Fox Covert - Broadleaved woodland
3 ha
🌿Foraging🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Free entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
52.47921, -1.21129
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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
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens
Free
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
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Wildlife to spot
4,239 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,239 records · National Biodiversity NetworkSwift · Green Woodpecker · Chaffinch · Magpie · Blue Tit +32
- SwiftApus apus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Great TitParus major
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- RavenCorvus corax
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Mole
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MoleTalpa europaea
Tawny-fronted Straw · Grypotes puncticollis · Western Honey Bee · Stenodema (Stenodema) laevigata · Plagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorum +71
- Tawny-fronted StrawNeocochylis molliculana
- Grypotes puncticollisGrypotes puncticollis
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
- Stenodema (Stenodema) laevigataStenodema (Stenodema) laevigata
- Plagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorumPlagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorum
- Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,239 records · National Biodiversity NetworkSwift · Green Woodpecker · Chaffinch · Magpie · Blue Tit +32
- SwiftApus apus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Great TitParus major
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- RavenCorvus corax
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Mole
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MoleTalpa europaea
Tawny-fronted Straw · Grypotes puncticollis · Western Honey Bee · Stenodema (Stenodema) laevigata · Plagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorum +71
- Tawny-fronted StrawNeocochylis molliculana
- Grypotes puncticollisGrypotes puncticollis
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
- Stenodema (Stenodema) laevigataStenodema (Stenodema) laevigata
- Plagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorumPlagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorum
- Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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