Beech Spinney - Broadleaved woodland
4 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
52.08928, -0.70752
Open directionsv
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
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕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
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
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby · 8 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
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
Milton Keynes Boundary WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripRegional walking route
Ouse Valley Circular WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Three Shires WayWalking route79 km▾
49 mile route liking the Swan's Way to the Grafham Water circular walk, which it now incorporates, made up largely of bridleways.
Named routeLength 79 kmRegional walking route
55 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN 51Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 51National Cycle Network
MK Redway Super Route V10Cycling route▾
Named routeRef V10Local cycle route
MK Redway Super Route H6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef H6Local cycle route
MK Redway Super Route H5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef H5Local cycle route
MK Redway Super Route H4Cycling route▾
Named routeRef H4Local cycle route
MK Redway Super Route Railway WalkCycling route▾
Named routeRef RWLocal cycle route
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
13,363 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
13,363 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWigeon · Shoveler · Pochard · Canada Goose · Bittern +38
- WigeonMareca penelope
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- PochardAythya ferina
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- BitternBotaurus stellaris2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- GarganeySpatula querquedula2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- PintailAnas acuta2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- RuffCalidris pugnax2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo2025
Banded Demoiselle · Migrant Hawker · Brown Hawker · Emperor Dragonfly · Common Darter +8
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Allygus mixtusAllygus mixtus
Holly
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
13,363 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWigeon · Shoveler · Pochard · Canada Goose · Bittern +38
- WigeonMareca penelope
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- PochardAythya ferina
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- BitternBotaurus stellaris2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- GarganeySpatula querquedula2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- PintailAnas acuta2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- RuffCalidris pugnax2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo2025
Banded Demoiselle · Migrant Hawker · Brown Hawker · Emperor Dragonfly · Common Darter +8
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Allygus mixtusAllygus mixtus
Holly
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Acericerus ribautiAcericerus ribautiAcericerus ribautiAcericerus ribauti24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata24-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctataParent BugElasmucha griseaParent BugElasmucha griseaHairy DragonflyBrachytron pratenseHairy DragonflyBrachytron pratenseBeautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgoBeautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgoRed-eyed DamselflyErythromma najasRed-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas