Wicken Covert - Broadleaved woodland
18 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🐶Dogs🦋Insects
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome18 ha
Getting here
52.83685, 0.73235
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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
- 🐕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
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Grazing marsh — lapwing, redshank, snipe and wintering wildfowl
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland heathland — silver-studded blue and heath fritillary butterflies
Free
Lowland heathland priority habitat
Free
〰Waterside walks
Good match
Grazing marsh and ditches — waterside walking
Varies
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
King's Lynn - FakenhamCycling route▾
Named routeRef Green (2)Local cycle route
King's Lynn - Fakenham (proposed)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef Green (2)Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
18,363 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
18,363 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds35 species
springautumn
2025▾
Blue Tit · Blackbird · Great Tit · Dunnock · Long-tailed Tit +30
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
Common Pipistrelle · Mole · Muntjac
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- MoleTalpa europaea2024
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2024
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Toad
Azure Damselfly · Emperor Dragonfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Common Blue Damselfly · Common Darter +24
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
- Large Red Damselfly
Butterfly-bush · Field Scabious
- Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
- Field ScabiousKnautia arvensis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
18,363 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds35 species
springautumn
2025▾
Blue Tit · Blackbird · Great Tit · Dunnock · Long-tailed Tit +30
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2024
Common Pipistrelle · Mole · Muntjac
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- MoleTalpa europaea2024
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2024
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Toad
Azure Damselfly · Emperor Dragonfly · Blue-tailed Damselfly · Common Blue Damselfly · Common Darter +24
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa
- Large Red Damselfly
Butterfly-bush · Field Scabious
- Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
- Field ScabiousKnautia arvensis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Pyrrhosoma nymphula
Pyrrhosoma nymphula
Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculataFour-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculataSmall Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulumSmall Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulumRuddy DarterSympetrum sanguineumRuddy DarterSympetrum sanguineumEmerald DamselflyLestes sponsaEmerald DamselflyLestes sponsaSouthern Migrant HawkerAeshna affinis2024Southern Migrant HawkerAeshna affinis2024Migrant HawkerAeshna mixtaMigrant HawkerAeshna mixtaBanded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendensBanded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendensDock BugCoreus marginatusDock BugCoreus marginatusRhamphus pulicariusRhamphus pulicariusRhamphus pulicariusRhamphus pulicariusPantilius (Pantilius) tunicatusPantilius (Pantilius) tunicatusPantilius (Pantilius) tunicatusPantilius (Pantilius) tunicatusSouthern HawkerAeshna cyaneaSouthern HawkerAeshna cyaneaLesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedusLesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedusGreen Tiger BeetleCicindela campestrisGreen Tiger BeetleCicindela campestrisBroom Leaf BeetleGonioctena olivaceaBroom Leaf BeetleGonioctena olivaceaDune Tiger BeetleCicindela maritimaDune Tiger BeetleCicindela maritimaField GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2024Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2024Heather (Girdled) ColletesColletes succinctus2024Heather (Girdled) ColletesColletes succinctus2024Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2024Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2024Bishop's MitreAelia acuminata2024Bishop's MitreAelia acuminata2024Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2024Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2024Norfolk AeshnaAeshna isoceles2024Norfolk AeshnaAeshna isoceles2024Variable DamselflyCoenagrion pulchellum2024Variable DamselflyCoenagrion pulchellum2024Events & activities nearby
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