Spray Wood
✦ Ancient woodland28 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🍂Seasonal
Free entryDogs welcome28 ha
Getting here
51.50435, -1.39746
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
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
🦉Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
Free
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Carrion Crow +55 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Robin, Carrion Crow +55 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Bluebell, daffodils, Cow Parsley +179 more · last seen 2017
Free
Plants — Hogweed, Hawthorn, Pedunculate Oak +19 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small White, Large White, Meadow Brown +69 more · last seen 2023; Insects — Small White, Large White, Meadow Brown +69 more · last seen 2023
Free
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
The Roman WayWalking route274.5 km▾
Named routeLength 274.5 kmRegional walking route
Lambourn Valley WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Round Berkshire Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
3,008 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,008 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
springsummer
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit · Blackbird +44
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Great TitParus major
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- PochardAythya ferina
- WigeonMareca penelope
- PintailAnas acuta
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2022
- SwiftApus apus2022
🦌Mammals7 species
springsummer
2025▾
Brown Hare · Rabbit · Roe Deer · Muntjac · Grey Squirrel +2
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2024
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
- Hedgehog
Silver Y
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,008 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
springsummer
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Robin · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit · Blackbird +44
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Great TitParus major
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- MagpiePica pica
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- PochardAythya ferina
- WigeonMareca penelope
- PintailAnas acuta
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2022
- SwiftApus apus2022
🦌Mammals7 species
springsummer
2025▾
Brown Hare · Rabbit · Roe Deer · Muntjac · Grey Squirrel +2
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2024
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
- Hedgehog
Silver Y
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Erinaceus europaeus2022
Erinaceus europaeus2022
Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2021Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2021Events & activities nearby
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