Wicken Covert - Conifer woodland
5 ha
🦅Birds🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
52.84501, 0.72019
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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
- 🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
🌤️ 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
- 📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Grazing marsh — lapwing, redshank, snipe and wintering wildfowl
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Coastal and floodplain grazing marsh priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland meadows — marbled white, meadow brown and pollinating insects
Free
〰Waterside walks
Good match
Grazing marsh and ditches — waterside walking
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
King's Lynn - FakenhamCycling route▾
Named routeRef Green (2)Local cycle route
King's Lynn - Fakenham (proposed)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef Green (2)Local cycle route
1 public path nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
14,247 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
14,247 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
wintersummerautumn
2025▾
Blue Tit · Coal Tit · Blackbird · Long-tailed Tit · Robin +31
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- SwiftApus apus
- QuailCoturnix coturnix
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2024
Common Pipistrelle
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
🦎Reptiles2 species
springautumn
2025▾
Common Lizard · Adder
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- AdderVipera berus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Toad
Emperor Dragonfly · Azure Damselfly · Common Darter · Ruddy Darter · Small Red-eyed Damselfly +34
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum
- Small Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulum
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Common Blue Damselfly
🌿Plants3 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Butterfly-bush · Gorse · Hairy Sedge
- Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
- GorseUlex europaeus
- Hairy SedgeCarex hirta2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
14,247 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds36 species
wintersummerautumn
2025▾
Blue Tit · Coal Tit · Blackbird · Long-tailed Tit · Robin +31
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- SwiftApus apus
- QuailCoturnix coturnix
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2024
Common Pipistrelle
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
🦎Reptiles2 species
springautumn
2025▾
Common Lizard · Adder
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
- AdderVipera berus
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2025▾
Common Toad
Emperor Dragonfly · Azure Damselfly · Common Darter · Ruddy Darter · Small Red-eyed Damselfly +34
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator
- Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum
- Small Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulum
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Common Blue Damselfly
🌿Plants3 species
springsummerautumn
2025▾
Butterfly-bush · Gorse · Hairy Sedge
- Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii
- GorseUlex europaeus
- Hairy SedgeCarex hirta2024
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Enallagma cyathigerum
Enallagma cyathigerum
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaBroad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaLarge Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphulaLarge Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphulaSouthern Migrant HawkerAeshna affinis2024Southern Migrant HawkerAeshna affinis2024Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculataFour-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculataMigrant HawkerAeshna mixtaMigrant HawkerAeshna mixtaEmerald DamselflyLestes sponsaEmerald DamselflyLestes sponsaSouthern HawkerAeshna cyaneaSouthern HawkerAeshna cyaneaDock BugCoreus marginatusDock BugCoreus marginatusBanded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendensBanded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendensBloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha tenebricosaBloody-nosed BeetleTimarcha tenebricosaHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisRhamphus pulicariusRhamphus pulicariusRhamphus pulicariusRhamphus pulicariusPantilius (Pantilius) tunicatusPantilius (Pantilius) tunicatusPantilius (Pantilius) tunicatusPantilius (Pantilius) tunicatusWillow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridisWillow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridisLesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedusLesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedusGreen Tiger BeetleCicindela campestrisGreen Tiger BeetleCicindela campestrisBroom Leaf BeetleGonioctena olivaceaBroom Leaf BeetleGonioctena olivaceaDune Tiger BeetleCicindela maritimaDune Tiger BeetleCicindela maritimaParent BugElasmucha griseaParent BugElasmucha griseaField GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2024Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2024Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2024Heather (Girdled) ColletesColletes succinctus2024Heather (Girdled) ColletesColletes succinctus2024Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2024Tortoise BugEurygaster testudinaria2024Bishop's MitreAelia acuminata2024Bishop's MitreAelia acuminata2024Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2024Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2024HebecnemaHebecnema2024HebecnemaHebecnema2024Norfolk AeshnaAeshna isoceles2024Norfolk AeshnaAeshna isoceles2024Nettle GroundbugHeterogaster urticae2024Nettle GroundbugHeterogaster urticae2024Potato CapsidClosterotomus norwegicus2024Potato CapsidClosterotomus norwegicus2024Meadow Plant BugLeptopterna dolabrata2024Meadow Plant BugLeptopterna dolabrata2024Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilineaDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea2024Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilineaDeraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea2024Liocoris tripustulatusLiocoris tripustulatus2024Liocoris tripustulatusLiocoris tripustulatus2024Events & activities nearby
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