Old Covert - Broadleaved woodland
6 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome6 ha
Getting here
51.89456, -1.23385
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 km5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Oxfordshire WayWalking route110 km▾
a traverse of Oxfordshire from the Cotswolds to the Chilterns
Named routeRef OWLength 110 kmRegional walking route
Oxford Canal WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
The Roman WayWalking route274.5 km▾
Named routeLength 274.5 kmRegional walking route
Bicester West Health RouteWalking route5 km▾
Named routeLength 5 kmLocal walking route
European walking route E2 west, UK, South East EnglandWalking route▾
Westroute: Stranraer (UK) - Birminhgham (UK) - Calais (FR) - Zoersel (BE) / Eastroute: Stranraer (UK) - Harwich (UK) - Rotterdam (NL) - Zoersel (BE) / Both Routes: Zoersel (BE) - Maastrich (NL) - Luxembourg (LUX) - Lake Geneva (CH) - Nice (FR)
Named routeRef E2International walking route
36 signed routes nearby
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NCN 51Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 51National Cycle Network
BR1Cycling route▾
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BR22Cycling route▾
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BR6Cycling route▾
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Wildlife to spot
1,490 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,490 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
springsummer
2025▾
Wren · Woodpigeon · Skylark · Chiffchaff · Blackbird +39
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2022
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2021
- NuthatchSitta europaea2021
- Rock DoveColumba livia2021
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2021
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2021
Brown Hare · Roe Deer · Red Fox · Brown Long-eared Bat · Grey Squirrel +5
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2024
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Black Clock · Pterostichus melanarius · Abax parallelepipedus · Welsh Chafer · Lesser Stag Beetle +2
- Black ClockPterostichus madidus2020
- Pterostichus melanariusPterostichus melanarius2020
- Abax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedus2020
- Welsh ChaferHoplia philanthus
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2024
- Violet Ground Beetle
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,490 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
springsummer
2025▾
Wren · Woodpigeon · Skylark · Chiffchaff · Blackbird +39
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2022
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2021
- NuthatchSitta europaea2021
- Rock DoveColumba livia2021
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2021
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2021
Brown Hare · Roe Deer · Red Fox · Brown Long-eared Bat · Grey Squirrel +5
- Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus2024
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2024
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2024
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Black Clock · Pterostichus melanarius · Abax parallelepipedus · Welsh Chafer · Lesser Stag Beetle +2
- Black ClockPterostichus madidus2020
- Pterostichus melanariusPterostichus melanarius2020
- Abax parallelepipedusAbax parallelepipedus2020
- Welsh ChaferHoplia philanthus
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2024
- Violet Ground Beetle
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2022
2022
Myotis Bat speciesMyotisMyotis Bat speciesMyotisOtterLutra lutra2023OtterLutra lutra2023BadgerMeles meles2022BadgerMeles meles2022HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2021Carabus violaceus2020
Carabus violaceus2020
Nebria brevicollisNebria brevicollis2020Nebria brevicollisNebria brevicollis2020