The Spinney - Broadleaved woodland
4 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
52.17620, -0.17848
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 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Clopton WayWalking route17.7 km▾
This walk offers great views from the top an escarpment and passes through the now deserted medieval village of Clopton
Named routeLength 17.7 kmPoint-to-pointLocal walking route
Greensand Ridge WalkWalking route64 km▾
Named routeLength 64 kmRegional walking route
North Bedfordshire Heritage TrailWalking route70 km▾
Named routeLength 70 kmRegional walking route
Weneslawe WalkWalking route12.8 km▾
Named routeLength 12.8 kmRound tripLocal walking route
6 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Beds)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Route HDC 8Cycling route▾
Named routeRef HDC 8Local cycle route
Route HDC 9iCycling route▾
Named routeRef HDC 9iLocal cycle route
National Byway (Cambridgeshire)Cycling route▾
National Byway route through Cambridgeshire
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Route HDC 9iiiCycling route▾
Named routeRef HDC 9iiiLocal cycle route
Route HDC 9iiCycling route▾
Named routeRef HDC 9iiLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
26,508 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
26,508 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Carrion Crow · Great Tit · Stock Dove · Blue Tit · Jay +42
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- MagpiePica pica
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Common GullLarus canus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- RavenCorvus corax
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Brown Hare
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
Dorytomus dejeani · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Spruce Cone Bug · Aspidapion radiolus · Pea-leaf Weevil +2
- Dorytomus dejeaniDorytomus dejeani
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Spruce Cone BugGastrodes abietum
- Aspidapion radiolusAspidapion radiolus
- Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
- Cabbage Stem WeevilCeutorhynchus pallidactylus
- Nut Leaf Weevil
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
26,508 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Carrion Crow · Great Tit · Stock Dove · Blue Tit · Jay +42
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Great TitParus major
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- MagpiePica pica
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Common GullLarus canus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- RavenCorvus corax
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Brown Hare
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
Dorytomus dejeani · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Spruce Cone Bug · Aspidapion radiolus · Pea-leaf Weevil +2
- Dorytomus dejeaniDorytomus dejeani
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Spruce Cone BugGastrodes abietum
- Aspidapion radiolusAspidapion radiolus
- Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatus
- Cabbage Stem WeevilCeutorhynchus pallidactylus
- Nut Leaf Weevil
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Strophosoma melanogrammum
Strophosoma melanogrammum
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