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Management and woodland creation We hope you enjoy your visit. Many conifers were planted after the Second World War and we are gradually removing most of them to restore traditional woodland. We manage the old woodland by coppicing, and mowing the rides and How to find the reserve glades. Some moths and fungi are found only with OS sheet 153 Grid reference TL 242 535 conifers, so we have left some conifers to help Welcome to maintain the wood’s variety. Take the B1040 from Gamlingay to Waresley. After half a mile (at the brown sign), a track on your right We rely on the help of our volunteer wardens and leads up to the nature reserve. Drive up the track and Gamlingay & their work parties to manage Gamlingay Wood. We park by the wood. You can also reach Gamlingay are extremely grateful for all of their efforts. If you’d Wood by foot along a track to the south. Sugley Wood like to find out how you could help us manage this wonderful woodland, please contact us (details at More information the end of this leaflet). Your local Wildlife Trust protects wildlife and the n

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1 Woodbank and ancient ash coppice 3 Coppice plots 6 Restored woodland As you enter the reserve and walk towards the ancient This area of the wood has six plots from which hazel It’s hard to believe that 300 tons of conifers were ash trees you will notice the woodbank beside you. It is harvested. Coppicing is good for wildlife, as it cut down and removed from this part of the runs along most of the woodland boundary and was means there are always areas of young flowery woodland in 1999. The remaining trees and shrubs built to keep out grazing livestock. The ash coppice is vegetation. It is good for the local community too have recovered well. Many other areas of the wood estimated to be at least 450 years old; it is still growing because the coppiced wood has many uses ranging are also being restored and will look this good in a well. Sometimes you can see large brackets of dryad’s from thatching to bean poles. Just across the ride, few years’ time. saddle fungus growing at the base. This fungus is also there is a small glade and pond. The clearings around known as pheasant’s back mushroom because of the some of the surviving oak trees were created by 7 Main ride and common spotted orchids pattern on the top when it is fresh. volunteers. This ‘ride’ or wide grassy path is worth visiting at different times of the year. It is a sunny sheltered 2 New woodlands and new paths 4 A view over the parish and the local spot with hundreds of orchids in the spring and the The hut contains information about Sugley Wood, woodlands vibrant glow of purple loosestrife in the summer. A which was purchased by the Trust in 2002 and is The view from the edge of the wood has remained great spot to watch bats feeding on warm evenings, growing back naturally into a wood. As you look largely unchanged for centuries. As you look out you you may also notice a vanilla scent from the around, you may notice trees beginning to grow above can see some of the other woodlands in the area. We crushed stems of sweet vernal grass as you walk the grass. Wildflowers are starting to thrive too. Take are working with landowners to join up these woods along. time to explore this new area, and come back regularly with hedges and grassy strips to improve the to see how it changes. landscape for wildlife. On a clear day you can just 8 Wild service tree make out our Pegdson Hills nature reserve in Bedfordshire. Pause a while under this rare tree to enjoy the sounds of the wood – from chirping crickets to calling birds. Originally thought to be the only wild 5 The ring ditch and woodland history service tree in the wood, we have now found a This circular ditch was rediscovered under the grove of others. This one is still the biggest. In conifers and cleared to create the glade you see autumn the leaves of this locally rare tree, today. The information hut has more facts about the sometimes known as ‘chequers’, turn a glorious management of the ancient woodland and the flaming-red. Why not return just before the leaves possible origins of the ditch. Suggestions for the fall to marvel at the display? ditch’s use range from dwellings to kilns, and even the Dryad’s Saddle; site of a windmill. What do you think?