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Fox Covert

3 ha

📷 Jonathan Thacker · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome3 ha

Getting here

53.14037, -0.61676

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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
  • 🌿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

6 activities

Wildlife

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

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Mallard +78 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Mallard +78 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — Banded Demoiselle, Polycentropus flavomaculatus, Molanna angustata +50 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Banded Demoiselle, Polycentropus flavomaculatus, Molanna angustata +50 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Seasonal nature

Plants — Canadian Waterweed, Nuttall's Waterweed · last seen 2019; Plants — Canadian Waterweed, Nuttall's Waterweed · last seen 2019

Free

Forest walks

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

2 signed routes nearby · 4 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Viking Way (Barnetby to Whitwell)Walking route
Named routeRegional walking route
Plossland RoundWalking route
Named route
Moor Lanepublic footpath · 546 m
Public pathpublic footpathLength 546 mPath type: service
Moor Lanepublic footpath · 118 m
Public pathpublic footpathLength 118 mPath type: unclassified
Moor Lanepublic footpath · 369 m
Public pathpublic footpathLength 369 mPath type: service
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Cycling

15 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
North Hykeham Relief Road / Lincoln Southern Bypass NMU RouteCycling route
Named routeNational Cycle Network
Bassingham - Carlton le Moorland Cycle TrackCycling route
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 64Cycling route
Named routeRef 64National Cycle Network
Route 93Cycling route
Named routeRef 93Regional cycle route
Route 93Cycling route
Named routeRef 93Regional cycle route
N/ACycling route40 m
Named routeLength 40 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Bend in Moor Lane near Aubourn

📷 Jonathan Thacker · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Bend in Moor Lane near Aubourn

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

🌱St Peter's ChurchUrban park1.6 km→✦Hall Close: a medieval and post-medieval hall complex south of Dovecote Lane, with dovecote, gardens, fishponds, churchyard and cultivation remainsHistoric site2 km→✦COLEBY HALLHistoric site4.7 km→🌱Mill ParkUrban park4.4 km→🌱Grange ParkUrban park4.6 km→🌱Carlton-Le-Moorland ParkUrban park3.8 km→

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