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Burkinshaw's Covert

5 ha

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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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Avocet, Redshank, Lapwing +86 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Avocet, Redshank, Lapwing +86 more · last seen 2026

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Lowland fens — fen dragonflies and rare invertebrates; Insects — Common Darter, Migrant Hawker, Southern Hawker +2 more · last seen 2024

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Seasonal nature

Good match

Plants — Common Fleabane, Biting Stonecrop, Yellow-wort +1 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Common Fleabane, Biting Stonecrop, Yellow-wort +1 more · last seen 2025

Free

Forest walks

Moderate match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

3 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Nev Cole WayWalking route93 km

Named routeLength 93 kmRegional walking route

King Charles III England Coast Path: Humber Bridge to EasingtonWalking route

Named routeRef ECPNational walking route

European long distance path E8 - part NetherlandsWalking route

Named routeRef E8International walking route

🚴

Cycling

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Cycle Superhighway : Grimsby - ImminghamCycling route

Named routeRegional cycle route

NE Lincs local cycle networkCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

5,256 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

5,256 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds62 species

springsummer

2026

Black-headed Gull · Lapwing · Redshank · Curlew · Avocet +57

Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
TealAnas crecca2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
GreenshankTringa nebularia2025
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2025
Wood SandpiperTringa glareola2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
CootFulica atra2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Great TitParus major2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025

🌿

Plants49 species

autumn

2025

Garlic Mustard · Adria Bellflower · Stinking Iris · Pot Marigold · Sycamore +44

Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Adria BellflowerCampanula portenschlagiana
Stinking IrisIris foetidissima
Pot MarigoldCalendula officinalis
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Narrow-leaved RagwortSenecio inaequidens
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Black MedickMedicago lupulina
SnapdragonAntirrhinum majus
Love-in-a-mistNigella damascena
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
ColumbineAquilegia vulgaris
Small-flowered Crane's-billGeranium pusillum
Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Greater PlantainPlantago major
NipplewortLapsana communis
Common MallowMalva sylvestris
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
White StonecropSedum album
Reflexed StonecropPetrosedum rupestre
RedshankPersicaria maculosa
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Wall BarleyHordeum murinum
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum
Cut-leaved Dead-nettleLamium hybridum
Equal-leaved KnotgrassPolygonum arenastrum
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
Goat WillowSalix caprea
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica
Biting StonecropSedum acre
Yellow-wortBlackstonia perfoliata
Bee OrchidOphrys apifera
Hairy ButtercupRanunculus sardous
Grass VetchlingLathyrus nissolia

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

5,256 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds62 species

springsummer

2026

Black-headed Gull · Lapwing · Redshank · Curlew · Avocet +57

Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
RedshankTringa totanus2025
CurlewNumenius arquata2025
AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta2025
SwallowHirundo rustica2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
TealAnas crecca2025
DunlinCalidris alpina2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
MagpiePica pica2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2025
SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2025
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
Barn OwlTyto alba2025
GreenshankTringa nebularia2025
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica2025
Wood SandpiperTringa glareola2025
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2025
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea2025
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2025
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
CootFulica atra2025
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2025
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
BuzzardButeo buteo2025
GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Great TitParus major2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025

🌿

Plants49 species

autumn

2025

Garlic Mustard · Adria Bellflower · Stinking Iris · Pot Marigold · Sycamore +44

Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Adria BellflowerCampanula portenschlagiana
Stinking IrisIris foetidissima
Pot MarigoldCalendula officinalis
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Narrow-leaved RagwortSenecio inaequidens
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Black MedickMedicago lupulina
SnapdragonAntirrhinum majus
Love-in-a-mistNigella damascena
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
ColumbineAquilegia vulgaris
Small-flowered Crane's-billGeranium pusillum
Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum
Greater PlantainPlantago major
NipplewortLapsana communis
Common MallowMalva sylvestris
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
White StonecropSedum album
Reflexed StonecropPetrosedum rupestre
RedshankPersicaria maculosa
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Wall BarleyHordeum murinum
BittersweetSolanum dulcamara
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca
Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum
Cut-leaved Dead-nettleLamium hybridum
Equal-leaved KnotgrassPolygonum arenastrum
Hairy Bitter-cressCardamine hirsuta
Dove's-foot Crane's-billGeranium molle
Goat WillowSalix caprea
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
White Dead-nettleLamium album
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica
Biting StonecropSedum acre
Yellow-wortBlackstonia perfoliata
Bee OrchidOphrys apifera
Hairy ButtercupRanunculus sardous
Grass VetchlingLathyrus nissolia

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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