Foxholm Covert - Broadleaved woodland 4 ha
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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🌿 Foraging
Free entry Dogs welcome 4 ha
Places › England › South East › Elmbridge Getting here
51.34366, -0.44525
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 welcomeDeciduous 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 km 13 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Locks and Levels (SCC) Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Thames Path - alternate Walking route ▾
avoids sole ferry crossing just before Shepperton
Named route Ref TPalt Regional walking route
Show on map Bookham Common Activity Trail, North Downs West Walking route 4.8 km ▾
Bookham Commons is a widely varied landscape, ranging from shady woodlands, to open grassland plains, to marshy ponds and wetlands. This provides a wonderful set of habitats for lots of wildlife. See how much you can spot as you wander along the paths.
Named route Length 4.8 km Duration 01:30 Round trip Local walking route
Show on map The Fox Way Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Canons and Cornmills Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map 58 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Brooklands Business Park Accessibility Project (proposed) Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map A3 Cycle Route (alternative) Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Route 223 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 223 National Cycle Network
Show on map Ceres Trail Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Ceres (1) Local cycle route
Show on map Deimos Trail Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Deimos (6) Local cycle route
Show on map Hersham station/Walton route Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Basingstoke Canal Towpath Mountain bike route ▾
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Wildlife to spot
12,600 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 12,600 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 40 species
winter spring autumn
2026 ▾
Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Robin · Coot +35
Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Gadwall Mareca strepera2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 🦌 Mammals 5 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle · Noctule · Red Fox · Brown Long-eared Bat
Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Noctule Nyctalus noctula Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Brown Long-eared Bat Plecotus auritus2024 Slow-worm
Stag Beetle · Red-legged Shieldbug · Dock Bug · Nalassus laevioctostriatus · 7-spot Ladybird +15
Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes Dock Bug Coreus marginatus Nalassus laevioctostriatus Nalassus laevioctostriatus 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Birch Shieldbug Elasmostethus interstinctus Black Clock Downy Birch / Silver Birch · Bramble · Gypsywort · Heather · Great Willowherb +9
Downy Birch / Silver Birch Betula pubescens/pendula Bramble Rubus fruticosus Gypsywort Lycopus europaeus Heather Calluna vulgaris Great Willowherb Epilobium hirsutum Mouse-ear-hawkweed Pilosella officinarum Rowan Sorbus aucuparia Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 12,600 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 40 species
winter spring autumn
2026 ▾
Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Carrion Crow · Robin · Coot +35
Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2025 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus2025 Carrion Crow Corvus corone2025 Robin Erithacus rubecula2025 Coot Fulica atra2025 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2025 Mute Swan Cygnus olor2025 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca2025 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo2025 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus2025 Canada Goose Branta canadensis2025 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes2025 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2025 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2025 Great Tit Parus major2025 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea2025 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2025 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2025 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2025 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea2025 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2025 Greylag Goose Anser anser2025 Blackbird Turdus merula2025 Magpie Pica pica2025 Little Egret Egretta garzetta2025 Jay Garrulus glandarius2025 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita2025 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus2025 Gadwall Mareca strepera2025 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula2025 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2025 Starling Sturnus vulgaris Herring Gull Larus argentatus2025 Rook Corvus frugilegus2025 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2025 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2025 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis2025 Dunnock Prunella modularis2025 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii2025 Rock Dove Columba livia2025 🦌 Mammals 5 species
summer autumn
2025 ▾
Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle · Noctule · Red Fox · Brown Long-eared Bat
Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Noctule Nyctalus noctula Red Fox Vulpes vulpes Brown Long-eared Bat Plecotus auritus2024 Slow-worm
Stag Beetle · Red-legged Shieldbug · Dock Bug · Nalassus laevioctostriatus · 7-spot Ladybird +15
Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes Dock Bug Coreus marginatus Nalassus laevioctostriatus Nalassus laevioctostriatus 7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Birch Shieldbug Elasmostethus interstinctus Black Clock Downy Birch / Silver Birch · Bramble · Gypsywort · Heather · Great Willowherb +9
Downy Birch / Silver Birch Betula pubescens/pendula Bramble Rubus fruticosus Gypsywort Lycopus europaeus Heather Calluna vulgaris Great Willowherb Epilobium hirsutum Mouse-ear-hawkweed Pilosella officinarum Rowan Sorbus aucuparia Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Pterostichus madidus
Pterostichus madidus
Common Cockchafer Melolontha melolontha
Common Cockchafer Melolontha melolontha
Green Tiger Beetle Cicindela campestris
Green Tiger Beetle Cicindela campestris
Ampedus balteatus Ampedus balteatus
Ampedus balteatus Ampedus balteatus
Acorn Weevil Curculio glandium
Acorn Weevil Curculio glandium
Gorse Weevil Exapion ulicis
Gorse Weevil Exapion ulicis
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Dalopius marginatus Dalopius marginatus
Dalopius marginatus Dalopius marginatus
Leistus spinibarbis Leistus spinibarbis
Leistus spinibarbis Leistus spinibarbis
Minotaur Beetle Typhaeus typhoeus
Minotaur Beetle Typhaeus typhoeus
Platystomos albinus Platystomos albinus
Platystomos albinus Platystomos albinus
Common Leaf Weevil Phyllobius pyri
Common Leaf Weevil Phyllobius pyri
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Red-belted Cleaver Aglaostigma aucupariae
Red-belted Cleaver Aglaostigma aucupariae
Bracken Pteridium aquilinum
Bracken Pteridium aquilinum
Rhododendron Rhododendron ponticum
Rhododendron Rhododendron ponticum
Common Nettle Urtica dioica
Common Nettle Urtica dioica
Foxglove Digitalis purpurea
Foxglove Digitalis purpurea
Gorse Ulex europaeus
Gorse Ulex europaeus
Ground-ivy Glechoma hederacea
Ground-ivy Glechoma hederacea
Bell Heather Erica cinerea
Bell Heather Erica cinerea 