New Covert - Broadleaved woodland
6 ha
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🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome6 ha
Getting here
50.77220, -1.95192
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕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
- ☀️June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days
- 🐕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
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
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Broadleaved woodland — spring blossom and autumn colour
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km9 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Ferndown, Stour and Forest TrailWalking route▾
Walk at Eye Bridge and Pamphill, Kingston LacyWalking route5.4 km▾
Grass, undulating and rough in parts, gravel tracks, easy ascents and descents.
Named routeLength 5.4 kmDuration 02:00Round tripLocal walking route
Walk at Pamphill Green and Moor, Kingston LacyWalking route2.8 km▾
Grass, gravel tracks and a short stretch on a path, undulating and rough in parts, with easy ascents and descents. The walk may be wet in winter.
Named routeLength 2.8 kmDuration 01:00Round tripLocal walking route
Walk at Pamphill and Cowgrove, Kingston LacyWalking route4.5 km▾
Gravel and grass tracks with a short distance on a country lane. Undulating going down into the valley and back. Ground can become very wet in winter.
Named routeLength 4.5 kmDuration 01:30Round tripLocal walking route
Bourne Valley Greenway walkWalking route▾
Named routeRef BVGLocal walking route
150 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 25Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 25National Cycle Network
Canford Heath Quiet CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Bournemouth to ParleyCycling route▾
Named routeRef c2Local cycle route
University to AlderneyCycling route▾
Named routeRef C8Local cycle route
Bourne Valley GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef Bourne Valley GreenwayLocal cycle route
Francis Avenue to BroadstoneCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
4 public paths nearby
Public paths
Longfleet Drivebridleway · 283 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 283 mSurface dirtPath type: bridleway
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Wildlife to spot
18,668 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
18,668 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds52 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Green Woodpecker · Carrion Crow · Great Tit · Robin +47
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Roe Deer
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Common Lizard · Slow-worm
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Keeled Skimmer · Common Darter · Emperor Dragonfly · Large Red Damselfly · Common Blue Damselfly +22
- Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens2025
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025
- Broad-bodied Chaser
Aloe Haircap
- Aloe HaircapPogonatum aloides
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
18,668 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds52 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Green Woodpecker · Carrion Crow · Great Tit · Robin +47
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Great TitParus major
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- SwiftApus apus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Roe Deer
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Common Lizard · Slow-worm
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- Slow-wormAnguis fragilis
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Keeled Skimmer · Common Darter · Emperor Dragonfly · Large Red Damselfly · Common Blue Damselfly +22
- Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens2025
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
- Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025
- Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025
- Broad-bodied Chaser
Aloe Haircap
- Aloe HaircapPogonatum aloides
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Libellula depressa2025
Libellula depressa2025
Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025Brown HawkerAeshna grandis2025Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2025Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas2025Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas2025Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2025Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2025Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025Pied ShieldbugTritomegas bicolorPied ShieldbugTritomegas bicolorMinotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus2025Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Small Red DamselflyCeriagrion tenellum2025Small Red DamselflyCeriagrion tenellum2025Common PondskaterGerris (Gerris) lacustris2025Common PondskaterGerris (Gerris) lacustris2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva2025Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025Oxythyrea funestaOxythyrea funesta2025Oxythyrea funestaOxythyrea funesta2025Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2025Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2025Heath Bee-flyBombylius minor2025Heath Bee-flyBombylius minor2025Lagria hirtaLagria hirta2025Lagria hirtaLagria hirta2025Oak Mining SawflyProfenusa pygmaea2025Oak Mining SawflyProfenusa pygmaea2025Scarce ChaserLibellula fulva2025Scarce ChaserLibellula fulva2025