Hardwick Wood

Hardwick Wood is a 15.5 hectare 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]

Hardwick Wood
Site of Special Scientific Interest

Area of Search	Cambridgeshire
Grid reference	TL 353 575[1]
Interest	Biological
Area	15.5 hectares[1]
Notification	1984[1]
Location map	Magic Map

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

"Designated Sites View: Hardwick Wood". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
"Map of Hardwick Wood". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
"Hardwick Wood". Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
"Hardwick Wood citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 1 October 2016.

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