Plan your visit
🦅Birds✦Heritage🦉Wildlife
Public accessDogs welcome447 ha
Getting here
54.17632, -1.08484
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CastleGrade I listed building
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦73+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Nuthatch
- ✦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
- 🐦73+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Robin and Nuthatch
- ✦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
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Robin, Nuthatch, Woodpigeon +70 more · last seen 2025; Lowland fens — specialist fen birds and passage waders
Free
✦Heritage
Very strong match
Grade I listed building: Gilling Castle; Historic site with public access
Free
Birds — Robin, Nuthatch, Woodpigeon +70 more · last seen 2025; Lowland fens priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Brown Hawker, Southern Hawker, Common Darter +19 more · last seen 2025; Lowland fens — fen dragonflies and rare invertebrates
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Russian Comfrey, Common Centaury, Marsh Thistle +121 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 53 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Ebor WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Foss WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Easingwold Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
National Byway (Yorkshire)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
The White Rose - Moors VariantCycling route▾
Named routeRef 656National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route5.9 km▾
Named routeRef 656Length 5.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Photos
The Avenue, Gilling Castle estate
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
12,127 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
12,127 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCrossbill · Nuthatch · Woodpigeon · Robin · Blue Tit +41
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Great TitParus major
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- RavenCorvus corax
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Field Vole
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects10 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Willow Emerald Damselfly · Southern Hawker · Common Darter · Migrant Hawker · Brown Hawker +5
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Swan's-neck Thyme-moss
- Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
12,127 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCrossbill · Nuthatch · Woodpigeon · Robin · Blue Tit +41
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Great TitParus major
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- RavenCorvus corax
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Field Vole
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Toad
🐝Insects10 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Willow Emerald Damselfly · Southern Hawker · Common Darter · Migrant Hawker · Brown Hawker +5
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
Swan's-neck Thyme-moss
- Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Ruddy Darter
Ruddy Darter
Sympetrum sanguineum
Sympetrum sanguineum
Turnip TigressAthalia rosaeTurnip TigressAthalia rosaeBlack-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatumBlack-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatumLarge Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphulaLarge Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphulaEvents & activities nearby
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