Blackquarter Spinney - Broadleaved woodland
3 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
52.29849, -0.39979
Open directionsv
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 248m 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 248m 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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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
North Bedfordshire Heritage TrailWalking route70 km▾
Named routeLength 70 kmRegional walking route
14 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Beds)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Route HDC 7 (alt route)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef HDC 7 (alt route)Local cycle route
Route HDC 7Cycling route▾
Named routeRef HDC 7Local cycle route
N/ACycling route169 m▾
Named routeLength 169 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route336 m▾
Named routeLength 336 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
N/ACycling route46 m▾
Named routeLength 46 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
9,947 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
9,947 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMerlin · Short-eared Owl · Robin · Carrion Crow · Linnet +34
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- SwiftApus apus2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great TitParus major
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- PochardAythya ferina
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2024
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- Little OwlAthene noctua2022
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2022
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2022
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2022
- Pyrrhula pyrrhula pyrrhulaPyrrhula pyrrhula pyrrhula2022
Bat · Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Badger · Noctule +4
- BatChiroptera2022
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2023
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2023
- BadgerMeles meles
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula2023
- OtterLutra lutra2022
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Common Toad · Smooth Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2021
Glow-worm · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Large Red Damselfly · Large Garden Bumblebee
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2021
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2023
- Large Garden BumblebeeBombus ruderatus2020
Fool's Water-Cress · Herb-Robert · Wellingtonia · Meadow Vetchling · Bristly Oxtongue +45
- Fool's Water-CressHelosciadium nodiflorum
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
- WellingtoniaSequoiadendron giganteum
- Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
- Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
- Sweet VioletViola odorata
- Crescent-cup Liverwort
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,947 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMerlin · Short-eared Owl · Robin · Carrion Crow · Linnet +34
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- SwiftApus apus2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Great TitParus major
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- PochardAythya ferina
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius2024
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2023
- Little OwlAthene noctua2022
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2022
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2022
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2022
- Pyrrhula pyrrhula pyrrhulaPyrrhula pyrrhula pyrrhula2022
Bat · Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Badger · Noctule +4
- BatChiroptera2022
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2023
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2023
- BadgerMeles meles
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula2023
- OtterLutra lutra2022
🐸Amphibians2 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Common Toad · Smooth Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris2021
Glow-worm · Hawthorn Shieldbug · Large Red Damselfly · Large Garden Bumblebee
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca2021
- Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2023
- Large Garden BumblebeeBombus ruderatus2020
Fool's Water-Cress · Herb-Robert · Wellingtonia · Meadow Vetchling · Bristly Oxtongue +45
- Fool's Water-CressHelosciadium nodiflorum
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
- WellingtoniaSequoiadendron giganteum
- Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
- Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
- Sweet VioletViola odorata
- Crescent-cup Liverwort
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Lunularia cruciata
Lunularia cruciata
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