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Wildlife Habitats
Wooded Estatelands
Site Code: 41R03
Area: 18.8ha
This site is an area of long established woodland. It is not ancient woodland but has the typical appearance of old woodland with mainly native trees and shrubs and a variety of woodland wildflowers. Broadleaved woodland such as this is a national priority for nature conservation.
The canopy of this wood mainly consists of oak trees along with some ash. There are also a few areas with conifers. There is a mixed shrub layer with hazel, buckthorn, guelder rose, hawthorn and wych elm. Woodland wildflowers present include primrose, bluebell, pignut, wood spurge and wood anemone.