Kennel Covert - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.66181, -1.49534
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 km3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Leicestershire RoundWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
National Forest WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Ivanhoe WayWalking route▾
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25 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 63Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network
Route 52Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 52National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route659 m▾
Named routeRef 63Length 659 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.8 km▾
Named routeRef 52Length 1.8 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route20 m▾
Named routeRef 63Length 20 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2 km▾
Named routeRef 52Length 2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Pooley Country Park mountain bike routeMountain bike route▾
Named routeRound trip
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Wildlife to spot
8,540 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
8,540 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCarrion Crow · Robin · Chaffinch · Skylark · Goldfinch +42
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great TitParus major
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- SwiftApus apus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects12 species
summerautumn
2024▾
Small White · Large White · Speckled Wood · Gatekeeper · Meadow Brown +7
- Small WhitePieris rapae
- Large WhitePieris brassicae
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
- Green-veined White
Common Fleabane · Orange Balsam
- Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica
- Orange BalsamImpatiens capensis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
8,540 records · National Biodiversity NetworkCarrion Crow · Robin · Chaffinch · Skylark · Goldfinch +42
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great TitParus major
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- SwiftApus apus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects12 species
summerautumn
2024▾
Small White · Large White · Speckled Wood · Gatekeeper · Meadow Brown +7
- Small WhitePieris rapae
- Large WhitePieris brassicae
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
- Green-veined White
Common Fleabane · Orange Balsam
- Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica
- Orange BalsamImpatiens capensis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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