Punch Bowl Covert - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.69112, -0.85024
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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Named cycling route nearby: Route 64
Varies
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
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
5 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
National Byway (Oakham Loop)Cycling route▾
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
1 public path nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
Field path N of Somerby, Leics
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Wildlife to spot
9,579 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
9,579 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
wintersummerautumn
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Carrion Crow +41
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Common GullLarus canus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MagpiePica pica
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- RavenCorvus corax
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
Brown Hare
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🐝Insects8 species
springsummer
2025▾
Ringlet · Western Honey Bee · Small Skipper · Marbled White · Rhingia campestris +3
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
- Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris
- Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea
- Rhingia campestrisRhingia campestris
- Oak-apple CauserBiorhiza pallida f. sexual
Cap Cŵyr Parhaol
- Cap Cŵyr ParhaolHygrocybe acutoconica
Fox-and-cubs · Ivy-leaved Toadflax · Mouse-ear-hawkweed · Honesty · Gorse
- Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca
- Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
- Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum
- HonestyLunaria annua
- GorseUlex europaeus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,579 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds46 species
wintersummerautumn
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Carrion Crow +41
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Common GullLarus canus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MagpiePica pica
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- RavenCorvus corax
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
Brown Hare
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
🐝Insects8 species
springsummer
2025▾
Ringlet · Western Honey Bee · Small Skipper · Marbled White · Rhingia campestris +3
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
- Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris
- Marbled WhiteMelanargia galathea
- Rhingia campestrisRhingia campestris
- Oak-apple CauserBiorhiza pallida f. sexual
Cap Cŵyr Parhaol
- Cap Cŵyr ParhaolHygrocybe acutoconica
Fox-and-cubs · Ivy-leaved Toadflax · Mouse-ear-hawkweed · Honesty · Gorse
- Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca
- Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
- Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum
- HonestyLunaria annua
- GorseUlex europaeus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Small Copper
Small Copper
Lycaena phlaeas
Lycaena phlaeas
Eurydema (Eurydema) ornataEurydema (Eurydema) ornataEurydema (Eurydema) ornataEurydema (Eurydema) ornata