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Welcome to the Waresley and Gransden
Woods website
This website is dedicated to providing
information on all topics relating to the Waresley and Gransden Woods reserves of
The Wildlife
Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.
For directions to visit the reserve follow this link.
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June Update
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03/06/2021 - time passes and already it's June, the Summer Solstice,
the longest day and all that. The wood has really greened up
since our last visit, with all the trees coming into full
leaf. The rides are also grassing over, although many muddy
patches still remain after the recent rains. After the
bluebells, our next visual treat will be the common spotted orchids
and other wildflowers found in the wood's glade area. Ragged
robin, see pic below, has started to flower along the ride leading
to the glade.
Stay safe and please
respect the Trust's wishes that visitors keep to the paths,
especially near the wood's entrance - Graham.
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27/05/2021 - early purple orchids are one of the three types of
orchid found within the woods. This year the conditions must
have been just right for them, as they have produced a marvelous
display of blooms.
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27/05/2021 - a sunny spring morning's walk along the wood's main
ride. The oak tree on this ride not fully covered with leaves,
allowing it's branches to be silhouetted against the blue sky.
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25/04/2021 - it's getting to that time of year when the woods become
carpeted with bluebells. The "peak" period of
blueness is usually the last week of April and the first week of
May. And it looks like this will be the case this year
too.
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Conservation
work parties will restart in September 2021
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Last Conservation Update
21/12/2020
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The coppice section shown above is
being cleared as we remove vegetation. Last cut in 2008 it contains a good
selection of large hazel stools. Click here
or the on the image to open my 2020 conservation work flickr album to see our progress so far.
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Want
to see what the reserves looked like in December 1945? Well
you can now using Google Earth. Click here
for more details.
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To learn more about the
history of Waresley parish and the amenities it has to offer, click
on this link
to visit the village's website.
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| A windy day's walk
in May around RSPB Ouse Fen nature reserve, well worth a
visit.
If you have any
questions about the woods, require further information on
work parties or wish to comment upon this website, you can contact me, Graham
Moorby, Volunteer Warden at:
graham@waresleywood.co.uk
@grahammoorby
Just to be crystal clear, all
views expressed here are my own.
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