Milne's Covert - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
🦅Birds🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
51.99616, -2.14607
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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- ☕Morrisons Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
🌤️ 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
- ☕Morrisons Cafe — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Grazing marsh — lapwing, redshank, snipe and wintering wildfowl
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Coastal and floodplain grazing marsh priority habitat
Free
🛝Family friendly
Good match
café
Free
〰Waterside walks
Good match
Grazing marsh and ditches — waterside walking
Varies
Named cycling route nearby: Route 41
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 23 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Gloucestershire WayWalking route161 km▾
Named routeLength 161 kmRegional walking route
Shakespeare's Avon WayWalking route142 km▾
From the source at Naseby, Northamptonshire to the Severn at Tewkesbury
Named routeRef SAWLength 142 kmRegional walking route
Tewkesbury Battle TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Severn Way (3) Worcester to BristolWalking route153 km▾
Named routeRef SW (3)Length 153 kmRegional walking route
Churchill Grovepublic footpath · 38 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 38 mSurface asphaltPath type: service
Spa Gardenspublic footpath · 179 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 179 mSurface asphaltPath type: residential
Northway Lanepublic footpath · 222 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 222 mSurface asphaltPath type: tertiary
35 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Mercian WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 45National Cycle Network
Route 41Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 41National Cycle Network
Route 41Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 41National Cycle Network
Route 21Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 21Local cycle route
National BywayCycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Mercian Way LinkCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
10,588 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
10,588 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCarrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Mallard · Robin · Magpie +42
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
🦌Mammals2 species
springautumn
2025▾
Common Pipistrelle · Harvest Mouse
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Harvest MouseMicromys minutus
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects9 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Darter · 7-spot Ladybird · Speckled Bush-cricket · Green Shieldbug · 14-spot Ladybird +4
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
10,588 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCarrion Crow · Woodpigeon · Mallard · Robin · Magpie +42
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2025
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- CuckooCuculus canorus2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2025
🦌Mammals2 species
springautumn
2025▾
Common Pipistrelle · Harvest Mouse
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Harvest MouseMicromys minutus
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects9 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Common Darter · 7-spot Ladybird · Speckled Bush-cricket · Green Shieldbug · 14-spot Ladybird +4
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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