Waltham New Covert - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.79261, -0.80262
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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 km2 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Mowbray WayWalking route14 km▾
Named routeLength 14 kmLocal walking route
Jubilee Way (Leicestershire)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
10 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
Main RouteCycling route687 m▾
Named routeRef 64Length 687 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route507 m▾
Named routeRef 64Length 507 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route41 m▾
Named routeRef 64Length 41 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route143 m▾
Named routeRef 64Length 143 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
4,194 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,194 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Chaffinch +26
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- MagpiePica pica
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
🦌Mammals5 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2024▾
Brown Hare · Badger · Bank Vole · Field Vole · Muntjac
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- BadgerMeles meles
- Bank VoleMyodes glareolus2023
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2023
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2023
Small Copper · Meadow Brown · Large Yellow Underwing
- Small CopperLycaena phlaeas
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
- Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba
Bramble · Prickly Sow-thistle · Red Campion · Blackthorn · Red Bartsia +107
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
- Red CampionSilene dioica
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- Red BartsiaOdontites vernus
- Toad RushJuncus bufonius
- HornbeamCarpinus betulus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,194 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Blue Tit · Great Tit · Chaffinch +26
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Great TitParus major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- MagpiePica pica
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- SwallowHirundo rustica2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
🦌Mammals5 species
winterspringsummerautumn
2024▾
Brown Hare · Badger · Bank Vole · Field Vole · Muntjac
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- BadgerMeles meles
- Bank VoleMyodes glareolus2023
- Field VoleMicrotus agrestis2023
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2023
Small Copper · Meadow Brown · Large Yellow Underwing
- Small CopperLycaena phlaeas
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina
- Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba
Bramble · Prickly Sow-thistle · Red Campion · Blackthorn · Red Bartsia +107
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
- Red CampionSilene dioica
- BlackthornPrunus spinosa
- Red BartsiaOdontites vernus
- Toad RushJuncus bufonius
- HornbeamCarpinus betulus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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