Water Spinney - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
51.98729, -0.79429
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
- 🅿️Parking 280m away — 4 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 280m away — 4 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: Milton Keynes Boundary Walk
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Midshires WayWalking route370 km▾
Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail
Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route
Grand Union Canal WalkWalking route▾
Napton to Coy Carp section
Named routeRegional walking route
North Bucks WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Ouse Valley Way 1 (Syresham to Turvey)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Milton Keynes Boundary WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripRegional walking route
99 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
National Byway (Bucks)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
MK Redway Super Route H8Cycling route▾
Named routeRef H8Local cycle route
MK Redway Super Route V7Cycling route▾
Named routeRef V7Local cycle route
MK Redway Super Route V6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef V6Local cycle route
MK Redway Super Route V4Cycling route▾
Named routeRef V4Local cycle route
10 public paths nearby
Public paths
Weasel Lanerestricted byway · 1.1 km▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 1.1 kmSurface unpavedPath type: cycleway
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Wildlife to spot
20,489 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
20,489 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds37 species
winterspring
2025▾
Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Blue Tit · Robin +32
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great TitParus major
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Siberian ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita tristis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Common GullLarus canus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Toad
Hairy Shieldbug · Beautiful Demoiselle · Pine Ladybird · Cream-spot Ladybird · Ruddy Darter +8
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025
- Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Lesser Celandine
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
20,489 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds37 species
winterspring
2025▾
Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Blue Tit · Robin +32
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great TitParus major
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Siberian ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita tristis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Common GullLarus canus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Toad
Hairy Shieldbug · Beautiful Demoiselle · Pine Ladybird · Cream-spot Ladybird · Ruddy Darter +8
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025
- Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Lesser Celandine
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Ledra auritaLedra aurita2025Ledra auritaLedra aurita2025Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatusDryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus2025Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatusDryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Carabus nemoralisCarabus nemoralis2025Carabus nemoralisCarabus nemoralis2025Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2025Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus2025