Dalby's Covert - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🎠Play🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
52.83615, -1.34352
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
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 222m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 222m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 9 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
Derby Nomad WayWalking route79 km▾
Named routeLength 79 kmRegional walking route
Derwent Valley Heritage WayWalking route89 km▾
Named routeLength 89 kmRegional walking route
Trent Valley WayWalking route304 km▾
Named routeLength 304 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Erewash Valley TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Airport Trailpublic footpath · 79 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 79 mSurface groundPath type: footway
Airport Trailpublic footpath · 78 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 78 mSurface gravelPath type: footway
34 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Erewash Valley TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Cloud Trail GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef Cloud Trail GreenwayLocal cycle route
Clifton <> KegworthCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 15Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 15National Cycle Network
Hathern <> KegworthCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
East Midlands AirportCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Photos
Public footpath off High Street, Castle Donington
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Wildlife to spot
8,870 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
8,870 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds39 species
springsummer
2025▾
Little Ringed Plover · Peregrine · Black-headed Gull · Blue Tit · Blackbird +34
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- RavenCorvus corax
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Great TitParus major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- MagpiePica pica
- SwiftApus apus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
🦌Mammals2 species
springwinter
2025▾
Brown Hare · Mole
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- MoleTalpa europaea
🐝Insects7 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Lesser Marsh Grasshopper · Rhaphigaster nebulosa · Box Bug · 7-spot Ladybird · Field Grasshopper +2
- Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus
- Rhaphigaster nebulosaRhaphigaster nebulosa
- Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- Cherry AphidMyzus (Myzus) cerasi
Ballerina
- BallerinaPorpolomopsis calyptriformis
Lords-and-Ladies · Common Nettle · Elder · Hawthorn · Hogweed +22
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- ElderSambucus nigra
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Hard RushJuncus inflexus
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
8,870 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds39 species
springsummer
2025▾
Little Ringed Plover · Peregrine · Black-headed Gull · Blue Tit · Blackbird +34
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- RavenCorvus corax
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Great TitParus major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- MagpiePica pica
- SwiftApus apus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
🦌Mammals2 species
springwinter
2025▾
Brown Hare · Mole
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- MoleTalpa europaea
🐝Insects7 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Lesser Marsh Grasshopper · Rhaphigaster nebulosa · Box Bug · 7-spot Ladybird · Field Grasshopper +2
- Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus
- Rhaphigaster nebulosaRhaphigaster nebulosa
- Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus
- Cherry AphidMyzus (Myzus) cerasi
Ballerina
- BallerinaPorpolomopsis calyptriformis
Lords-and-Ladies · Common Nettle · Elder · Hawthorn · Hogweed +22
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- ElderSambucus nigra
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Hard RushJuncus inflexus
- Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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