Prince's Covert - Woodland
23 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🌲Walks🥾Hiking
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome23 ha
Getting here
52.80126, -1.69186
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️National Forest Adventure Farm Parking 328m away — 2 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️National Forest Adventure Farm Parking 328m away — 2 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Named hiking route nearby: National Forest Way
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Trent Valley WayWalking route304 km▾
Named routeLength 304 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
National Forest WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
The Way for the MillenniumWalking route65 km▾
Newport to Burton on Trent
Named routeLength 65 kmRegional walking route
75 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 54Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 54National Cycle Network
Route 63Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route28 m▾
Named routeRef 63Length 28 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route379 m▾
Named routeRef 54Length 379 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route96 m▾
Named routeLength 96 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route144 m▾
Named routeLength 144 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 public path nearby
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
10,629 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
10,629 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
springautumnwinter
2026▾
Tawny Owl · Green Woodpecker · Lesser Redpoll · Bullfinch · Willow Warbler +42
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- MagpiePica pica
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- DunlinCalidris alpina2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- CootFulica atra2025
🦌Mammals5 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Red Fox · Muntjac · Rabbit · American Mink · Grey Squirrel
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- American MinkNeovison vison2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Toad
Common Darter · Eristalis tenax · Brown Hawker · Roesel's Bush-cricket · 7-spot Ladybird +11
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Dark-edged Bee-fly
🌿Plants18 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Hop · Wild Teasel · Guernsey Fleabane · Bristly Oxtongue · White Dead-nettle +13
- HopHumulus lupulus
- Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
- Guernsey FleabaneErigeron sumatrensis
- Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- WeigeliaWeigela florida
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
10,629 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
springautumnwinter
2026▾
Tawny Owl · Green Woodpecker · Lesser Redpoll · Bullfinch · Willow Warbler +42
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2025
- MagpiePica pica
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- DunlinCalidris alpina2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- CootFulica atra2025
🦌Mammals5 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Red Fox · Muntjac · Rabbit · American Mink · Grey Squirrel
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2025
- American MinkNeovison vison2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Toad
Common Darter · Eristalis tenax · Brown Hawker · Roesel's Bush-cricket · 7-spot Ladybird +11
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Dark-edged Bee-fly
🌿Plants18 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Hop · Wild Teasel · Guernsey Fleabane · Bristly Oxtongue · White Dead-nettle +13
- HopHumulus lupulus
- Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
- Guernsey FleabaneErigeron sumatrensis
- Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
- White Dead-nettleLamium album
- WeigeliaWeigela florida
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Bombylius major2025
Bombylius major2025
Melinopterus prodromusMelinopterus prodromusMelinopterus prodromusMelinopterus prodromusLarge Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2025Large Willow AphidTuberolachnus (Tuberolachnus) salignus2025Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2025Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus2025Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus2025Common DamselbugNabis (Nabis) rugosus2025Common DamselbugNabis (Nabis) rugosus2025Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025Ischnomera cyaneaIschnomera cyanea2025Ischnomera cyaneaIschnomera cyanea2025Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2025Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria2025Hazel
Hazel
Corylus avellana
Corylus avellana
Viper's-buglossEchium vulgareViper's-buglossEchium vulgareCorn MarigoldGlebionis segetumCorn MarigoldGlebionis segetumCommon PoppyPapaver rhoeasCommon PoppyPapaver rhoeasBlack NightshadeSolanum nigrumBlack NightshadeSolanum nigrumHemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocataHemlock Water-dropwortOenanthe crocataIvy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralisIvy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralisGoat's-beardTragopogon pratensisGoat's-beardTragopogon pratensisMeadow Crane's-billGeranium pratenseMeadow Crane's-billGeranium pratenseDogwoodCornus sanguineaDogwoodCornus sanguineaNorway MapleAcer platanoidesNorway MapleAcer platanoidesButterburPetasites hybridusButterburPetasites hybridus