White Door Covert - Conifer woodland
1 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome1 ha
Getting here
53.47518, -2.61691
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 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
GM Ringway Stage 16Walking route16.3 km▾
GM Ringway Stage 16 - Wigan to Leigh
Named routeLength 16.3 kmRegional walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Sankey Canal TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef SCTLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
3,630 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,630 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Lesser Black-backed Gull · Blackbird · Dunnock +42
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Great TitParus major
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Bar-headed GooseAnser indicus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
🦌Mammals2 species
springautumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Common Pipistrelle
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
🐝Insects4 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Western Honey Bee · Helophilus pendulus · Common Carder Bee
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024
🌿Plants42 species
springautumn
2025▾
Sycamore · Trailing Bellflower · Dandelion · Ribwort Plantain · Daisy +37
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
- Trailing BellflowerCampanula poscharskyana
- DandelionTaraxacum
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- DaisyBellis perennis
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,630 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Woodpigeon · Magpie · Lesser Black-backed Gull · Blackbird · Dunnock +42
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MagpiePica pica
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Great TitParus major
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Bar-headed GooseAnser indicus
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- LinnetLinaria cannabina
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2024
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2024
🦌Mammals2 species
springautumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Squirrel · Common Pipistrelle
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
🐝Insects4 species
winterspringautumn
2026▾
Harlequin Ladybird · Western Honey Bee · Helophilus pendulus · Common Carder Bee
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2025
- Helophilus pendulusHelophilus pendulus2025
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2024
🌿Plants42 species
springautumn
2025▾
Sycamore · Trailing Bellflower · Dandelion · Ribwort Plantain · Daisy +37
- SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
- Trailing BellflowerCampanula poscharskyana
- DandelionTaraxacum
- Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
- DaisyBellis perennis
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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