Raveley Wood Explained

Raveley Wood
Type:Nature reserve
Grid Ref Uk:TL 244 817
Location:Upwood, Cambridgeshire
Area:5.6 hectares
Manager:Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire

Raveley Wood is a 5.6hectare nature reserve south-west of Upwood in Cambridgeshire. It is managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.[1]

Trees in this wood include oak, ash and field maple, together with some elms, although many were killed by Dutch elm disease. Invertebrates include the rare white-spotted pinion moth, which depends on elms for food for its larvae, and white-letter hairstreak butterflies. The dead elms provide a habitat for a wide variety of fungi.[1]

There is access from Raveley Road, which runs west from the hamlet of Great Raveley.

References

52.419°N -0.172°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Raveley Wood . Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire . 21 November 2016.