Tibshelf Ponds

A number of access routes have been created to allow you to explore the woods. 

The predominately Oak and Silver Birch woodlands throughout the site have matured well and now provide good habitat for a variety of birds including several members of the finch and tit families. 

These woodlands are now undergoing woodland management which includes thinning and coppicing. 

Thinning of the woodland will allow more trees to mature healthily. Coppicing will provide a more varied age range and size structure of trees. 

The benefits of the woodland management work can already be seen. Especially the increase in woodland flowers growing along the edges of the paths, throughout the coppiced woodland. 

This work has already enhanced the site for butterflies and other insects. Interestingly part of this area now supports a colony of Bee Orchids thriving without the competition of grasses. 

A new trail, opened in 2007 on part of the old Silverhill railway line, provides a link into Nottinghamshire giving access to Brierley Forest Park and the Teversal Trail.