Dumb Bob Spinney
✦ Ancient woodland97 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🚵Mountain bikes🌲Walks
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome97 ha
Getting here
52.58032, -0.54760
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🚴Start cycling visits early on summer days — trails are best before the heat builds
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🚴Start cycling visits early on summer days — trails are best before the heat builds
- 🐕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
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🚵Mountain biking
Very strong match
1 MTB/downhill trail(s)
Varies
🌲Forest walks
Very strong match
2 marked walking trail(s)
Free
🐶Dog walks
Very strong match
Dogs allowed — woodland with marked walking trails
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Blackbird +70 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Blackbird +70 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Common Gromwell, Hedge Woundwort, Meadowsweet +79 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Jurassic WayWalking route142 km▾
Named routeLength 142 kmRegional walking route
Macmillan WayWalking route290 km▾
Named routeRef MWALength 290 kmListed length 461Regional walking route
Rutland RoundWalking route105 km▾
Named routeLength 105 kmRegional walking route
Hereward WayWalking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
National Byway (Northamptonshire)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Wakerly Woods Red RouteMountain bike route▾
6 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
View from the wildlife hide, Fineshade Wood
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Wildlife to spot
17,086 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
17,086 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds31 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Coal Tit · Song Thrush · Jackdaw · Wren · Blackbird +26
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
🦌Mammals2 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Muntjac
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Glow-worm
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
Dandelion · White Clover · Rosa canina · Coltsfoot · Ribwort Plantain +80
- DandelionTaraxacum
- White CloverTrifolium repens
- Rosa caninaRosa canina
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- ElderSambucus nigra
- Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
17,086 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds31 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Coal Tit · Song Thrush · Jackdaw · Wren · Blackbird +26
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
🦌Mammals2 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Muntjac
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Glow-worm
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
Dandelion · White Clover · Rosa canina · Coltsfoot · Ribwort Plantain +80
- DandelionTaraxacum
- White CloverTrifolium repens
- Rosa caninaRosa canina
- ColtsfootTussilago farfara
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- ElderSambucus nigra
- Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas