Foxholm Covert - Broadleaved woodland
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
51.35127, -0.44410
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 km11 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Locks and Levels (SCC)Walking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Thames Path - alternateWalking route▾
avoids sole ferry crossing just before Shepperton
Named routeRef TPaltRegional walking route
The Fox WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Canons and CornmillsWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
European walking route E2 west, UK, South East EnglandWalking route▾
Westroute: Stranraer (UK) - Birminhgham (UK) - Calais (FR) - Zoersel (BE) / Eastroute: Stranraer (UK) - Harwich (UK) - Rotterdam (NL) - Zoersel (BE) / Both Routes: Zoersel (BE) - Maastrich (NL) - Luxembourg (LUX) - Lake Geneva (CH) - Nice (FR)
Named routeRef E2International walking route
74 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Brooklands Business Park Accessibility Project (proposed)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
A3 Cycle Route (alternative)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 223Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 223National Cycle Network
Ceres TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef Ceres (1)Local cycle route
Deimos TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef Deimos (6)Local cycle route
Hersham station/Walton routeCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Basingstoke Canal TowpathMountain bike route▾
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Wildlife to spot
13,339 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
13,339 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
springautumnwinter
2026▾
Blue Tit · Carrion Crow · Robin · Woodpigeon · Goldcrest +35
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle · Noctule · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox +3
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2024
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula2024
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2024
Slow-worm
Stag Beetle · Nalassus laevioctostriatus · Common Cockchafer · Stenomax aeneus · Peritelus sphaeroides +18
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus
- Nalassus laevioctostriatusNalassus laevioctostriatus
- Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha
- Stenomax aeneusStenomax aeneus
- Peritelus sphaeroidesPeritelus sphaeroides
- Brachyderes incanusBrachyderes incanus
- Polydrusus cervinus
Bramble · Heather · Downy Birch / Silver Birch · Rowan · Rhododendron +16
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- HeatherCalluna vulgaris
- Downy Birch / Silver BirchBetula pubescens/pendula
- RowanSorbus aucuparia
- RhododendronRhododendron ponticum
- GorseUlex europaeus
- Bell HeatherErica cinerea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
13,339 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
springautumnwinter
2026▾
Blue Tit · Carrion Crow · Robin · Woodpigeon · Goldcrest +35
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- CootFulica atra2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- RookCorvus frugilegus2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- GadwallMareca strepera2025
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus2025
Soprano Pipistrelle · Common Pipistrelle · Noctule · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox +3
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus2024
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2024
- NoctuleNyctalus noctula2024
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2024
Slow-worm
Stag Beetle · Nalassus laevioctostriatus · Common Cockchafer · Stenomax aeneus · Peritelus sphaeroides +18
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus
- Nalassus laevioctostriatusNalassus laevioctostriatus
- Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha
- Stenomax aeneusStenomax aeneus
- Peritelus sphaeroidesPeritelus sphaeroides
- Brachyderes incanusBrachyderes incanus
- Polydrusus cervinus
Bramble · Heather · Downy Birch / Silver Birch · Rowan · Rhododendron +16
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- HeatherCalluna vulgaris
- Downy Birch / Silver BirchBetula pubescens/pendula
- RowanSorbus aucuparia
- RhododendronRhododendron ponticum
- GorseUlex europaeus
- Bell HeatherErica cinerea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Polydrusus cervinus
Polydrusus cervinus
Polydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosusPolydrusus formosusDyroderes umbraculatusDyroderes umbraculatusDyroderes umbraculatusDyroderes umbraculatusUloma culinarisUloma culinarisUloma culinarisUloma culinarisGreen Tiger BeetleCicindela campestrisGreen Tiger BeetleCicindela campestrisAmpedus balteatusAmpedus balteatusAmpedus balteatusAmpedus balteatusDock BugCoreus marginatusDock BugCoreus marginatusAcorn WeevilCurculio glandiumAcorn WeevilCurculio glandiumGorse WeevilExapion ulicisGorse WeevilExapion ulicisGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaGreen ShieldbugPalomena prasinaDalopius marginatusDalopius marginatusDalopius marginatusDalopius marginatusLeistus spinibarbisLeistus spinibarbisLeistus spinibarbisLeistus spinibarbisMinotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeusMinotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeusPlatystomos albinusPlatystomos albinusPlatystomos albinusPlatystomos albinusCommon Leaf WeevilPhyllobius pyriCommon Leaf WeevilPhyllobius pyriEristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2024Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2024Speckled Bush-cricketLeptophyes punctatissima2024HollyIlex aquifoliumHollyIlex aquifoliumMouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarumMouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarumBrackenPteridium aquilinumBrackenPteridium aquilinumFoxgloveDigitalis purpureaFoxgloveDigitalis purpureaIvyHedera helixIvyHedera helixGreat WillowherbEpilobium hirsutumGreat WillowherbEpilobium hirsutumCommon NettleUrtica dioicaCommon NettleUrtica dioicaGround-ivyGlechoma hederaceaGround-ivyGlechoma hederaceaConifer seedlings/saplingsConifer seedlings/saplingsConifer seedlings/saplingsConifer seedlings/saplingsHawthornCrataegus monogynaHawthornCrataegus monogynaHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumHerb-RobertGeranium robertianumCurled DockRumex crispusCurled DockRumex crispusHazelCorylus avellanaHazelCorylus avellanaAlderAlnus glutinosaAlderAlnus glutinosaEvents & activities nearby
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