Stanborough Covert - Broadleaved woodland
3 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
51.65598, -1.40240
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
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
The Vale WayWalking route43 km▾
Route through the Vale of White Horse in Oxfordshire, UK. (27 miles).
Named routeLength 43 kmLocal walking route
Marcham Jubilee WalksWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Eaton-FyfieldCycling route▾
Named routeXcn
Wootton-FyfieldCycling route▾
Named routeXcn
Vale Cycle LinksCycling route▾
Netherton - Hinton WaldristCycling route▾
Fyfield - BucklandCycling route▾
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Wildlife to spot
5,663 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,663 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Collared Dove
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Brown Long-eared Bat
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
🐝Insects66 species
springautumn
2026▾
Turnip Moth · White-point · Limnephilus lunatus · Common Quaker · Large Yellow Underwing +61
- Turnip MothAgrotis segetum2025
- White-pointMythimna albipuncta2025
- Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus2025
- Common QuakerOrthosia cerasi
- Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,663 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Collared Dove
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Brown Long-eared Bat
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus
🐝Insects66 species
springautumn
2026▾
Turnip Moth · White-point · Limnephilus lunatus · Common Quaker · Large Yellow Underwing +61
- Turnip MothAgrotis segetum2025
- White-pointMythimna albipuncta2025
- Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus2025
- Common QuakerOrthosia cerasi
- Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Red-green Carpet
Red-green Carpet
Chloroclysta siterata
Chloroclysta siterata
Black RusticAporophyla nigra2025Black RusticAporophyla nigra2025Hebrew CharacterOrthosia gothicaHebrew CharacterOrthosia gothicaCypress CarpetThera cupressata2025Cypress CarpetThera cupressata2025ChestnutConistra vacciniiChestnutConistra vacciniiSmall QuakerOrthosia crudaSmall QuakerOrthosia crudaEarly GreyXylocampa areolaEarly GreyXylocampa areolaHalesus radiatusHalesus radiatus2025Halesus radiatusHalesus radiatus2025Clouded DrabOrthosia incertaClouded DrabOrthosia incertaDark ChestnutConistra ligulaDark ChestnutConistra ligulaTwin-spotted QuakerAnorthoa mundaTwin-spotted QuakerAnorthoa mundaDotted BorderAgriopis marginariaDotted BorderAgriopis marginariaBlair's Shoulder-knotLithophane leautieri2025Blair's Shoulder-knotLithophane leautieri2025Light Brown Apple MothEpiphyas postvittana2025Light Brown Apple MothEpiphyas postvittana2025Yellow-Line QuakerLeptologia macilenta2025Yellow-Line QuakerLeptologia macilenta2025Lagria hirtaLagria hirta2025Lagria hirtaLagria hirta2025Shuttle-shaped DartAgrotis puta2025Shuttle-shaped DartAgrotis puta2025Beaded ChestnutAgrochola lychnidis2025Beaded ChestnutAgrochola lychnidis2025Lunar UnderwingAnchoscelis lunosa2025Lunar UnderwingAnchoscelis lunosa2025Brindled BeautyLycia hirtariaBrindled BeautyLycia hirtariaDouble-striped PugGymnoscelis rufifasciataDouble-striped PugGymnoscelis rufifasciataPale Brindled BeautyPhigalia pilosariaPale Brindled BeautyPhigalia pilosariaRusty DotUdea ferrugalis2025Rusty DotUdea ferrugalis2025Feathered ThornColotois pennaria2025Feathered ThornColotois pennaria2025Mottled UmberErannis defoliaria2025Mottled UmberErannis defoliaria2025Narrow-winged GreyEudonia angustea2025Narrow-winged GreyEudonia angustea2025Merveille du JourGriposia aprilina2025Merveille du JourGriposia aprilina2025Green-brindled CrescentAllophyes oxyacanthae2025Green-brindled CrescentAllophyes oxyacanthae2025November Moth agg.Epirrita dilutata agg.2025November Moth agg.Epirrita dilutata agg.2025MallowLarentia clavaria2025MallowLarentia clavaria2025Square-spot RusticXestia xanthographa2025Square-spot RusticXestia xanthographa2025Brindled PugEupithecia abbreviataBrindled PugEupithecia abbreviataRed ChestnutCerastis rubricosaRed ChestnutCerastis rubricosaMarch MothAlsophila aesculariaMarch MothAlsophila aesculariaDotted ChestnutConistra rubigineaDotted ChestnutConistra rubigineaOak BeautyBiston stratariaOak BeautyBiston stratariaTufted TortrixAcleris cristanaTufted TortrixAcleris cristanaSpring HarbingerTortricodes alternellaSpring HarbingerTortricodes alternellaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercorariaSpring UsherAgriopis leucophaeariaSpring UsherAgriopis leucophaeariaDecember MothPoecilocampa populi2025December MothPoecilocampa populi2025Garden MomphaMompha subbistrigella2025Garden MomphaMompha subbistrigella2025Vine's RusticHoplodrina ambigua2025Vine's RusticHoplodrina ambigua2025Winter MothOperophtera brumata2025Winter MothOperophtera brumata2025AclerisAcleris2025AclerisAcleris2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Wakely's DowdBlastobasis lacticolella2025Wakely's DowdBlastobasis lacticolella2025Diamond-back MothPlutella xylostella2025Diamond-back MothPlutella xylostella2025Rush VeneerNomophila noctuella2025Rush VeneerNomophila noctuella2025Pinalitus cervinusPinalitus cervinus2025Pinalitus cervinusPinalitus cervinus2025Fannia canicularisFannia canicularis2025Fannia canicularisFannia canicularis2025Lesser Yellow UnderwingNoctua comes2025Lesser Yellow UnderwingNoctua comes2025Lead-coloured TortrixAcleris sparsana2025Lead-coloured TortrixAcleris sparsana2025Willow BeautyPeribatodes rhomboidaria2025Willow BeautyPeribatodes rhomboidaria2025Garden Rose TortrixAcleris variegana2025Garden Rose TortrixAcleris variegana2025Least CarpetIdaea rusticata2025Least CarpetIdaea rusticata2025Rufous TortrixClepsis consimilana2025Rufous TortrixClepsis consimilana2025Lime-speck PugEupithecia centaureata2025Lime-speck PugEupithecia centaureata2025Cypress PugEupithecia phoeniceata2025Cypress PugEupithecia phoeniceata2025Flounced RusticLuperina testacea2025Flounced RusticLuperina testacea2025Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2025Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2025Events & activities nearby
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