Normans pond and Woodland
15 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🌳Ancient🦉Wildlife
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome15 ha
Getting here
50.99799, 0.07617
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦69+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Dartford Warbler and Woodlark
- 💜Bluebell walks is at its best in summer here
- ⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦69+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Dartford Warbler and Woodlark
- 💜Bluebell walks is at its best in summer here
- ⛺Camping available here — summer nights at this site are worth planning around
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
⛺Campsite🅿️Parking🛝Playground
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Dartford Warbler, Woodlark, Swallow +66 more · last seen 2026; Ancient woodland — owls, woodpeckers, warblers
Free
🌳Ancient woodland
Very strong match
Ancient woodland — continuous woodland since before 1600
Free
Birds — Dartford Warbler, Woodlark, Swallow +66 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
💜Bluebell walks
Strong match
Ancient woodland — native bluebell habitat
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Tormentil, Common Nettle, Marsh Thistle +157 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Glow-worm, White-legged Damselfly, Common Carder Bee +81 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km9 signed routes nearby · 6 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Sussex Diamond WayWalking route97 km▾
Named routeLength 97 kmRegional walking route
Vanguard WayWalking route111 km▾
Named routeRef VGWLength 111 kmRegional walking route
Sussex Ouse Valley WayWalking route67 km▾
Named routeLength 67 kmRegional walking route
Walk To Bluebell Railway, Sheffield ParkWalking route900 m▾
Named routeLength 900 mDuration 00:30Point-to-pointLocal walking route
Tolls Walk, Sheffield ParkWalking route2.2 km▾
Named routeLength 2.2 kmDuration 00:45Round tripLocal walking route
The Drivepublic footpath · 1.1 km▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 1.1 kmSurface asphaltPath type: residential
Weather for this location
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Wildlife to spot
10,811 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
10,811 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Dartford Warbler · Tawny Owl · Swallow · Green Woodpecker · Song Thrush +39
- Dartford WarblerCurruca undata2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Long-eared Bat species · Myotis Bat species · Eurasian Serotine · Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle +2
- Long-eared Bat speciesPlecotus
- Myotis Bat speciesMyotis
- Eurasian SerotineCnephaeus serotinus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Nyctalus Bat speciesNyctalus
- Nathusius's Pipistrelle
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo2025
Southern Hawker · Harlequin Ladybird · Common Carder Bee · Dark Bush-cricket · Anoplotrupes stercorosus +2
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Black Clock
🌿Plants31 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Sweet Chestnut · St. Dabeoc's Heath · Devil's-bit Scabious · Heather · Tormentil +26
- Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2025
- St. Dabeoc's HeathDaboecia cantabrica2025
- Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2025
- HeatherCalluna vulgaris2025
- TormentilPotentilla erecta2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
10,811 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
summerautumnwinter
2026▾
Dartford Warbler · Tawny Owl · Swallow · Green Woodpecker · Song Thrush +39
- Dartford WarblerCurruca undata2025
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2025
- SwallowHirundo rustica2025
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2025
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis2025
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
- RobinErithacus rubecula2025
- NuthatchSitta europaea2025
- Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa2025
- JayGarrulus glandarius2025
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2025
- HobbyFalco subbuteo2025
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- GoosanderMergus merganser2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2025
- RavenCorvus corax2025
- Great TitParus major2025
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2025
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2025
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- MagpiePica pica2025
- JackdawColoeus monedula2025
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2025
- FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2025
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2025
Long-eared Bat species · Myotis Bat species · Eurasian Serotine · Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle +2
- Long-eared Bat speciesPlecotus
- Myotis Bat speciesMyotis
- Eurasian SerotineCnephaeus serotinus
- Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus
- Soprano PipistrellePipistrellus pygmaeus
- Nyctalus Bat speciesNyctalus
- Nathusius's Pipistrelle
🐸Amphibians2 species
winterautumn
2026▾
Common Frog · Common Toad
- Common FrogRana temporaria
- Common ToadBufo bufo2025
Southern Hawker · Harlequin Ladybird · Common Carder Bee · Dark Bush-cricket · Anoplotrupes stercorosus +2
- Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea
- Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridis
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
- Dark Bush-cricketPholidoptera griseoaptera
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum
- Black Clock
🌿Plants31 species
summerautumn
2026▾
Sweet Chestnut · St. Dabeoc's Heath · Devil's-bit Scabious · Heather · Tormentil +26
- Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2025
- St. Dabeoc's HeathDaboecia cantabrica2025
- Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2025
- HeatherCalluna vulgaris2025
- TormentilPotentilla erecta2025
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Pipistrellus nathusii
Pipistrellus nathusii
Pterostichus madidus
Pterostichus madidus
Creeping Thistle
Creeping Thistle
Cirsium arvense2025
Cirsium arvense2025
HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025HawthornCrataegus monogyna2025Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2025Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2025CuckooflowerCardamine pratensisCuckooflowerCardamine pratensisSweet VioletViola odorataSweet VioletViola odorataField WoundwortStachys arvensis2025Field WoundwortStachys arvensis2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata2025DaisyBellis perennis2025DaisyBellis perennis2025Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2025Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025Common NettleUrtica dioica2025AshFraxinus excelsior2025AshFraxinus excelsior2025YarrowAchillea millefolium2025YarrowAchillea millefolium2025HollyIlex aquifolium2025HollyIlex aquifolium2025HazelCorylus avellana2025HazelCorylus avellana2025Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2025Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre2025Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2025Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2025Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2025Lesser StitchwortStellaria graminea2025Greater PlantainPlantago major2025Greater PlantainPlantago major2025Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2025Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2025Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2025Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2025Common BentAgrostis capillaris2025Common BentAgrostis capillaris2025HopHumulus lupulus2025HopHumulus lupulus2025Water MintMentha aquatica2025Water MintMentha aquatica2025Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2025Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica2025Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2025Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis2025Tufted VetchVicia cracca2025Tufted VetchVicia cracca2025