Status: Ancient Woodland
Inventory, County Wildlife Site, Local Nature Reserve
Description: This is an ancient semi-natural oak woodland with beech and some
planted horse chestnut, sweet chestnut, cherry and sycamore. There is a hazel
coppice below and ground cover of mainly bluebells or bramble. Bird
species include: greater spotted woodpecker, nuthatch, treecreeper, as well as
thrushes, finches and tits and, in the spring, chiffchaff and blackcap.
Butterflies include purple hairstreak and speckled wood.
Mammal populations include: grey
squirrel, Muntjac deer, red fox. Bats include: both species of
pipistrelle and noctule.
If you would like to help look
after this wood why not become a Friend of Albans Wood. For further information
about the group contact Joyce Bonnick on tel: 01923 463042.