Lower Wood Explained

Lower Wood
Type:Nature reserve
Grid Ref Uk:TL625528
Location:Weston Colville, Cambridgeshire
Area:9 hectares
Manager:Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire

Lower Wood is a 9 hectare nature reserve east of Weston Colville in Cambridgeshire. It is managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.[1]

This ancient woodland has a variety of flora such as oxlips and early-purple orchids in the spring and water avens and germander speedwells in the summer. Muntjac and roe deer use the site and birds include goldcrests, great spotted woodpeckers and tawny owls.[1]

There is access from a footpath along the eastern boundary.

References

52.15°N 0.374°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lower Wood . Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire . 23 January 2017.