Grove Covert - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.00270, -2.38833
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞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 km8 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Geopark WayWalking route175 km▾
Named routeRef geoLength 175 kmRegional walking route
Three Choirs Way (Worcester to Gloucester)Walking route▾
A route between Gloucester, Hereford and Worcester with a theme linked to the music festival celebrated annually in the three Cathedrals.
Named routeRef 3CHRegional walking route
Three Choirs Way (Malvern Hills)Walking route▾
A route between Gloucester, Hereford and Worcester with a theme linked to the music festival celebrated annually in the three Cathedrals.
Named routeRegional walking route
Three Choirs Way (Hollybush to Gloucester)Walking route▾
A route between Gloucester, Hereford and Worcester with a theme linked to the music festival celebrated annually in the three Cathedrals.
Named routeRegional walking route
Herefordshire TrailWalking route246.5 km▾
Named routeLength 246.5 kmRegional walking route
5 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Newent Cycling LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef NCLRegional cycle route
National Byway (Ledbury area)Cycling route▾
National Byway in the Ledbury area
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
National BywayCycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Route 46Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 46National Cycle Network
National Byway (Ledbury Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
6,381 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
6,381 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · House Martin · Pheasant · Wren +42
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- RavenCorvus corax
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
🐝Insects5 species
springsummer
2025▾
Eupteryx aurata · Western Honey Bee · 14-spot Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Hypera nigrirostris
- Eupteryx aurataEupteryx aurata
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Hypera nigrirostrisHypera nigrirostris
Clouded Funnel · Yellow Club · Jelly Ear · Sycamore Tarspot · Candlesnuff Fungus +27
- Clouded FunnelClitocybe nebularis
- Yellow ClubClavulinopsis helvola
- Jelly EarAuricularia auricula-judae
- Sycamore TarspotRhytisma acerinum
- Candlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylon
- Ganoderma adspersumGanoderma adspersum
- Stubble Rosegill
Crescent-cup Liverwort
- Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,381 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · House Martin · Pheasant · Wren +42
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- RavenCorvus corax
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- MagpiePica pica2024
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
🦌Mammals2 species
springsummer
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
🐝Insects5 species
springsummer
2025▾
Eupteryx aurata · Western Honey Bee · 14-spot Ladybird · 7-spot Ladybird · Hypera nigrirostris
- Eupteryx aurataEupteryx aurata
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Hypera nigrirostrisHypera nigrirostris
Clouded Funnel · Yellow Club · Jelly Ear · Sycamore Tarspot · Candlesnuff Fungus +27
- Clouded FunnelClitocybe nebularis
- Yellow ClubClavulinopsis helvola
- Jelly EarAuricularia auricula-judae
- Sycamore TarspotRhytisma acerinum
- Candlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylon
- Ganoderma adspersumGanoderma adspersum
- Stubble Rosegill
Crescent-cup Liverwort
- Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Volvopluteus gloiocephalus
Volvopluteus gloiocephalus
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