Raveley Wood

Raveley Wood
Map
TypeNature reserve
LocationUpwood, Cambridgeshire
OS gridTL 244 817
Area5.6 hectares
Managed byWildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire

Raveley Wood is a 5.6-hectare (14-acre) nature reserve south-west of Upwood in Cambridgeshire. It is managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.[1]

Trees in this wood include oak, ash and field maple, together with some elms, although many were killed by Dutch elm disease. Invertebrates include the rare white-spotted pinion moth, which depends on elms for food for its larvae, and white-letter hairstreak butterflies. The dead elms provide a habitat for a wide variety of fungi.[1]

There is access from Raveley Road, which runs west from the hamlet of Great Raveley.

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b "Raveley Wood". Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire. Retrieved 21 November 2016.

52°25′08″N 0°10′19″W / 52.419°N 0.172°W / 52.419; -0.172