Thrift Wood

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Thrift Wood
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Thrift Wood Pile - geograph.org.uk - 1284294.jpg
Location Essex
Grid reference TL 792018
InterestBiological
Area19.4 hectares
Notification 1987
Location map Magic Map

Thrift Wood is a 19.4-hectare (48-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south-east of Bicknacre in Essex. [1] [2] It is managed by the Essex Wildlife Trust. [3]

The site is an ancient semi-natural wood on acid soil. It is of two types, both unusual habitats, pedunculate oak/hornbeam and sessile oak/hornbeam. Wild service trees and elders are found in the shrub layer, and a pond has a raised sphagnum bog. Twenty species of butterfly have been recorded. [1]

There is access from Main Road.

References

  1. 1 2 "Thrift Wood, Woodham Ferrers citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  2. ↑ "Map of Thrift Wood, Woodham Ferrers". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  3. ↑ "Thrift Wood". Essex Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 7 August 2016.

51°37′42″N0°03′53″E / 51.6284°N 0.0646°E / 51.6284; 0.0646

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