Water Spinney - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.98882, -0.79566
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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 — 8 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 — 8 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 cycling route nearby: MK Redway Super Route H8
Varies
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
98 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
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
MK Redway Super Route H10Cycling route▾
Named routeRef H10Local cycle route
3 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
20,433 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
20,433 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds35 species
winterspring
2025▾
Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Blue Tit · Robin +30
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Siberian ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita tristis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- 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
Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Toad
Hairy Shieldbug · Beautiful Demoiselle · Pine Ladybird · Cream-spot Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird +7
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025
- Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Ledra auritaLedra aurita2025
Lesser Celandine
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
20,433 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds35 species
winterspring
2025▾
Carrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Blue Tit · Robin +30
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Siberian ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita tristis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- 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
Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Toad
Hairy Shieldbug · Beautiful Demoiselle · Pine Ladybird · Cream-spot Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird +7
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2025
- Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
- Cream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttata
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Ledra auritaLedra aurita2025
Lesser Celandine
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Azure 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