Moor Covert - Broadleaved woodland
3 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
53.14721, -0.63796
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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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ 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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
18 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 64Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 64National Cycle Network
Route 93Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 93Regional cycle route
Route 93Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 93Regional cycle route
Bassingham - Carlton le Moorland Cycle TrackCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
North Hykeham Relief Road / Lincoln Southern Bypass NMU RouteCycling route▾
Named routeNational Cycle Network
N/ACycling route40 m▾
Named routeLength 40 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
5 public paths nearby
Public paths
Aubourn Fordrestricted byway · 15 m▾
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 15 mSurface dirtPath type: track
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Wildlife to spot
2,943 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,943 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
springsummer
2025▾
Robin · Woodpigeon · House Sparrow · Tree Sparrow · Blue Tit +38
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MagpiePica pica
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great TitParus major2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
- Little OwlAthene noctua2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
Bat
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐝Insects3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Banded Demoiselle · Roesel's Bush-cricket · Pine Ladybird
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
- Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
Elder · Crataegus laevigata x monogyna = C. x media · Hawthorn · Wild Privet · Fig-leaved Goosefoot +50
- ElderSambucus nigra
- Crataegus laevigata x monogyna = C. x mediaCrataegus laevigata x monogyna = C. x media
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare
- Fig-leaved GoosefootChenopodium ficifolium
- Smooth TareErvum tetraspermum
- Chenopodium album
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,943 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds43 species
springsummer
2025▾
Robin · Woodpigeon · House Sparrow · Tree Sparrow · Blue Tit +38
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- Tree SparrowPasser montanus2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- MagpiePica pica
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great TitParus major2024
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- SwiftApus apus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
- Little OwlAthene noctua2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
Bat
Grass Snake
- Grass SnakeNatrix helvetica
🐝Insects3 species
springsummer
2025▾
Banded Demoiselle · Roesel's Bush-cricket · Pine Ladybird
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
- Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus
Elder · Crataegus laevigata x monogyna = C. x media · Hawthorn · Wild Privet · Fig-leaved Goosefoot +50
- ElderSambucus nigra
- Crataegus laevigata x monogyna = C. x mediaCrataegus laevigata x monogyna = C. x media
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- Wild PrivetLigustrum vulgare
- Fig-leaved GoosefootChenopodium ficifolium
- Smooth TareErvum tetraspermum
- Chenopodium album
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Chenopodium album
Chenopodium album
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