Beanfield Covert - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.67367, -1.47561
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▾
Named routeRegional walking route
29 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 route2.7 km▾
Named routeRef 63Length 2.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route20 m▾
Named routeRef 63Length 20 mNational 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
6,334 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,334 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
springsummer
2025▾
House Sparrow · Blue Tit · Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Chaffinch +38
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MagpiePica pica
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2024
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2024
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
Otter
🐝Insects33 species
springsummer
2025▾
Western Honey Bee · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Mining bee · Bumblebee · Common Carder Bee +28
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2024
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024
- Mining beeAndrena2024
- BumblebeeBombus2024
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2023
Meadowsweet Rust
- Meadowsweet RustTriphragmium ulmariae
Orange Balsam · Common Fleabane · Lady's Bedstraw · Upright Hedge-parsley · Yarrow +7
- Orange BalsamImpatiens capensis
- Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica
- Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
- Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
- Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2023
- Water Mint
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,334 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
springsummer
2025▾
House Sparrow · Blue Tit · Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Chaffinch +38
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great TitParus major
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MagpiePica pica
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2024
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2024
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
Otter
🐝Insects33 species
springsummer
2025▾
Western Honey Bee · Buff-tailed Bumblebee · Mining bee · Bumblebee · Common Carder Bee +28
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2024
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2024
- Mining beeAndrena2024
- BumblebeeBombus2024
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2023
Meadowsweet Rust
- Meadowsweet RustTriphragmium ulmariae
Orange Balsam · Common Fleabane · Lady's Bedstraw · Upright Hedge-parsley · Yarrow +7
- Orange BalsamImpatiens capensis
- Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica
- Lady's BedstrawGalium verum
- Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica
- YarrowAchillea millefolium
- Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2023
- Water Mint
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Orange-tailed Mining Bee
Orange-tailed Mining Bee
Andrena haemorrhoa2024
Andrena haemorrhoa2024
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2024Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2024Plateumaris sericeaPlateumaris sericeaPlateumaris sericeaPlateumaris sericeaEarly BumblebeeBombus pratorum2024Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2024Caecilius fuscopterusCaecilius fuscopterusCaecilius fuscopterusCaecilius fuscopterusCommon Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2024Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2024Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2024Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2024GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2024White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2024LasioglossumLasioglossum2024LasioglossumLasioglossum2024Gooden's Nomad BeeNomada goodeniana2024Gooden's Nomad BeeNomada goodeniana2024NomadaNomada2024NomadaNomada2024Chocolate Mining BeeAndrena scotica2024Chocolate Mining BeeAndrena scotica2024Flavous Nomad BeeNomada flava2024Flavous Nomad BeeNomada flava2024Bronze Furrow BeeHalictus tumulorum2024Bronze Furrow BeeHalictus tumulorum2024Ivy BeeColletes hederae2023Ivy BeeColletes hederae2023Yellow-legged Furrow BeeHalictus rubicundus2023Yellow-legged Furrow BeeHalictus rubicundus2023Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2023Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2023Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2023Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2023Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2023Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2023White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris2023White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris2023Deraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescensDeraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescens2023Deraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescensDeraeocoris (Knightocapsus) lutescens2023Cymus glandicolorCymus glandicolor2023Cymus glandicolorCymus glandicolor2023Pediopsis tiliaePediopsis tiliae2023Pediopsis tiliaePediopsis tiliae2023Oncotylus (Oncotylus) viridiflavusOncotylus (Oncotylus) viridiflavus2023Oncotylus (Oncotylus) viridiflavusOncotylus (Oncotylus) viridiflavus2023Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2023Silver-washed FritillaryArgynnis paphia2023Blue ShieldbugZicrona caerulea2023Blue ShieldbugZicrona caerulea2023Mentha aquatica2023
Mentha aquatica2023
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2023MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2023Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2023Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2023GypsywortLycopus europaeus2023GypsywortLycopus europaeus2023Water Forget-me-notMyosotis scorpioides2023Water Forget-me-notMyosotis scorpioides2023Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2023Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria2023Events & activities nearby
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