Butler's Spinney - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.16044, 0.00975
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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km29 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths 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
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Cambridgeshire)Cycling route▾
National Byway route through Cambridgeshire
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Cambridge secondary cycle networkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
1 public path nearby
Public paths
Mare Waybridleway · 1.5 km▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 1.5 kmPath type: bridleway
Photos
View from St Helen, Little Eversden churchyard
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Wildlife to spot
21,733 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
21,733 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds25 species
springsummer
2025▾
Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Swallow · Robin +20
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MagpiePica pica
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- RookCorvus frugilegus
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐝Insects3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Elm-currant Aphid · Chrysolina hyperici · 7-spot Ladybird
- Elm-currant AphidEriosoma ulmi
- Chrysolina hypericiChrysolina hyperici
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Agrimony · Common Knapweed · Creeping Cinquefoil · Hawthorn · Glaucous Sedge +45
- AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria
- Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
- Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca
- Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
- Red FescueFestuca rubra
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
21,733 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds25 species
springsummer
2025▾
Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Swallow · Robin +20
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- MagpiePica pica
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- RookCorvus frugilegus
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
🐝Insects3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Elm-currant Aphid · Chrysolina hyperici · 7-spot Ladybird
- Elm-currant AphidEriosoma ulmi
- Chrysolina hypericiChrysolina hyperici
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Agrimony · Common Knapweed · Creeping Cinquefoil · Hawthorn · Glaucous Sedge +45
- AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria
- Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
- Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca
- Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
- Red FescueFestuca rubra
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas