Grimeshaw Wood
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| Type | Local Nature Reserve |
| Location | Peterborough, Cambridgeshire |
| OS grid | TF 160 010 |
| Area | 16.8 hectares |
| Managed by | Peterborough Environment City Trust & Peterborough City Council |
Grimeshaw Wood is a 16.8 hectare Local Nature Reserve on the western outskirts of Peterborough in Cambridgeshire. It is owned by Peterborough City Council,[1][2] and managed by the council together with the Peterborough Environment City Trust.[3][4]
This site is ancient woodland in three adjacent areas. Flora include nettle-leaved bellflowers, and there are resident pipistrelle bats.[1]
There is access from Bretton Way, which bisects the site.
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An Environmental Bio-study is currently underway to and record the true diversity of flora and fauna in this ancient woodland. On 08/01/22 a pair of Tawny Owls were noted. Other bird species noted include: buzzard, red kite, wood pigeon, stock dove, great tit, coal tit, robin, blue tit, lesser spotted woodpecker, green woodpecker, blackbird, brambling, pheasant, collared dove, tree creeper
References[]
- ^ a b "Grimeshaw Wood". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. 20 February 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
- ^ "Map of Grimeshaw Wood". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
- ^ "Bretton's woods to be opened up to public thanks to Lottery grant". Heritage Lottery Fund. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
- ^ "Woodland Heritage in Action". Peterborough Environment City Trust. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
- Local Nature Reserves in Cambridgeshire