Brigsley Covert - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
53.49394, -0.12021
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
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
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
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km3 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Nev Cole WayWalking route93 km▾
Named routeLength 93 kmRegional walking route
Wanderlust WayWalking route32 km▾
Named routeLength 32 kmRound tripLocal walking route
Silver Lincs WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
10 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 1Cycling route▾
NCN 1 Lincoln to Humber
Named routeRef 1National Cycle Network
EuroVelo 12 - North Sea Cycle Route - part United Kingdom 3Cycling route▾
Lincoln - Whitby
Named routeRef EV12International cycle route
Route 110Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 110National Cycle Network
NE Lincs local cycle networkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Grimsby Revolution Cycle RouteCycling route33 km▾
Named routeLength 33 kmLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route1.9 km▾
Named routeRef 1Length 1.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
2,007 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,007 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
winterautumn
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Rock Dove · Black-headed Gull · Robin · Carrion Crow +37
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Common GullLarus canus
- MagpiePica pica
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- CootFulica atra
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Golden PheasantChrysolophus pictus
- SwiftApus apus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
16-spot Ladybird
- 16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata
Primrose · Sycamore · Gorse · Ground-ivy · Common Nettle +19
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2023
- GorseUlex europaeus2023
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2023
- Common NettleUrtica dioica2023
- Field MapleAcer campestre2023
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,007 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
winterautumn
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Rock Dove · Black-headed Gull · Robin · Carrion Crow +37
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Common GullLarus canus
- MagpiePica pica
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- CootFulica atra
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- Golden PheasantChrysolophus pictus
- SwiftApus apus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
Grey Squirrel
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
16-spot Ladybird
- 16-spot LadybirdTytthaspis sedecimpunctata
Primrose · Sycamore · Gorse · Ground-ivy · Common Nettle +19
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2023
- GorseUlex europaeus2023
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2023
- Common NettleUrtica dioica2023
- Field MapleAcer campestre2023
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
