Toll Bar Spinney - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
🦅Birds🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
52.57431, -0.41526
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
- ⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around
🌤️ 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
- ⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Grazing marsh — lapwing, redshank, snipe and wintering wildfowl
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
〰Waterside walks
Good match
Grazing marsh and ditches — waterside walking
Varies
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 10 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Nene WayWalking route177 km▾
Named routeLength 177 kmRegional walking route
Hereward WayWalking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 63Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network
National Byway (Northamptonshire)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
21,633 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
21,633 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds52 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit · Mute Swan · Jackdaw +47
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Rabbit · Badger
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- BadgerMeles meles
🐝Insects2 species
springautumn
2026▾
Black Clock · Mesembrina meridiana
- Black ClockPterostichus madidus
- Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2025
🌿Plants10 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Toothwort · Musk Thistle · Lesser Celandine · Snowdrop · Silver Birch +5
- ToothwortLathraea squamaria
- Musk ThistleCarduus nutans
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- SnowdropGalanthus
- Silver BirchBetula pendula2025
- Polypodium vulgarePolypodium vulgare2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
21,633 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds52 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit · Mute Swan · Jackdaw +47
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
Rabbit · Badger
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- BadgerMeles meles
🐝Insects2 species
springautumn
2026▾
Black Clock · Mesembrina meridiana
- Black ClockPterostichus madidus
- Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2025
🌿Plants10 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Toothwort · Musk Thistle · Lesser Celandine · Snowdrop · Silver Birch +5
- ToothwortLathraea squamaria
- Musk ThistleCarduus nutans
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- SnowdropGalanthus
- Silver BirchBetula pendula2025
- Polypodium vulgarePolypodium vulgare2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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