Lady Park Wood National Nature Reserve

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Lying in the swathe of ancient broadleaved woodland which sweeps down the Wye Valley from Goodrich to Chepstow is the Lady Park Wood NNR, near Monmouth. All three of our native woodpeckers live here – the great spotted, lesser spotted and green – and spring is the best time to hear and see them. Lady Park Wood is also a good place to see migrant birds that visit in spring and summer. Breeding birds include bullfinches, pied flycatchers, redstarts, tree pipits and various warblers. Two of Britain’s rarest bats live in the woods. The greater horseshoe bat is Britain’s most endangered bat, and with the lesser horseshoe bat it uses caves and disused mines in the area to roost and raise young. The lesser horseshoe bats found in the Wye Valley woodlands represents 26 per cent of the UK population, making it by far the largest population of this species in Wales.

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Herefordshire is split in two by the River Wye which meanders through the county on its way to the Severn and the sea. Largely rural, with Hereford, Leominster, and Ross-on-Wye the major towns and cities, its countryside and ancient villages are the county’s major asset.

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Lady Park Wood National Nature Reserve

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Lady Park Wood National Nature Reserve

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Overview

Lying in the swathe of ancient broadleaved woodland which sweeps down the Wye Valley from Goodrich to Chepstow is the Lady Park Wood NNR, near Monmouth. All three of our native woodpeckers live here – the great spotted, lesser spotted and green – and spring is the best time to hear and see them. Lady Park Wood is also a good place to see migrant birds that visit in spring and summer. Breeding birds include bullfinches, pied flycatchers, redstarts, tree pipits and various warblers. Two of Britain’s rarest bats live in the woods. The greater horseshoe bat is Britain’s most endangered bat, and with the lesser horseshoe bat it uses caves and disused mines in the area to roost and raise young. The lesser horseshoe bats found in the Wye Valley woodlands represents 26 per cent of the UK population, making it by far the largest population of this species in Wales.

Location

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About the area

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Herefordshire is split in two by the River Wye which meanders through the county on its way to the Severn and the sea. Largely rural, with Hereford, Leominster, and Ross-on-Wye the major towns and cities, its countryside and ancient villages are the county’s major asset.

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