Walcot Spinney - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.89101, -0.40291
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞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
- 🅿️Parking 336m away — 4 car parks within reach
🌤️ 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
- 🅿️Parking 336m away — 4 car parks within reach
- £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 km6 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
4,094 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
4,094 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds25 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Pochard · Wigeon · Swift · House Martin · Carrion Crow +20
- PochardAythya ferina2025
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- SwiftApus apus2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MerlinFalco columbarius2025
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2022
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2025
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2022
- TwiteLinaria flavirostris2022
- JayGarrulus glandarius2021
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2020
Hedgehog
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
Ledra aurita
🌿Plants96 species
springsummer
2022▾
Spear Thistle · Ribwort Plantain · Ground-ivy · Cow Parsley · Garlic Mustard +91
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,094 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds25 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Pochard · Wigeon · Swift · House Martin · Carrion Crow +20
- PochardAythya ferina2025
- WigeonMareca penelope2025
- SwiftApus apus2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MerlinFalco columbarius2025
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus2022
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes2025
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2022
- TwiteLinaria flavirostris2022
- JayGarrulus glandarius2021
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2020
Hedgehog
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
Ledra aurita
🌿Plants96 species
springsummer
2022▾
Spear Thistle · Ribwort Plantain · Ground-ivy · Cow Parsley · Garlic Mustard +91
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Great Willowherb
Great Willowherb
Epilobium hirsutum
Epilobium hirsutum
White Dead-nettleLamium albumWhite Dead-nettleLamium albumFalse Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatiusFalse Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatiusGreater PlantainPlantago majorGreater PlantainPlantago majorField HorsetailEquisetum arvenseField HorsetailEquisetum arvenseDwarf MallowMalva neglectaDwarf MallowMalva neglectaHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumHogweedHeracleum sphondyliumCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensCreeping ButtercupRanunculus repensHedge MustardSisymbrium officinaleHedge MustardSisymbrium officinaleWinter-cressBarbarea vulgarisWinter-cressBarbarea vulgarisCleaversGalium aparineCleaversGalium aparineCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseGroundselSenecio vulgarisGroundselSenecio vulgarisSilverweedPotentilla anserina2020SilverweedPotentilla anserina2020RedshankPersicaria maculosa2020RedshankPersicaria maculosa2020KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2020KnotgrassPolygonum aviculare2020AshFraxinus excelsiorAshFraxinus excelsiorWavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosaWavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosaGoat WillowSalix capreaGoat WillowSalix capreaHawthornCrataegus monogynaHawthornCrataegus monogynaCommon Field-speedwellVeronica persicaCommon Field-speedwellVeronica persicaBristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioidesBristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioidesWood DockRumex sanguineusWood DockRumex sanguineusMeadow ButtercupRanunculus acrisMeadow ButtercupRanunculus acrisCuckooflowerCardamine pratensisCuckooflowerCardamine pratensisBulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosusBulbous ButtercupRanunculus bulbosusYorkshire-fogHolcus lanatusYorkshire-fogHolcus lanatusSmooth TareErvum tetraspermumSmooth TareErvum tetraspermumCommon Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatusCommon Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatusHard RushJuncus inflexusHard RushJuncus inflexusCommon PoppyPapaver rhoeasCommon PoppyPapaver rhoeasSoft-bromeBromus hordeaceusSoft-bromeBromus hordeaceusCommon ChickweedStellaria mediaCommon ChickweedStellaria mediaHorse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanumHorse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanumCommon Mouse-earCerastium fontanumCommon Mouse-earCerastium fontanumBarren BromeAnisantha sterilisBarren BromeAnisantha sterilisCut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectumCut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectumShepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastorisShepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastorisCock's-footDactylis glomerataCock's-footDactylis glomerataRapeBrassica napusRapeBrassica napusField BindweedConvolvulus arvensisField BindweedConvolvulus arvensisMeadowsweetFilipendula ulmariaMeadowsweetFilipendula ulmariaBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusBroad-leaved DockRumex obtusifoliusColtsfootTussilago farfaraColtsfootTussilago farfaraCommon SorrelRumex acetosaCommon SorrelRumex acetosaCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisGreat LettuceLactuca virosaGreat LettuceLactuca virosaSwine-cressLepidium coronopusSwine-cressLepidium coronopusMeadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensisMeadow FoxtailAlopecurus pratensisHedge WoundwortStachys sylvaticaHedge WoundwortStachys sylvaticaHedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicumHedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicumElderSambucus nigraElderSambucus nigraGrey Field-speedwellVeronica politaGrey Field-speedwellVeronica politaShining Crane's-billGeranium lucidumShining Crane's-billGeranium lucidumBroad BeanVicia fabaBroad BeanVicia fabaFeverfewTanacetum partheniumFeverfewTanacetum partheniumLesser CelandineFicaria vernaLesser CelandineFicaria vernaHairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsutaHairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsutaBlackthornPrunus spinosaBlackthornPrunus spinosaDandelionTaraxacumDandelionTaraxacumFestuca rubraFestuca rubraFestuca rubraFestuca rubraCentaurea nigraCentaurea nigraCentaurea nigraCentaurea nigraWhite CloverTrifolium repensWhite CloverTrifolium repensBrambleRubus fruticosusBrambleRubus fruticosusLesser BurdockArctium minusLesser BurdockArctium minusAnnual Meadow-grassPoa annuaAnnual Meadow-grassPoa annuaField Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensisField Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensisIvy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifoliaIvy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifoliaField Penny-cressThlaspi arvenseField Penny-cressThlaspi arvenseRed Dead-nettleLamium purpureumRed Dead-nettleLamium purpureumCurled DockRumex crispusCurled DockRumex crispusBlack-grassAlopecurus myosuroidesBlack-grassAlopecurus myosuroidesdaffodilsNarcissusdaffodilsNarcissusNipplewortLapsana communis2020NipplewortLapsana communis2020Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica2020Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica2020Lesser Sea-spurreySpergularia marina2020Lesser Sea-spurreySpergularia marina2020DaisyBellis perennis2020DaisyBellis perennis2020White BryonyBryonia dioica2020White BryonyBryonia dioica2020Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis2020Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis2020Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2020Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2020Field MapleAcer campestre2020Field MapleAcer campestre2020White CampionSilene latifolia2020White CampionSilene latifolia2020Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum2020Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum2020Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2020Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2020Black HorehoundBallota nigra2020Black HorehoundBallota nigra2020Heath False-bromeBrachypodium pinnatum2020Heath False-bromeBrachypodium pinnatum2020MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2020MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2020Nettle-leaved MulleinVerbascum chaixii2020Nettle-leaved MulleinVerbascum chaixii2020DogwoodCornus sanguinea2020DogwoodCornus sanguinea2020Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2020Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper2020Events & activities nearby
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