Tim Horton
Covert Wood
Purchased in 2023, this ancient woodland site sits on top of the Kent Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. With beautiful grassland valleys on one side, and the Forestry England woodland on the other Covert wood is part of wonderful wider landscape.
The woodland is dominated by mature specimens of oak, beech and sweet chestnut. In the spring the ground is covered in wood anemones, primroses, bluebells and early purple orchids.
The woodland is dominated by mature specimens of oak, beech and sweet chestnut. In the spring the ground is covered in wood anemones, primroses, bluebells and early purple orchids.
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April-JuneAbout the reserve
Kent Wildlife Trust’s Covert wood sits on a steep chalk bank. The canopy of oak, beech and sweetchestnut shade an understory of hazel, yew and elder. In the spring the ground will be covered in bluebells, wood anemones, dogs mercury and other woodland flowers. Keep an eye out for orchid species too, these chalk woodlands support a huge variety of plants.
Before owning this woodland, we worked with Forestry England on their woodland, reintroducing grazing animals to restore and area of heathland. We hope to continue working with Forestry England and other neighbours to develop an exciting landscape scale project.
