New Covert - Sparse woodland
4 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦋Insects🦉Wildlife
Free entryDogs welcome4 ha
Getting here
50.75987, -1.94683
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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
- 🐕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
- 🐕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
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Lowland heathland — Dartford warblers, nightjars and stonechats
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland heathland — silver-studded blue and heath fritillary butterflies
Free
Lowland heathland priority habitat
Free
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km11 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Ferndown, Stour and Forest TrailWalking route▾
Walk at Eye Bridge and Pamphill, Kingston LacyWalking route5.4 km▾
Grass, undulating and rough in parts, gravel tracks, easy ascents and descents.
Named routeLength 5.4 kmDuration 02:00Round tripLocal walking route
Walk at Pamphill Green and Moor, Kingston LacyWalking route2.8 km▾
Grass, gravel tracks and a short stretch on a path, undulating and rough in parts, with easy ascents and descents. The walk may be wet in winter.
Named routeLength 2.8 kmDuration 01:00Round tripLocal walking route
Walk at Pamphill and Cowgrove, Kingston LacyWalking route4.5 km▾
Gravel and grass tracks with a short distance on a country lane. Undulating going down into the valley and back. Ground can become very wet in winter.
Named routeLength 4.5 kmDuration 01:30Round tripLocal walking route
Bourne Valley Greenway walkWalking route▾
Named routeRef BVGLocal walking route
213 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 25Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 25National Cycle Network
Poole Harbour Trails - ACycling route▾
Named routeRef pht-aLocal cycle route
Canford Heath Quiet CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Bournemouth to ParleyCycling route▾
Named routeRef c2Local cycle route
University to AlderneyCycling route▾
Named routeRef C8Local cycle route
Bourne Valley GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeRef Bourne Valley GreenwayLocal cycle route
4 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
31,297 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
31,297 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Peregrine · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Hobby · Carrion Crow +43
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major
- Dartford WarblerCurruca undata2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Brent GooseBranta bernicla2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
Red Fox · Roe Deer
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Smooth Snake
- Smooth SnakeCoronella austriaca
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects22 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Common Darter · Dock Bug · Keeled Skimmer · Harlequin Ladybird · Southern Hawker +17
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
- Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025
- Brown Hawker
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
31,297 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds48 species
autumnwinter
2026▾
Peregrine · Woodpigeon · Magpie · Hobby · Carrion Crow +43
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Great TitParus major
- Dartford WarblerCurruca undata2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2025
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- Brent GooseBranta bernicla2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2025
Red Fox · Roe Deer
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
- Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Smooth Snake
- Smooth SnakeCoronella austriaca
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects22 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Common Darter · Dock Bug · Keeled Skimmer · Harlequin Ladybird · Southern Hawker +17
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Dock BugCoreus marginatus2025
- Keeled SkimmerOrthetrum coerulescens2025
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025
- Brown Hawker
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Aeshna grandis2025
Aeshna grandis2025
Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus2025Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2025Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata20257-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2025Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2025SyrphusSyrphus2025SyrphusSyrphus2025Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2025Small Red DamselflyCeriagrion tenellum2025Small Red DamselflyCeriagrion tenellum2025Common PondskaterGerris (Gerris) lacustris2025Common PondskaterGerris (Gerris) lacustris2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum2025Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puella2025Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2025