Short Wood and Southwick Wood

Short Wood
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Area of Search Northamptonshire
Grid reference TL 015 913 [1]
Interest Biological
Area 25.3 hectares[1]
Notification 1985[1]
Location map Magic Map

Short Wood and Southwick Wood is a 54.7 hectare nature reserve north-west of Oundle in Northamptonshire. It is managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.[2] Short Wood is a 25.3 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest.[1][3]

The site is a small remnant of the medieval royal hunting Rockingham Forest. Short Wood is ancient semi-natural woodland with the dominant trees being ash and pedunculate oak. Flora include several local rarities such as wood speedwell, bird's nest orchid and greater butterfly orchid.[4] Southwick Wood lost its elms in the late 1960s due to Dutch elm disease, and it now has oak, ash, field maple and hazel.[2]

There is access from the road between Southwick and Glapthorn, which passes between the two woods.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: Short Wood". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Short Wood and Southwick Wood". Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  3. ↑ "Map of Short Wood". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  4. ↑ "Short Wood citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 23 April 2017.

Coordinates: 52°30′40″N 0°30′18″W / 52.511°N 0.505°W / 52.511; -0.505

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