Lodge Spinney - Broadleaved woodland
7 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome7 ha
Getting here
52.16777, -0.90569
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
- 🅿️Parking 70m 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 70m 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
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Broadleaved woodland — spring blossom and autumn colour
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 3 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
Northamptonshire RoundWalking route▾
Milton Keynes Boundary WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripRegional walking route
Hanslope Circular RideWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
10 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Northamptonshire Cycle Network N-TCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route3.5 km▾
Named routeRef 6Length 3.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2.4 km▾
Named routeRef 6Length 2.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2.2 km▾
Named routeRef 6Length 2.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.5 km▾
Named routeRef 6Length 1.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
8,056 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
8,056 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds51 species
springwinter
2025▾
Carrion Crow · Wren · Blackbird · Swallow · Robin +46
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- Great TitParus major2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- SwiftApus apus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2022
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- MagpiePica pica
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2022
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2022
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2022
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2022
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
- JackdawColoeus monedula2022
- DunnockPrunella modularis2022
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2022
- CuckooCuculus canorus2023
- Common GullLarus canus2022
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2022
- RookCorvus frugilegus2022
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2022
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2022
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2022
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2022
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2022
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2022
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2022
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2022
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2022
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2022
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2022
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2022
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2022
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2022
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2022
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2022
🦌Mammals2 species
summerwinter
2022▾
Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🐸Amphibians3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Great Crested Newt · Smooth Newt · Common Toad
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2023
- Common ToadBufo bufo2023
Common Carder Bee · Roesel's Bush-cricket · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Rhinocyllus conicus · Cephus +8
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
- Rhinocyllus conicusRhinocyllus conicus2024
- CephusCephus2024
- Thistle Tortoise BeetleCassida rubiginosa
🌿Plants7 species
springsummer
2024▾
Henbit Dead-nettle · Round-leaved Fluellen · Great Horsetail · Lady's Bedstraw · Sweet Violet +2
- Henbit Dead-nettleLamium amplexicaule
- Round-leaved FluellenKickxia spuria
- Great HorsetailEquisetum telmateia
- Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2022
- Sweet VioletViola odorata2022
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
8,056 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds51 species
springwinter
2025▾
Carrion Crow · Wren · Blackbird · Swallow · Robin +46
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- Great TitParus major2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- SwiftApus apus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2022
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- MagpiePica pica
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2022
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2022
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2022
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2022
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2022
- JackdawColoeus monedula2022
- DunnockPrunella modularis2022
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2022
- CuckooCuculus canorus2023
- Common GullLarus canus2022
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2022
- RookCorvus frugilegus2022
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2022
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2022
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2022
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2022
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2022
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2022
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2022
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2022
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2022
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2022
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2022
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2022
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2022
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2022
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2022
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2022
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2022
🦌Mammals2 species
summerwinter
2022▾
Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
🐸Amphibians3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Great Crested Newt · Smooth Newt · Common Toad
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2023
- Common ToadBufo bufo2023
Common Carder Bee · Roesel's Bush-cricket · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Rhinocyllus conicus · Cephus +8
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2024
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
- Rhinocyllus conicusRhinocyllus conicus2024
- CephusCephus2024
- Thistle Tortoise BeetleCassida rubiginosa
🌿Plants7 species
springsummer
2024▾
Henbit Dead-nettle · Round-leaved Fluellen · Great Horsetail · Lady's Bedstraw · Sweet Violet +2
- Henbit Dead-nettleLamium amplexicaule
- Round-leaved FluellenKickxia spuria
- Great HorsetailEquisetum telmateia
- Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2022
- Sweet VioletViola odorata2022
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2023Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2023Pterostichus nigerPterostichus niger2023Pterostichus nigerPterostichus niger2023Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2023Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2023Vestal Cuckoo BeeBombus vestalis2023Vestal Cuckoo BeeBombus vestalis2023Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2023Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2023Graphopsocus cruciatusGraphopsocus cruciatus2022Graphopsocus cruciatusGraphopsocus cruciatus2022Zig-zag Elm SawflyAproceros leucopoda2022Zig-zag Elm SawflyAproceros leucopoda20222022
2022
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2022Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2022Events & activities nearby
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