Hooton Thorn Covert - Woodland plantation
2 ha
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
53.58425, -1.29165
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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
- 🅿️Parking 443m 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 443m away — 2 car parks within reach
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Named hiking route nearby: Wakefield Way
Free
Conifer plantation — limited but present wildlife
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Barnsley Boundary WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Wakefield WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
West Yorkshire Cycle RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef WYCRRegional cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
3,185 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
3,185 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Dunnock · Woodpigeon · Kestrel · Robin +39
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- Great TitParus major
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- GadwallMareca strepera2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2023
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- Rock DoveColumba livia2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2024▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects30 species
springsummer
2025▾
Orange-tip · Common Darter · Migrant Hawker · Peacock · Mystacides longicornis +25
- Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2024
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- PeacockAglais io2024
- Mystacides longicornisMystacides longicornis2024
- Large White
🌿Plants2 species
springautumn
2023▾
Japanese Knotweed · Glaucous Sedge
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
- Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
3,185 records · National Biodiversity NetworkBlackbird · Dunnock · Woodpigeon · Kestrel · Robin +39
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2024
- DunnockPrunella modularis2024
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- RobinErithacus rubecula2024
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
- MagpiePica pica2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2024
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2023
- Great TitParus major
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2024
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
- CootFulica atra2024
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
- SwallowHirundo rustica2024
- GreenfinchChloris chloris2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
- GadwallMareca strepera2024
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2024
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus2023
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2023
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2023
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
- Rock DoveColumba livia2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
🐸Amphibians1 species
spring
2024▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects30 species
springsummer
2025▾
Orange-tip · Common Darter · Migrant Hawker · Peacock · Mystacides longicornis +25
- Orange-tipAnthocharis cardamines2024
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- PeacockAglais io2024
- Mystacides longicornisMystacides longicornis2024
- Large White
🌿Plants2 species
springautumn
2023▾
Japanese Knotweed · Glaucous Sedge
- Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica
- Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Pieris brassicae2024
Pieris brassicae2024
Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus2023Limnephilus lunatusLimnephilus lunatus2023BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024BrimstoneGonepteryx rhamni2024Azure DamselflyCoenagrion puellaAzure DamselflyCoenagrion puellaCommon Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerumCommon Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerumGlyphotaelius pellucidusGlyphotaelius pellucidus2024Glyphotaelius pellucidusGlyphotaelius pellucidus2024Dingy SkipperErynnis tages2024Dingy SkipperErynnis tages2024Small WhitePieris rapae2024Small WhitePieris rapae2024Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2024Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024Green-veined WhitePieris napi2024Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024Speckled WoodPararge aegeria2024Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatusBox BugGonocerus acuteangulatusCicadella viridisCicadella viridisCicadella viridisCicadella viridisBroad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaBroad-bodied ChaserLibellula depressaVine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2024Vine WeevilOtiorhynchus sulcatus2024Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2024Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2024Oecetis ochraceaOecetis ochracea2024Oecetis ochraceaOecetis ochracea2024Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2024Small CopperLycaena phlaeas2024Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2024Holly BlueCelastrina argiolus2024Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2023Green ShieldbugPalomena prasina2023Black-horned GemMicrochrysa polita2023Black-horned GemMicrochrysa polita2023Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2023Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes2023Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2023Roesel's Bush-cricketRoeseliana roeselii2023Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2023Oak Bush-cricketMeconema thalassinum2023Toadflax BrocadeCalophasia lunula2023Toadflax BrocadeCalophasia lunula2023Events & activities nearby
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