Turf Pits Covert - Broadleaved woodland
13 ha
🦋Insects🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome13 ha
Getting here
51.66244, -1.46163
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
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Chalk and limestone grassland — chalkhill blue, adonis blue and rare moths
Free
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
Thames PathWalking route296 km▾
Named routeRef TPLength 296 kmNational 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▾
2 public paths nearby
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Wildlife to spot
6,317 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,317 records · National Biodiversity NetworkLapwing · Woodpigeon · Rook · Song Thrush · Skylark +42
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- MagpiePica pica2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2024
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
- SwiftApus apus2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- CuckooCuculus canorus2023
Brown Hare · Roe Deer · Muntjac · Rabbit · Grey Squirrel +4
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- StoatMustela erminea2023
- Polecat
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2023▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects7 species
springsummer
2025▾
Tawny Mining Bee · Sphaerophoria scripta · Dock Bug · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Hollyhock Weevil +2
- Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva
- Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2023
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus2023
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2023
- Hollyhock WeevilRhopalapion longirostre2023
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,317 records · National Biodiversity NetworkLapwing · Woodpigeon · Rook · Song Thrush · Skylark +42
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- MagpiePica pica2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2024
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2024
- SwiftApus apus2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- CuckooCuculus canorus2023
Brown Hare · Roe Deer · Muntjac · Rabbit · Grey Squirrel +4
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- StoatMustela erminea2023
- Polecat
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2023▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects7 species
springsummer
2025▾
Tawny Mining Bee · Sphaerophoria scripta · Dock Bug · Swollen-thighed Beetle · Hollyhock Weevil +2
- Tawny Mining BeeAndrena fulva
- Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2023
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus2023
- Swollen-thighed BeetleOedemera nobilis2023
- Hollyhock WeevilRhopalapion longirostre2023
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Mustela putorius
Mustela putorius
BadgerMeles melesBadgerMeles melesRed FoxVulpes vulpesRed FoxVulpes vulpesWasp Beetle
Wasp Beetle
Clytus arietis2023
Clytus arietis2023
Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2023Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2023Events & activities nearby
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