Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
54.10323, -1.10994
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Woodpigeon
- ✦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
- 🐦63+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blackbird and Woodpigeon
- ✦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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow +60 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow +60 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large Yellow Underwing, Lesser Yellow Underwing, Riband Wave +106 more · last seen 2025
Free
Grade II* listed building: CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS; Religious grounds — local heritage
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Common Nettle, Creeping Buttercup, Cleavers +100 more · last seen 2024
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Foss WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Lucy Balkpublic footpath · 425 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 425 mPath type: footway
6 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 Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 65National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route670 m▾
Named routeRef 65Length 670 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route353 m▾
Named routeRef 65Length 353 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route4.2 km▾
Named routeRef 65Length 4.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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St Nicholas Church, Stillington, Yorkshire
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
6,325 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,325 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWigeon · Blackbird · Mallard · House Sparrow · Moorhen +19
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- MagpiePica pica
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- Great TitParus major2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2022
🦌Mammals2 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Brown Hare · Mole
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- MoleTalpa europaea2024
Adder
Marmalade Hoverfly · Common Red Soldier Beetle · St Marks Fly · Azure Damselfly · Large Red Damselfly +1
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- St Marks FlyBibio marci
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2024
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2024
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023
Golden Bootleg
- Golden BootlegPhaeolepiota aurea
False Oat-grass · Sycamore · Cock's-foot · Hogweed · Common Nettle +79
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,325 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWigeon · Blackbird · Mallard · House Sparrow · Moorhen +19
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- MagpiePica pica
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2025
- Great TitParus major2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis2022
🦌Mammals2 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Brown Hare · Mole
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- MoleTalpa europaea2024
Adder
Marmalade Hoverfly · Common Red Soldier Beetle · St Marks Fly · Azure Damselfly · Large Red Damselfly +1
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
- St Marks FlyBibio marci
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2024
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2024
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023
Golden Bootleg
- Golden BootlegPhaeolepiota aurea
False Oat-grass · Sycamore · Cock's-foot · Hogweed · Common Nettle +79
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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