Tatborough Spinney - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.65415, -1.53179
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
- 🛝Playground 241m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground 241m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £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 · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Ivanhoe WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 63Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network
Route 52Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 52National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route772 m▾
Named routeRef 63Length 772 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route3 km▾
Named routeRef 63Length 3 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route376 m▾
Named routeRef 63Length 376 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.6 km▾
Named routeRef 52Length 1.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Pooley Country Park mountain bike routeMountain bike route▾
Named routeRound trip
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Wildlife to spot
10,778 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
10,778 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Woodpigeon · Black-headed Gull · House Sparrow · Moorhen +34
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Rabbit · Weasel · Brown Rat
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- WeaselMustela nivalis
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
🐸Amphibians3 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common ToadBufo bufo
7-spot Ladybird · Lesser Stag Beetle · Marmalade Hoverfly · Common Wasp · Red-legged Shieldbug +13
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Common WaspVespula vulgaris
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Cream-streaked Ladybird
Chicken Of The Woods
- Chicken Of The WoodsLaetiporus sulphureus
Greater Burdock
- Greater BurdockArctium lappa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
10,778 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Woodpigeon · Black-headed Gull · House Sparrow · Moorhen +34
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
Rabbit · Weasel · Brown Rat
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- WeaselMustela nivalis
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus
🐸Amphibians3 species
winter
2026▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
- Common ToadBufo bufo
7-spot Ladybird · Lesser Stag Beetle · Marmalade Hoverfly · Common Wasp · Red-legged Shieldbug +13
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Common WaspVespula vulgaris
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax
- Cream-streaked Ladybird
Chicken Of The Woods
- Chicken Of The WoodsLaetiporus sulphureus
Greater Burdock
- Greater BurdockArctium lappa
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Harmonia quadripunctata
Harmonia quadripunctata
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