Coverham Inclosure - Conifer woodland
✦ Ancient woodland14 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🐶Dogs🍂Seasonal
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome14 ha
Getting here
51.81180, -2.59645
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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 360m away — 4 car parks within reach
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 🅿️Parking 360m away — 4 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
Deciduous woodland priority habitat; Ancient woodland
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Ancient woodland — historic landscape
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 signed routes nearby · 7 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Offa's Dyke PathWalking route285 km▾
Named routeRef ODPLength 285 kmNational walking route
Wye Valley WalkWalking route218 km▾
Named routeRef WVWLength 218 kmRegional walking route
Highmeadow TrailWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Forest of Dean Sculpture TrailWalking route▾
Named routeRef FoDSTLocal walking route
Bracelands to the WyeWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
19 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
National Cycle Network Route 42Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 42National Cycle Network
Mallards Pike LinkCycling route▾
Bracelands Cycle TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Family cycle route (easy)Cycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 423Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 423National Cycle Network
Lydbrook LinkCycling route▾
19 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
VerderersMountain bike route▾
FreeminersMountain bike route▾
Ski RunMountain bike route▾
Mr RootyMountain bike route▾
CountdownMountain bike route▾
Push up routeMountain bike route▾
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Wildlife to spot
18,071 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
18,071 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWigeon · Chaffinch · Robin · Blackbird · Nuthatch +46
- WigeonMareca penelope
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Great TitParus major
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- CootFulica atra
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- PochardAythya ferina
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- PintailAnas acuta
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- GoosanderMergus merganser
🦌Mammals1 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Pine Marten
🐝Insects3 species
springautumn
2025▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Common Cockchafer · 7-spot Ladybird
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
🍄Fungi60 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Torth Felen · Hairy Curtain Crust · King Alfred's Cakes · Turkeytail · Honey Fungus +55
- Torth FelenHypholoma fasciculare
- Hairy Curtain CrustStereum hirsutum
- King Alfred's CakesDaldinia concentrica
- TurkeytailTrametes versicolor
- Honey FungusArmillaria mellea
- Common Stump BrittlestemPsathyrella piluliformis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
18,071 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWigeon · Chaffinch · Robin · Blackbird · Nuthatch +46
- WigeonMareca penelope
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Great TitParus major
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- CootFulica atra
- DipperCinclus cinclus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- PochardAythya ferina
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- PintailAnas acuta
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- GoosanderMergus merganser
🦌Mammals1 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Pine Marten
🐝Insects3 species
springautumn
2025▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Common Cockchafer · 7-spot Ladybird
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Common CockchaferMelolontha melolontha
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
🍄Fungi60 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Torth Felen · Hairy Curtain Crust · King Alfred's Cakes · Turkeytail · Honey Fungus +55
- Torth FelenHypholoma fasciculare
- Hairy Curtain CrustStereum hirsutum
- King Alfred's CakesDaldinia concentrica
- TurkeytailTrametes versicolor
- Honey FungusArmillaria mellea
- Common Stump BrittlestemPsathyrella piluliformis
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Ochre Brittlegill
Ochre Brittlegill
Russula ochroleuca
Russula ochroleuca
Fragrant FunnelClitocybe fragransFragrant FunnelClitocybe fragransGobletPseudoclitocybe cyathiformisGobletPseudoclitocybe cyathiformisJellybabyLeotia lubricaJellybabyLeotia lubricaRazor Strop FungusFomitopsis betulinaRazor Strop FungusFomitopsis betulinaPurplepore BracketTrichaptum abietinumPurplepore BracketTrichaptum abietinumGrooved BonnetMycena polygrammaGrooved BonnetMycena polygrammaCollared EarthstarGeastrum michelianumCollared EarthstarGeastrum michelianumSilver Leaf DiseaseChondrostereum purpureumSilver Leaf DiseaseChondrostereum purpureumWhite BrainExidia thuretianaWhite BrainExidia thuretianaBirch WoodwartJackrogersella multiformisBirch WoodwartJackrogersella multiformisRoundspored OysterlingCrepidotus cesatiiRoundspored OysterlingCrepidotus cesatiiAntrodiaAntrodiaAntrodiaAntrodiaWrinkled ClubClavulina rugosaWrinkled ClubClavulina rugosaVariable OysterlingCrepidotus variabilisVariable OysterlingCrepidotus variabilisSnowy DiscoLachnum virgineumSnowy DiscoLachnum virgineumTwig ParachuteMarasmiellus ramealisTwig ParachuteMarasmiellus ramealisButter CapRhodocollybia butyraceaButter CapRhodocollybia butyraceaCandlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylonCandlesnuff FungusXylaria hypoxylonLemon DiscoCalycina citrinaLemon DiscoCalycina citrinaScaly EarthballScleroderma verrucosumScaly EarthballScleroderma verrucosumRed-Belted BracketFomitopsis pinicolaRed-Belted BracketFomitopsis pinicolaCommon RustgillGymnopilus penetransCommon RustgillGymnopilus penetransYellowedge BonnetMycena citrinomarginataYellowedge BonnetMycena citrinomarginataCommon EarthballScleroderma citrinumCommon EarthballScleroderma citrinumWhite FibrecapInocybe geophyllaWhite FibrecapInocybe geophyllaRooting ShankHymenopellis radicataRooting ShankHymenopellis radicataPanthercapAmanita pantherinaPanthercapAmanita pantherinaBluefoot BoleteXerocomellus cisalpinusBluefoot BoleteXerocomellus cisalpinusShaggy ScalycapPholiota squarrosaShaggy ScalycapPholiota squarrosaBurgundydrop BonnetMycena haematopusBurgundydrop BonnetMycena haematopusAmanita WridogAmanita rubescensAmanita WridogAmanita rubescensMacrolepiota konradiiMacrolepiota konradiiMacrolepiota konradiiMacrolepiota konradiiTuberous PolyporePolyporus tuberasterTuberous PolyporePolyporus tuberasterChanterelleCantharellus cibariusChanterelleCantharellus cibariusAmbarelo'r BwganMacrolepiota proceraAmbarelo'r BwganMacrolepiota proceraRinged ConecapPholiotina arrheniiRinged ConecapPholiotina arrheniiPenny BunBoletus edulisPenny BunBoletus edulisScarletina BoleteNeoboletus praestigiatorScarletina BoleteNeoboletus praestigiatorPurple BrittlegillRussula atropurpureaPurple BrittlegillRussula atropurpureaFool's FunnelClitocybe rivulosaFool's FunnelClitocybe rivulosaPeeling OysterlingCrepidotus mollisPeeling OysterlingCrepidotus mollisFalse ChanterelleHygrophoropsis aurantiacaFalse ChanterelleHygrophoropsis aurantiacaAmanita'r GwybedAmanita muscariaAmanita'r GwybedAmanita muscariaSticky ScalycapPholiota gummosaSticky ScalycapPholiota gummosaShaggy BracketInonotus hispidusShaggy BracketInonotus hispidusJelly EarAuricularia auricula-judaeJelly EarAuricularia auricula-judaeDead Man's FingersXylaria polymorphaDead Man's FingersXylaria polymorphaTutsan RustMelampsora hypericorumTutsan RustMelampsora hypericorumCobalt CrustTerana coeruleaCobalt CrustTerana coeruleaStump PuffballApioperdon pyriformeStump PuffballApioperdon pyriformeGlue CrustHydnoporia corrugataGlue CrustHydnoporia corrugataHazel WoodwartHypoxylon fuscumHazel WoodwartHypoxylon fuscumPeziza micropusPeziza micropusPeziza micropusPeziza micropus