Butler's Spinney - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.15659, 0.03717
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 km21 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Rowan's WalkWalking route2.6 km▾
Rowans Walk is a 2.57km circular walk on grassy tracks
Named routeLength 2.6 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Lark Rise Farm Walks (Route 2 - Yellow Markers)Walking route2.8 km▾
A short circular walk around Lark Rise Farm fields, passing close to Bourn Brook and a small wood called The Spinney
Named routeLength 2.8 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Harcamlow WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef HARRegional walking route
Lark Rise Farm Walks (Route 3 - Blue Markers)Walking route3.7 km▾
A circular walk around several Lark Rise Farm fields, passing close to Bourn Brook
Named routeLength 3.7 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Diamond Jubilee WalkWalking route4.8 km▾
A circular walk around Comberton to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee (1952-2012) of Queen Elizabeth ll
Named routeLength 4.8 kmRound tripLocal walking route
5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Cambridgeshire)Cycling route▾
National Byway route through Cambridgeshire
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Cambridge station to Trumpington Park and RideCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Cambridge secondary cycle networkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Cambridge signed cycle routes networkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
N/ACycling route35 m▾
Named routeLength 35 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
5,264 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,264 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Swallow · Robin +14
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Wood Mouse · Bank Vole · Hedgehog · Otter · Field Vole
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2025
- Bank VoleMyodes glareolus2025
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
- OtterLutra lutra
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2025
Elm-currant Aphid · Pemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecae · Swollen-thighed Beetle
- Elm-currant AphidEriosoma ulmi
- Pemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecaePemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecae
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
Agrimony · Common Knapweed · Glaucous Sedge · Common Bird's-foot-trefoil · Red Fescue +49
- AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria
- Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
- Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca
- Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
- Red FescueFestuca rubra
- Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
- Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,264 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Swallow · Robin +14
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Wood Mouse · Bank Vole · Hedgehog · Otter · Field Vole
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2025
- Bank VoleMyodes glareolus2025
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
- OtterLutra lutra
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2025
Elm-currant Aphid · Pemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecae · Swollen-thighed Beetle
- Elm-currant AphidEriosoma ulmi
- Pemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecaePemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecae
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis
Agrimony · Common Knapweed · Glaucous Sedge · Common Bird's-foot-trefoil · Red Fescue +49
- AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria
- Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
- Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca
- Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
- Red FescueFestuca rubra
- Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
- Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas