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Fair Oak Covert

20 ha

📷 Wikipedia · Fair Oak Park · CC BY-SA 3.0

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WildlifeFungiForaging
Free entryDogs welcome20 ha

Getting here

50.87466, -3.15839

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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
  • 🍄Mushroom 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

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

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

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Mushroom foraging

Fungi — Blushing Waxcap, Splendid Waxcap, Pointed Club +34 more · last seen 2024; Fungi — Blushing Waxcap, Splendid Waxcap, Pointed Club +34 more · last seen 2024

Varies

Foraging

Plants — Hazel, Pedunculate Oak, Hawthorn +25 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Insect spotting

Insects — Phylidorea fulvonervosa, Pseudolimnophila sepium, Tipula fulvipennis +136 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Phylidorea fulvonervosa, Pseudolimnophila sepium, Tipula fulvipennis +136 more · last seen 2025

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Wheatear, Stonechat, Blackbird +36 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Wheatear, Stonechat, Blackbird +36 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Plants — Even Scalewort, Dilated Scalewort, Hazel +364 more · last seen 2017; Plants — Even Scalewort, Dilated Scalewort, Hazel +364 more · last seen 2017

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Herepath Trail - OtterfordWalking route
Named routeRef HToLocal walking route
Herepath Trail - ChurchstantonWalking route
Named routeRef HTcLocal walking route

Wildlife to spot

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Fair Oak Park

📷 Wikipedia · Fair Oak Park · CC BY-SA 3.0

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⛪St Nicholas's ChurchReligious grounds4.6 km→✦Dunkeswell AbbeyHistoric site4.7 km→⛪Newhouse Baptist ChurchReligious grounds1.5 km→⛪St Mary's ChurchReligious grounds2.2 km→⛪St Mary's ChurchReligious grounds2.8 km→

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