Rookery Covert - Mixed woodland
7 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome7 ha
Getting here
52.27438, -2.54683
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
- 🐕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
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🍂Seasonal nature
Good match
Broadleaved woodland — spring blossom and autumn colour
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Herefordshire TrailWalking route246.5 km▾
Named routeLength 246.5 kmRegional walking route
8 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
2,517 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,517 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMute Swan · House Sparrow · Blackbird · Nuthatch · Blue Tit +32
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- RavenCorvus corax
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- MagpiePica pica
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Great TitParus major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
- SwiftApus apus2022
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2022
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2022
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
- CootFulica atra2022
🦌Mammals2 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Brown Hawker · Small Red-eyed Damselfly · Migrant Hawker · Ruddy Darter · Common Darter +15
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
- Small Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulum
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Common Blue Damselfly
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,517 records · National Biodiversity NetworkMute Swan · House Sparrow · Blackbird · Nuthatch · Blue Tit +32
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- RavenCorvus corax
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- MagpiePica pica
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- SiskinSpinus spinus
- Great TitParus major
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
- SwiftApus apus2022
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2022
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2022
- SwallowHirundo rustica2022
- CootFulica atra2022
🦌Mammals2 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Brown Hawker · Small Red-eyed Damselfly · Migrant Hawker · Ruddy Darter · Common Darter +15
- Brown HawkerAeshna grandis
- Small Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma viridulum
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Ruddy DarterSympetrum sanguineum
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans
- Common Blue Damselfly
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Enallagma cyathigerum
Enallagma cyathigerum
Emperor DragonflyAnax imperatorEmperor DragonflyAnax imperatorAzure DamselflyCoenagrion puellaAzure DamselflyCoenagrion puellaSouthern HawkerAeshna cyaneaSouthern HawkerAeshna cyaneaWhite-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipesWhite-legged DamselflyPlatycnemis pennipesRed-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas2023Red-eyed DamselflyErythromma najas2023Four-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculataFour-spotted ChaserLibellula quadrimaculataLarge Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphulaLarge Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphulaPine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus2024Pine LadybirdExochomus quadripustulatus2024Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2023Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2023Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2023Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2023Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2023Beautiful DemoiselleCalopteryx virgo2023Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2022Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2022Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2022Black-tailed SkimmerOrthetrum cancellatum2022