Hardwick Wood Explained

Hardwick Wood
Aos:	Cambridgeshire
Interest:	Biological
Area:	15.5 hectares
Notifydate:	1984
Map:	Magic Map

Hardwick Wood is a 15.5hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest southwest of Hardwick in Cambridgeshire.^{[1] [2]} It is managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.^[3]

This medieval wood is now managed by coppicing. It is mainly ash and field maple, while the oldest parts have pedunculate oak with an understorey of hazel and hawthorn, while ground flora include early-purple orchid and yellow archangel. There are birds such as willow warblers, marsh tits and blackcaps.^{[3] [4]}

There is access by footpath.

References

52.199°N -0.022°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Designated Sites View: Hardwick Wood . Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 1 October 2016.
2. Web site: Map of Hardwick Wood. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 1 October 2016.
3. Web site: Hardwick Wood . Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire . 1 October 2016.
4. Web site: Hardwick Wood citation. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 1 October 2016. 10 May 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120510071642/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1001164.pdf. dead.