Fox Covert - Broadleaved woodland
5 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
53.22818, -0.48014
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 288m away — 8 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 288m away — 8 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Grazing marsh — lapwing, redshank, snipe and wintering wildfowl
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
〰Waterside walks
Good match
Grazing marsh and ditches — waterside walking
Varies
Named cycling route nearby: Route 1
Varies
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 26 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Viking Way (Barnetby to Whitwell)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Stephen Langton TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Steep HillWalking route▾
Named routeIncline 14%
Plossland RoundWalking route▾
Spires and Steeples TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Water Rail Waypublic footpath · 885 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 885 mSurface asphaltPath type: cycleway
Chapel Parkpublic footpath · 66 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 66 mPath type: service
62 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Lincoln Eastern Bypass NMU pathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 1Cycling route▾
NCN 1 Lincoln to Humber
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
North Hykeham Relief Road / Lincoln Southern Bypass NMU RouteCycling route▾
Named routeNational Cycle Network
Lincoln to Branston cycle pathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Hawthorn Road Cycle PathCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Wragby Road & Bunkers Hill Cycle TrackCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
20,376 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
20,376 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
springautumnwinter
2025▾
Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Wren · Carrion Crow · Robin +44
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MagpiePica pica
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- SwiftApus apus
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Great TitParus major
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- CootFulica atra
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Blue-tailed Damselfly · Banded Demoiselle · Willow Emerald Damselfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Brown Hawker +5
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025
- Dark-edged Bee-fly
🌿Plants5 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Red Clover · Common Centaury · Traveller's-joy · Red Bartsia · Greater Spearwort
- Red CloverTrifolium pratense
- Common CentauryCentaurium erythraea
- Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba
- Red BartsiaOdontites vernus
- Greater SpearwortRanunculus lingua
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
20,376 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds49 species
springautumnwinter
2025▾
Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Wren · Carrion Crow · Robin +44
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MagpiePica pica
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- SwiftApus apus
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Great TitParus major
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- CootFulica atra
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Blue-tailed Damselfly · Banded Demoiselle · Willow Emerald Damselfly · 7-spot Ladybird · Brown Hawker +5
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025
- Dark-edged Bee-fly
🌿Plants5 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Red Clover · Common Centaury · Traveller's-joy · Red Bartsia · Greater Spearwort
- Red CloverTrifolium pratense
- Common CentauryCentaurium erythraea
- Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba
- Red BartsiaOdontites vernus
- Greater SpearwortRanunculus lingua
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Bombylius major
Bombylius major
Cytilus sericeusCytilus sericeusCytilus sericeusCytilus sericeusMigrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025