Fishpond Covert - Broadleaved woodland
0 ha
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome0 ha
Getting here
52.04395, 1.13078
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
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
- 🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
Varies
🌲Forest walks
Moderate match
Public woodland
Free
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
174 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
Alton Water LoopCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
NCN51 Proposed change avoiding Duke Street, IpswichCycling route▾
Named routeRef 51National Cycle Network
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Wildlife to spot
23,802 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
23,802 records · National Biodiversity NetworkHouse Sparrow · Blackbird · Robin · Blue Tit · Mute Swan +24
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MagpiePica pica
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great TitParus major
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Hazel Dormouse · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Banded Demoiselle · 7-spot Ladybird · Hornet Hoverfly · Common Darter · Blue-tailed Damselfly +17
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025
- Rhaphigaster nebulosaRhaphigaster nebulosa
Bramble · Ivy · Hawthorn · Herb-Robert · Wood Avens +61
- 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
23,802 records · National Biodiversity NetworkHouse Sparrow · Blackbird · Robin · Blue Tit · Mute Swan +24
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MagpiePica pica
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great TitParus major
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
Hazel Dormouse · Grey Squirrel · Red Fox
- Hazel DormouseMuscardinus avellanarius
- Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
- Red FoxVulpes vulpes
🐸Amphibians1 species
autumn
2025▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Banded Demoiselle · 7-spot Ladybird · Hornet Hoverfly · Common Darter · Blue-tailed Damselfly +17
- Banded DemoiselleCalopteryx splendens2025
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2025
- Blue-tailed DamselflyIschnura elegans2025
- Rhaphigaster nebulosaRhaphigaster nebulosa
Bramble · Ivy · Hawthorn · Herb-Robert · Wood Avens +61
- BrambleRubus2025
- IvyHedera helix2025
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025
- Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum2025
- Wood AvensGeum urbanum2025
- DockRumex2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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