Fox Covert - Broadleaved woodland
5 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
53.47750, -1.38219
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 268m away — 2 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 268m 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 km4 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Sheffield Country WalkWalking route85 km▾
Named routeLength 85 kmRegional walking route
Barnsley Boundary WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Trans-Pennine Trail (Wombwell to Selby)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Old Salt RoadWalking route▾
70 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Blackburn Valley TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 67Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 67National Cycle Network
Sheffield Local Cycle NetworkCycling route▾
Sheffield Local Cycle Network
Named routeLocal cycle route
Trans Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
Rotherham Local Cycle NetworkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 6National Cycle Network
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
Street Lanebridleway · 543 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 543 mSurface gravelPath type: path
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Wildlife to spot
7,048 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
7,048 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Mallard · Black-headed Gull · Woodpigeon · Great Crested Grebe · Greylag Goose +40
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- CootFulica atra
- MagpiePica pica
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Great TitParus major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
🐝Insects12 species
springsummer
2026▾
Syrphus · Leistus fulvibarbis · Willow Gall Weevil · Western Honey Bee · Trama +7
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Leistus fulvibarbisLeistus fulvibarbis
- Willow Gall WeevilArcharius salicivorus
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
- TramaTrama
- Common Flower BugAnthocoris nemorum
Cock's-foot · Buckwheat · Chicory
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
- BuckwheatFagopyrum esculentum
- ChicoryCichorium intybus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
7,048 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Mallard · Black-headed Gull · Woodpigeon · Great Crested Grebe · Greylag Goose +40
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- CootFulica atra
- MagpiePica pica
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Great TitParus major
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
🐝Insects12 species
springsummer
2026▾
Syrphus · Leistus fulvibarbis · Willow Gall Weevil · Western Honey Bee · Trama +7
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Leistus fulvibarbisLeistus fulvibarbis
- Willow Gall WeevilArcharius salicivorus
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
- TramaTrama
- Common Flower BugAnthocoris nemorum
Cock's-foot · Buckwheat · Chicory
- Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
- BuckwheatFagopyrum esculentum
- ChicoryCichorium intybus
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Buff-tailed Bumblebee
Buff-tailed Bumblebee
Bombus terrestris2025
Bombus terrestris2025
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Chrysotoxum festivumChrysotoxum festivum2025Chrysotoxum festivumChrysotoxum festivum2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2025Events & activities nearby
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