Our Reserves:
Littlewood

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Littlewood is a small former plantation on Kenn Moor, and forms part of the Nailsea, Kenn and Tickenham Moors SSSI. It is a linear feature, planted in around 1820.

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Littlewood

GRID REFERENCE: ST 438683

SIZE: 2.3 ha

PREVIOUS OWNER: Peter Sweet

WHEN PURCHASED: January 2003

PURCHASE PRICE: £19,000

HOW FUNDED: YANSEC, Transco (Lattice Foundation), Countryside Agency

SPECIAL WILDLIFE:

Some of the alder trees are veteran, believed to be as old as the wood itself (200 years). Invertebrates associated with damp woodland.

YACWAG monitors birds and bats in the wood. Littlewood is used by 12 species of bats. Bird species that have bred here include greater spotted woodpecker, treecreeper and tawny owl.

PUBLIC ACCESS:

Visitors can look into the narrow wood from the track (Eastern Drove) in order to see its wildlife. Physical access into the wood is restricted to management, monitoring and wildlife surveys. Please get in touch if you would like to visit the wood as it is left as undisturbed as possible to provide a refuge for wildlife.

Littlewood in December.

A small area with a lot of varied habitats.

Fungi in Littlewood

Fungi in Littlewood: a talk by John Bailey

An illustrated hour long talk given on 12th October 2022 followed by questions and answers about Fungi in YACWAG's Littlewood reserve given by John and Doreen Bailey of The North Somerset and Bristol Fungus Group (NS&BFG).