Fox Covert - Broadleaved woodland
11 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome11 ha
Getting here
53.45602, -0.92894
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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
Lowland fens priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Lowland fens — specialist fen birds and passage waders
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland fens — fen dragonflies and rare invertebrates
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Trent Valley WayWalking route304 km▾
Named routeLength 304 kmPoint-to-pointRegional walking route
5 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
Burnt out car on bridleway.
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Wildlife to spot
9,450 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
9,450 records · National Biodiversity NetworkSmall Copper · Speckled Wood · Common Darter · Common Carder Bee · Common Blue +3
- Small CopperLycaena phlaeas
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
- Common BluePolyommatus icarus
- PeacockAglais io
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
🌿Plants127 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Marsh Speedwell · Common Nettle · Bramble · Common Reed · Common Hemp-nettle +122
- Marsh SpeedwellVeronica scutellata
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- Common ReedPhragmites australis
- Common Hemp-nettleGaleopsis tetrahit
- Velvet BentAgrostis canina
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
9,450 records · National Biodiversity NetworkSmall Copper · Speckled Wood · Common Darter · Common Carder Bee · Common Blue +3
- Small CopperLycaena phlaeas
- Speckled WoodPararge aegeria
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
- Common BluePolyommatus icarus
- PeacockAglais io
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
🌿Plants127 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Marsh Speedwell · Common Nettle · Bramble · Common Reed · Common Hemp-nettle +122
- Marsh SpeedwellVeronica scutellata
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- Common ReedPhragmites australis
- Common Hemp-nettleGaleopsis tetrahit
- Velvet BentAgrostis canina
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Purple Small-reed
Purple Small-reed
Calamagrostis canescens
Calamagrostis canescens
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvenseCreeping ThistleCirsium arvenseWood AvensGeum urbanumWood AvensGeum urbanumClimbing CorydalisCeratocapnos claviculataClimbing CorydalisCeratocapnos claviculataYorkshire-fogHolcus lanatusYorkshire-fogHolcus lanatusDandelionTaraxacumDandelionTaraxacumSilver BirchBetula pendulaSilver BirchBetula pendulaThree-nerved SandwortMoehringia trinerviaThree-nerved SandwortMoehringia trinerviaWild AngelicaAngelica sylvestrisWild AngelicaAngelica sylvestrisSoft-rushJuncus effususSoft-rushJuncus effususFloating Club-rushEleogiton fluitansFloating Club-rushEleogiton fluitansSwartz's Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium hiansSwartz's Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium hiansCapillary Thread-mossBryum capillareCapillary Thread-mossBryum capillareRiver Feather-mossBrachythecium rivulareRiver Feather-mossBrachythecium rivulareSmooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceusSmooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceusMale-fernDryopteris filix-masMale-fernDryopteris filix-masHawthornCrataegus monogynaHawthornCrataegus monogynaCurled DockRumex crispusCurled DockRumex crispusPurple-loosestrifeLythrum salicariaPurple-loosestrifeLythrum salicariaMarsh WillowherbEpilobium palustreMarsh WillowherbEpilobium palustreHoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorumHoary WillowherbEpilobium parviflorumGreater PlantainPlantago majorGreater PlantainPlantago majorGroundselSenecio vulgarisGroundselSenecio vulgarisToad RushJuncus bufoniusToad RushJuncus bufoniusCommon ChickweedStellaria mediaCommon ChickweedStellaria mediaCanadian FleabaneErigeron canadensisCanadian FleabaneErigeron canadensisMarsh-bedstrawGalium palustreMarsh-bedstrawGalium palustreBulbous RushJuncus bulbosusBulbous RushJuncus bulbosusWater ChickweedStellaria aquaticaWater ChickweedStellaria aquaticaMarsh PennywortHydrocotyle vulgarisMarsh PennywortHydrocotyle vulgarisBrookweedSamolus valerandiBrookweedSamolus valerandiBlueish VeilwortMetzgeria violaceaBlueish VeilwortMetzgeria violaceaHypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiformeHypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiformeHypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiformeHypnum cupressiforme var. cupressiformeForked VeilwortMetzgeria furcataForked VeilwortMetzgeria furcataDilated ScalewortFrullania dilatataDilated ScalewortFrullania dilatataZygodon conoideus var. conoideusZygodon conoideus var. conoideusZygodon conoideus var. conoideusZygodon conoideus var. conoideusKneiff's Hook-mossDrepanocladus aduncusKneiff's Hook-mossDrepanocladus aduncusRed Beard-mossBryoerythrophyllum recurvirostrumRed Beard-mossBryoerythrophyllum recurvirostrumGolden Feather-mossCampylium chrysophyllumGolden Feather-mossCampylium chrysophyllumLateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromallaLateral CryphaeaCryphaea heteromallaSilky Forklet-mossDicranella heteromallaSilky Forklet-mossDicranella heteromallaClustered Feather-mossRhynchostegium confertumClustered Feather-mossRhynchostegium confertumWater Screw-mossSyntrichia latifoliaWater Screw-mossSyntrichia latifoliaNeat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purumNeat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purumRedshankCeratodon purpureusRedshankCeratodon purpureusYellow Feather-mossHomalothecium lutescensYellow Feather-mossHomalothecium lutescensBird's-claw Beard-mossBarbula unguiculataBird's-claw Beard-mossBarbula unguiculataCrescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciataCrescent-cup LiverwortLunularia cruciataKneiff's Feather-mossLeptodictyum ripariumKneiff's Feather-mossLeptodictyum ripariumRough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulumRough-stalked Feather-mossBrachythecium rutabulumBifid CrestwortLophocolea bidentataBifid CrestwortLophocolea bidentataPointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidataPointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidataCommon Feather-mossKindbergia praelongaCommon Feather-mossKindbergia praelongaWall Screw-mossTortula muralisWall Screw-mossTortula muralisMany-fruited LeskeaLeskea polycarpaMany-fruited LeskeaLeskea polycarpaWood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinisWood Bristle-mossLewinskya affinisDusky Beard-mossDidymodon luridusDusky Beard-mossDidymodon luridusCommon Pocket-mossFissidens taxifoliusCommon Pocket-mossFissidens taxifoliusSpringy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosusSpringy Turf-mossRhytidiadelphus squarrosusLong-beaked Water Feather-mossRhynchostegium riparioidesLong-beaked Water Feather-mossRhynchostegium riparioidesShowy Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium speciosumShowy Feather-mossOxyrrhynchium speciosumWhite-tipped Bristle-mossOrthotrichum diaphanumWhite-tipped Bristle-mossOrthotrichum diaphanumCommon SmoothcapAtrichum undulatumCommon SmoothcapAtrichum undulatumRough Meadow-grassPoa trivialisRough Meadow-grassPoa trivialisCleaversGalium aparineCleaversGalium aparineCerastium fontanum subsp. holosteoidesCerastium fontanum subsp. holosteoidesCerastium fontanum subsp. holosteoidesCerastium fontanum subsp. holosteoidesDog-roseRosa caninaDog-roseRosa caninaLesser BurdockArctium minusLesser BurdockArctium minusSheep's SorrelRumex acetosellaSheep's SorrelRumex acetosellaPedunculate OakQuercus roburPedunculate OakQuercus roburSelfhealPrunella vulgarisSelfhealPrunella vulgarisWillowSalixWillowSalixBristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioidesBristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioidesHedge WoundwortStachys sylvaticaHedge WoundwortStachys sylvaticaRosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifoliumRosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifoliumHoneysuckleLonicera periclymenumHoneysuckleLonicera periclymenumGround-ivyGlechoma hederaceaGround-ivyGlechoma hederaceaNipplewortLapsana communisNipplewortLapsana communisSpear ThistleCirsium vulgareSpear ThistleCirsium vulgarePerennial Rye-grassLolium perennePerennial Rye-grassLolium perenneCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisCommon RagwortJacobaea vulgarisTufted VetchVicia craccaTufted VetchVicia craccaTufted Forget-me-notMyosotis laxaTufted Forget-me-notMyosotis laxaGreater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatusGreater Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus pedunculatusDevil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensisDevil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensisJointed RushJuncus articulatusJointed RushJuncus articulatusRed CurrantRibes rubrumRed CurrantRibes rubrumRed BartsiaOdontites vernusRed BartsiaOdontites vernusWater-plantainAlisma plantago-aquaticaWater-plantainAlisma plantago-aquaticaBifid Hemp-nettleGaleopsis bifidaBifid Hemp-nettleGaleopsis bifidaCompact RushJuncus conglomeratusCompact RushJuncus conglomeratusCelery-leaved ButtercupRanunculus sceleratusCelery-leaved ButtercupRanunculus sceleratusYellow LoosestrifeLysimachia vulgarisYellow LoosestrifeLysimachia vulgarisLesser StitchwortStellaria gramineaLesser StitchwortStellaria gramineaBlunt-flowered RushJuncus subnodulosusBlunt-flowered RushJuncus subnodulosusRagged-RobinSilene flos-cuculiRagged-RobinSilene flos-cuculiMarsh Yellow-cressRorippa palustrisMarsh Yellow-cressRorippa palustrisGreater Pond-sedgeCarex ripariaGreater Pond-sedgeCarex ripariaSquare-stalked St John's-wortHypericum tetrapterumSquare-stalked St John's-wortHypericum tetrapterumGrey WillowSalix cinerea subsp. cinereaGrey WillowSalix cinerea subsp. cinereaCommon Spike-rushEleocharis palustrisCommon Spike-rushEleocharis palustrisMarsh ThistleCirsium palustreMarsh ThistleCirsium palustreCorn MintMentha arvensisCorn MintMentha arvensisLesser SpearwortRanunculus flammulaLesser SpearwortRanunculus flammulaCommon FleabanePulicaria dysentericaCommon FleabanePulicaria dysentericaHemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinumHemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinumBristle Club-rushIsolepis setaceaBristle Club-rushIsolepis setaceaWater MintMentha aquaticaWater MintMentha aquaticaFloating Sweet-grassGlyceria fluitansFloating Sweet-grassGlyceria fluitansShort-fruited WillowherbEpilobium obscurumShort-fruited WillowherbEpilobium obscurumCuckooflowerCardamine pratensisCuckooflowerCardamine pratensisFalse Fox-sedgeCarex otrubaeFalse Fox-sedgeCarex otrubaeCommon Yellow-sedgeCarex demissaCommon Yellow-sedgeCarex demissaMarsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosumMarsh CudweedGnaphalium uliginosumGypsywortLycopus europaeusGypsywortLycopus europaeusNarrow-leaved RagwortSenecio inaequidensNarrow-leaved RagwortSenecio inaequidensBread WheatTriticum aestivumBread WheatTriticum aestivumField Wood-rushLuzula campestrisField Wood-rushLuzula campestrisBarren BromeAnisantha sterilisBarren BromeAnisantha sterilisFalse Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatiusFalse Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatiusCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisCow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestrisEvents & activities nearby
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