Gorse Covert - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.78617, -1.24159
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞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
- 🅿️Parking 382m away — 4 car parks within reach
🌤️ 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
- 🅿️Parking 382m away — 4 car parks within reach
- £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
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Named cycling route nearby: Loughborough Cycle Network Route 1
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route 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
51 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Loughborough Cycle Network Route 4Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 4Local cycle route
Loughborough Cycle Network Route 7Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 7Local cycle route
Loughborough Cycle Network Route 1Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 1Local cycle route
Hathern <> KegworthCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
East Midlands AirportCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Loughborough Cycle Network Route 2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 2Local cycle route
1 public path nearby
Public paths
Pear Tree Lanebridleway · 1.1 km▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 1.1 kmSurface gravelPath type: bridleway
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
44,620 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
44,620 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds39 species
springsummerwinter
2026▾
Robin · Blue Tit · Magpie · Greenfinch · Woodpigeon +34
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Great TitParus major
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- GadwallMareca strepera
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
🦌Mammals2 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Badger · Grey Squirrel
- BadgerMeles meles2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Harlequin Ladybird · Cramp-Ball Fungus Weevil · Red-legged Shieldbug · Ivy Bee · Meadow Grasshopper +42
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Cramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosus
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
- Ivy BeeColletes hederae2025
- Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2025
- 7-spot Ladybird
🍄Fungi4 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Jelly Ear · Deer Shield · Common Orange Lichen · Chicken Of The Woods
- Jelly EarAuricularia auricula-judae
- Deer ShieldPluteus cervinus
- Common Orange LichenXanthoria parietina
- Chicken Of The WoodsLaetiporus sulphureus
Mistletoe · Yarrow · Yellow Iris · Butterbur · Almond Willow +33
- MistletoeViscum album
- YarrowAchillea millefolium2025
- Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2025
- ButterburPetasites hybridus
- Almond WillowSalix triandra
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
44,620 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds39 species
springsummerwinter
2026▾
Robin · Blue Tit · Magpie · Greenfinch · Woodpigeon +34
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MagpiePica pica2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Great TitParus major
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- GadwallMareca strepera
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
🦌Mammals2 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Badger · Grey Squirrel
- BadgerMeles meles2025
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Harlequin Ladybird · Cramp-Ball Fungus Weevil · Red-legged Shieldbug · Ivy Bee · Meadow Grasshopper +42
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis2025
- Cramp-Ball Fungus WeevilPlatyrhinus resinosus
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025
- Ivy BeeColletes hederae2025
- Meadow GrasshopperPseudochorthippus parallelus2025
- 7-spot Ladybird
🍄Fungi4 species
summerautumnwinter
2025▾
Jelly Ear · Deer Shield · Common Orange Lichen · Chicken Of The Woods
- Jelly EarAuricularia auricula-judae
- Deer ShieldPluteus cervinus
- Common Orange LichenXanthoria parietina
- Chicken Of The WoodsLaetiporus sulphureus
Mistletoe · Yarrow · Yellow Iris · Butterbur · Almond Willow +33
- MistletoeViscum album
- YarrowAchillea millefolium2025
- Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus2025
- ButterburPetasites hybridus
- Almond WillowSalix triandra
- Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Coccinella septempunctata2025
Coccinella septempunctata2025
Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2025Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima202522-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata202522-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2025Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2025SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025Cola-nut CauserAndricus lignicola f. agamic2025Cola-nut CauserAndricus lignicola f. agamic2025Dinocampus coccinellaeDinocampus coccinellae2025Dinocampus coccinellaeDinocampus coccinellae2025Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2025Cabbage BugEurydema (Eurydema) oleracea2025Straw Grass-veneerAgriphila straminella2025Straw Grass-veneerAgriphila straminella202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea2025Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2025Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2025Bedeguar GallDiplolepis rosae2025Bedeguar GallDiplolepis rosae2025Common Water-BoatmanNotonecta (Notonecta) glauca2025Common Water-BoatmanNotonecta (Notonecta) glauca2025Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025Common PondskaterGerris (Gerris) lacustris2025Common PondskaterGerris (Gerris) lacustris2025Large WhitePieris brassicae2025Large WhitePieris brassicae2025Green-veined WhitePieris napi2025Green-veined WhitePieris napi202516-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata202516-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata2025Common BluePolyommatus icarus2025Common BluePolyommatus icarus2025Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2025Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2025Common Fern MothPsychoides filicivora2025Common Fern MothPsychoides filicivora202510-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata202510-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata2025Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2025Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae202524-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata202524-spot LadybirdSubcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata2025Turnip TigressAthalia rosae2025Turnip TigressAthalia rosae2025Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025Cream-streaked LadybirdHarmonia quadripunctata2025Cream-streaked LadybirdHarmonia quadripunctata2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025YponomeutaYponomeuta2025YponomeutaYponomeuta2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025CrescentHelotropha leucostigma2025CrescentHelotropha leucostigma2025Streaked Ridge-backEpermenia falciformis2025Streaked Ridge-backEpermenia falciformis2025Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025Phytomyza pastinacae/spondyliiPhytomyza pastinacae/spondylii2025Phytomyza pastinacae/spondyliiPhytomyza pastinacae/spondylii2025Silk-button CauserNeuroterus numismalis f. agamic2025Silk-button CauserNeuroterus numismalis f. agamic2025Urophora carduiUrophora cardui2025Urophora carduiUrophora cardui2025Pemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecaePemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecae2025Pemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecaePemphigus (Pemphigus) spyrothecae2025Willow Bean-gallerEuura proxima2025Willow Bean-gallerEuura proxima2025Marsh Woundwort
Marsh Woundwort
Stachys palustris2025
Stachys palustris2025
Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2025Lady's BedstrawGalium verum2025Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2025Creeping CinquefoilPotentilla reptans2025White Dead-nettleLamium album2025White Dead-nettleLamium album2025GypsywortLycopus europaeus2025GypsywortLycopus europaeus2025Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense2025Great BurnetSanguisorba officinalis2025Great BurnetSanguisorba officinalis2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2025Wild TeaselDipsacus fullonum2025Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2025Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus2025BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2025BittersweetSolanum dulcamara2025Tufted VetchVicia cracca2025Tufted VetchVicia cracca2025Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025Greater PlantainPlantago major2025Greater PlantainPlantago major2025Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis2025Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis2025Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2025Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2025Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2025Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2025ColumbineAquilegia2025ColumbineAquilegia2025Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2025Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra2025SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025Red CampionSilene dioica2025Red CampionSilene dioica2025Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2025Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2025Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica2025Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica2025Greater KnapweedCentaurea scabiosa2025Greater KnapweedCentaurea scabiosa2025Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2025Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2025MugwortArtemisia vulgaris2025White CloverTrifolium repens2025White CloverTrifolium repens2025Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025Hoary RagwortJacobaea erucifolia2025Hoary RagwortJacobaea erucifolia2025