John O'Gaunt Covert - Broadleaved woodland
5 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
52.66468, -0.90550
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
Midshires WayWalking route370 km▾
Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail
Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route
Jubilee Way (Leicestershire)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Leicestershire RoundWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 64Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 64National Cycle Network
National Byway (Rutland)Cycling route▾
National Byway in Rutland
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Route 63Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 63National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route9.1 km▾
Named routeRef 63Length 9.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Photos
Marefield: railway bridge
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Wildlife to spot
5,250 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
5,250 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds31 species
springsummerwinter
2025▾
Robin · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Chaffinch +26
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2023
🦌Mammals3 species
summerautumn
2024▾
Badger · Brown Hare · Mole
- BadgerMeles meles
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- MoleTalpa europaea2023
Common Carder Bee · Field Grasshopper · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Brimstone · Speckled Wood
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
- BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
Goat Willow · Field Maple · Great Bindweed · Timothy · Scarlet Pimpernel +75
- Goat WillowSalix caprea
- Field MapleAcer campestre
- Great BindweedCalystegia sepium subsp. sepium2023
- TimothyPhleum pratense2023
- Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis2023
- Meadow BarleyHordeum secalinum2023
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
5,250 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds31 species
springsummerwinter
2025▾
Robin · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Chaffinch +26
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2023
🦌Mammals3 species
summerautumn
2024▾
Badger · Brown Hare · Mole
- BadgerMeles meles
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- MoleTalpa europaea2023
Common Carder Bee · Field Grasshopper · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Brimstone · Speckled Wood
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris
- BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
Goat Willow · Field Maple · Great Bindweed · Timothy · Scarlet Pimpernel +75
- Goat WillowSalix caprea
- Field MapleAcer campestre
- Great BindweedCalystegia sepium subsp. sepium2023
- TimothyPhleum pratense2023
- Scarlet PimpernelLysimachia arvensis2023
- Meadow BarleyHordeum secalinum2023
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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