Fox Covert - Broadleaved woodland
4 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
52.48200, -1.19270
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
- 🌿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 km1 signed route nearby
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Leicestershire RoundWalking route▾
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South along the M1 Motorway
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Wildlife to spot
4,030 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,030 records · National Biodiversity NetworkSwift · Green Woodpecker · Chaffinch · Magpie · Blue Tit +31
- 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
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- 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
- 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
🦌Mammals5 species
springautumn
2025▾
Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Mole · Common Pipistrelle · Noctule
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
Tawny-fronted Straw · Grypotes puncticollis · Western Honey Bee · Stenodema (Stenodema) laevigata · Oncotylus (Oncotylus) viridiflavus +70
- Tawny-fronted StrawNeocochylis molliculana
- Grypotes puncticollisGrypotes puncticollis
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
- Stenodema (Stenodema) laevigataStenodema (Stenodema) laevigata
- Oncotylus (Oncotylus) viridiflavusOncotylus (Oncotylus) viridiflavus
- Euscelis incisusEuscelis incisus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,030 records · National Biodiversity NetworkSwift · Green Woodpecker · Chaffinch · Magpie · Blue Tit +31
- 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
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- 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
- 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
🦌Mammals5 species
springautumn
2025▾
Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Mole · Common Pipistrelle · Noctule
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
Tawny-fronted Straw · Grypotes puncticollis · Western Honey Bee · Stenodema (Stenodema) laevigata · Oncotylus (Oncotylus) viridiflavus +70
- Tawny-fronted StrawNeocochylis molliculana
- Grypotes puncticollisGrypotes puncticollis
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
- Stenodema (Stenodema) laevigataStenodema (Stenodema) laevigata
- Oncotylus (Oncotylus) viridiflavusOncotylus (Oncotylus) viridiflavus
- Euscelis incisusEuscelis incisus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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