Badgers Spinney - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.33098, -1.38749
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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ 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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £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
🚵Mountain biking
Good match
Named MTB route nearby: Ryton Pools Country Park mountain bike route
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km12 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Centenary WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef CWListed length 100 miRegional walking route
A Coventry WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef ACWListed length 40 miRegional walking route
Shakespeare's Avon WayWalking route142 km▾
From the source at Naseby, Northamptonshire to the Severn at Tewkesbury
Named routeRef SAWLength 142 kmRegional walking route
Millennium Way (Warks)Walking route100 km▾
A 100 mile long distance footpath, across the centre of England from Pershore to Chipping Warden via Meriden.
Named routeLength 100 kmRegional walking route
ACW Circular Walk 07Walking route▾
Named routeRef C07Listed length 14.5 kmLocal walking route
18 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 41Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 41National Cycle Network
Route 41Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 41National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route2.9 km▾
Named routeRef 41Length 2.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.4 km▾
Named routeRef 41Length 1.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route4.3 km▾
Named routeRef 41Length 4.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route10 m▾
Named routeRef 41Length 10 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Ryton Pools Country Park mountain bike routeMountain bike route▾
Named routeRound trip
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Wildlife to spot
3,842 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,842 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
springautumn
2025▾
Little Grebe · Spotted Flycatcher · Mallard · Moorhen · Goldfinch +40
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2022
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
- CootFulica atra2022
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2022
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- Great TitParus major
- SwiftApus apus2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
- RookCorvus frugilegus2022
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022
- TealAnas crecca2022
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2022
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2022
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2022
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2022
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2022
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2021
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2021
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2021
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2021
- Rock DoveColumba livia2021
- JayGarrulus glandarius2021
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummerautumn
2022▾
Hedgehog · Otter
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- OtterLutra lutra
🐸Amphibians1 species
springautumn
2024▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
🐝Insects7 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Willow Emerald Damselfly · Hairy Shieldbug · Culiseta annulata · Orange Ladybird · St Marks Fly +2
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- Culiseta annulataCuliseta annulata2024
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2024
- St Marks FlyBibio marci2024
Quaking-grass · Woolly Thistle · Dandelion · Rose · Meadow Foxtail +84
- Quaking-grassBriza media
- Woolly ThistleCirsium eriophorum
- DandelionTaraxacum
- RoseRosa
- Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis
- Beaked Hawk's-beardCrepis vesicaria
- White CloverTrifolium repens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,842 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
springautumn
2025▾
Little Grebe · Spotted Flycatcher · Mallard · Moorhen · Goldfinch +40
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2022
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
- CootFulica atra2022
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2022
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- Great TitParus major
- SwiftApus apus2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
- RookCorvus frugilegus2022
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022
- TealAnas crecca2022
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2022
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2022
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2022
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
- Water RailRallus aquaticus2022
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2022
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2021
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2021
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2021
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2021
- Rock DoveColumba livia2021
- JayGarrulus glandarius2021
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummerautumn
2022▾
Hedgehog · Otter
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- OtterLutra lutra
🐸Amphibians1 species
springautumn
2024▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
🐝Insects7 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Willow Emerald Damselfly · Hairy Shieldbug · Culiseta annulata · Orange Ladybird · St Marks Fly +2
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
- Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
- Culiseta annulataCuliseta annulata2024
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2024
- St Marks FlyBibio marci2024
Quaking-grass · Woolly Thistle · Dandelion · Rose · Meadow Foxtail +84
- Quaking-grassBriza media
- Woolly ThistleCirsium eriophorum
- DandelionTaraxacum
- RoseRosa
- Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis
- Beaked Hawk's-beardCrepis vesicaria
- White CloverTrifolium repens
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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