This is a fine stretch of ancient woodland in the Belhus Park area. A rutted open trackway runs through it and an area of grassland and scrubs runs along the north-eastern boundary.
Local Wildlife Site
Accessible Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation
Warwick Wood
Borough: Havering
Grade: Borough Grade I
Access: Free public access (all/most of site)
Area: 5.06 ha
Description
Wildlife
Warwick Wood has a canopy of ash, field maple, hornbeam and oak, with a well-developed shrub layer dominated by hawthorn and including guelder-rose and red currant. The ground plants are also diverse with much bluebell and wood millet, early dog-violet, three-nerved sandwort and wood speedwell. The track has abundant remote and wood sedges. The wood is home to a number of rare insects, including the cloaked carpet moth at its only known London location and the buff tailed bear hoverfly. Breeding birds include hobby and treecreeper. A band of scrub, tall herbs, and Yorkshire fog dominated grassland along the north-east boundary includes an area of aspen suckers and attracts various common butterflies and dragonflies.Facilities
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Guelder-rose berries © Mike Waite
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