Old Covert - Woodland plantation
5 ha
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
52.05542, -0.67170
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
- 🅿️Parking 60m away — 2 car parks within reach
🌤️ 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
- 🅿️Parking 60m away — 2 car parks within reach
- £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
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby · 9 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Grand Union Canal WalkWalking route▾
Napton to Coy Carp section
Named routeRegional walking route
Clay WayWalking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointLocal walking route
Milton Keynes Boundary WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripRegional walking route
Ouse Valley Circular WalkWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
Seven Parishes Millennium Circular WalkWalking route21.6 km▾
Named routeLength 21.6 kmRound tripLocal walking route
105 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN 51Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 51National Cycle Network
MK Redway Super Route V10Cycling route▾
Named routeRef V10Local cycle route
MK Redway Super Route H6Cycling route▾
Named routeRef H6Local cycle route
MK Redway Super Route H4Cycling route▾
Named routeRef H4Local cycle route
MK Redway Super Route Railway WalkCycling route▾
Named routeRef RWLocal cycle route
MK Redway Super Route V8Cycling route▾
Named routeRef V8Local cycle route
8 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
1,712 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,712 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds32 species
winterspring
2025▾
Magpie · Starling · Woodpigeon · Robin · Blackbird +27
- MagpiePica pica
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Great TitParus major
- Common GullLarus canus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- SwiftApus apus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- CootFulica atra
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
Brown Hare
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
Epistrophe eligans · Nettle Groundbug · Hairy Dragonfly · Green Tiger Beetle · Eristalis pertinax +6
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Nettle GroundbugHeterogaster urticae
- Hairy DragonflyBrachytron pratense2025
- Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris2025
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,712 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds32 species
winterspring
2025▾
Magpie · Starling · Woodpigeon · Robin · Blackbird +27
- MagpiePica pica
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- Great TitParus major
- Common GullLarus canus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- SwiftApus apus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- CootFulica atra
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
Brown Hare
- Brown HareLepus europaeus
Epistrophe eligans · Nettle Groundbug · Hairy Dragonfly · Green Tiger Beetle · Eristalis pertinax +6
- Epistrophe eligansEpistrophe eligans
- Nettle GroundbugHeterogaster urticae
- Hairy DragonflyBrachytron pratense2025
- Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris2025
- Eristalis pertinaxEristalis pertinax2025
- Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2025
2025
Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025Red-headed Cardinal BeetlePyrochroa serraticornis2025Eristalis nemorumEristalis nemorum2025Eristalis nemorumEristalis nemorum2025Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami2025Conops vesicularisConops vesicularis2025Conops vesicularisConops vesicularis2025Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025Large Red DamselflyPyrrhosoma nymphula2025