Nut Covert - Broadleaved woodland
11 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome11 ha
Getting here
51.37780, -0.72372
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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
- 🐕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 km7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Three Castles PathWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Wildlife WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Blackwater Valley PathWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
The Wokingham WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Lightwater Country Park PurpleWalking route▾
Named routeRef purpleLocal walking route
16 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Yellow RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef YellowLocal cycle route
Bracknell Forest Blue RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef BlueLocal cycle route
Bracknell Forest Green RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef GreenLocal cycle route
Windsor and Maidenhead LCNCycling route▾
Named routeRef Ascot to WindsorLocal cycle route
Round Berkshire Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRegional cycle route
Route 422Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 422National Cycle Network
3 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Bike Swinley RedMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Red
Bike Swinley BlueMountain bike route▾
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Bike Swinley GreenMountain bike route▾
Named routeRef Green
1 public path nearby
Public paths
Vicarage Roadbridleway · 376 m▾
Public pathbridlewayLength 376 mSurface dirtPath type: track
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Bookable toursWildlife to spot
10,200 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot
10,200 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Crossbill · Grey Heron · Mandarin Duck · Great Tit +18
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
🦌Mammals4 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Stoat · Muntjac · Hedgehog
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- StoatMustela erminea subsp. erminea2025
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2025
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Keeled Skimmer · Small Red Damselfly · Common Darter · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Southern Hawker +25
- Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens2025
- Small Red DamselflyCeriagrion tenellum2025
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025
- Brown Hawker
Neat Feather-moss
- Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
10,200 records · National Biodiversity NetworkRobin · Crossbill · Grey Heron · Mandarin Duck · Great Tit +18
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
🦌Mammals4 species
wintersummerautumn
2026▾
Grey Squirrel · Stoat · Muntjac · Hedgehog
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- StoatMustela erminea subsp. erminea2025
- MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi2025
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2025
Common Lizard
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
Keeled Skimmer · Small Red Damselfly · Common Darter · Willow Emerald Damselfly · Southern Hawker +25
- Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens2025
- Small Red DamselflyCeriagrion tenellum2025
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025
- Brown Hawker
Neat Feather-moss
- Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Aeshna grandis2025
Aeshna grandis2025
Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2025Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2025Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2025Golden-ringed DragonflyCordulegaster boltonii2025Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2025Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculata2025Black DarterSympetrum danae2025Black DarterSympetrum danae2025Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2025Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2025Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2025Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas2025Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas202514-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctata14-spot LadybirdPropylea quattuordecimpunctataBlue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025Brilliant EmeraldSomatochlora metallica2025Brilliant EmeraldSomatochlora metallica2025Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2025Long-winged Cone-headConocephalus fuscus2025Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025Drymus (Sylvadrymus) brunneusDrymus (Sylvadrymus) brunneusDrymus (Sylvadrymus) brunneusDrymus (Sylvadrymus) brunneusCream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttataCream-spot LadybirdCalvia quattuordecimguttataNalassus laevioctostriatusNalassus laevioctostriatusNalassus laevioctostriatusNalassus laevioctostriatusUleiota planatusUleiota planatusUleiota planatusUleiota planatusSmall Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulum2025Small Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulum2025Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2025Fox MothMacrothylacia rubi2025Fox MothMacrothylacia rubi2025Jersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctaria2025Jersey TigerEuplagia quadripunctaria2025