Larkham Covert - Conifer woodland
2 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🐴Horses
Free entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
53.65330, -2.94667
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
- 🐴Horse riding listed as facility — is at its best in summer
- 🐕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
- 🐴Horse riding listed as facility — is at its best in summer
- 🐕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
Horse riding listed as facility
Varies
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
King Charles III England Coast Path: Cleveleys to LiverpoolWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
Reedbed WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
54 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Pier to Pier cycle routeCycling route▾
Named routeRef 562National Cycle Network
Trans Pennine TrailCycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
Lancashire Cycleway (Southern Loop)Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 91Regional cycle route
Route 62Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network
ShrimpCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
N/ACycling route63 m▾
Named routeLength 63 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Woodland near Wyke Hey Farm, Churchtown Moss
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Wildlife to spot
16,233 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
16,233 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Black-headed Gull · Starling · Magpie +40
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Great TitParus major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
🦌Mammals2 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Mole · Brown Hare
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
Migrant Hawker
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
Wall-rue · Maidenhair Spleenwort · Black Spleenwort · Pellitory-of-the-wall · Taxus baccata f. baccata +12
- Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
- Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
- Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum
- Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica
- Taxus baccata f. baccataTaxus baccata f. baccata
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- Yew
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
16,233 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds45 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Woodpigeon · Jackdaw · Black-headed Gull · Starling · Magpie +40
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Great TitParus major
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2025
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra2025
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Common GullLarus canus2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
🦌Mammals2 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Mole · Brown Hare
- MoleTalpa europaea
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
Migrant Hawker
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
Wall-rue · Maidenhair Spleenwort · Black Spleenwort · Pellitory-of-the-wall · Taxus baccata f. baccata +12
- Wall-rueAsplenium ruta-muraria
- Maidenhair SpleenwortAsplenium trichomanes
- Black SpleenwortAsplenium adiantum-nigrum
- Pellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaica
- Taxus baccata f. baccataTaxus baccata f. baccata
- PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
- Yew
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Taxus baccata
Taxus baccata
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