Trafalgar Covert - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.28846, -0.76752
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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ 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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
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
Named hiking route nearby: Northamptonshire Round
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Nene WayWalking route177 km▾
Named routeLength 177 kmRegional walking route
Northamptonshire RoundWalking route▾
32 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NorbitalCycling route▾
Named routeRef 539Round tripNational Cycle Network
N/ACycling route84 m▾
Named routeLength 84 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route483 m▾
Named routeLength 483 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route325 m▾
Named routeRef 539Length 325 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route500 m▾
Named routeRef 539Length 500 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route63 m▾
Named routeLength 63 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
1 public path nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
17,709 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
17,709 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Black-headed Gull · Blue Tit · Rook · Robin +48
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- CootFulica atra
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad
Eristalis pertinax · 14-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Water Ladybird · European Cinchbug +4
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Water LadybirdAnisosticta novemdecimpunctata
- European CinchbugIschnodemus sabuleti
- Demetrias imperialisDemetrias imperialis
🌿Plants2 species
winterspring
2026▾
Wood Anemone · Snowdrop
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
17,709 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Black-headed Gull · Blue Tit · Rook · Robin +48
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- CootFulica atra
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2026▾
Common Toad
Eristalis pertinax · 14-spot Ladybird · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Water Ladybird · European Cinchbug +4
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
- Water LadybirdAnisosticta novemdecimpunctata
- European CinchbugIschnodemus sabuleti
- Demetrias imperialisDemetrias imperialis
🌿Plants2 species
winterspring
2026▾
Wood Anemone · Snowdrop
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Psammoecus bipunctatus
Psammoecus bipunctatus
Psammoecus bipunctatus
Psammoecus bipunctatus
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctataMinotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus2025Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus2025Events & activities nearby
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