Wood Lane Nature Reserve

A great place for fishing, but not as good for nature watching. We visited Sunday afternoon, and it was quiet busy with fishermen, but not much wildlife. A midweek visit may be better.

Run of mill . Does have Hides for Bird watching and car accessible. Fishing is allowed . As Ponds are former quarry pits . All linked .
Main pond which services current operations .
Has large Carp in poor Condition to around 40 pound . ALSO holds good head of Roach . Plus 2 Large Catfish . Biggest to around 70lb .
Main pond has gravel bar can be found by locating disused water pipe . Toilets are located near Working quarry .

Beautiful nature reserve. Be sure to contact the wildlife trust for the permit to use the hides. Met some lovely people & especially the kind & knowledgeable chaps who visit the hide almost daily 😊

Beautiful place! Shame about all the fishermen that are about but otherwise such a beautiful place and worth a visit!

Quite nice but smaller than I expected.
Good if you want to spend an hour looking for birds. You can't get into the two hides unless you get a permit first.

2 good hides for birding. Need a permit to get access code. Next to a quarry and dump. We didn't get any special bird, maybe unlucky. Muddy site, free access and car park. Close to Colemere.

Had some nice carp here 7lb, 5lb, 4lb 12oz

Really nice and lots of species to see