Houlton's Covert - Broadleaved woodland
3 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome3 ha
Getting here
53.61324, -0.23156
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
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- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground 241m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🛝Playground 241m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £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
Signed route nearby
Nev Cole WayWalking route93 km▾
Named routeLength 93 kmRegional walking route
Healing HobbleWalking route8 km▾
Named routeRef 7Length 8 kmRound tripLocal walking route
European long distance path E8 - part NetherlandsWalking route▾
Named routeRef E8International walking route
4 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Cycle Superhighway : Grimsby - ImminghamCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Healing PedalwayCycling route▾
Cycle route from Grimsby town centre to Healing School
Named routeLocal cycle route
NE Lincs local cycle networkCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Grimsby Revolution Cycle RouteCycling route33 km▾
Named routeLength 33 kmLocal cycle route
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
3,237 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
3,237 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds22 species
winterspring
2025▾
Swift · Kestrel · Blackbird · Starling · Tawny Owl +17
- SwiftApus apus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2018
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- MagpiePica pica2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2022
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummerautumn
2022▾
Hedgehog · Indet. Deer · Rabbit · Brown Rat
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Indet. DeerCervidae2020
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2014
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2014
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2023▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Peacock · Small White · Large White · Red Admiral · Small Tortoiseshell +29
- PeacockAglais io2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
- Common BluePolyommatus icarus
🌿Plants9 species
winterspring
2022▾
Snowdrop · daffodils · Giant Hogweed · Lords-and-Ladies · Hyacinthoides +4
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis2020
- daffodilsNarcissus2020
- Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2020
- HyacinthoidesHyacinthoides2020
- Perennial Cornflower
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,237 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds22 species
winterspring
2025▾
Swift · Kestrel · Blackbird · Starling · Tawny Owl +17
- SwiftApus apus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2018
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Barn OwlTyto alba2024
- MagpiePica pica2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2022
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
🦌Mammals4 species
springsummerautumn
2022▾
Hedgehog · Indet. Deer · Rabbit · Brown Rat
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus
- Indet. DeerCervidae2020
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2014
- Brown RatRattus norvegicus2014
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2023▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Peacock · Small White · Large White · Red Admiral · Small Tortoiseshell +29
- PeacockAglais io2019
- Small WhitePieris rapae2019
- Large WhitePieris brassicae2019
- Red AdmiralVanessa atalanta2019
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae2019
- Common BluePolyommatus icarus
🌿Plants9 species
winterspring
2022▾
Snowdrop · daffodils · Giant Hogweed · Lords-and-Ladies · Hyacinthoides +4
- SnowdropGalanthus nivalis2020
- daffodilsNarcissus2020
- Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum
- Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum2020
- HyacinthoidesHyacinthoides2020
- Perennial Cornflower
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2019
2019
Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2017Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2017Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019Painted LadyVanessa cardui2019Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2019Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2019Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2019CommaPolygonia c-album2019CommaPolygonia c-album2019GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019GatekeeperPyronia tithonus2019RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2018Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalis2018Fever FlyDilophus febrilisFever FlyDilophus febrilisField GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2023Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus2023Hairy Spider WeevilExomias pellucidus2023Hairy Spider WeevilExomias pellucidus2023Summer ChaferAmphimallon solstitiale2022Summer ChaferAmphimallon solstitiale2022Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2021Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2021Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci2021Varied Carpet BeetleAnthrenus verbasci2021Cantharis rufaCantharis rufa2020Cantharis rufaCantharis rufa2020Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2020Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2020Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2019Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2019NeophilaenusNeophilaenus2019NeophilaenusNeophilaenus2019Glyphotaelius pellucidusGlyphotaelius pellucidus2016Glyphotaelius pellucidusGlyphotaelius pellucidus2016Limnephilus marmoratusLimnephilus marmoratus2016Limnephilus marmoratusLimnephilus marmoratus2016Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2016Tree BumblebeeBombus hypnorum2016Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2015Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2015BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2014BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2014Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2014Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2014Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2014Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2014Centaurea montana2020
Centaurea montana2020
GorseUlex europaeus2015GorseUlex europaeus2015Greater SnowdropGalanthus elwesii2015Greater SnowdropGalanthus elwesii2015PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2015PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2015