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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 the reserve follow this link.
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On and Off the Reserve
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09/06/2018 - definitely not Cambridgeshire, this is in fact the
New Forest which we were able to visit as part of our trip to a
family wedding. The ponies were plentiful, as were the common
spotted orchids. The highlight of the weekend, apart from all
the matrimonial matters, was coming across an albino common spotted
orchid (see my twitter timeline) and a very fast moving young adder.
Unfortunately far too quick for a pic.
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06/06/2018 - an evening visit to the reserve to find that common
spotted orchids are now flowering along Meer's ride. Although
not as widespread in the woods as the early purple orchid, in their
favoured spots they provide an impressive show. Brownes'
Pieces has also burst into flower with the blooming of ox-eye
daisies. These were radiant in the evening sunshine on my last
visit.
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31/05/2018 - and finally another landscape that is far removed from
the East of England. At the end of last month we spent a week in
East Devon, camping near Exeter. During this time we visited one
of the pebblebed heath commons. I thoroughly recommend this area
to anyone wishing to explore new environments.
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There
are no more conservation
work parties now until Sept 2018
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Last Update
18/02/2018
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The wood's small meadow has had its
annual grass cut. Click here
to see what we have achieved 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 walk around St
Ives this Christmas time with my favourite manicured tree in
the background Winter plumage (beard) nearly completely
grey, or white.
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
#waresleywood
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