Gilbertson's Wood
✦ Ancient woodland5 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🍂Seasonal🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
53.88008, -0.99680
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds; Birds — Skylark, Grey Partridge, Golden Plover +15 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Common Blue, Gatekeeper +22 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Meadow Brown, Common Blue, Gatekeeper +22 more · last seen 2025
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Jorvic WayWalking route104 km▾
Named routeLength 104 kmRegional walking route
Minster WayWalking route80 km▾
Named routeLength 80 kmRegional walking route
Wilberforce WayWalking route97 km▾
Named routeLength 97 kmRegional walking route
Trans-Pennine Trail (Selby to York)Walking route▾
Trans-Pennine Trail (Selby to York spur)
Named routeRegional walking route
Camino Ingles to SantiagoWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
The White Rose Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 65National Cycle Network
Solar System RouteCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route3.7 km▾
Named routeRef 65Length 3.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route4.1 km▾
Named routeRef 65Length 4.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route61 m▾
Named routeRef 65Length 61 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.1 km▾
Named routeRef 65Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
1,528 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,528 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds13 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Skylark · Grey Partridge · Golden Plover · Stock Dove · Lapwing +8
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2024
- TealAnas crecca2024
- Little OwlAthene noctua2024
Brown Hare
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
Gatekeeper · Meadow Brown · Common Blue · Small White · Green-veined White +11
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,528 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds13 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Skylark · Grey Partridge · Golden Plover · Stock Dove · Lapwing +8
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2024
- TealAnas crecca2024
- Little OwlAthene noctua2024
Brown Hare
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
Gatekeeper · Meadow Brown · Common Blue · Small White · Green-veined White +11
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Large WhitePieris brassicae2024Large WhitePieris brassicae2024PeacockAglais io2024PeacockAglais io2024Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2024Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2024RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024Brown ArgusAricia agestis2024Brown ArgusAricia agestis2024Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2024Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2024SyrphusSyrphusSyrphusSyrphusSmall CopperLycaena phlaeas2024Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2024Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2024Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2024