Ambion Wood

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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.

Wild places

20 Acre Piece NR Abbey Park Addah Wood, Clipsham Alastairs Wood, Lount Albert Village Lake, Pick T… Altar Stones Ambion Wood Armley Wood, Hambleton Asfordby Hill Ashby Canal, Bosworth Battl… Ashby Canal, Bosworth Rd to… Ashby Canal, Congerstone Ashby Canal, Dadlington to… Ashby Canal, Hinckley Ashby Canal, Hinckley N to… Ashby Canal, Market Boswort… Ashby Canal, Shackerstone Ashby Canal, Shackerstone t… Ashby Canal, Shenton Ashby Canal, Snarestone N t… Ashby Canal, Stoke Golding Ashby Woulds Trail, Conkers… Ashwell Churchyard Astill Lodge Park Attenborough Arboretum Aylestone Meadows Ayston Churchyard Bagworth Heath Woods Bagworth Wood Bardon Hill Barnsdale Wood Barrowden Back Road Verge Barrowden Church Lane Road… Barrowden Luffenham Road Ve… Barrowden Seaton Road Verge Battram Turn North, Ellisto… Battram Woods Beacon Hill Country Park Belgrave Hall Gardens Bennion Pools Fishing Lakes… Bidwell Lane Road Verge, Cl… Billa Barra, Markfield Bisbrooke Churchyard Bisbrooke Road Verge Blaby Cemetery Blaby Oaks Blackbrook Reservoir Bloody Oaks Bloody Oaks Quarry Bosworth Battlefield Bouskell Park, Blaby Bradgate Park Braunston Churchyard Braunstone Park Bringhurst Churchyard Brocks Hill Country Park Brooke Churchyard Brooke Hill Wood Brookside Meadow, Glenfield Broombriggs Farm and Windmi… Broughton Astley Church Browns Wood, Thornton Burbage Common and Woods Burley Bushes, RFOC Burley Wood Burrough Hill Country Park Burroughs Road, Ratby Burroughs Wood, Ratby Cademan Wood Caldecott Churchyard Carlby/Essendine Roadside V… Castle Gardens, Leicester Castle Hill Country Park, L… Centenary Wood and Royal Ti… Change Spinney, Ratby Charley Woods Charnwood Lodge NR Charnwood Water Clanfelde Hills, Glenfield Clipsham Park Wood Cloud Wood Conkers Coombs Meadows Cosby Disused Railway (Bram… Cossington Meadows Cottesmore Airfield Road Ve… Cottesmore Wood County Hall, Glenfield Courting Stiles Cribbs Meadow Croft Glebe Croft Hill Croft Pasture David Taylor Wood, Heather Dimminsdale Donisthorpe Woodland Park Donkey Lane, Sapcote Edith Weston Churchyard Egleton Churchyard Ellis Meadows Empingham Bloody Oaks Roads… Empingham Churchyard Empingham Estate Roadside V… Empingham Exton Road Verge Empingham Grantham Lane Nor… Empingham Grantham Lane Sou… Empingham Ketton Road Verge Empingham Loves Lane Road V… Empingham Marshy Meadow Empingham Old Wood Empingham Old Wood Road Ver… Essendine Railway Verges Everards Meadows Evington Park Exton Churchyard Exton Roadside Verge Eye Brook Inflow Eyebrook Reservoir Feanedock, Boothorpe, Rawdo… Felicity's Wood Fenny Drayton Churchyard Fishley Belt, Glenfield Fishpond Plantation Flood Relief Basin (A50), G… Flude's Lane, Oadby Fort Henry Ponds Fosse Meadows, Sharnford Foxton Locks Franklin Park, Braunstone T… George Henry Wood Georgina's Wood, Apple… Gilroes Cemetery Gipsy Lane Brick Quarry Glaston Churchyard Glen Parva LNR Glenfield Millennium Green Glenfield Sports Ground Glenfield Wildlife Meadow Gold Diggings Hill Goss Meadows (east), Leices… Goss Meadows (west), Leices… Grace Dieu Grantham Canal (Harby to Re… Grantham Canal (Long Clawso… Grantham Canal (Redmile to… Great Casterton Churchyard Great Casterton Grassland R… Great Easton Churchyard Great Merrible Wood Greetham Garage Road Verge Greetham Road Verge Greetham Wood Far Gresley Wood, Tunnel Wood,… Groby Pool GU Canal, Bosworth Tunnel t… GU Canal, Bunkers Hill to M… GU Canal, Foxton Locks to B… GU Canal, Gumley Rd to Foxt… GU Canal, Harb Arm, Foxton… GU Canal, Harb Arm, Harb Rd… GU Canal, Kilby Bridge to W… GU Canal, Leicester to Wigs… GU Canal, Mill Hill to Mows… GU Canal, Mowsley Rd to Bos… GU Canal, S Wigston to Kilb… GU Canal, Saddington Tunnel… GU Canal, Welford Arm GU Canal, Wistow Rd to Sadd… Gynsill Meadow, Glenfield Gynsill Woods, Glenfield Hambleton Churchyard Harby Hill Wood Heart of the National Fores… Heather Wood Hicks Lodge, Shellbrook Woo… Highway Spinney, Leicester Hill Hole Quarry Holly Hayes Wood Holwell Reserves Hooby Lane Road Verge, Gree… Hooby Lane Road Verge, Stre… Humberstone Park, Leicester Ivanhoe Trail, Glenfield Ivanhoe Trail, Ratby Jaguar Lount Wood, Lount Johns Wood, Prestop Park Jubilee Walk, Leire Jubilee Way (Stathern to Be… Jubilee Woods Kelham Bridge Ketton Churchyard Ketton Quarry NR Ketton Roadside Verge Kirby Frith LNR, Leicester Kirby Muxloe Castle Kirby Road Ponds, Glenfield Knighton Green and St Mary… Knighton Park Launde Big Wood Launde Park Wood Lea Meadows Little Casterton Former Lim… Little Casterton Roadside V… Loughborough Big Meadow Lucas Marsh NR Lutterworth Country Park Lyddington Churchyard Lyddington Meadow Lyndon Churchyard M69 Island, Sapcote Manton Churchyard Manton Spinney Market Bosworth Country Par… Marsh near Old Fosse, Sapco… Martins Wood Martinshaw Wood Melton Country Park Merry Lees Merrys Meadows Mill Hill Wood, Heather Morcott A47 Road Verge Morcott Churchyard Mountsorrel and Rothley Mar… Narborough Bog NR Nature Alive, Coalville New Lount New Wood (Finch) Newall Wood, Pickworth Normanton Wood North Luffenham Churchyard North Luffenham Roadside Ve… Nunckley Trail, Rothley Optimus Greenway, Glenfield Optimus Point Nature Area,… Osgathorpe Jubilee Wood Osiers Nature Area Owston Wood Peartree Green and Copse, G… Pickworth Great Wood Pickworth Road North Roadsi… Pickworth Road South Roadsi… Pickworth Road Verge near T… Piggys Hollow, Evington Pilton Churchyard Pochins Bridge, South Wigst… Pond Spinney, Glenfield Preston Churchyard Preston Village Pond Prestop Park Prestwold Natural Burial Gr… Priors Coppice Priory Water Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jub… Ransom Field, Braunstone To… Rare Ltd Ratby Church Ratby Meadow Ratby Village Pond Ratcliffe Culey Churchyard Reccy Wood and Laurel Farm… Ridlington Churchyard Rocky Plantation Roman Way, Glenfield Rutland County Golf Club Ro… Rutland Water Dam Rutland Water, Barnhill Cre… Rutland Water, Barnsdale Rutland Water, Burley Fishp… Rutland Water, Egleton Rese… Rutland Water, Fishermens C… Rutland Water, Hambleton Ol… Rutland Water, Lyndon Reser… Rutland Water, Manton Bridg… Rutland Water, Whitwell Cre… Saddington Reservoir Saltesford Wood Seaton Churchyard Seaton Meadows Sence Valley Forest Park Shady Lane Arboretum Sheet Hedges Wood Shenton Station and Cutting Shipley's Common Road… Short Heath Skeffington Wood Sketchley Brook, Hinckley Slatewalk, Glenfield Snibston Country Park Soar-GUC, Abbey Park to Bel… Soar-GUC, Barrow to Pilling… Soar-GUC, Belgrave to Water… Soar-GUC, Central Leicester Soar-GUC, Kegworth to Ratcl… Soar-GUC, Leicester A47 to… Soar-GUC, Loughborough Soar-GUC, Loughborough to Z… Soar-GUC, Mountsorrel to Ba… Soar-GUC, Pilling's Lo… Soar-GUC, Ratcliffe to Tren… Soar-GUC, Zouch to Kegworth Soar-Wreake-GUC, Wanlip to… South Luffenham Churchyard South Luffenham Roadside Ve… South Luffenham Roadside Ve… Spinney Hill Park St. Peters Church, Glenfiel… St. Peters Churchyard Stafford Orchard Stanford Reservoir Station Park, Glenfield Stoke Dry Churchyard Stoke Dry Wood Stonesby Quarry Stoneywell National Trust Stretton Wood Sunnyside Wood, Packington Swadlincote Woods Swithland Reservoir Swithland Wood Syston Lake Teigh Churchyard The Balancing Lagoon The Blackberry Wood, nr Ash… The Drift Roadside Verge, P… The Drift Roadside Verge, R… The Drift. Croxton Kerrial The Freewards Woodland Verg… The Freewards, Essendine The Miles Piece The Orchards, Leicester The Outwoods The Seek The Spearwort Fields Thistleton Green Lane Road… Thistleton New Road Verge Thomas Estley College Thornton Meadows Thornton Reservoir Thurnby Lodge Nature Area Tickencote Churchyard Tilton Cutting NR Tinwell Rookery Lane Roadsi… Tinwell Water Lane Roadside… Tixover Churchyard Tolethorpe Mill Roadside Ve… Tolethorpe Ryhall Road Verg… Tom Longs Meadow Tunneley Wood, Exton Turnpole Wood, Pickworth Ullesthorpe Stewardship Far… Ulverscroft NR University Botanic Gardens Uppingham Churchyard Victoria Park Wadlands Wood, Towpath, Swa… Wanlip Meadows Wardley Churchyard Wardley Wood Wash Brook Nature Reserve Watermead Country Park Watersmeet Meadow, Glenfiel… Welbeck, Burbage Welford Road Cemetery Welland Park, Market Harbor… Western Park Wheatfield Pond, Glenfield Whissendine Churchyard Whitwell Roadside Verge Willesley Wood, Oakthorpe P… Wing Churchyard Winstanley Rough Wirlybones Wood, Ratby Witherley Churchyard Witherley Mill Wood Close Plantation Woodgate, Burbage Wymeswold Meadows Wymondham Rough Go

Total species seen at this site: 39

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.

Status

Private but crossed by a public footpath.

Former LRWT nature reserve.

Latest images

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Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina	Dasineura pustulans	Dasineura pustulans	Lesser Burdock Arctium minus
Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans	Dingy Footman Eilema griseola	Gatekeeper Pyronia tithonus	Great Willowherb Epilobium hirsutum

Latest records

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Common Name	Latin Name	Date Recorded	Recorded By
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
Male-fern	Dryopteris filix-mas	30/07/2020	Melinda Bell

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Group	Common name	Latin name	Last seen
Bugs	Green Shieldbug	Palomena prasina	30/07/2020
Butterflies	Gatekeeper	Pyronia tithonus	30/07/2020
Craneflies, Gnats & Midges		Dasineura pustulans	30/07/2020
Craneflies, Gnats & Midges		Dasineura ulmaria	30/07/2020
Dragonflies and Damselflies	Blue-tailed Damselfly	Ischnura elegans	30/07/2020
Ferns & Horsetails	Lady-fern	Athyrium filix-femina	30/07/2020
Ferns & Horsetails	Broad Buckler Fern	Dryopteris dilatata	30/07/2020
Ferns & Horsetails	Male-fern	Dryopteris filix-mas	30/07/2020
Flies		Agromyza nana	05/10/2019
Flies		Phytomyza autumnalis	05/10/2019
Flies		Phytomyza fallaciosa	05/10/2019
Flies	Leaf mine	Phytomyza lappae	30/07/2020
Flies		Phytomyza leucanthemi	05/10/2019
Fungi	King Alfred's Cakes	Daldinia concentrica	15/03/2006
Fungi	Rosy Bonnet	Mycena rosea	05/10/2019
Grasses, Rushes & Sedges	Reed Canary-grass	Phalaris arundinacea	27/06/2018
Grasses, Rushes & Sedges	Bulrush	Typha latifolia	31/10/2019
Mammals	Muntjac	Muntiacus reevesi	10/10/2016
Mites, Ticks & Pseudoscorpions	Cauliflower Gall Mite	Aceria fraxinivora	05/10/2019
Moths	Dingy Footman	Eilema griseola	30/07/2020
Trees, Shrubs & Climbers	Horse-chestnut	Aesculus hippocastanum	31/10/2019
Trees, Shrubs & Climbers	Hazel	Corylus avellana	30/07/2020
Trees, Shrubs & Climbers	Ash	Fraxinus excelsior	30/07/2020
Trees, Shrubs & Climbers	Blackthorn	Prunus spinosa	30/07/2020
Trees, Shrubs & Climbers	Pedunculate Oak	Quercus robur	30/07/2020
Trees, Shrubs & Climbers	Dog-rose	Rosa canina	31/10/2019
Trees, Shrubs & Climbers	Bramble agg.	Rubus fruticosus agg.	08/09/2013
Trees, Shrubs & Climbers	Raspberry	Rubus idaeus	08/09/2013
Wildflowers	Lesser Burdock	Arctium minus	30/07/2020
Wildflowers	Black Bryony	Dioscorea communis	30/07/2020
Wildflowers	Great Willowherb	Epilobium hirsutum	30/07/2020
Wildflowers	Broad-leaved Helleborine	Epipactis helleborine	05/09/2016
Wildflowers	Nipplewort	Lapsana communis	30/07/2020
Wildflowers	Gypsywort	Lycopus europaeus	30/07/2020
Wildflowers	Water Mint	Mentha aquatica	30/07/2020
Wildflowers	Amphibious Bistort	Persicaria amphibia	30/07/2020
Wildflowers	Silverweed	Potentilla anserina	30/07/2020
Wildflowers	Branched Bur-reed	Sparganium erectum	30/07/2020
Wildflowers	Common Nettle	Urtica dioica	30/07/2020