Addah Wood, Clipsham
Selected Wild Place / Other Wild Places / Public Rights of Way / VC55 boundary
Getting There
A public footpath skirts, then cuts through the wood, and this is best accessed from Clipsham, at the top of Bradley Lane.
Wild places
Total species seen at this site: 100
Description
An ancient woodland covering 14 ha (also known as Adder Wood) to the north of Clipsham and near to the quarry, however it was clear-felled and planted with conifers by 1960. Formerly it was a species-rich Ash-Maple wood on calcareous clay.
Wildlife Highlights
Notable plants recorded include Water Avens Geum rivale and its hybrid G. x intermedium, Greater Butterfly-orchid Platanthera chlorantha and Wild Service-tree Sorbus torminalis. Some of these survived the forestry work.
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Latest records
Common Name | Latin Name | Date Recorded | Recorded By | |
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Sicus ferrugineus | 24/07/2019 | Matthew Berriman | ||
Symmorphus bifasciatus | 24/07/2019 | Matthew Berriman | ||
Conops flavipes | 24/07/2019 | Matthew Berriman | ||
Small Nomad Bee | Nomada flavoguttata | 21/07/2019 | Matthew Berriman | |
Sharp-collared Furrow Bee | Lasioglossum malachurum | 21/07/2019 | Matthew Berriman | |
White Admiral | Limenitis camilla | 12/08/2016 | Andrew Harrop | |
Honeysuckle Moth | Ypsolopha dentella | 31/07/2015 | Adrian Russell | |
Wainscot Smudge | Ypsolopha scabrella | 31/07/2015 | Adrian Russell | |
Lesser Tawny Tubic | Batia lunaris | 31/07/2015 | Adrian Russell | |
Golden-brown Tubic | Crassa unitella | 31/07/2015 | Adrian Russell | |
Long-horned Flat-body | Carcina quercana | 31/07/2015 | Adrian Russell | |
Angelica Flat-body | Agonopterix angelicella | 31/07/2015 | Adrian Russell | |
Orange Crest | Helcystogramma rufescens | 31/07/2015 | Adrian Russell | |
Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix | Pandemis cerasana | 31/07/2015 | Adrian Russell | |
Large Fruit-tree Tortrix | Archips podana | 31/07/2015 | Adrian Russell | |