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Pond Shaw

✦ Ancient woodland3 ha

📷 Alex McGregor · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Free entryDogs welcome3 ha

Getting here

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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

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome
🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat

Parking

Best for

7 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Nightingale, Robin, Woodpigeon +69 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Nightingale, Robin, Woodpigeon +69 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Dilated Scalewort, Hart's-tongue Thyme-moss, Pointed Spear-moss +42 more · last seen 2021; Plants — Dilated Scalewort, Hart's-tongue Thyme-moss, Pointed Spear-moss +42 more · last seen 2021

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Lowland meadows — marbled white, meadow brown and pollinating insects; Insects — Hydropsyche siltalai, Sericostoma personatum, Polycentropus flavomaculatus +39 more · last seen 2024

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Heritage

Good match

Ancient woodland — historic landscape

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

High Weald Landscape TrailWalking route

Named routeRef HWLTListed length 145kmRegional walking route

🚴

Cycling

9 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

NCN National Route 18Cycling route

Named routeRef 18National Cycle Network

Main RouteCycling route5 km

Named routeRef 18Length 5 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route47 m

Named routeRef 18Length 47 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route16 m

Named routeRef 18Length 16 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route36 m

Named routeRef 18Length 36 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Main RouteCycling route582 m

Named routeRef 18Length 582 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt

Wildlife to spot

2,453 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

2,453 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds44 species

winterspring

2025

Carrion Crow · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Robin +39

Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Coal TitPeriparus ater
JayGarrulus glandarius
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Great TitParus major
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
MagpiePica pica
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Barn OwlTyto alba2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos2024
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Marsh TitPoecile palustris
NuthatchSitta europaea
SwallowHirundo rustica
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
Stock DoveColumba oenas
CuckooCuculus canorus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2024
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2024
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
SiskinSpinus spinus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor2024
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2023
HobbyFalco subbuteo2023
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
JackdawColoeus monedula2023

🦌

Mammals4 species

summer

2025

Common Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel · Brown Long-eared Bat · Roe Deer

Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2023
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2023
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

🐝

Insects4 species

summerautumn

2024

Common Red Soldier Beetle · Corizus hyoscyami · Glow-worm · Rhingia rostrata

Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami
Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
Rhingia rostrataRhingia rostrata2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

2,453 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds44 species

winterspring

2025

Carrion Crow · Blue Tit · Blackbird · Woodpigeon · Robin +39

Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
BlackbirdTurdus merula
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RobinErithacus rubecula
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
Coal TitPeriparus ater
JayGarrulus glandarius
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Great TitParus major
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
MagpiePica pica
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Barn OwlTyto alba2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos2024
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Marsh TitPoecile palustris
NuthatchSitta europaea
SwallowHirundo rustica
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
Stock DoveColumba oenas
CuckooCuculus canorus
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2024
FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla2024
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2024
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
SiskinSpinus spinus
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
FieldfareTurdus pilaris2024
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor2024
PeregrineFalco peregrinus2023
HobbyFalco subbuteo2023
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
JackdawColoeus monedula2023

🦌

Mammals4 species

summer

2025

Common Pipistrelle · Grey Squirrel · Brown Long-eared Bat · Roe Deer

Common PipistrellePipistrellus pipistrellus2023
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis
Brown Long-eared BatPlecotus auritus2023
Roe DeerCapreolus capreolus

🐝

Insects4 species

summerautumn

2024

Common Red Soldier Beetle · Corizus hyoscyami · Glow-worm · Rhingia rostrata

Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva
Corizus hyoscyamiCorizus hyoscyami
Glow-wormLampyris noctiluca
Rhingia rostrataRhingia rostrata2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Alex McGregor · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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