Hyde Spinney - Broadleaved woodland
6 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome6 ha
Getting here
51.72533, -1.07794
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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ 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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £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
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Broadleaved woodland — spring blossom and autumn colour
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Oxfordshire WayWalking route110 km▾
a traverse of Oxfordshire from the Cotswolds to the Chilterns
Named routeRef OWLength 110 kmRegional walking route
Shakespeare's WayWalking route235 km▾
Named routeLength 235 kmRegional walking route
Thame Valley WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Bernwood Jubilee WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
20 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Wheatley-CowleyCycling route▾
Named routeXcn
Worminghall-WheatleyCycling route▾
Named routeXcn
Garsington-GreatMiltonCycling route▾
Named routeXcn
Wheatley-GreatMiltonCycling route▾
Named routeXcn
NCN National Route 57Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 57National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route69 m▾
Named routeRef 57Length 69 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Log stack near Chilworth Road
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Wildlife to spot
6,103 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,103 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Moorhen · Robin · Jackdaw · Blue Tit +41
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- SwiftApus apus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- MagpiePica pica2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
🦌Mammals8 species
springsummer
2025▾
Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Polecat · Fallow Deer +3
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- PolecatMustela putorius2024
- Fallow DeerDama dama2024
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🐸Amphibians2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Toad · Smooth Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Common Carder Bee · Sphaerophoria · Shaggy Furrow Bee · Sphaerophoria scripta · Western Honey Bee +37
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2023
- SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria
- Shaggy Furrow BeeLasioglossum villosulum2023
- Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2023
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2023
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis
- Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalisMarchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,103 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Moorhen · Robin · Jackdaw · Blue Tit +41
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- SwiftApus apus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- MagpiePica pica2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
🦌Mammals8 species
springsummer
2025▾
Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Polecat · Fallow Deer +3
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- PolecatMustela putorius2024
- Fallow DeerDama dama2024
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🐸Amphibians2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Toad · Smooth Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Common Carder Bee · Sphaerophoria · Shaggy Furrow Bee · Sphaerophoria scripta · Western Honey Bee +37
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2023
- SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria
- Shaggy Furrow BeeLasioglossum villosulum2023
- Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2023
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2023
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis
- Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalisMarchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2024MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2024BadgerMeles meles2023BadgerMeles meles2023Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2023Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2023Lobe-spurred Furrow BeeLasioglossum pauxillum2023Lobe-spurred Furrow BeeLasioglossum pauxillum2023Common Mini-minerAndrena minutula2023Common Mini-minerAndrena minutula2023Bronze Furrow BeeHalictus tumulorum2023Bronze Furrow BeeHalictus tumulorum2023Common CockchaferMelolontha melolonthaCommon CockchaferMelolontha melolonthaRugged Oil-beetleMeloe rugosusRugged Oil-beetleMeloe rugosusSmall Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulumSmall Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulumEupeodesEupeodesEupeodesEupeodesYellow-legged Black LegionnaireBeris morrisiiYellow-legged Black LegionnaireBeris morrisiiSyrphusSyrphusSyrphusSyrphusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusRhopalus (Rhopalus) subrufusPlatycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatusPlatycheirus scutatusMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusMarmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatusWelsh ChaferHoplia philanthusWelsh ChaferHoplia philanthusDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorDark-edged Bee-flyBombylius majorCramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosusCramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosusRhyzobius lophanthaeRhyzobius lophanthae2024Rhyzobius lophanthaeRhyzobius lophanthae2024Rhyzobius chrysomeloidesRhyzobius chrysomeloides2024Rhyzobius chrysomeloidesRhyzobius chrysomeloides2024Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2024Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2024Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2024Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2024Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2024Rosemary BeetleChrysolina americana2024Mint Leaf BeetleChrysolina herbacea2023Mint Leaf BeetleChrysolina herbacea2023Melanostoma mellinumMelanostoma mellinum2023Melanostoma mellinumMelanostoma mellinum2023Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2023Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2023Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2023Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare2023Painted Nomad BeeNomada fucata2023Painted Nomad BeeNomada fucata2023Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2023Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2023Wood-carving Leafcutter BeeMegachile ligniseca2023Wood-carving Leafcutter BeeMegachile ligniseca2023Yellow-legged Mining BeeAndrena flavipes2023Yellow-legged Mining BeeAndrena flavipes2023Yellow Meadow AntLasius flavus2023Yellow Meadow AntLasius flavus2023Alfken's Mini-minerAndrena alfkenella2023Alfken's Mini-minerAndrena alfkenella2023Sharp-collared Furrow BeeLasioglossum malachurum2023Sharp-collared Furrow BeeLasioglossum malachurum2023Xylota segnisXylota segnis2023Xylota segnisXylota segnis2023Chrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctum2023Chrysotoxum bicinctumChrysotoxum bicinctum2023Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2023Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2023Events & activities nearby
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