Pond Plantation - Woodland plantation
6 ha
Plan your visit
🦉Wildlife🦅Birds🌿Foraging
Free entryDogs welcome6 ha
Getting here
53.22831, -1.35452
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 km10 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Chesterfield Round WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRound tripLocal walking route
Cuckoo WayWalking route▾
The Miners WayWalking route▾
Trans-Pennine Trail (Staveley to Chesterfield spur)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Whittington and the HandleysWalking route▾
84 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 5Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 5Local cycle route
Stockley TrailCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Rother Valley WashlandsCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Doorstep RideCycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
LCN 3Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 3Local cycle route
Route 67Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 67National Cycle Network
Photos
New tree plantation on reclaimed land
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Wildlife to spot
11,917 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
11,917 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds25 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Carrion Crow · Skylark · Goldfinch · Robin · Yellowhammer +20
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Great TitParus major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MagpiePica pica
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- JayGarrulus glandarius
Trailing Tormentil · Bramble · Silver Birch · Pedunculate Oak · Spear Thistle +98
- Trailing TormentilPotentilla anglica
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- Silver BirchBetula pendula
- Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
- Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
- Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
11,917 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds25 species
autumnwinter
2025▾
Carrion Crow · Skylark · Goldfinch · Robin · Yellowhammer +20
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Great TitParus major
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MagpiePica pica
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- JackdawColoeus monedula
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GreenfinchChloris chloris
- WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- JayGarrulus glandarius
Trailing Tormentil · Bramble · Silver Birch · Pedunculate Oak · Spear Thistle +98
- Trailing TormentilPotentilla anglica
- BrambleRubus fruticosus
- Silver BirchBetula pendula
- Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
- Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
- Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
- Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas