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Middle Bank Covert

16 ha

📷 Michael Dibb · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome16 ha

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51.97914, -1.77312

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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
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Blackbird, Redstart, Wren +56 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Blackbird, Redstart, Wren +56 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Ferdinandea cuprea, Common Furrow Bee, Syrphus ribesii +210 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Ferdinandea cuprea, Common Furrow Bee, Syrphus ribesii +210 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Forest walks

Good match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

8 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Gloucestershire WayWalking route161 km

Named routeLength 161 kmRegional walking route

Monarch's WayWalking route990 km

approximate route of Charles II's escape

Named routeRef MWLength 990 kmRegional walking route

Heart of England WayWalking route

Named routeListed length 161kmRegional walking route

Diamond WayWalking route106 km

Named routeRef DIALength 106 kmRegional walking route

Donnington WayWalking route100 km

Named routeLength 100 kmLocal walking route

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Cycling

11 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Fosse2Cycling route

Named routeRef 48National Cycle Network

Cotswold Line Cycle RouteCycling route

Named routeRef 442National Cycle Network

Cotswold CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRef CCRegional cycle route

Main RouteCycling route4.6 km

Named routeRef 48Length 4.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route229 m

Named routeRef 48Length 229 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route1 km

Named routeRef 48Length 1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

2,799 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

2,799 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds41 species

spring

2025

Redstart · Corn Bunting · Stonechat · Willow Warbler · Whinchat +36

RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
BuzzardButeo buteo2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
Great TitParus major2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
RavenCorvus corax2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2023
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2023
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2022
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
DunnockPrunella modularis2023
Red KiteMilvus milvus2023
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
JayGarrulus glandarius2022
SwallowHirundo rustica2022
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2022
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2022
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2022

🦌

Mammals3 species

winterspringautumn

2023

Mole · Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel

MoleTalpa europaea
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐝

Insects53 species

summerautumn

2025

Ferdinandea cuprea · Common Carder Bee · Small Garden Bumblebee · White-tailed Bumblebee · White-legged Damselfly +48

Ferdinandea cupreaFerdinandea cuprea2023
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2023
Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2023
White-tailed BumblebeeBombus lucorum/terrestris/magnus/cryptarum2023
White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2023
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Band-eyed Brown HorseflyTabanus bromius
White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris2023
Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2023
Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2023
Melanostoma mellinumMelanostoma mellinum2023
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2023
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2023
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2023
Bronze Furrow BeeHalictus tumulorum2023
Painted Mining BeeAndrena fucata2023
Common Furrow BeeLasioglossum calceatum2023
Ashy Mining BeeAndrena cineraria2023
White-footed Furrow BeeLasioglossum leucopus2023
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
SyrphusSyrphus
Sericostoma personatumSericostoma personatum
Xylota segnisXylota segnis2023
Short-horned Yellow-face BeeHylaeus brevicornis2023
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2023
Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum2023
Hill Cuckoo BeeBombus rupestris2023
Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea2023
HornetVespa crabro2023
Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2023
Xylota xanthocnemaXylota xanthocnema2023
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2023
Tipula paludosaTipula paludosa2023
Geotrupes spinigerGeotrupes spiniger2023
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2023
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2023
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2023
Bellflower Blunthorn BeeMelitta haemorrhoidalis2023
Chalk Furrow BeeLasioglossum fulvicorne2023
VeliaVelia2023
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2023
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2023
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2023
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2023
Eumerus ornatusEumerus ornatus2023
Forest Cuckoo BeeBombus sylvestris2023
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2023
Red-tailed Mason BeeOsmia bicolor2023
Lobe-spurred Furrow BeeLasioglossum pauxillum2023
Yellow-legged Furrow BeeHalictus rubicundus2023
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2022

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

2,799 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds41 species

spring

2025

Redstart · Corn Bunting · Stonechat · Willow Warbler · Whinchat +36

RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
BuzzardButeo buteo2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
Great TitParus major2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
RavenCorvus corax2024
PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2023
Marsh TitPoecile palustris2023
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
NuthatchSitta europaea2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2023
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2022
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2022
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus2024
JackdawColoeus monedula2024
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
DunnockPrunella modularis2023
Red KiteMilvus milvus2023
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
JayGarrulus glandarius2022
SwallowHirundo rustica2022
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2022
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2022
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2022

🦌

Mammals3 species

winterspringautumn

2023

Mole · Roe Deer · Grey Squirrel

MoleTalpa europaea
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis

🐝

Insects53 species

summerautumn

2025

Ferdinandea cuprea · Common Carder Bee · Small Garden Bumblebee · White-tailed Bumblebee · White-legged Damselfly +48

Ferdinandea cupreaFerdinandea cuprea2023
Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2023
Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2023
White-tailed BumblebeeBombus lucorum/terrestris/magnus/cryptarum2023
White-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipes2023
Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus
Band-eyed Brown HorseflyTabanus bromius
White/Buff-tailed Bumblebee workersBombus lucorum/terrestris2023
Sphaerophoria scriptaSphaerophoria scripta2023
Syrphus ribesiiSyrphus ribesii2023
Melanostoma mellinumMelanostoma mellinum2023
Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2023
SphaerophoriaSphaerophoria2023
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2023
Bronze Furrow BeeHalictus tumulorum2023
Painted Mining BeeAndrena fucata2023
Common Furrow BeeLasioglossum calceatum2023
Ashy Mining BeeAndrena cineraria2023
White-footed Furrow BeeLasioglossum leucopus2023
Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
SyrphusSyrphus
Sericostoma personatumSericostoma personatum
Xylota segnisXylota segnis2023
Short-horned Yellow-face BeeHylaeus brevicornis2023
Eristalis tenaxEristalis tenax2023
Eristalis arbustorumEristalis arbustorum2023
Hill Cuckoo BeeBombus rupestris2023
Harmonia axyridis form succineaHarmonia axyridis form succinea2023
HornetVespa crabro2023
Mesembrina meridianaMesembrina meridiana2023
Xylota xanthocnemaXylota xanthocnema2023
Hawthorn ShieldbugAcanthosoma haemorrhoidale2023
Tipula paludosaTipula paludosa2023
Geotrupes spinigerGeotrupes spiniger2023
Field GrasshopperChorthippus brunneus2023
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata2023
Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2023
Early BumblebeeBombus pratorum2023
Bellflower Blunthorn BeeMelitta haemorrhoidalis2023
Chalk Furrow BeeLasioglossum fulvicorne2023
VeliaVelia2023
Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2023
Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2023
Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2023
Broad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressa2023
Orange LadybirdHalyzia sedecimguttata2023
Eumerus ornatusEumerus ornatus2023
Forest Cuckoo BeeBombus sylvestris2023
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera2023
Red-tailed Mason BeeOsmia bicolor2023
Lobe-spurred Furrow BeeLasioglossum pauxillum2023
Yellow-legged Furrow BeeHalictus rubicundus2023
Dock BugCoreus marginatus2022

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Michael Dibb · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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