Bevercotes Pit Wood
227 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome227 ha
Getting here
53.25674, -0.94829
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦49+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Robin
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦49+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Robin
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Great Tit +46 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Blue Tit, Robin, Great Tit +46 more · last seen 2025; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Blue-tailed Damselfly, Emerald Damselfly, Banded Demoiselle +22 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🛝Family friendly
Good match
Urban park — family destination
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 12 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Dukeries TrailWalking route▾
Robin Hood WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
16 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 647Cycling route32 km▾
Named routeRef 647Length 32 kmPoint-to-pointNational Cycle Network
National Byway (Nottinghamshire)Cycling route▾
The National Byway in Nottinghamshire
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
National Byway (Lincolnshire)Cycling route▾
The National Byway in Lincolnshire
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
National Byway Retford LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route1.3 km▾
Named routeRef 647Length 1.3 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route2.8 km▾
Named routeRef 647Length 2.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
23 public paths nearby
Public paths
Gravel Pit Lanebridleway · 153 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 153 mSurface grassPath type: bridleway
Gravel Pit Lanebridleway · 21 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 21 mSurface asphaltPath type: track
Photos
Bevercotes Pit Wood: aerial 2023
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
12,895 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
12,895 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Blue Tit · Robin · Great Tit · Chiffchaff · Dunnock +44
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MagpiePica pica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- CootFulica atra
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel · Mole · Muntjac
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- MoleTalpa europaea2025
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects25 species
springsummer
2025▾
Blue-tailed Damselfly · Emerald Damselfly · Banded Demoiselle · Diaperis boleti · Rhamphus oxyacanthae/pulicarius +20
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Diaperis boletiDiaperis boleti
- Rhamphus oxyacanthae/pulicariusRhamphus oxyacanthae/pulicarius
- European CinchbugIschnodemus sabuleti
🌿Plants9 species
springautumn
2025▾
Fox-and-cubs · Scarlet Pimpernel · Buck's-horn Plantain · Biting Stonecrop · Yellow-wort +4
- Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca
- Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis
- Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus
- Biting StonecropSedum acre2024
- Yellow-wortBlackstonia perfoliata2024
- Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
12,895 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Blue Tit · Robin · Great Tit · Chiffchaff · Dunnock +44
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- MagpiePica pica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- SiskinSpinus spinus2024
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- CootFulica atra
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
🦌Mammals4 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel · Mole · Muntjac
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- MoleTalpa europaea2025
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2024
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects25 species
springsummer
2025▾
Blue-tailed Damselfly · Emerald Damselfly · Banded Demoiselle · Diaperis boleti · Rhamphus oxyacanthae/pulicarius +20
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Diaperis boletiDiaperis boleti
- Rhamphus oxyacanthae/pulicariusRhamphus oxyacanthae/pulicarius
- European CinchbugIschnodemus sabuleti
🌿Plants9 species
springautumn
2025▾
Fox-and-cubs · Scarlet Pimpernel · Buck's-horn Plantain · Biting Stonecrop · Yellow-wort +4
- Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca
- Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis
- Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus
- Biting StonecropSedum acre2024
- Yellow-wortBlackstonia perfoliata2024
- Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Horse-radishArmoracia rusticana2024Horse-radishArmoracia rusticana2024BrackenPteridium aquilinum2024BrackenPteridium aquilinum2024HollyIlex aquifolium2024HollyIlex aquifolium2024Events & activities nearby
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