Little Covert - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
53.45492, -2.55993
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
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
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
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby · 2 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
GM Ringway Stage 16Walking route16.3 km▾
GM Ringway Stage 16 - Wigan to Leigh
Named routeLength 16.3 kmRegional walking route
GM Ringway Stage 17Walking route16.6 km▾
GM Ringway Stage 17 - Leigh to Irlam
Named routeLength 16.6 kmRegional walking route
4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
3 Woolston to BirchwoodCycling route▾
Named routeRef 3Local cycle route
Birchwood to Sankey WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef B2SLocal cycle route
Bridgewater WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 82Regional cycle route
Sankey Canal TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef SCTLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
6,227 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,227 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds51 species
springautumnwinter
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Robin +46
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Great TitParus major
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RavenCorvus corax
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Common GullLarus canus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Erithacus rubecula melophilusErithacus rubecula melophilus2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
🦌Mammals9 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Noctule · Red Fox · Hedgehog +4
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Brandt's BatMyotis brandtii
🐝Insects2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Roesel's Bush-cricket · Black Darter
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
- Black DarterSympetrum danae2024
🌿Plants16 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Bog Moss · Red Campion · White Clover · Hogweed · Red Dead-nettle +11
- Bog MossSphagnum2024
- Red CampionSilene dioica
- White CloverTrifolium repens
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- NipplewortLapsana communis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,227 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds51 species
springautumnwinter
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Blackbird · Carrion Crow · Robin +46
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Great TitParus major
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RavenCorvus corax
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Common GullLarus canus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Erithacus rubecula melophilusErithacus rubecula melophilus2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
🦌Mammals9 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Noctule · Red Fox · Hedgehog +4
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Brandt's BatMyotis brandtii
🐝Insects2 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Roesel's Bush-cricket · Black Darter
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
- Black DarterSympetrum danae2024
🌿Plants16 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Bog Moss · Red Campion · White Clover · Hogweed · Red Dead-nettle +11
- Bog MossSphagnum2024
- Red CampionSilene dioica
- White CloverTrifolium repens
- HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- NipplewortLapsana communis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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