Fox Covert Wood - Broadleaved woodland
0 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
53.87294, -2.74514
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
Signed route nearby
Wyre Way (Shard Bridge to Garstang)Walking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route
Wyre Way (Garstang to Abbeystead)Walking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route
19 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
Lancashire Cycleway (Northern Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 90Regional cycle route
Knott EndCycling route▾
Named routeRef 5Local cycle route
Southern Loop to Great EcclestonCycling route▾
Named routeRef 7Local cycle route
The Trough of BowlandCycling route▾
Named routeRef 10Local cycle route
The Chipping RoundCycling route▾
Named routeRef 6Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
6,776 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,776 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds37 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Carrion Crow · Jackdaw · Black-headed Gull · Woodpigeon · Mallard +32
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MagpiePica pica
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- Great TitParus major
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
Mole · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Blue-tailed Damselfly · Volucella pellucens · Scathophaga stercoraria · River Skater
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- River SkaterAquarius najas
🌿Plants10 species
springsummer
2026▾
Wood Anemone · Daffodil · Sycamore · False Oat-grass · Hedge Woundwort +5
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2025
- DaffodilNarcissus pseudonarcissus
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2025
- Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2025
- Hemlock Water-dropwort
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,776 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds37 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Carrion Crow · Jackdaw · Black-headed Gull · Woodpigeon · Mallard +32
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MagpiePica pica
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- Great TitParus major
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
Mole · Grey Squirrel · Rabbit
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus
Blue-tailed Damselfly · Volucella pellucens · Scathophaga stercoraria · River Skater
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Volucella pellucensVolucella pellucens
- Scathophaga stercorariaScathophaga stercoraria
- River SkaterAquarius najas
🌿Plants10 species
springsummer
2026▾
Wood Anemone · Daffodil · Sycamore · False Oat-grass · Hedge Woundwort +5
- Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2025
- DaffodilNarcissus pseudonarcissus
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2025
- False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius2025
- Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2025
- Hemlock Water-dropwort
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Oenanthe crocata2025
Oenanthe crocata2025
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum2025ButterburPetasites hybridus2025ButterburPetasites hybridus2025Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2025Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2025