Home Covert - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.76819, -1.26544
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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
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Ivanhoe WayWalking route▾
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50 signed routes nearby
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Route 15Cycling route▾
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Hathern <> KegworthCycling route▾
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Loughborough Cycle Network Route 2Cycling route▾
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Wildlife to spot
27,369 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
27,369 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds22 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Robin · Skylark · Common Gull · Woodpigeon · Greylag Goose +17
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Badger · Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Wood Mouse
- BadgerMeles meles
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2025
Mother of Pearl · Mintho rufiventris · Hornet · Hydropsyche · Peacock +91
- Mother of PearlPatania ruralis2025
- Mintho rufiventrisMintho rufiventris2025
- HornetVespa crabro2025
- HydropsycheHydropsyche2025
- PeacockAglais io
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Lecanora chlarotera s. lat. · Lecidella elaeochroma · Jelly Ear · Deer Shield · Torth Felen +6
- Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.
- Lecidella elaeochromaLecidella elaeochroma
- Jelly EarAuricularia auricula-judae2025
- Deer ShieldPluteus cervinus2025
- Torth FelenHypholoma fasciculare2025
- Common InkcapCoprinopsis atramentaria
Red Valerian
- Red ValerianCentranthus ruber
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
27,369 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds22 species
wintersummer
2026▾
Robin · Skylark · Common Gull · Woodpigeon · Greylag Goose +17
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
Badger · Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog · Wood Mouse
- BadgerMeles meles
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
- Wood MouseApodemus sylvaticus2025
Mother of Pearl · Mintho rufiventris · Hornet · Hydropsyche · Peacock +91
- Mother of PearlPatania ruralis2025
- Mintho rufiventrisMintho rufiventris2025
- HornetVespa crabro2025
- HydropsycheHydropsyche2025
- PeacockAglais io
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
Lecanora chlarotera s. lat. · Lecidella elaeochroma · Jelly Ear · Deer Shield · Torth Felen +6
- Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.Lecanora chlarotera s. lat.
- Lecidella elaeochromaLecidella elaeochroma
- Jelly EarAuricularia auricula-judae2025
- Deer ShieldPluteus cervinus2025
- Torth FelenHypholoma fasciculare2025
- Common InkcapCoprinopsis atramentaria
Red Valerian
- Red ValerianCentranthus ruber
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Brown RollrimPaxillus involutus2025Brown RollrimPaxillus involutus2025Weeping WidowLacrymaria lacrymabunda2025Weeping WidowLacrymaria lacrymabunda2025Common Orange LichenXanthoria parietina2025Common Orange LichenXanthoria parietina2025Sycamore TarspotRhytisma acerinum2025Sycamore TarspotRhytisma acerinum2025Chicken Of The WoodsLaetiporus sulphureus2025Chicken Of The WoodsLaetiporus sulphureus2025