Fox Covert

{{Short description|Nature reserve in England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

thumb

Fox Covert is a {{convert|2.9|hectare|acre|adj=on}} nature reserve near Royston in North Hertfordshire. It is owned and managed by the Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust.{{cite web|url=http://www.hertswildlifetrust.org.uk/reserves/fox-covert|title=Fox Covert|publisher=Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust|accessdate=17 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150418003618/http://www.hertswildlifetrust.org.uk/reserves/fox-covert|archive-date=18 April 2015|url-status=dead}}

The site is a mature beech woodland that was planted in the nineteenth century. White helleborine orchids are commonly found as ground flora around the area. The reserve houses deer and various species of birds.{{cite web|url= http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1001839.pdf|title= Therfield Heath citation|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher= Natural England|accessdate= 17 April 2015|archive-date= 24 October 2012|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121024062125/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1001839.pdf|url-status= dead}} In 1964, Fox Covert was offered as a gift by Mr. Fordham of Letchworth and became the Trust's first nature reserve.{{cite web|url=http://www.hertswildlifetrust.org.uk/who-we-are/our-history|title=Timeline|publisher=Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust|accessdate=17 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151114122838/http://www.hertswildlifetrust.org.uk/who-we-are/our-history|archive-date=14 November 2015|url-status=dead}}

Fox Covert borders the Therfield Heath Site of Special Scientific Interest,{{cite web|url=http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271001839%27 |title=Map of Therfield Heath|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate= 17 April 2015}} and has the Hertfordshire Way long distance footpath passing through it.

{{commons category|Fox Covert, Royston|Fox Covert}}