Square Spinney - Broadleaved woodland
13 ha
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🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome13 ha
Getting here
52.43676, -0.69875
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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 327m away — 2 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 327m away — 2 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland meadows — marbled white, meadow brown and pollinating insects
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 km13 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Main RouteCycling route40 m▾
Named routeRef 552Length 40 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2.6 km▾
Named routeRef 552Length 2.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route20 m▾
Named routeRef 552Length 20 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route260 m▾
Named routeRef 552Length 260 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route690 m▾
Named routeRef 552Length 690 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route138 m▾
Named routeRef 552Length 138 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
2 public paths nearby
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Wildlife to spot
9,064 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
9,064 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Wren +35
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SwiftApus apus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Red Fox · Muntjac
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Cryptophagus scutellatus · 7-spot Ladybird
- Cryptophagus scutellatusCryptophagus scutellatus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Groundsel · Field Maple · Creeping Thistle · Annual Meadow-grass · False Oat-grass +90
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- Field MapleAcer campestre
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
- ElderSambucus nigra
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,064 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Wren +35
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- MagpiePica pica
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- SwiftApus apus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Grey Squirrel · Rabbit · Red Fox · Muntjac
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Cryptophagus scutellatus · 7-spot Ladybird
- Cryptophagus scutellatusCryptophagus scutellatus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Groundsel · Field Maple · Creeping Thistle · Annual Meadow-grass · False Oat-grass +90
- GroundselSenecio vulgaris
- Field MapleAcer campestre
- Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
- Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
- ElderSambucus nigra
- Common ChickweedStellaria media
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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