Broom Covert - Broadleaved woodland
3 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
53.43363, -2.77539
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
- 🅿️Parking on site — 18 car parks within reach
🌤️ 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
- 🅿️Parking on site — 18 car parks within reach
- £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 km20 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 856Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 856National Cycle Network
Sankey Canal TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef SCTLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route22 m▾
Named routeRef 56Length 22 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route8 m▾
Named routeLength 8 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
N/ACycling route140 m▾
Named routeLength 140 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route39 m▾
Named routeRef 56Length 39 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
15,736 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
15,736 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Canada Goose · Tufted Duck · Coot · Moorhen +29
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- CootFulica atra2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
🦌Mammals5 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Mole · Hedgehog · Pipistrelle · Pipistrelle Bat species
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MoleTalpa europaea
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
🐸Amphibians1 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects16 species
springsummer
2025▾
Green Shieldbug · Platycheirus · Orange Ladybird · 14-spot Ladybird · Red-tailed Bumblebee +11
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- PlatycheirusPlatycheirus
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
- Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
🌿Plants39 species
springsummer
2026▾
Selfheal · Common Ragwort · Black Nightshade · Great Willowherb · Welsh Poppy +34
- SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025
- Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2025
- Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025
- Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
15,736 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Canada Goose · Tufted Duck · Coot · Moorhen +29
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- CootFulica atra2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
- Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
🦌Mammals5 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Mole · Hedgehog · Pipistrelle · Pipistrelle Bat species
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- MoleTalpa europaea
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Pipistrelle Bat speciesPipistrellus
🐸Amphibians1 species
springsummer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects16 species
springsummer
2025▾
Green Shieldbug · Platycheirus · Orange Ladybird · 14-spot Ladybird · Red-tailed Bumblebee +11
- Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina
- PlatycheirusPlatycheirus
- Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata
- 14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata
- Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus
🌿Plants39 species
springsummer
2026▾
Selfheal · Common Ragwort · Black Nightshade · Great Willowherb · Welsh Poppy +34
- SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2025
- Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2025
- Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2025
- Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025
- Welsh PoppyPapaver cambricum2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Shepherd's-purse
Shepherd's-purse
Capsella bursa-pastoris
Capsella bursa-pastoris
Taxus baccata f. baccataTaxus baccata f. baccataTaxus baccata f. baccataTaxus baccata f. baccataSnapdragonAntirrhinum majus2025SnapdragonAntirrhinum majus2025RowanSorbus aucuparia2025RowanSorbus aucuparia2025Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2025BalmMelissa officinalis2025BalmMelissa officinalis2025Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2025Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2025Wild CherryPrunus avium2025Wild CherryPrunus avium2025Love-in-a-mistNigella damascena2025Love-in-a-mistNigella damascena2025BeechFagus sylvatica2025BeechFagus sylvatica2025Wood DockRumex sanguineus2025Wood DockRumex sanguineus2025Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2025Perennial Sow-thistleSonchus arvensis2025MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2025MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria2025Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025Red CloverTrifolium pratense2025Tufted VetchVicia cracca2025Tufted VetchVicia cracca2025Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2025Large BindweedCalystegia silvatica2025FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2025Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2025Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025Tragopogon pratensis subsp. minorTragopogon pratensis subsp. minor2025Tragopogon pratensis subsp. minorTragopogon pratensis subsp. minor2025Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2025Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum2025HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025HogweedHeracleum sphondylium2025Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca2025ElderSambucus nigra2025ElderSambucus nigra2025DaisyBellis perennis2025DaisyBellis perennis2025IvyHedera helix2025IvyHedera helix2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2025Marsh-marigoldCaltha palustris2025Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2025Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum2025Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum2025Pink-sorrelOxalis articulata2025Pink-sorrelOxalis articulata2025HazelCorylus avellana2025HazelCorylus avellana2025Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025Events & activities nearby
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