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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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August Update
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05/08/2018 - these bright orange berries are the fruit of the
plant named variously as lords and ladies, cuckoopint,
Jack-in-the-pulpit or as host of other names. The berries of
course are poisonous. A rare bit of colour in the parched
wood.
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29/07/2018 - if you look carefully under the leaves of the wood's
hazel trees you might see the growing hazel nuts, as pictured
above. These nuts will be quickly found by the wood's
squirrels, usually well before they ripen. Gnawed and
discarded shells will be increasing found on under the most
productive trees.
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22/07/2018 - the wood's most impressive butterfly, the silver washed
fritillary can found on the wing during July. Unfortunately we
had a short trip abroad during this time so were unable to see this
butterfly as much as we wanted. Also not so many photographic
chances, the pic above was the best of a small bunch. During
this time of the year the wood's glade is a mass of betony. Soon
this glade will become the prime hunting area for hawker dragonflies.
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Conservation
work parties begin Sunday 9th September, dates are:
9th & 23rd Sept
7th & 21st Oct
4th & 18th Nov
2nd, 16th & 30 Dec
13th & 27th Jan 2019
10th & 24th Feb
10th & 24th Mar
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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 recent family
wedding, proof that we can still both scrub up quite well.
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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