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Brimshill Spinney - Broadleaved woodland

18 ha

📷 Philip Jeffrey · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome18 ha

Getting here

52.25220, -0.73896

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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 75m away — 6 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 75m away — 6 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking· Free

Best for

7 activities

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Wildlife

Strong match

Deciduous woodland priority habitat

Free

Bird watching

Strong match

Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Forest walks

Good match

Public woodland

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Broadleaved woodland — spring blossom and autumn colour

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby · 11 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Nene WayWalking route177 km

Named routeLength 177 kmRegional walking route

Northamptonshire RoundWalking route

Named route

🚴

Cycling

14 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NorbitalCycling route

Named routeRef 539Round tripNational Cycle Network

N/ACycling route84 m

Named routeLength 84 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

N/ACycling route483 m

Named routeLength 483 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route325 m

Named routeRef 539Length 325 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route500 m

Named routeRef 539Length 500 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route49 m

Named routeRef 539Length 49 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

🐴

Horse riding

1 public path nearby

Public paths

Mill Lanebyway open to all traffic · 327 m

Public pathbyway open to all trafficLength 327 mPath type: track

Wildlife to spot

27,439 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

27,439 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds57 species

winter

2025

Blackbird · Mute Swan · Magpie · Redwing · Moorhen +52

BlackbirdTurdus merula
Mute SwanCygnus olor
MagpiePica pica
RedwingTurdus iliacus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
DunnockPrunella modularis
JackdawColoeus monedula
TealAnas crecca
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Great TitParus major
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
GadwallMareca strepera
RobinErithacus rubecula
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
JayGarrulus glandarius
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
CootFulica atra
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
SnipeGallinago gallinago
GoosanderMergus merganser
Common GullLarus canus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
RookCorvus frugilegus
RavenCorvus corax
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Water RailRallus aquaticus
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
SiskinSpinus spinus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii

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Mammals4 species

winter

2025

Red Fox · Rabbit · Muntjac · Grey Squirrel

Red FoxVulpes vulpes
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐸

Amphibians1 species

winter

2026

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

27,439 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds57 species

winter

2025

Blackbird · Mute Swan · Magpie · Redwing · Moorhen +52

BlackbirdTurdus merula
Mute SwanCygnus olor
MagpiePica pica
RedwingTurdus iliacus
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
DunnockPrunella modularis
JackdawColoeus monedula
TealAnas crecca
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Great TitParus major
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
GadwallMareca strepera
RobinErithacus rubecula
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
JayGarrulus glandarius
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
CootFulica atra
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
Herring GullLarus argentatus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
LinnetLinaria cannabina
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
SnipeGallinago gallinago
GoosanderMergus merganser
Common GullLarus canus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
RookCorvus frugilegus
RavenCorvus corax
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Water RailRallus aquaticus
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
SiskinSpinus spinus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii

🦌

Mammals4 species

winter

2025

Red Fox · Rabbit · Muntjac · Grey Squirrel

Red FoxVulpes vulpes
RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐸

Amphibians1 species

winter

2026

Common Frog

Common FrogRana temporaria

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Philip Jeffrey · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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