Fox Covert - Broadleaved woodland
4 ha
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🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
52.36547, -1.30807
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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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking on site — 2 car parks within reach
🌤️ 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
- 🅿️Parking on site — 2 car parks within reach
- £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
National Cycle Network traffic-free route nearby (NCN ?)
Varies
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km13 signed routes nearby · 9 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Oxford Canal WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
A Coventry WayWalking route▾
Named routeRef ACWListed length 40 miRegional 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
ACW Circular Walk 09Walking route▾
Named routeRef C09Listed length 14.5 kmLocal walking route
ACW Circular Walk 10Walking route▾
Named routeRef C10Listed length 13.5 kmLocal walking route
53 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 41Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 41National Cycle Network
Viaduct CyclewayCycling route▾
Ways signed by route signs as part of the Viaduct Cycleway
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 53Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 53National Cycle Network
N/ACycling route214 m▾
Named routeLength 214 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2.9 km▾
Named routeRef 41Length 2.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route20 m▾
Named routeRef 41Length 20 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Ryton Pools Country Park mountain bike routeMountain bike route▾
Named routeRound trip
Coombe Country Park mountain bike routeMountain bike route▾
Named routeRound trip
6 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
13,264 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
13,264 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds24 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Robin · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Blue Tit +19
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Gatekeeper · Meadow Brown · Ringlet · Marbled White · Green-veined White +25
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024
- Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2024
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
- Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris
Horsetail · Slender Knapweed · Wild Marjoram · Black Spleenwort
- HorsetailEquisetum
- Slender KnapweedCentaurea debeauxii
- Wild MarjoramOriganum vulgare
- Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
13,264 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds24 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Robin · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Blue Tit +19
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- SwiftApus apus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
🐸Amphibians2 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog · Smooth Newt
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
Gatekeeper · Meadow Brown · Ringlet · Marbled White · Green-veined White +25
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus2024
- Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea2024
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024
- Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris
Horsetail · Slender Knapweed · Wild Marjoram · Black Spleenwort
- HorsetailEquisetum
- Slender KnapweedCentaurea debeauxii
- Wild MarjoramOriganum vulgare
- Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2024
2024
Common CockchaferMelolontha melolonthaCommon CockchaferMelolontha melolonthaCommaPolygonia c-album2024CommaPolygonia c-album2024Birch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctusBirch ShieldbugElasmostethus interstinctusSmall HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024Large WhitePieris brassicae2024Large WhitePieris brassicae2024Pea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatusPea-leaf WeevilSitona lineatusHornet HoverflyVolucella zonariaHornet HoverflyVolucella zonariaLesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedusLesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedusPlatycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanusPlatycheirus albimanus16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctataLiophloeus tessulatusLiophloeus tessulatusLiophloeus tessulatusLiophloeus tessulatus14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctataBaccha elongataBaccha elongataBaccha elongataBaccha elongata7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctataSyrphusSyrphusSyrphusSyrphusOrange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttataOrange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttataField GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2024Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2024Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2024Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2024Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024Common BluePolyommatus icarus2024PeacockAglais io2024PeacockAglais io202410-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata202410-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2024Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola2024Essex SkipperThymelicus lineola2024