Fox Covert - Woodland plantation
5 ha
Plan your visit
🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife🦅Birds
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome5 ha
Getting here
52.31420, -1.26050
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
🐴Horse riding🥾Walking trails
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Horse riding listed as facility
Varies
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km4 signed routes nearby · 1 public path nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Oxford Canal WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Grand Union Canal WalkWalking route234 km▾
Birmingham to Napton section
Named routeLength 234 kmRegional walking route
Jurassic WayWalking route142 km▾
Named routeLength 142 kmRegional walking route
Grand Union Canal WalkWalking route▾
Napton to Coy Carp section
Named routeRegional walking route
24 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 41Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 41National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route2.9 km▾
Named routeRef 41Length 2.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2 km▾
Named routeRef 41Length 2 kmNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route183 m▾
Named routeRef 41Length 183 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route204 m▾
Named routeRef 41Length 204 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route710 m▾
Named routeRef 41Length 710 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
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Wildlife to spot
2,874 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
2,874 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
springsummer
2025▾
Swallow · Stock Dove · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Skylark +42
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- SwiftApus apus2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2022
- Common GullLarus canus2022
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2022
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2021
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummerautumn
2024▾
Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2023▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Syritta pipiens · Indet. Anthomyiid · Empoasca vitis · Chalcosyrphus nemorum · Common Carder Bee +7
- Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2021
- Indet. AnthomyiidAnthomyzidae
- Empoasca vitisEmpoasca vitis
- Chalcosyrphus nemorumChalcosyrphus nemorum2021
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2021
- Plagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorumPlagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorum
Ground-ivy
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
2,874 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds47 species
springsummer
2025▾
Swallow · Stock Dove · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Skylark +42
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2024
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- RookCorvus frugilegus2024
- JackdawColoeus monedula2024
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- SwiftApus apus2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
- JayGarrulus glandarius2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis2024
- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2022
- Common GullLarus canus2022
- Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria2022
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus2021
🦌Mammals3 species
springsummerautumn
2024▾
Rabbit · Grey Squirrel · Hedgehog
- RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2023
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- HedgehogErinaceus europaeus2022
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2023▾
Great Crested Newt
- Great Crested NewtTriturus cristatus
Syritta pipiens · Indet. Anthomyiid · Empoasca vitis · Chalcosyrphus nemorum · Common Carder Bee +7
- Syritta pipiensSyritta pipiens2021
- Indet. AnthomyiidAnthomyzidae
- Empoasca vitisEmpoasca vitis
- Chalcosyrphus nemorumChalcosyrphus nemorum2021
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum2021
- Plagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorumPlagiognathus (Plagiognathus) arbustorum
Ground-ivy
- Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2021
2021
Saltella sphondyliiSaltella sphondylii2021Saltella sphondyliiSaltella sphondylii2021Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2021Small Garden BumblebeeBombus hortorum2021Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2021Marmalade HoverflyEpisyrphus balteatus2021Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus2021Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus2021Loricera pilicornisLoricera pilicornis2021Loricera pilicornisLoricera pilicornis2021Polymerus (Polymerus) nigritaPolymerus (Polymerus) nigrita2021Polymerus (Polymerus) nigritaPolymerus (Polymerus) nigrita2021