Whin Covert Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
6 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome6 ha
Getting here
53.72376, -1.40209
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 456m 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 456m 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
Named cycling route nearby: Route 69
Varies
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km7 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Wakefield WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Trans-Pennine Trail (Wombwell to Leeds)Walking route▾
Trans-Pennine Trail (Wombwell to Leeds spur)
Named routeRegional walking route
Hillside HikeWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Reedbed RambleWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Lowther LoopWalking route▾
81 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Castleford Wakefield GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 69Local cycle route
Route 69Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 69National Cycle Network
Wyke Beck WayCycling route▾
Named routeRef RP-TNLocal cycle route
NCN National Route 697Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 697National Cycle Network
Castleford GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Trans Pennine Trails - The Lines Way linkCycling route▾
Named routeRef 67-697Local cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
6,062 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
6,062 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Black-headed Gull · Robin +24
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Great TitParus major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- SwiftApus apus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Mole
🐝Insects5 species
springsummer
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Hornet Hoverfly · Roesel's Bush-cricket · Syrphus · Harlequin Ladybird
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Garlic Mustard · Foxglove · Purple Toadflax · Hedge Woundwort · Herb-Robert +36
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
- FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
- Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea
- Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
- Procumbent Yellow-sorrelOxalis corniculata
- Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
6,062 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Magpie · Black-headed Gull · Robin +24
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- MagpiePica pica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Great TitParus major
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- SwiftApus apus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Mole
🐝Insects5 species
springsummer
2025▾
7-spot Ladybird · Hornet Hoverfly · Roesel's Bush-cricket · Syrphus · Harlequin Ladybird
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria
- Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii
- SyrphusSyrphus
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
Garlic Mustard · Foxglove · Purple Toadflax · Hedge Woundwort · Herb-Robert +36
- Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
- FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
- Purple ToadflaxLinaria purpurea
- Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
- Procumbent Yellow-sorrelOxalis corniculata
- Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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