Pond Plantation - Broadleaved woodland
19 ha
Plan your visit
🧺Picnic🐶Dogs🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome19 ha
Getting here
53.22878, -1.31303
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
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🐕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
- 🧺Good picnic destination in summer — open space and facilities for a relaxed day out
- 🐕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
🧺Picnic day out
Strong match
picnic area, car park
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
🦅Bird watching
Strong match
Lowland fens — specialist fen birds and passage waders
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland fens — fen dragonflies and rare invertebrates
Free
🛝Family friendly
Good match
picnic area
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km9 signed routes nearby · 11 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Chesterfield Round WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
Archaeological Way (old route)Walking route▾
Cuckoo WayWalking route▾
The Miners WayWalking route▾
Trans-Pennine Trail (Staveley to Chesterfield spur)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
32 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Stockley TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Doorstep RideCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 67Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 67National Cycle Network
Clowne Branch Line GreenwayCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Main RouteCycling route133 m▾
Named routeRef 67Length 133 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface unsealedfirm
N/ACycling route4 m▾
Named routeLength 4 mNational Cycle NetworkTraffic-freeSurface other
Photos
Pond in the Peter Fidler Nature Reserve
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Wildlife to spot
35,195 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
35,195 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Heron · Black-headed Gull · Teal · Goldfinch · Coot +37
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- TealAnas crecca
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- CootFulica atra
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GadwallMareca strepera
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
🐝Insects2 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Willow Emerald Damselfly · Common Darter
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Red Dead-nettle · Hard Rush · Rosa canina · Pedunculate Oak · Creeping Buttercup +80
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Hard RushJuncus inflexus
- Rosa caninaRosa canina
- Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- ElderSambucus nigra
- Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
35,195 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds42 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Grey Heron · Black-headed Gull · Teal · Goldfinch · Coot +37
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- TealAnas crecca
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- CootFulica atra
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- LapwingVanellus vanellus
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- MagpiePica pica
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- GadwallMareca strepera
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Great TitParus major
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
🐝Insects2 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Willow Emerald Damselfly · Common Darter
- Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
Red Dead-nettle · Hard Rush · Rosa canina · Pedunculate Oak · Creeping Buttercup +80
- Red Dead-nettleLamium purpureum
- Hard RushJuncus inflexus
- Rosa caninaRosa canina
- Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
- Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
- ElderSambucus nigra
- Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
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