Square Spinney - Broadleaved woodland
5 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
52.63555, -1.01834
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 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Midshires WayWalking route370 km▾
Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail
Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route
14 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 63Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route1.1 km▾
Named routeRef 63Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route207 m▾
Named routeRef 63Length 207 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Alternative RouteCycling route208 m▾
Named routeRef 63Length 208 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.3 km▾
Named routeRef 63Length 1.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route102 m▾
Named routeRef 63Length 102 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
13,873 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
13,873 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds32 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
House Sparrow · Blue Tit · Starling · Woodpigeon · Dunnock +27
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MagpiePica pica
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- SwiftApus apus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- RavenCorvus corax
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
Red Fox
Peacock · Large White · Brimstone · Red Admiral · Marmalade Hoverfly +50
- PeacockAglais io
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2025
- BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2025
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2025
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Clavulina
Black Spleenwort
- Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
13,873 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds32 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
House Sparrow · Blue Tit · Starling · Woodpigeon · Dunnock +27
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MagpiePica pica
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- SwiftApus apus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- RavenCorvus corax
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
Red Fox
Peacock · Large White · Brimstone · Red Admiral · Marmalade Hoverfly +50
- PeacockAglais io
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2025
- BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2025
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2025
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Clavulina
Black Spleenwort
- Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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