Welland Spinney - Broadleaved woodland
3 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
52.59841, -0.57627
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
- 🌿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 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Jurassic WayWalking route142 km▾
Named routeLength 142 kmRegional walking route
Macmillan WayWalking route290 km▾
Named routeRef MWALength 290 kmListed length 461Regional walking route
Rutland RoundWalking route105 km▾
Named routeLength 105 kmRegional walking route
Hereward WayWalking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Rutland)Cycling route▾
National Byway in Rutland
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
National Byway (Northamptonshire)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Rutland Water CircuitCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Wakerly Woods Red RouteMountain bike route▾
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Wildlife to spot
22,459 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
22,459 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds39 species
springautumn
2025▾
Yellow-legged Gull · Wigeon · Shoveler · Black-tailed Godwit · Ruff +34
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- WigeonMareca penelope
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- PintailAnas acuta
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- CootFulica atra
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- MagpiePica pica
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
🦌Mammals1 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Muntjac
🐝Insects7 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Glow-worm · Small Eggar · Bedeguar Gall · Psyllopsis fraxini · Speckled Bush-cricket +2
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Small EggarEriogaster lanestris2025
- Bedeguar GallDiplolepis rosae2025
- Psyllopsis fraxiniPsyllopsis fraxini2025
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
Ground Ivy Rust · Maple Mildew · Sycamore Tarspot · Golovinomyces artemisiae · Umbellifer Mildew
- Ground Ivy RustPuccinia glechomatis
- Maple MildewSawadaea bicornis
- Sycamore TarspotRhytisma acerinum
- Golovinomyces artemisiaeGolovinomyces artemisiae
- Umbellifer MildewErysiphe heraclei
Tansy
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
22,459 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds39 species
springautumn
2025▾
Yellow-legged Gull · Wigeon · Shoveler · Black-tailed Godwit · Ruff +34
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- WigeonMareca penelope
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- PintailAnas acuta
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- CootFulica atra
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- MagpiePica pica
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
🦌Mammals1 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Muntjac
🐝Insects7 species
springsummerautumn
2026▾
Glow-worm · Small Eggar · Bedeguar Gall · Psyllopsis fraxini · Speckled Bush-cricket +2
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
- Small EggarEriogaster lanestris2025
- Bedeguar GallDiplolepis rosae2025
- Psyllopsis fraxiniPsyllopsis fraxini2025
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
Ground Ivy Rust · Maple Mildew · Sycamore Tarspot · Golovinomyces artemisiae · Umbellifer Mildew
- Ground Ivy RustPuccinia glechomatis
- Maple MildewSawadaea bicornis
- Sycamore TarspotRhytisma acerinum
- Golovinomyces artemisiaeGolovinomyces artemisiae
- Umbellifer MildewErysiphe heraclei
Tansy
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2025Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2025SyrphusSyrphus2025SyrphusSyrphus2025