Pine Covert - Broadleaved woodland
8 ha
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🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome8 ha
Getting here
53.61211, -2.72486
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️St James The Great 384m away — 2 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️St James The Great 384m away — 2 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 km18 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
18 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Pier to Pier cycle routeCycling route▾
Named routeRef 562National Cycle Network
Chorley LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef Chorley LoopLocal cycle route
Standish Mineral LineCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Lancashire Cycleway (Southern Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 91Regional cycle route
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
4,468 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
4,468 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Blue Tit · Blackbird · Goldfinch · Great Tit · Coal Tit +35
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Great TitParus major2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2023
- CurlewNumenius arquata2023
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- CootFulica atra2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- DipperCinclus cinclus2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- SwiftApus apus2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
🦌Mammals2 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
🐝Insects11 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Small White · Gatekeeper · Large White · Meadow Brown · Marmalade Hoverfly +6
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2023
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Slender Ground-hopper
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
4,468 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Blue Tit · Blackbird · Goldfinch · Great Tit · Coal Tit +35
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Great TitParus major2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2023
- CurlewNumenius arquata2023
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- CootFulica atra2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- DipperCinclus cinclus2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2023
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
- SwiftApus apus2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
🦌Mammals2 species
winterspringsummer
2026▾
Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2025
🐝Insects11 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Small White · Gatekeeper · Large White · Meadow Brown · Marmalade Hoverfly +6
- Small WhitePieris rapae2024
- GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2024
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2023
- Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2024
- Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
- Slender Ground-hopper
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Tetrix subulata2024
Tetrix subulata2024
Black DarterSympetrum danae2024Black DarterSympetrum danae2024Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2023Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2023Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2023Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2023PeacockAglais io2023PeacockAglais io2023Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2023Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2023Events & activities nearby
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