Wealdmore Covert - Broadleaved woodland
3 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
52.87209, -0.69944
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
- 📍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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Jubilee Way (Leicestershire)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Viking Way (Barnetby to Whitwell)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
49 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 64Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 64National Cycle Network
Route 15Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 15National Cycle Network
National Byway (Lincolnshire)Cycling route▾
The National Byway in Lincolnshire
Named routeRef NBRegional cycle route
Lincolnshire Cycle TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
N/ACycling route6 m▾
Named routeLength 6 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route869 m▾
Named routeLength 869 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
3,930 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
3,930 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
springwinter
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Robin · Swift +44
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- SwiftApus apus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Great TitParus major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- MagpiePica pica
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2022
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2019
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- CootFulica atra
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Common GullLarus canus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Turdus merula merulaTurdus merula merula2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2020
- Rock DoveColumba livia2020
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2019
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2018
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2018
🦌Mammals3 species
wintersummerautumn
2022▾
Hedgehog · Badger · Grey Squirrel
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- BadgerMeles meles2020
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2018
Small White · Peacock · Gatekeeper · Green-veined White · Comma +8
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- PeacockAglais io2019
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019
- CommaPolygonia c-album2019
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Rough-stalked Feather-moss · Crescent-cup Liverwort · Fern-grass · Bifid Crestwort
- Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum
- Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata2019
- Fern-grassCatapodium rigidum2019
- Bifid CrestwortLophocolea bidentata2019
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,930 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
springwinter
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Robin · Swift +44
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- SwiftApus apus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Great TitParus major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2022
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- MagpiePica pica
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2022
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2019
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- CootFulica atra
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Common GullLarus canus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Turdus merula merulaTurdus merula merula2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2020
- Rock DoveColumba livia2020
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2019
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2018
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2018
🦌Mammals3 species
wintersummerautumn
2022▾
Hedgehog · Badger · Grey Squirrel
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- BadgerMeles meles2020
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2018
Small White · Peacock · Gatekeeper · Green-veined White · Comma +8
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- PeacockAglais io2019
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019
- Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019
- CommaPolygonia c-album2019
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
Rough-stalked Feather-moss · Crescent-cup Liverwort · Fern-grass · Bifid Crestwort
- Rough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulum
- Crescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciata2019
- Fern-grassCatapodium rigidum2019
- Bifid CrestwortLophocolea bidentata2019
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata202122-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2021Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2019Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2019Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2019