Pond Wood ✦ Ancient woodland 79 ha
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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🍂 Seasonal
Free entry Dogs welcome 79 ha
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51.12230, 0.54120
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Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ ☀️ June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days 🍄 Mushroom 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
☀️ June — canopy now fully closed, creating cool dappled shade even on warm days 🍄 Mushroom 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🌿 Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
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🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blackbird, Blue Tit, Woodpigeon +58 more · last seen 2024; Birds — Blackbird, Blue Tit, Woodpigeon +58 more · last seen 2024
Free
🍂 Seasonal nature
Strong match
Ancient woodland — bluebells, fungi and autumn colour; Plants — Bluebell, Bird's-foot Wing-moss, English Elm +30 more · last seen 2019
Free
🍄 Mushroom foraging
Strong match
Fungi — Tawny Grisette, Parmelia saxatilis s. lat., Physcia adscendens +18 more · last seen 2013; Fungi — Tawny Grisette, Parmelia saxatilis s. lat., Physcia adscendens +18 more · last seen 2013
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🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Green Hairstreak, Orange-tip, Large Skipper +43 more · last seen 2024; Insects — Green Hairstreak, Orange-tip, Large Skipper +43 more · last seen 2024
Free
Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic
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Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
High Weald Landscape Trail Walking route ▾
Named route Ref HWLT Listed length 145km Regional walking route
Show on map 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Singletrack Mountain Bike Trail Mountain bike route ▾
✦ Ancient woodland — continuously wooded since at least 1600 AD. A rare and irreplaceable habitat, rich in biodiversity and historical character.
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3,288 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 3,288 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 52 species
winter spring summer
2024 ▾
Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Starling · Blue Tit +47
Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2023 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blackbird Turdus merula Starling Sturnus vulgaris Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Magpie Pica pica Robin Erithacus rubecula Swift Apus apus2023 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Tawny Owl Strix aluco Rook Corvus frugilegus2021 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Swallow Hirundo rustica Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Carrion Crow Corvus corone2021 Great Tit Parus major2019 Stock Dove Columba oenas Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii Linnet Linaria cannabina Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2022 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2021 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2021 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2020 Redwing Turdus iliacus2020 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2020 Dunnock Prunella modularis2019 Siskin Spinus spinus2018 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2018 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris2018 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2018 Jay Garrulus glandarius2018 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea House Martin Delichon urbicum Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2022 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2021 Dendrocopos major anglicus Dendrocopos major anglicus2020 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2020 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor2020 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2020 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2020 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2019 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2019 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2019 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2019 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2019 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2018 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2018 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2018 Coal Tit Periparus ater2018 🦌 Mammals 9 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Hazel Dormouse · Badger · Rabbit · Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel +4
Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius2022 Badger Meles meles2022 Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2024 Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2020 Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
autumn
2024 ▾
Common Toad · Palmate Newt
Common Toad Bufo bufo Palmate Newt Lissotriton helveticus Gatekeeper · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Melanostoma mellinum · Scaeva pyrastri · Eupteryx decemnotata +21
Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus2019 Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva Melanostoma mellinum Melanostoma mellinum Scaeva pyrastri Scaeva pyrastri Eupteryx decemnotata Eupteryx decemnotata2023 Eupteryx melissae Eupteryx melissae2023 🌿 Plants 2 species
spring summer
2019 ▾
Bird's-foot Wing-moss · Bluebell
Bird's-foot Wing-moss Nogopterium gracile Bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta2018 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 3,288 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 52 species
winter spring summer
2024 ▾
Jackdaw · Woodpigeon · Blackbird · Starling · Blue Tit +47
Jackdaw Coloeus monedula2023 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blackbird Turdus merula Starling Sturnus vulgaris Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Magpie Pica pica Robin Erithacus rubecula Swift Apus apus2023 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Tawny Owl Strix aluco Rook Corvus frugilegus2021 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Swallow Hirundo rustica Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Carrion Crow Corvus corone2021 Great Tit Parus major2019 Stock Dove Columba oenas Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii Linnet Linaria cannabina Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus2022 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos2021 Herring Gull Larus argentatus2021 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus2020 Redwing Turdus iliacus2020 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus2020 Dunnock Prunella modularis2019 Siskin Spinus spinus2018 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major2018 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris2018 Nuthatch Sitta europaea2018 Jay Garrulus glandarius2018 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea House Martin Delichon urbicum Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Woodcock Scolopax rusticola2022 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula2021 Dendrocopos major anglicus Dendrocopos major anglicus2020 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris2020 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor2020 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis2020 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella2020 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus2019 House Sparrow Passer domesticus2019 Greenfinch Chloris chloris2019 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs2019 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla2019 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris2018 Goldcrest Regulus regulus2018 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus2018 Coal Tit Periparus ater2018 🦌 Mammals 9 species
spring summer autumn
2025 ▾
Hazel Dormouse · Badger · Rabbit · Hedgehog · Grey Squirrel +4
Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius2022 Badger Meles meles2022 Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus2024 Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus2020 Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
autumn
2024 ▾
Common Toad · Palmate Newt
Common Toad Bufo bufo Palmate Newt Lissotriton helveticus Gatekeeper · Common Red Soldier Beetle · Melanostoma mellinum · Scaeva pyrastri · Eupteryx decemnotata +21
Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus2019 Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva Melanostoma mellinum Melanostoma mellinum Scaeva pyrastri Scaeva pyrastri Eupteryx decemnotata Eupteryx decemnotata2023 Eupteryx melissae Eupteryx melissae2023 🌿 Plants 2 species
spring summer
2019 ▾
Bird's-foot Wing-moss · Bluebell
Bird's-foot Wing-moss Nogopterium gracile Bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta2018 Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
House Mouse Mus musculus2022
House Mouse Mus musculus2022
Brown Long-eared Bat Plecotus auritus2022
Brown Long-eared Bat Plecotus auritus2022
Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2022
Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus2022
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2019
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes2019
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2022
Red-legged Shieldbug Pentatoma rufipes2022
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax2022
Eristalis tenax Eristalis tenax2022
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus2021
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus2021
Red Mason Bee Osmia bicornis2021
Red Mason Bee Osmia bicornis2021
Larder Beetle Dermestes lardarius2019
Larder Beetle Dermestes lardarius2019
Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas2019
Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas2019
Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni2019
Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni2019
Small White Pieris rapae2019
Small White Pieris rapae2019
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta2019
Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta2019
Peacock Aglais io2019
Peacock Aglais io2019
Comma Polygonia c-album2019
Comma Polygonia c-album2019
Painted Lady Vanessa cardui2019
Painted Lady Vanessa cardui2019
Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae2019
Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae2019
Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina2019
Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina2019
Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria2019
Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria2019
Large White Pieris brassicae2019
Large White Pieris brassicae2019
Vespa crabro subsp. gribodoi Vespa crabro subsp. gribodoi2019
Vespa crabro subsp. gribodoi Vespa crabro subsp. gribodoi2019
Philaenus Philaenus2019
Philaenus Philaenus2019
Hornet Vespa crabro2019
Hornet Vespa crabro2019
Tree Bumblebee Bombus hypnorum2019
Tree Bumblebee Bombus hypnorum2019 