Round Covert - Broadleaved woodland
6 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome6 ha
Getting here
52.83320, -0.89179
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
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Broadleaved woodland — spring blossom and autumn colour
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 3 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
7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Grantham CanalCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 64Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 64National Cycle Network
Fosse2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 48National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route1.7 km▾
Named routeRef 64Length 1.7 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route485 m▾
Named routeRef 64Length 485 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route9.9 km▾
Named routeRef 64Length 9.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Photos
Grass field and hillside woodland
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Wildlife to spot
11,227 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
11,227 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds27 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Raven · Peregrine · Barn Owl · Hobby · Kestrel +22
- RavenCorvus corax
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- Common TernSterna hirundo2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- QuailCoturnix coturnix2023
Brown Hare · Badger · Water Vole · Red Fox
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- BadgerMeles meles
- Water VoleArvicola amphibius2024
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2024▾
Marsh Frog
- Marsh FrogPelophylax ridibundus
Scathophaga stercoraria · Peacock · Small Tortoiseshell · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Buff-tailed Bumblebee +9
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- PeacockAglais io2025
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2025
- Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba
🍄Fungi2 species
winterspring
2026▾
Jelly Ear · Scarlet Elfcup
- Jelly EarAuricularia auricula-judae
- Scarlet ElfcupSarcoscypha austriaca2025
Grass · Four-leaved Allseed · Daffodil · Swine-cress · Southern Marsh-orchid +10
- GrassPoaceae2025
- Four-leaved AllseedPolycarpon tetraphyllum2023
- DaffodilNarcissus pseudonarcissus
- Swine-cressLepidium coronopus2025
- Southern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza praetermissa2025
- PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
11,227 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds27 species
wintersummer
2025▾
Raven · Peregrine · Barn Owl · Hobby · Kestrel +22
- RavenCorvus corax
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- HobbyFalco subbuteo
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- Common TernSterna hirundo2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- QuailCoturnix coturnix2023
Brown Hare · Badger · Water Vole · Red Fox
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- BadgerMeles meles
- Water VoleArvicola amphibius2024
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes2024
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2024▾
Marsh Frog
- Marsh FrogPelophylax ridibundus
Scathophaga stercoraria · Peacock · Small Tortoiseshell · Dark-edged Bee-fly · Buff-tailed Bumblebee +9
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- PeacockAglais io2025
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025
- Buff-tailed BumblebeeBombus terrestris2025
- Large Yellow UnderwingNoctua pronuba
🍄Fungi2 species
winterspring
2026▾
Jelly Ear · Scarlet Elfcup
- Jelly EarAuricularia auricula-judae
- Scarlet ElfcupSarcoscypha austriaca2025
Grass · Four-leaved Allseed · Daffodil · Swine-cress · Southern Marsh-orchid +10
- GrassPoaceae2025
- Four-leaved AllseedPolycarpon tetraphyllum2023
- DaffodilNarcissus pseudonarcissus
- Swine-cressLepidium coronopus2025
- Southern Marsh-orchidDactylorhiza praetermissa2025
- PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2025Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2025Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum2025Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum2025CowslipPrimula veris2025CowslipPrimula veris2025GypsywortLycopus europaeus2024GypsywortLycopus europaeus2024Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2024Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2024Common CamashCamassia quamash2024Common CamashCamassia quamash2024Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2024Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium2024Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2024Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum2024White Dead-nettleLamium album2024White Dead-nettleLamium album2024Events & activities nearby
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