Peake's Covert - Broadleaved woodland
4 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
52.68165, -0.89041
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
- ☕The Larder — a good base for a longer summer day out
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- ☕The Larder — a good base for a longer summer day out
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking☕Café🅿️Parking
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
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Woodland next to Burrough court
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Wildlife to spot
4,041 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,041 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Tawny Owl · Raven · Kestrel · Siskin · Lesser Redpoll +36
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- SiskinSpinus spinus2023
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2023
- SwiftApus apus2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2022
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2022
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2022
- Common GullLarus canus2022
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2023
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
Brown Hare · Badger
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- BadgerMeles meles
🐝Insects12 species
springsummer
2025▾
Marbled White · Holly Leaf Gall Fly · Humming-bird Hawk-moth · Oak Bush-cricket · Hornet +7
- Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea
- Holly Leaf Gall FlyPhytomyza ilicis2023
- Humming-bird Hawk-mothMacroglossum stellatarum
- Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2024
- HornetVespa crabro2023
- Buff-tailed Bumblebee
Dandelion · Crimson Clover · Bugle · Common Stork's-bill · Daisy +4
- DandelionTaraxacum
- Crimson CloverTrifolium incarnatum subsp. incarnatum
- BugleAjuga reptans
- Common Stork's-billErodium cicutarium
- DaisyBellis perennis
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- CowslipPrimula veris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,041 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Tawny Owl · Raven · Kestrel · Siskin · Lesser Redpoll +36
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- SiskinSpinus spinus2023
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2023
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2023
- SwiftApus apus2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2022
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2022
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2022
- Common GullLarus canus2022
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2023
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2023
- JackdawColoeus monedula2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- MagpiePica pica2023
Brown Hare · Badger
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- BadgerMeles meles
🐝Insects12 species
springsummer
2025▾
Marbled White · Holly Leaf Gall Fly · Humming-bird Hawk-moth · Oak Bush-cricket · Hornet +7
- Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea
- Holly Leaf Gall FlyPhytomyza ilicis2023
- Humming-bird Hawk-mothMacroglossum stellatarum
- Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2024
- HornetVespa crabro2023
- Buff-tailed Bumblebee
Dandelion · Crimson Clover · Bugle · Common Stork's-bill · Daisy +4
- DandelionTaraxacum
- Crimson CloverTrifolium incarnatum subsp. incarnatum
- BugleAjuga reptans
- Common Stork's-billErodium cicutarium
- DaisyBellis perennis
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- CowslipPrimula veris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Bombus terrestris2023
Bombus terrestris2023
Poplar Hawk-mothLaothoe populiPoplar Hawk-mothLaothoe populiShoulder StripeEarophila badiataShoulder StripeEarophila badiataOrange-tipAnthocharis cardaminesOrange-tipAnthocharis cardaminesOrange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2023Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2023XylotaXylota2023XylotaXylota2023GasteruptionGasteruption2023GasteruptionGasteruption2023Ground-ivyGlechoma hederaceaGround-ivyGlechoma hederaceaRed Dead-nettleLamium purpureumRed Dead-nettleLamium purpureum