Dog Kennel Spinney - Broadleaved woodland
3 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
52.43313, -1.33783
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
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
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
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km21 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Oxford Canal WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
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
ACW Circular Walk 10Walking route▾
Named routeRef C10Listed length 13.5 kmLocal walking route
5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Viaduct CyclewayCycling route▾
Ways signed by route signs as part of the Viaduct Cycleway
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 53Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 53National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route1 km▾
Named routeRef 53Length 1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route90 m▾
Named routeLength 90 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route171 m▾
Named routeLength 171 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Coombe Country Park mountain bike routeMountain bike route▾
Named routeRound trip
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Wildlife to spot
1,582 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
1,582 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Goldfinch · Chaffinch · Canada Goose +45
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- CootFulica atra
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Great TitParus major
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MagpiePica pica
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2022
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- TealAnas crecca
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris2024
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2021
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2021
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2021
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2021
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2021
Brown Long-eared Bat
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
🐝Insects4 species
springsummer
2025▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Harlequin Ladybird · Broad-bodied Chaser · Banded Demoiselle
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2024
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2023
Cleavers · Common Nettle · Bramble · Meadow Foxtail · Cow Parsley +36
- CleaversGalium aparine2023
- Common NettleUrtica dioica2023
- BrambleRubus fruticosus2023
- Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2023
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2023
- Wood DockRumex sanguineus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,582 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds50 species
springsummerautumnwinter
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Goldfinch · Chaffinch · Canada Goose +45
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- CootFulica atra
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Great TitParus major
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MagpiePica pica
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2022
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- TealAnas crecca
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris2024
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2022
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2021
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2021
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2021
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2021
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2021
Brown Long-eared Bat
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
🐝Insects4 species
springsummer
2025▾
Dark-edged Bee-fly · Harlequin Ladybird · Broad-bodied Chaser · Banded Demoiselle
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2024
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2023
Cleavers · Common Nettle · Bramble · Meadow Foxtail · Cow Parsley +36
- CleaversGalium aparine2023
- Common NettleUrtica dioica2023
- BrambleRubus fruticosus2023
- Meadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensis2023
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris2023
- Wood DockRumex sanguineus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2023
2023
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2023Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2023Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2023Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2023Danish ScurvygrassCochlearia danicaDanish ScurvygrassCochlearia danicaFennelFoeniculum vulgareFennelFoeniculum vulgareHerb-RobertGeranium robertianum2023Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2023IvyHedera helix2023IvyHedera helix2023Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum2023Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum2023Amphibious BistortPersicaria amphibia2023Amphibious BistortPersicaria amphibia2023Giant FescueSchedonorus giganteus2023Giant FescueSchedonorus giganteus2023Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2023Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2023BlackthornPrunus spinosa2023BlackthornPrunus spinosa2023Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2023Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris2023False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2023False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2023Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2023Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2023Goat WillowSalix caprea2023Goat WillowSalix caprea2023Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2023Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus2023Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2023Barren BromeAnisantha sterilis2023Hairy-bromeBromopsis ramosa2023Hairy-bromeBromopsis ramosa2023HawthornCrataegus monogyna2023HawthornCrataegus monogyna2023BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2023BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2023HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2023HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2023AshFraxinus excelsior2023AshFraxinus excelsior2023HopHumulus lupulus2023HopHumulus lupulus2023Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2023Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens2023Black BryonyTamus communis2023Black BryonyTamus communis2023Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2023Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2023Sessile OakQuercus petraea2023Sessile OakQuercus petraea2023Grey WillowSalix cinerea subsp. cinerea2023Grey WillowSalix cinerea subsp. cinerea2023Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2023Cock's-footDactylis glomerata2023Dog-roseRosa canina2023Dog-roseRosa canina2023Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana2023Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana2023Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2023Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2023Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2023Rough Meadow-grassPoa trivialis2023Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2023Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2023Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2023Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2023Events & activities nearby
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