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Great Spinney

✦ Ancient woodland29 ha

📷 Jonathan Thacker · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome29 ha

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦111+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mute Swan and Black-headed Gull
🍄Mushroom 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

🐦111+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mute Swan and Black-headed Gull
🍄Mushroom 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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

Best for

8 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Mute Swan, Black-headed Gull, Lapwing +108 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Mute Swan, Black-headed Gull, Lapwing +108 more · last seen 2026

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Mushroom foraging

Strong match

Fungi — Cobalt Crust, Uromyces muscari, Lecanora chlarotera s. lat. +13 more · last seen 2026; Fungi — Cobalt Crust, Uromyces muscari, Lecanora chlarotera s. lat. +13 more · last seen 2026

Varies

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Ground-ivy, Cow Parsley, Creeping Cinquefoil +11 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Orange-tailed Mining Bee, Comma, White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers +36 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Orange-tailed Mining Bee, Comma, White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workers +36 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Jurassic WayWalking route142 km

Named routeLength 142 kmRegional walking route

Rutland RoundWalking route105 km

Named routeLength 105 kmRegional walking route

Leicestershire RoundWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

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Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

National Byway (Rutland)Cycling route

National Byway in Rutland

Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

16,053 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

16,053 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds57 species

autumn

2026

Black-headed Gull · Lapwing · Mallard · Mute Swan · Common Gull +52

Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MagpiePica pica2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
CootFulica atra2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
American Golden PloverPluvialis dominica2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Great TitParus major2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
American WigeonMareca americana2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Southern CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo sinensis2025
ScaupAythya marila2025
Red-crested PochardNetta rufina2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025

🐝

Insects1 species

winter

2025

Golden Dot

Golden DotStigmella aurella

🍄

Fungi15 species

spring

2026

Ramalina farinacea · Physcia tenella · Cedar Cup · Uromyces muscari · Lecanora chlarotera s. lat. +10

Ramalina farinaceaRamalina farinacea
Physcia tenellaPhyscia tenella
Cedar CupGeopora sumneriana
Uromyces muscariUromyces muscari
Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.
Netted Shield LichenParmelia sulcata
King Alfred's Cakes

🌿

Plants10 species

spring

2026

Cow Parsley · Ground-ivy · Upright Hedge Bedstraw · Lesser Celandine · Creeping Cinquefoil +5

Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Upright Hedge BedstrawGalium album subsp. erectum
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
ElderSambucus nigra
Bluebell

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

16,053 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds57 species

autumn

2026

Black-headed Gull · Lapwing · Mallard · Mute Swan · Common Gull +52

Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
MagpiePica pica2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
CootFulica atra2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
American Golden PloverPluvialis dominica2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Great TitParus major2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
American WigeonMareca americana2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Southern CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo sinensis2025
ScaupAythya marila2025
Red-crested PochardNetta rufina2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025

🐝

Insects1 species

winter

2025

Golden Dot

Golden DotStigmella aurella

🍄

Fungi15 species

spring

2026

Ramalina farinacea · Physcia tenella · Cedar Cup · Uromyces muscari · Lecanora chlarotera s. lat. +10

Ramalina farinaceaRamalina farinacea
Physcia tenellaPhyscia tenella
Cedar CupGeopora sumneriana
Uromyces muscariUromyces muscari
Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.
Netted Shield LichenParmelia sulcata
King Alfred's Cakes

🌿

Plants10 species

spring

2026

Cow Parsley · Ground-ivy · Upright Hedge Bedstraw · Lesser Celandine · Creeping Cinquefoil +5

Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Upright Hedge BedstrawGalium album subsp. erectum
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
ElderSambucus nigra
Bluebell

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Jonathan Thacker · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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