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Long Spinney

4 ha

📷 Mat Fascione · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome4 ha

Getting here

52.43367, -1.20284

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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
🍄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

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🍄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

Parking

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Little Grebe +57 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Little Grebe +57 more · last seen 2026

Free

Mushroom foraging

Good match

Fungi — Lecanora chlarotera s. lat., Arthonia radiata · last seen 2026; Fungi — Lecanora chlarotera s. lat., Arthonia radiata · last seen 2026

Varies

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Scathophaga stercoraria, Syrphus torvus, Phytomyza glechomae +1 more · last seen 2026; Insects — Scathophaga stercoraria, Syrphus torvus, Phytomyza glechomae +1 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Spear Thistle, Yarrow, Hawthorn +1 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Spear Thistle, Yarrow, Hawthorn +1 more · last seen 2025

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Oxford Canal WalkWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Shakespeare's Avon WayWalking route142 km

From the source at Naseby, Northamptonshire to the Severn at Tewkesbury

Named routeRef SAWLength 142 kmRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

17 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 50Cycling route

Named routeRef 50National Cycle Network

Viaduct CyclewayCycling route

Ways signed by route signs as part of the Viaduct Cycleway

Named routeLocal cycle route

Route 53Cycling route

Named routeRef 53National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route36 m

Named routeRef 50Length 36 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route2.5 km

Named routeRef 50Length 2.5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route1.7 km

Named routeRef 50Length 1.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

42,783 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

42,783 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds41 species

winter

2026

Tufted Duck · Teal · Great Black-backed Gull · Jackdaw · Black-headed Gull +36

Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
CootFulica atra2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
RavenCorvus corax2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
MagpiePica pica2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Great TitParus major
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025

🐝

Insects2 species

spring

2026

Scathophaga stercoraria · Syrphus torvus

Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus

🍄

Fungi2 species

winter

2026

Arthonia radiata · Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.

Arthonia radiataArthonia radiata
Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

42,783 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds41 species

winter

2026

Tufted Duck · Teal · Great Black-backed Gull · Jackdaw · Black-headed Gull +36

Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
TealAnas crecca2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
CootFulica atra2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
RavenCorvus corax2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
MagpiePica pica2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Great TitParus major
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025

🐝

Insects2 species

spring

2026

Scathophaga stercoraria · Syrphus torvus

Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
Syrphus torvusSyrphus torvus

🍄

Fungi2 species

winter

2026

Arthonia radiata · Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.

Arthonia radiataArthonia radiata
Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Mat Fascione · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

A426 Rugby Road near Cotesbach

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