A roughly made bird bath by a pond that was nearly drained of water in December 2000. The appeal to raise funds to purchase 107 acres at a cost of a little over £3,000 for the creation of a bird sanctuary was launched in April 1925. The bird pool and fountain was installed just after the opening of the reserve in 1936. It was given on the condition that the ashes of Colonel H. S. Wood and his wife could be scattered in the wood at a later date. The offer was considered to be very generous as there was no natural or piped water source in the woodland and a new water main had to be laid into the site.