Homefield Wood Explained

Homefield Wood
Aos:Buckinghamshire
Interest:Biological
Area:6.1 hectares
Notifydate:1984
Map:Magic Map

Homefield Wood is a 6.1hectare Site of Special Scientific Interest in Hambleden in Buckinghamshire. It is owned by the Forestry Commission, and managed by the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust. It is part of the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.[1] [2] [3]

The site has young beech plantations, with some conifers and many native trees. There are rides and glades in some areas which have important and varied herb-rich chalk grassland, with plants such as Chiltern gentian and upright brome-grass and a variety of orchids. The rich invertebrate fauna includes thirty species of butterfly and over four hundred of moth.[1] [3]

There is access from a road between Bockmer End and Lower Woodend.

References

51.5738°N -0.8275°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Homefield Wood citation. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 29 September 2015. 1 October 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151001013645/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1001399.pdf. dead.
  2. Web site: Map of Homefield Wood. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 29 September 2015.
  3. Web site: Homefield Wood. Berkshire, Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust. 29 September 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150930224930/http://www.bbowt.org.uk/reserves/homefield-wood. 30 September 2015. dead.