Munden Spring - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.68413, -0.37052
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 470m away — 12 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 470m away — 12 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Named hiking route nearby: Abbey Line Trail
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km14 signed routes nearby · 17 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Grand Union Canal WalkWalking route▾
Napton to Coy Carp section
Named routeRegional walking route
Ver Valley Walk 7Walking route▾
The Watermeadow Walk
Named routeRef Ver 7Local walking route
Ver Valley Walk 8Walking route▾
The Confluence Walk
Named routeRef Ver 8Local walking route
Shenley Walk 3Walking route▾
Named routeRef 3Local walking route
Shenley Walk 2Walking route▾
Named routeRef 2Local walking route
65 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 61Cycling route34 km▾
Route 61 travels from Maidenhead to Hatfield, Welwyn Garden City and Hertford before arriving near Hoddesdon.
Named routeRef 61Length 34 kmNational Cycle Network
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
N/ACycling route28 m▾
Named routeLength 28 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route65 m▾
Named routeRef 6Length 65 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route105 m▾
Named routeRef 6Length 105 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route153 m▾
Named routeRef 6Length 153 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
5 public paths nearby
Public paths
School Lanebridleway · 235 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 235 mSurface asphaltIncline upPath type: bridleway
School Lanebridleway · 125 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 125 mSurface asphaltIncline upPath type: bridleway
School Lanebridleway · 12 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 12 mSurface asphaltPath type: bridleway
School Lanebridleway · 40 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 40 mSurface asphaltPath type: bridleway
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Wildlife to spot
26,113 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
26,113 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Jackdaw +40
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Feral Cat · Muntjac
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Feral CatFelis catus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Green Shieldbug · Cicadella viridis · Hairy Shieldbug · Gorse Shieldbug · 7-spot Ladybird +19
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Magdalis rufaMagdalis rufa
- Phloiophilus edwardsii
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
26,113 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Jackdaw +40
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Feral Cat · Muntjac
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Feral CatFelis catus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Green Shieldbug · Cicadella viridis · Hairy Shieldbug · Gorse Shieldbug · 7-spot Ladybird +19
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- Cicadella viridisCicadella viridis
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- Gorse ShieldbugPiezodorus lituratus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Magdalis rufaMagdalis rufa
- Phloiophilus edwardsii
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Phloiophilus edwardsii
Phloiophilus edwardsii
24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctataCommon EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.Field Damsel BugNabis (Nabis) ferusField Damsel BugNabis (Nabis) ferusDrepanosiphum platanoidisDrepanosiphum platanoidisDrepanosiphum platanoidisDrepanosiphum platanoidisOxypselaphus obscurusOxypselaphus obscurusOxypselaphus obscurusOxypselaphus obscurusDiaperis boletiDiaperis boletiDiaperis boletiDiaperis boletiCerylon ferrugineumCerylon ferrugineumCerylon ferrugineumCerylon ferrugineumDock BugCoreus marginatusDock BugCoreus marginatusBiphyllus lunatusBiphyllus lunatusBiphyllus lunatusBiphyllus lunatusRibautiana tenerrimaRibautiana tenerrimaRibautiana tenerrimaRibautiana tenerrimaTachyerges salicisTachyerges salicisTachyerges salicisTachyerges salicisMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusAphrophora alniAphrophora alniAphrophora alniAphrophora alniStenodema (Stenodema) laevigataStenodema (Stenodema) laevigataStenodema (Stenodema) laevigataStenodema (Stenodema) laevigataCommon Ground-hopperTetrix undulataCommon Ground-hopperTetrix undulataEndomychus coccineusEndomychus coccineusEndomychus coccineusEndomychus coccineusPill BeetleByrrhus pilulaPill BeetleByrrhus pilulaEvents & activities nearby
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