As we have only been active on this site for a relatively short time, we are yet to discover all the wildlife that is present here, but here is a snapshot of some of the interesting species that we have found so far.

The woodland comprises a broad range of broadleaf tree species, including Ash, Beech, Field Maple, Goat Willow, Hazel, Holly, Pedunculate Oak, Rowan, Silver Birch, Sweet Chestnut, Sycamore and Wild Cherry, as well as coniferous species – Larch, Scots Pine and Red Cedar. The understory is made up of Bracken, Bramble, Gorse, Hawthorn, and Elder, with Ivy and Honeysuckle twining around the trees.

The woodland floor is dotted with Climbing Corydalis (May-December), Foxgloves (June-July), Lords-And-Ladies(April-June), Red Campion (April-October) and Three-Nerved Sandwort (April-July). The woodland edges, where sunlight penetrates, are home to Buck's-horn Plantain (May-July), Common Vetch (May-September), Cow Parsley (April- June), Red Deadnettle (February-October), and Yarrow (June-November).

In springtime, the woodland reverberates to the song of resident birds like Song Thrushes, Goldcrests, Long-tailed, Blue, Great and Coal Tit joined by summer migrants such as Blackcap and Chiffchaff, accompanied the trill of Wrens which have set up home in the dead-hedging. Winter thrushes, including Redwings and Mistle Thrushes gather to gorge on the Rowan and Holly Berries in the autumn and winter. Woodcocks take refuge in the woodland during the colder months. An unusual green Pheasant may be spotted in the adjacent fields – its colouring attributable to a melanistic gene which gives it more of the dark pigment, melanin, than normally coloured Pheasants.

At dusk, bats can be seen feeding at the woodland edges; species recorded here include the scarce Barbastelle, along with Brown Long-eared Bats, Common and Soprano Pipistrelle, Natterer’s Bats and Noctules.