History

 

Alex Hopkins - 2007

 

 

Badby Woods

The nearby Badby Woods are famous for their bluebells in spring. The Woods are owned by the Fawsley Estate. There is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) within the Woods originally notified in 1955 and repeated under Section 28 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. The citation states:

 

Badby Wood is the largest of a localised group of ancient semi-natural woodlands lying mainly on acidic soils derived from Jurassic Upper Lias Clays and Northampton Sands. It has a history of continuous woodland cover for over seven hundred years. Lowland hazel-pedunculate woodland is the most common vegetation type present, with pedunculate oak-ash-hazel occurring locally in the wetter areas. Woodland habitat of this kind has declined significantly throughout Northamptonshire and is now unusual in the county.

 

 

Early 2007 saw the start of work undertaken by Fawsley Estate under a Forestry Commission Woodland Grant Scheme Agreement which will run from 2006 - 2011. Natural England was involved and supports the works undertaken. A large number of sycamore and some larch were felled and removed and the edges of the rides cleared in the first stage

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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