Baker's Spinney - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.10645, -0.70988
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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Sherington Shooting Ground 238m away — 2 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
- 🅿️Sherington Shooting Ground 238m away — 2 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: Ouse Valley Way 1 (Syresham to Turvey)
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 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
24 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
MK Redway Super Route V10Cycling route▾
Named routeRef V10Local 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
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
MK Redway Super Route V8Cycling route▾
Named routeRef V8Local cycle route
Millennium Circular RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef MLocal cycle route
1 public path nearby
Public paths
Water Lanebridleway · 432 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 432 mSurface pavedPath type: track
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Wildlife to spot
48,627 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
48,627 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds32 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Wigeon · Shoveler · Pochard · Bittern · Garganey +27
- WigeonMareca penelope
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- PochardAythya ferina
- BitternBotaurus stellaris2025
- GarganeySpatula querquedula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- PintailAnas acuta2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- RuffCalidris pugnax2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- 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
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐝Insects49 species
springsummer
2026▾
Eristalis pertinax · Meliscaeva auricollis · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Melanostoma scalare · Marmalade Hoverfly +44
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
48,627 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds32 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Wigeon · Shoveler · Pochard · Bittern · Garganey +27
- WigeonMareca penelope
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- PochardAythya ferina
- BitternBotaurus stellaris2025
- GarganeySpatula querquedula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- PintailAnas acuta2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- RuffCalidris pugnax2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- 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
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐝Insects49 species
springsummer
2026▾
Eristalis pertinax · Meliscaeva auricollis · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Melanostoma scalare · Marmalade Hoverfly +44
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- Meliscaeva auricollisMeliscaeva auricollis
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Platycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Cheilosia paganaCheilosia paganaCheilosia paganaCheilosia paganaAsiraca clavicornisAsiraca clavicornisAsiraca clavicornisAsiraca clavicornisEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxEristalis tenaxStenodema (Stenodema) laevigataStenodema (Stenodema) laevigata2025Stenodema (Stenodema) laevigataStenodema (Stenodema) laevigata2025Rhyzobius lophanthaeRhyzobius lophanthae2025Rhyzobius lophanthaeRhyzobius lophanthae2025Eristalis intricariaEristalis intricariaEristalis intricariaEristalis intricariaPlatycheirus ambiguusPlatycheirus ambiguusPlatycheirus ambiguusPlatycheirus ambiguusCheilosia grossaCheilosia grossaCheilosia grossaCheilosia grossaEupeodes lunigerEupeodes lunigerEupeodes lunigerEupeodes lunigerStenocranus minutusStenocranus minutusStenocranus minutusStenocranus minutusCheilosia vernalisCheilosia vernalisCheilosia vernalisCheilosia vernalisEristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorumKidney-spot LadybirdChilocorus renipustulatusKidney-spot LadybirdChilocorus renipustulatusTurtle BugPodops inunctaTurtle BugPodops inunctaDrymus (Sylvadrymus) sylvaticusDrymus (Sylvadrymus) sylvaticusDrymus (Sylvadrymus) sylvaticusDrymus (Sylvadrymus) sylvaticusEpistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligansNysius huttoniNysius huttoniNysius huttoniNysius huttoniDotted Bee-flyBombylius discolorDotted Bee-flyBombylius discolorSyrphus torvusSyrphus torvusSyrphus torvusSyrphus torvusApple Fruit RhynchitesTatianaerhynchites aequatusApple Fruit RhynchitesTatianaerhynchites aequatusHeteromyza rotundicornisHeteromyza rotundicornisHeteromyza rotundicornisHeteromyza rotundicornisGymnomus caesiusGymnomus caesius2025Gymnomus caesiusGymnomus caesius2025Trichocera majorTrichocera major2025Trichocera majorTrichocera major2025Sepsis fulgensSepsis fulgens2025Sepsis fulgensSepsis fulgens2025Rhaphigaster nebulosaRhaphigaster nebulosa2025Rhaphigaster nebulosaRhaphigaster nebulosa2025Phaonia signataPhaonia signata2025Phaonia signataPhaonia signata2025Red AntMyrmica rubra2025Red AntMyrmica rubra2025Suillia affinisSuillia affinis2025Suillia affinisSuillia affinis202516-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata202516-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata2025Field Damsel BugNabis (Nabis) ferus2025Field Damsel BugNabis (Nabis) ferus2025Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025Dryomyza anilisDryomyza anilis2025Dryomyza anilisDryomyza anilis2025Rhamphus pulicariusRhamphus pulicarius2025Rhamphus pulicariusRhamphus pulicarius2025Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata2025Adonis' LadybirdHippodamia variegata2025Scymnus interruptusScymnus interruptus2025Scymnus interruptusScymnus interruptus2025Balclutha punctataBalclutha punctata2025Balclutha punctataBalclutha punctata2025Tephrochlamys rufiventrisTephrochlamys rufiventris2025Tephrochlamys rufiventrisTephrochlamys rufiventris2025Cloeon dipterumCloeon dipterum2025Cloeon dipterumCloeon dipterum2025Helophilus hybridusHelophilus hybridus2025Helophilus hybridusHelophilus hybridus2025Neoascia podagricaNeoascia podagrica2025Neoascia podagricaNeoascia podagrica2025Platycheirus peltatusPlatycheirus peltatus2025Platycheirus peltatusPlatycheirus peltatus2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025Volucella inanisVolucella inanis2025Events & activities nearby
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