Ambion Wood
Selected Wild Place / Other Wild Places / Public Rights of Way / VC55 boundary
Getting There
The wood can be accessed from the Bosworth Battlefield or from along the Ashby Canal.
Status
Private but crossed by a public footpath.
Former LRWT nature reserve.
Wild places
Total species seen at this site: 42
Description
Secondary woodland and plantation on Mercia Mudstone with bands of sandstone, covering 36 ha.
Wildlife Highlights
Plant species recorded include Wood-sorrel Oxalis acetosella, Eared Willow Salix aurita and Pale Sedge Carex pallescens.
The records and images below may include those from adjacent sites if the grid reference submitted with these records overlaps the boundary of this Wild Place.
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Latest records
Common Name | Latin Name | Date Recorded | Recorded By | |
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Stoat | Mustela erminea | 15/12/2020 | egaten | |
Black Bryony | Dioscorea communis | 30/07/2020 | Melinda Bell | |
Green Shieldbug | Palomena prasina | 30/07/2020 | Melinda Bell | |
Silverweed | Potentilla anserina | 30/07/2020 | Melinda Bell | |
Great Willowherb | Epilobium hirsutum | 30/07/2020 | Melinda Bell | |
Gypsywort | Lycopus europaeus | 30/07/2020 | Melinda Bell | |
Amphibious Bistort | Persicaria amphibia | 30/07/2020 | Melinda Bell | |
Branched Bur-reed | Sparganium erectum | 30/07/2020 | Melinda Bell | |
Blue-tailed Damselfly | Ischnura elegans | 30/07/2020 | Melinda Bell | |
Water Mint | Mentha aquatica | 30/07/2020 | Melinda Bell | |
Hazel | Corylus avellana | 30/07/2020 | Melinda Bell | |
Pedunculate Oak | Quercus robur | 30/07/2020 | Melinda Bell | |
Bramble agg. | Rubus fruticosus agg. | 30/07/2020 | Melinda Bell | |
Lady-fern | Athyrium filix-femina | 30/07/2020 | Melinda Bell | |
Broad Buckler Fern | Dryopteris dilatata | 30/07/2020 | Melinda Bell | |