Turf Pits Covert - Broadleaved woodland
7 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome7 ha
Getting here
51.67120, -1.46253
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 km3 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
Windrush PathWalking route▾
Named routeLocal 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▾
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Nearing the B4508 junction on the A420
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Wildlife to spot
2,608 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,608 records · National Biodiversity NetworkLapwing · Woodpigeon · Song Thrush · Skylark · Blackbird +40
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MagpiePica pica2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2024
- 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
- CuckooCuculus canorus2023
Brown Hare · Roe Deer · Muntjac · Rabbit · Badger +4
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
- BadgerMeles meles
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- StoatMustela erminea
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects7 species
springsummer
2025▾
Humming-bird Hawk-moth · Scarlet Tiger · Mother Shipton · Burnet Companion · Four-spotted Chaser +2
- Humming-bird Hawk-mothMacroglossum stellatarum
- Scarlet TigerCallimorpha dominula
- Mother ShiptonCallistege mi
- Burnet CompanionEuclidia glyphica
- Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
- Black-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccinea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,608 records · National Biodiversity NetworkLapwing · Woodpigeon · Song Thrush · Skylark · Blackbird +40
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Great TitParus major
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MagpiePica pica2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2024
- 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
- CuckooCuculus canorus2023
Brown Hare · Roe Deer · Muntjac · Rabbit · Badger +4
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2024
- BadgerMeles meles
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- StoatMustela erminea
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects7 species
springsummer
2025▾
Humming-bird Hawk-moth · Scarlet Tiger · Mother Shipton · Burnet Companion · Four-spotted Chaser +2
- Humming-bird Hawk-mothMacroglossum stellatarum
- Scarlet TigerCallimorpha dominula
- Mother ShiptonCallistege mi
- Burnet CompanionEuclidia glyphica
- Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata
- Black-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa coccinea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2023
2023
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