Moorbridge Pond
Covering more than 2 hectares, this site is of considerable importance being one of the very few wetlands left within the city boundary. Moorbridge Pond is situated around the original “Bull Well”, a freshwater spring, and is the last remnant of a piece of wetland formerly known as Bulwell Bogs. The site was a popular bathing haunt for local people when the area had more open water. The spring has since been capped and now enters the River Leen some way down stream. The old course of the River Leen, which once ran through the site, can still be seen. The marsh is dominated by greater reedmace and tufted sedge with smaller stands of lesser pond sedge and reed grass. A number of attractive plants can be found growing amongst the sedges including hairy willow herb, skullcap, lady’s smock, hemp agrimony, figwort and yellow flag. A few willows and alders fringe the marsh whilst the drier slopes support grassland and gorse communities. The marsh, a breeding site for the reed bunting and reed warbler, is also visited by whitethroat, linnet, bullfinch, song thrush, wren, snipe, kestrel and yellowhammer. The pond provides an excellent habitat for both common frog and toad whilst the drier sandy slopes are favoured by the common lizard.
Moorbridge Pond
Moor Bridge, Bulwell
Nottingham
Nottingham
NG6 8QS
0115 915 2733
Events at Moorbridge Pond
Map
