Lady's Wood - Sophie Baker
Lady's Wood
An ancient woodland filled with beautiful plants, insects and birds
Location
3 miles south west of
Ramsey
Cambridgeshire
Ramsey
Cambridgeshire
OS Map Reference
TL 243 826
Know before you go
Size
7 hectares
Entry fee
NoWalking trails
Entrance is 600m from car park. Paths may be muddy in wet weather
Access
Not suitable for wheelchairs and pushchairs
Dogs
On a lead
When to visit
Opening times
Open at all timesBest time to visit
springAbout the reserve
Ancient in origin, historically Lady's Wood was managed as traditional coppice al though many trees were felled in 1951. Some trees were left lying in the wood and now provide a marvellous habitat for insects and fungi.
During April the wood becomes resplendent with the display of bluebells. Lesser celandine, greater stitchwort and dog's mercury are also on display.
Many birds have been recorded at Lady's Wood, including tawny owl and three species of woodpecker - green, lesser spotted and great spotted.
Species
- Blackcap
- Fieldfare
- Green woodpecker
- Redwing
- Tawny owl
- Turtle dove
- Whitethroat
- Yellowhammer
- Brimstone
- Orange-tip
- Peacock
- Azure damselfly
- Blue-tailed damselfly
- Roesel's bush-cricket
- Adder's-tongue fern
- Bluebell
- Common hawthorn
- Crab apple
- Dog's mercury
- English elm
- Great burnet
- Greater stitchwort
- Lesser celandine
- Midland hawthorn
- Ramsons
Habitat
Contact us
Contact number: 01954 713500
Contact email: cambridgeshire@wildlifebcn.org
Environmental designation
County Wildlife Site