Warmington Spinney Plantation - Grassland
7 ha
🦋Insects🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome7 ha
Getting here
52.47968, -0.39430
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
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland meadows — marbled white, meadow brown and pollinating insects
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 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Nene WayWalking route177 km▾
Named routeLength 177 kmRegional walking route
11 signed routes nearby
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Route 53Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 53National Cycle Network
National Byway (Northamptonshire)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Route 12Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 12National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route5.2 km▾
Named routeRef 12Length 5.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route1.1 km▾
Named routeLength 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route63 m▾
Named routeRef 53Length 63 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
3,914 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,914 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
winterspring
2025▾
Tawny Owl · Bullfinch · Blue Tit · Dunnock · Robin +35
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- MagpiePica pica
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- RavenCorvus corax
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
Red Fox
🐸Amphibians2 species
springautumn
2024▾
Common Toad · Great Crested Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus2023
Marmalade Hoverfly · Volucella pellucens · Red-legged Shieldbug · Syrphus
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- SyrphusSyrphus
Early-purple Orchid · Horse-chestnut · Wood Dock · Ground-ivy · Creeping Cinquefoil +68
- Early-purple OrchidOrchis mascula
- Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
- Wood DockRumex sanguineus
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
- Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
- ElderSambucus nigra
- Black BryonyTamus communis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,914 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
winterspring
2025▾
Tawny Owl · Bullfinch · Blue Tit · Dunnock · Robin +35
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great TitParus major
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- MagpiePica pica
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- RavenCorvus corax
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
Red Fox
🐸Amphibians2 species
springautumn
2024▾
Common Toad · Great Crested Newt
- Common ToadBufo bufo
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus2023
Marmalade Hoverfly · Volucella pellucens · Red-legged Shieldbug · Syrphus
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- SyrphusSyrphus
Early-purple Orchid · Horse-chestnut · Wood Dock · Ground-ivy · Creeping Cinquefoil +68
- Early-purple OrchidOrchis mascula
- Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
- Wood DockRumex sanguineus
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
- Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
- ElderSambucus nigra
- Black BryonyTamus communis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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