Horse Close Spinney - Broadleaved woodland
5 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
52.53911, -0.34116
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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km6 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Nene WayWalking route177 km▾
Named routeLength 177 kmRegional walking route
Gunwade TrailWalking route▾
Wildflower TrailWalking route▾
Ham Mere TrailWalking route▾
Bluebell TrailWalking route▾
89 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 53Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 53National Cycle Network
The Green WheelCycling route▾
Named routeRef 21Round tripRegional cycle route
The Green WheelCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 63Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network
Wellingtonia CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef WellingtoniaLocal cycle route
Nassaburgh TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 1Local cycle route
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
11,596 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
11,596 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Rook · Jackdaw · Robin +44
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Great TitParus major
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Common GullLarus canus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
🦌Mammals3 species
springwinter
2025▾
Rabbit · Roe Deer · Red Fox
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Adder
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Scarce Chaser · Xanthogramma pedissequum · Melanostoma scalare · Marmalade Hoverfly · Banded Demoiselle +3
- Scarce ChaserLibellula fulva
- Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum
- Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Hairy Shieldbug
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
11,596 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Rook · Jackdaw · Robin +44
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MagpiePica pica
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Great TitParus major
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Common GullLarus canus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
🦌Mammals3 species
springwinter
2025▾
Rabbit · Roe Deer · Red Fox
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
Adder
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Scarce Chaser · Xanthogramma pedissequum · Melanostoma scalare · Marmalade Hoverfly · Banded Demoiselle +3
- Scarce ChaserLibellula fulva
- Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum
- Melanostoma scalareMelanostoma scalare
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Hairy Shieldbug
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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