Lord's Wood, Pensford

Lord's Wood is a woodland southeast of the village of Pensford in the Chew Valley, south of Bristol, England.

Lord's Wood
A shady woodland pool in Lords Wood
Map
LocationSomerset, England
Ecology
Indicator plantsNarrow buckler fern, wild daffodil
FaunaChalcosyrphus eunotus, silver-washed fritillary, white admiral, common pipistrelle

The wood largely consists of planted conifers, however some broad-leaved areas remain.[1]

A number of small streams flow northward through the wood, converging and then eventually meeting the River Chew to the north.

There is a well-vegetated pond near the centre of the wood.

Hunstrete Lake lies just to the southeast of the wood.

Biodiversity

The wood has considerable biodiversity interest. Roe deer, badger, grey squirrel and fallow deer have been seen in the wood, along with woodland birds such as the great spotted woodpecker, nuthatch and treecreeper.[2]

It is one of a very small number of sites in Britain at which the Red Data Book hoverfly Chalcosyrphus eunotus has been found. A wide range of butterflies occurs here, including silver-washed fritillary and white admiral. A number of bat species have also been recorded at the site including the common pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pipistrellus), soprano pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pygmaeus), noctule (Nyctalus noctula), Daubenton's bat (Myotis daubentonii) and lesser horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus hipposideros).

Locally scarce plants include narrow buckler fern (Dryopteris carthusiana)[3] and wild daffodil (Narcissus pseudonarcissus ssp. pseudonarcissus).[4]

References
  1. "Lordswood in Pensford". Publow with Pensford. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
  2. "Lords Wood". Woodland Trust. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  3. Myles, Sarah L. (2000). The Flora of the Bristol Region. Pisces Publications. p. 60. ISBN 978-1874357186.
  4. Myles, Sarah L. (2000). The Flora of the Bristol Region. Pisces Publications. p. 247. ISBN 978-1874357186.

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