Forest Planting
✦ Ancient woodland43 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome43 ha
Getting here
52.57746, -0.53544
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
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Blackbird +72 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Blackbird +72 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Common Gromwell, Wood Anemone, Columbine +23 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Large White +52 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Large White +52 more · last seen 2026
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
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▾
7 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
Logs at the boundary between Fineshade and Westhay woods
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Wildlife to spot
18,679 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
18,679 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Coal Tit · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Robin · Blue Tit +38
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Grey Squirrel · Muntjac
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Glow-worm
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
White Clover · Silverweed · Cow Parsley · Hedge Bedstraw · Ash +59
- White CloverTrifolium repens
- SilverweedPotentilla anserina
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- Hedge BedstrawGalium album
- AshFraxinus excelsior
- Rosa caninaRosa canina
- Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
18,679 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Coal Tit · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Robin · Blue Tit +38
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
Grey Squirrel · Muntjac
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Glow-worm
- Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
White Clover · Silverweed · Cow Parsley · Hedge Bedstraw · Ash +59
- White CloverTrifolium repens
- SilverweedPotentilla anserina
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
- Hedge BedstrawGalium album
- AshFraxinus excelsior
- Rosa caninaRosa canina
- Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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