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Gilcross House

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦91+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Curlew and Little Egret
✦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

🐦91+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Curlew and Little Egret
✦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 — Curlew, Little Egret, Shelduck +88 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Curlew, Little Egret, Shelduck +88 more · last seen 2025

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 — Migrant Hawker, Anthrenus fuscus · last seen 2025; Insects — Migrant Hawker, Anthrenus fuscus · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Greenwich Meridian TrailWalking route440 km

A long-distance walk that follows the line of the Prime Meridian. Inaugurated in 2009, to coincide with the 125th anniversary of the Greenwich Meridian.

Named routeRef GMTLength 440 kmRegional walking route

King Charles III England Coast Path: Humber Bridge to EasingtonWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

King Charles III England Coast Path: Easington to Filey BriggWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

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Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

National Byway (Holderness Loop)Cycling route

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

5,448 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

5,448 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds96 species

winter

2025

Curlew · Little Egret · Shelduck · Redshank · Carrion Crow +91

CurlewNumenius arquata
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
RedshankTringa totanus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
LinnetLinaria cannabina
DunlinCalidris alpina
Common GullLarus canus
TealAnas crecca
LapwingVanellus vanellus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
BlackbirdTurdus merula
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
BuzzardButeo buteo
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
Mute SwanCygnus olor
MagpiePica pica
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
Stock DoveColumba oenas
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
SwallowHirundo rustica
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla
GreenshankTringa nebularia
KnotCalidris canutus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
RookCorvus frugilegus
Rock DoveColumba livia
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
Light-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla hrota
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
JackdawColoeus monedula
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Barn OwlTyto alba
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
DunnockPrunella modularis
SnipeGallinago gallinago
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
GadwallMareca strepera
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostris
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
Black BrantBranta bernicla nigricans
WhitethroatCurruca communis
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
Common TernSterna hirundo
Lapland BuntingCalcarius lapponicus
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
GreenfinchChloris chloris
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
Red KiteMilvus milvus
House MartinDelichon urbicum
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Caspian GullLarus cachinnans
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
WoodcockScolopax rusticola
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
GoosanderMergus merganser2024
Brent GooseBranta bernicla2024

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Mammals2 species

wintersummer

2025

Brown Hare · Roe Deer

Brown HareLepus europaeus
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

🐝

Insects2 species

springautumn

2025

Migrant Hawker · Anthrenus fuscus

Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
Anthrenus fuscusAnthrenus fuscus

🌿

Plants30 species

spring

2025

Broad-leaved Dock · Red Campion · Wild Angelica · Sweet Vernal-grass · Creeping Buttercup +25

Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Red CampionSilene dioica
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
SilverweedPotentilla anserina
Common VetchVicia sativa
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
Marsh FoxtailAlopecurus geniculatus
Black-grassAlopecurus myosuroides
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Hoary RagwortJacobaea erucifolia
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Common SallowSalix cinerea
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Common ReedPhragmites australis
Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
Common SorrelRumex acetosa
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

5,448 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds96 species

winter

2025

Curlew · Little Egret · Shelduck · Redshank · Carrion Crow +91

CurlewNumenius arquata
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
ShelduckTadorna tadorna
RedshankTringa totanus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
LinnetLinaria cannabina
DunlinCalidris alpina
Common GullLarus canus
TealAnas crecca
LapwingVanellus vanellus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
BlackbirdTurdus merula
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
BuzzardButeo buteo
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
Mute SwanCygnus olor
MagpiePica pica
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
Stock DoveColumba oenas
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
SwallowHirundo rustica
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
Dark-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla bernicla
GreenshankTringa nebularia
KnotCalidris canutus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
RookCorvus frugilegus
Rock DoveColumba livia
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
Light-bellied Brent GooseBranta bernicla hrota
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
JackdawColoeus monedula
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Barn OwlTyto alba
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
DunnockPrunella modularis
SnipeGallinago gallinago
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
GadwallMareca strepera
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostris
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
Black BrantBranta bernicla nigricans
WhitethroatCurruca communis
TurnstoneArenaria interpres
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
Common TernSterna hirundo
Lapland BuntingCalcarius lapponicus
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
GreenfinchChloris chloris
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
Red KiteMilvus milvus
House MartinDelichon urbicum
KingfisherAlcedo atthis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Caspian GullLarus cachinnans
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Common ScoterMelanitta nigra
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
WoodcockScolopax rusticola
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
GoosanderMergus merganser2024
Brent GooseBranta bernicla2024

🦌

Mammals2 species

wintersummer

2025

Brown Hare · Roe Deer

Brown HareLepus europaeus
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

🐝

Insects2 species

springautumn

2025

Migrant Hawker · Anthrenus fuscus

Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
Anthrenus fuscusAnthrenus fuscus

🌿

Plants30 species

spring

2025

Broad-leaved Dock · Red Campion · Wild Angelica · Sweet Vernal-grass · Creeping Buttercup +25

Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Red CampionSilene dioica
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
SilverweedPotentilla anserina
Common VetchVicia sativa
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
Marsh FoxtailAlopecurus geniculatus
Black-grassAlopecurus myosuroides
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
Hoary RagwortJacobaea erucifolia
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Bulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosus
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
Common SallowSalix cinerea
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Common ReedPhragmites australis
Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
Common SorrelRumex acetosa
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Richard Croft · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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