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Blue Covert

✦ Ancient woodland4 ha

📷 Richard Williams · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome4 ha

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52.40108, -0.87200

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦74+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wigeon and Yellowhammer
🌿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

🐦74+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Wigeon and Yellowhammer
🌿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

Parking

Best for

6 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Wigeon, Yellowhammer, Robin +71 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Wigeon, Yellowhammer, Robin +71 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Red Dead-nettle · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Heritage

Good match

Ancient woodland — historic landscape

Free

Forest walks

Moderate match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Midshires WayWalking route370 km

Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail

Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route

Jurassic WayWalking route142 km

Named routeLength 142 kmRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

15 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Brampton Valley WayCycling route

Named route

Route 6Cycling route

Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route204 m

Named routeRef 6Length 204 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Main RouteCycling route3.4 km

Named routeRef 6Length 3.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Main RouteCycling route1.4 km

Named routeRef 6Length 1.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Main RouteCycling route3.7 km

Named routeRef 6Length 3.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm

Wildlife to spot

13,488 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

13,488 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds79 species

spring

2025

Wigeon · Yellowhammer · Robin · Dunnock · Carrion Crow +74

WigeonMareca penelope
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
RobinErithacus rubecula
DunnockPrunella modularis
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
BlackbirdTurdus merula
PochardAythya ferina
ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
LinnetLinaria cannabina
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
MagpiePica pica
BuzzardButeo buteo
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
RuffCalidris pugnax
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Great TitParus major
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
WhitethroatCurruca communis
Red KiteMilvus milvus
SwallowHirundo rustica
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
OspreyPandion haliaetus
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
PintailAnas acuta
House SparrowPasser domesticus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
RavenCorvus corax
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
Stock DoveColumba oenas
RookCorvus frugilegus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
JackdawColoeus monedula
SwiftApus apus
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis
Common GullLarus canus
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
DotterelEudromias morinellus
Podiceps nigricollis nigricollisPodiceps nigricollis nigricollis
MerlinFalco columbarius
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
JayGarrulus glandarius
Rock DoveColumba livia
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
White WagtailMotacilla alba alba
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
LapwingVanellus vanellus
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Barn OwlTyto alba

🦌

Mammals2 species

spring

2025

Brown Hare · Muntjac

Brown HareLepus europaeus
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi

🌿

Plants1 species

autumn

2025

Red Dead-nettle

Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

13,488 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds79 species

spring

2025

Wigeon · Yellowhammer · Robin · Dunnock · Carrion Crow +74

WigeonMareca penelope
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
RobinErithacus rubecula
DunnockPrunella modularis
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
BlackbirdTurdus merula
PochardAythya ferina
ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
LinnetLinaria cannabina
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
MagpiePica pica
BuzzardButeo buteo
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
RuffCalidris pugnax
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Great TitParus major
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
WhitethroatCurruca communis
Red KiteMilvus milvus
SwallowHirundo rustica
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
OspreyPandion haliaetus
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
PintailAnas acuta
House SparrowPasser domesticus
RedwingTurdus iliacus
RavenCorvus corax
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
Stock DoveColumba oenas
RookCorvus frugilegus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
JackdawColoeus monedula
SwiftApus apus
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis
Common GullLarus canus
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
DotterelEudromias morinellus
Podiceps nigricollis nigricollisPodiceps nigricollis nigricollis
MerlinFalco columbarius
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
JayGarrulus glandarius
Rock DoveColumba livia
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
White WagtailMotacilla alba alba
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
LapwingVanellus vanellus
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
Barn OwlTyto alba

🦌

Mammals2 species

spring

2025

Brown Hare · Muntjac

Brown HareLepus europaeus
MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi

🌿

Plants1 species

autumn

2025

Red Dead-nettle

Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Richard Williams · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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