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Braunston Covert

7 ha

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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
🐕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

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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

8 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Barn Owl, Hobby, Raven +65 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Barn Owl, Hobby, Raven +65 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Small White, Speckled Wood, Green-veined White +137 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Small White, Speckled Wood, Green-veined White +137 more · last seen 2024

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Soapwort, Large Bitter-cress, Aubretia +11 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Soapwort, Large Bitter-cress, Aubretia +11 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

4 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Oxford Canal WalkWalking route

Named routeRegional walking route

Nene WayWalking route177 km

Named routeLength 177 kmRegional walking route

Jurassic WayWalking route142 km

Named routeLength 142 kmRegional walking route

Grand Union Canal WalkWalking route

Napton to Coy Carp section

Named routeRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

37 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 50Cycling route

Named routeRef 50National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route373 m

Named routeRef 50Length 373 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route77 m

Named routeRef 50Length 77 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route167 m

Named routeRef 50Length 167 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route170 m

Named routeRef 50Length 170 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route1 km

Named routeRef 50Length 1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

🐴

Horse riding

3 public paths nearby

Public paths

Jurassic Waybridleway · 2.3 km

Public pathbridlewayLength 2.3 kmPath type: bridleway

Wildlife to spot

5,070 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

5,070 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds6 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Red Kite · Raven · Wheatear · Hobby · Yellow-legged Gull +1

Red KiteMilvus milvus
RavenCorvus corax
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
HobbyFalco subbuteo
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
RookCorvus frugilegus

🌿

Plants123 species

winterspring

2025

Common Ragwort · White Clover · Wall Speedwell · Garlic Mustard · Spear Thistle +118

Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
White CloverTrifolium repens
Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium
CleaversGalium aparine
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Fool's ParsleyAethusa cynapium
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
HemlockConium maculatum
Common ChickweedStellaria media
FeverfewTanacetum parthenium
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Black MedickMedicago lupulina
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
NipplewortLapsana communis
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Small-flowered Crane's-billGeranium pusillum
Thale CressArabidopsis thaliana
Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
DandelionTaraxacum
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna
DaisyBellis perennis
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
SoapwortSaponaria officinalis
Maple-leaved GoosefootChenopodiastrum hybridum
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum
Smooth TareErvum tetraspermum
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Celery-leaved ButtercupRanunculus sceleratus
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Fat-henChenopodium album
Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum
Parsley PiertAphanes arvensis
Annual Beard-grassPolypogon monspeliensis
Small NettleUrtica urens
LarkspurConsolida ajacis
HonestyLunaria annua
Toad RushJuncus bufonius
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
BuglossLycopsis arvensis
Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia
Common FumitoryFumaria officinalis
CharlockSinapis arvensis
Many-Seeded GoosefootLipandra polysperma
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens
Californian PoppyEschscholzia californica
Greater PlantainPlantago major
LaburnhamLaburnum anagyroides
Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas
Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
Lesser Swine-cressLepidium didymum
Hairy TareErvilia hirsuta
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale
Prickly LettuceLactuca serriola
Long-headed PoppyPapaver dubium
Bush VetchVicia sepium
Swine-cressLepidium coronopus
Fig-leaved GoosefootChenopodium ficifolium
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
Garden PansyViola altaica x lutea x tricolor = V. x wittrockiana
Black-bindweedFallopia convolvulus
WeldReseda luteola
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis
Field Penny-cressThlaspi arvense
RedshankPersicaria maculosa
Curled DockRumex crispus
Winter-CressBarbarea
Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus
IvyHedera helix
Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus
Knotted Hedge-parsleyTorilis nodosa
Cut-leaved Dead-nettleLamium hybridum
Common Stork's-billErodium cicutarium
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
ElderSambucus nigra
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
HollyIlex aquifolium
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Field MadderSherardia arvensis
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria
Spotted Dead-nettleLamium maculatum
Garden Grape-hyacinthMuscari armeniacum
Wall BarleyHordeum murinum
BlinksMontia fontana
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Spotted MedickMedicago arabica
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
Common VetchVicia sativa
Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

5,070 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds6 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Red Kite · Raven · Wheatear · Hobby · Yellow-legged Gull +1

Red KiteMilvus milvus
RavenCorvus corax
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
HobbyFalco subbuteo
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
RookCorvus frugilegus

🌿

Plants123 species

winterspring

2025

Common Ragwort · White Clover · Wall Speedwell · Garlic Mustard · Spear Thistle +118

Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
White CloverTrifolium repens
Wall SpeedwellVeronica arvensis
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium
CleaversGalium aparine
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Fool's ParsleyAethusa cynapium
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Polygonum avicularePolygonum aviculare
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
HemlockConium maculatum
Common ChickweedStellaria media
FeverfewTanacetum parthenium
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Black MedickMedicago lupulina
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
NipplewortLapsana communis
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Small-flowered Crane's-billGeranium pusillum
Thale CressArabidopsis thaliana
Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Ivy-leaved SpeedwellVeronica hederifolia
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
Wood AvensGeum urbanum
DandelionTaraxacum
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna
DaisyBellis perennis
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum
SoapwortSaponaria officinalis
Maple-leaved GoosefootChenopodiastrum hybridum
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
Hoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorum
Smooth TareErvum tetraspermum
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Celery-leaved ButtercupRanunculus sceleratus
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Fat-henChenopodium album
Opium PoppyPapaver somniferum
Parsley PiertAphanes arvensis
Annual Beard-grassPolypogon monspeliensis
Small NettleUrtica urens
LarkspurConsolida ajacis
HonestyLunaria annua
Toad RushJuncus bufonius
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
BuglossLycopsis arvensis
Sun SpurgeEuphorbia helioscopia
Common FumitoryFumaria officinalis
CharlockSinapis arvensis
Many-Seeded GoosefootLipandra polysperma
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens
Californian PoppyEschscholzia californica
Greater PlantainPlantago major
LaburnhamLaburnum anagyroides
Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas
Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
Lesser Swine-cressLepidium didymum
Hairy TareErvilia hirsuta
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale
Prickly LettuceLactuca serriola
Long-headed PoppyPapaver dubium
Bush VetchVicia sepium
Swine-cressLepidium coronopus
Fig-leaved GoosefootChenopodium ficifolium
Common Field-speedwellVeronica persica
Garden PansyViola altaica x lutea x tricolor = V. x wittrockiana
Black-bindweedFallopia convolvulus
WeldReseda luteola
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis
Field Penny-cressThlaspi arvense
RedshankPersicaria maculosa
Curled DockRumex crispus
Winter-CressBarbarea
Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus
IvyHedera helix
Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus
Knotted Hedge-parsleyTorilis nodosa
Cut-leaved Dead-nettleLamium hybridum
Common Stork's-billErodium cicutarium
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
ElderSambucus nigra
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus
HollyIlex aquifolium
BlackthornPrunus spinosa
Field MadderSherardia arvensis
Meadow ButtercupRanunculus acris
AgrimonyAgrimonia eupatoria
Spotted Dead-nettleLamium maculatum
Garden Grape-hyacinthMuscari armeniacum
Wall BarleyHordeum murinum
BlinksMontia fontana
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans
Spotted MedickMedicago arabica
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
Common VetchVicia sativa
Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Andy F · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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