Fishpond Covert - Broadleaved woodland
2 ha
Plan your visit
🎠Play🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
52.03850, 1.13066
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
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 246m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- ☀️Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay
- 🛝Playground 246m away — built-in entertainment for younger visitors alongside the wider site
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🚲Bike parking🅿️Parking· Free🛝Playground
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🛝Family friendly
Strong match
playground
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 km7 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
King Charles III England Coast Path: East: Shotley Gate to Felixstowe FerryWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
Stour & Orwell WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Sandlings Walk (St Augustine's route)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Sandlings Walk (Heath Road route)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
The Fonnereau WayWalking route▾
Named routeLocal walking route
171 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN 51Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 51National Cycle Network
Route 2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 2Local cycle route
2ACycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 10BCycling route▾
Named routeRef 10BLocal cycle route
South Suffolk Route BCycling route▾
Named routeRef BRegional cycle route
Alton Water LoopCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
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Wildlife to spot
27,407 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
27,407 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Mallard · Blackbird · Robin · Great Tit +43
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Black SwanCygnus atratus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Hazel Dormouse
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects6 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Southern Oak Bush-cricket · Batman Hoverfly · Firebug · Migrant Hawker · Common Darter +1
- Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
Bramble · Ivy · Hawthorn · Herb-Robert · Wood Avens +52
- BrambleRubus2025
- IvyHedera helix2025
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025
- DockRumex2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
27,407 records · National Biodiversity NetworkWoodpigeon · Mallard · Blackbird · Robin · Great Tit +43
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great TitParus major
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2025
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2025
- Black SwanCygnus atratus2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2025
- OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2025
- Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- ShelduckTadorna tadorna2025
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus2025
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2025
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca2025
- CurlewNumenius arquata2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
Hazel Dormouse
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
🐝Insects6 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Southern Oak Bush-cricket · Batman Hoverfly · Firebug · Migrant Hawker · Common Darter +1
- Southern Oak Bush-cricketMeconema meridionale
- Batman HoverflyMyathropa florea
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
- Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens
Bramble · Ivy · Hawthorn · Herb-Robert · Wood Avens +52
- BrambleRubus2025
- IvyHedera helix2025
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025
- DockRumex2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
