High Wood and Meadow explained

High Wood and Meadow is a 16.5hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest between Farthingstone and Preston Capes in Northamptonshire.^{[1] [2]} It is managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.^[3]

The wood is ancient and semi-natural on acid soils. It has diverse ground flora, including yellow pimpernel, hairy wood-rush and broad-leaved helleborine. The meadow is acid grassland of a type which is now uncommon, and there are also areas of neutral grassland and marsh on silty peat. There are many ant hills of the yellow meadow ant.^[4]

There is (unsignposted) access from the Knightley Way footpath.

References

52.188°N -1.136°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Designated Sites View: High Wood and Meadow . Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 26 February 2017.
2. Web site: Map of High Wood and Meadow. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 26 February 2017.
3. Web site: High Wood and Meadow . Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire . 26 February 2017.
4. Web site: High Wood and Meadow citation. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 26 February 2017. 3 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303225504/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1002921.pdf. dead.