Haycock Spinney - Broadleaved woodland
7 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome7 ha
Getting here
52.63839, -0.79056
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
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Broadleaved woodland — spring blossom and autumn colour
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Macmillan WayWalking route290 km▾
Named routeRef MWALength 290 kmListed length 461Regional walking route
Rutland RoundWalking route105 km▾
Named routeLength 105 kmRegional walking route
Leicestershire RoundWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Hereward WayWalking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route
8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 64Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 64National Cycle Network
National Byway (Rutland)Cycling route▾
National Byway in Rutland
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
National Byway (Oakham Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Route 63Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route614 m▾
Named routeRef 63Length 614 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route120 m▾
Named routeRef 63Length 120 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
8 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
Sheep and woodland in the Chater Valley
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Wildlife to spot
13,175 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
13,175 records · National Biodiversity NetworkChiffchaff · Woodpigeon · Chaffinch · Blackcap · Blackbird +28
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- SwiftApus apus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- CootFulica atra
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummer
2026▾
Rabbit · Brown Hare
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects75 species
springsummer
2026▾
Speckled Bush-cricket · Rutpela maculata · Roesel's Bush-cricket · Meadow Brown · Panorpa communis +70
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
- Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata2025
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2025
- Panorpa communisPanorpa communis2025
King Alfred's Cakes · Yellow Brain · Lilac Fibrecap · Crepidotus · Candlesnuff Fungus +19
- King Alfred's CakesDaldinia concentrica
- Yellow BrainTremella mesenterica2025
- Lilac FibrecapInocybe lilacina2025
- CrepidotusCrepidotus2025
- Candlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylon2025
- Tripe FungusAuricularia mesenterica
🌿Plants11 species
springsummer
2026▾
Common Spotted-orchid · Wood Anemone · Lesser Celandine · Primrose · Lords-and-Ladies +6
- Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2025
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
13,175 records · National Biodiversity NetworkChiffchaff · Woodpigeon · Chaffinch · Blackcap · Blackbird +28
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- SwiftApus apus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- CootFulica atra
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummer
2026▾
Rabbit · Brown Hare
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects75 species
springsummer
2026▾
Speckled Bush-cricket · Rutpela maculata · Roesel's Bush-cricket · Meadow Brown · Panorpa communis +70
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025
- Rutpela maculataRutpela maculata2025
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2025
- Panorpa communisPanorpa communis2025
King Alfred's Cakes · Yellow Brain · Lilac Fibrecap · Crepidotus · Candlesnuff Fungus +19
- King Alfred's CakesDaldinia concentrica
- Yellow BrainTremella mesenterica2025
- Lilac FibrecapInocybe lilacina2025
- CrepidotusCrepidotus2025
- Candlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylon2025
- Tripe FungusAuricularia mesenterica
🌿Plants11 species
springsummer
2026▾
Common Spotted-orchid · Wood Anemone · Lesser Celandine · Primrose · Lords-and-Ladies +6
- Common Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza fuchsii2025
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas