International cycle route

Main RouteCycling route44 m

Named routeRef 1Length 44 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

12,064 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

12,064 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds81 species

spring

2026

Chiffchaff · Chaffinch · Buzzard · Goldcrest · House Sparrow +76

ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Great TitParus major2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2024

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Mammals7 species

winter

2025

Muntjac · Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Mole · Chinese Water Deer +2

MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
MoleTalpa europaea2024
Chinese Water DeerHydropotes inermis2024
Fallow DeerDama dama2024
Brown HareLepus europaeus2024

🐝

Insects5 species

springsummer

2026

Dark-edged Bee-fly · Black-tailed Skimmer · Cabbage Bug · Brown Hawker · Gatekeeper

Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2025
Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2025
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2024
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

12,064 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds81 species

spring

2026

Chiffchaff · Chaffinch · Buzzard · Goldcrest · House Sparrow +76

ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Great TitParus major2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
RookCorvus frugilegus2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
SwiftApus apus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
Red KiteMilvus milvus2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
CuckooCuculus canorus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Willow TitPoecile montanus2025
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2024

🦌

Mammals7 species

winter

2025

Muntjac · Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Mole · Chinese Water Deer +2

MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
MoleTalpa europaea2024
Chinese Water DeerHydropotes inermis2024
Fallow DeerDama dama2024
Brown HareLepus europaeus2024

🐝

Insects5 species

springsummer

2026

Dark-edged Bee-fly · Black-tailed Skimmer · Cabbage Bug · Brown Hawker · Gatekeeper

Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2025
Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2025
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2024
GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Ashley Dace · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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