Beacon Covert - Broadleaved woodland
6 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome6 ha
Getting here
53.56556, -2.75484
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 — 4 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 — 4 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
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Broadleaved woodland — spring blossom and autumn colour
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km22 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
22 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Pier to Pier cycle routeCycling route▾
Named routeRef 562National Cycle Network
Standish Mineral LineCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Lancashire Cycleway (Southern Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 91Regional cycle route
Main RouteCycling route421 m▾
Named routeRef 562Length 421 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
Main RouteCycling route74 m▾
Named routeRef 562Length 74 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedloose
Main RouteCycling route13 m▾
Named routeRef 562Length 13 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface bareearth
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Wildlife to spot
12,334 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
12,334 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Lesser Black-backed Gull · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Carrion Crow · Nuthatch +12
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
🦌Mammals2 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Fallow Deer
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Fallow DeerDama dama
Cheilosia albitarsis · Harlequin Ladybird · Cercopis vulnerata · Murky-legged Black Legionnaire · Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus +137
- Cheilosia albitarsisCheilosia albitarsis
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata
- Murky-legged Black LegionnaireBeris chalybata
- Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatusDryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus
- Downlooker SnipeflyRhagio scolopaceus
Bracken · Tufted Vetch · Greater Plantain · Hazel · Ash +4
- BrackenPteridium aquilinum
- Tufted VetchVicia cracca
- Greater PlantainPlantago major
- HazelCorylus avellana
- AshFraxinus excelsior
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
- Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
12,334 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Lesser Black-backed Gull · Great Spotted Woodpecker · Carrion Crow · Nuthatch +12
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
🦌Mammals2 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Fallow Deer
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Fallow DeerDama dama
Cheilosia albitarsis · Harlequin Ladybird · Cercopis vulnerata · Murky-legged Black Legionnaire · Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus +137
- Cheilosia albitarsisCheilosia albitarsis
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata
- Murky-legged Black LegionnaireBeris chalybata
- Dryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatusDryophilocoris (Dryophilocoris) flavoquadrimaculatus
- Downlooker SnipeflyRhagio scolopaceus
Bracken · Tufted Vetch · Greater Plantain · Hazel · Ash +4
- BrackenPteridium aquilinum
- Tufted VetchVicia cracca
- Greater PlantainPlantago major
- HazelCorylus avellana
- AshFraxinus excelsior
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
- Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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