Downham
Woodland Walk
Site Features
Trees:
Horn beam, pedunculate oak,wild
service tree, hawthorn,ash, Lime,hazel,elder,wild cherry,field maple,
holly and blackthorn. |
Plants:
Bluebell,wood anemone, lord and ladies,wood
millet,wood melick.meadow- grass,wild garlic (ramsons),garlic-
muustard,lesser celandine, herb robert, cow parsley. |
Birds:
Greater spotted woodpecker, treecreeper,
bullfinch, willow warbler,log-tailed tit.
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Other Animals:
Rare ant (Lasiusbrunneus), rare
beetles,( Phloiotrya vaudoeum,Platypus cylindricus, Chrysolina
oricalcea.
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Other Features:
-remnant of Ancient woodland,( part of the
Great North Wood ), a stream through part of at the Oakridge Rd end -was
once known as 'Gypsy Lane'.
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