Bills Wood
| Bills Wood | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Bills Lane alongside Bills Wood | |
  Bills Wood in the West Midlands | |
| Type | Public park |
| Location | Solihull, England |
| Coordinates | 52°24′03″N 1°50′07″W / 52.4008°N 1.8352°W |
| Area | 6.6 hectares (16 acres)[1] |
| Operated by | Solihull Council |
| Status | Open year round |
Bills Wood is a local nature reserve and park located in Shirley, Solihull.[2] It covers an area of approximately 6.6 hectares (16 acres) and consists of a square parcel of woodland surrounded by residential suburbs. To the east the wood is bounded by the school playing fields of Light Hall School. A wide range of plants and animals makes the wood an important urban space, and was therefore granted local nature reserve status in 1991.[3]
Nature
[edit]The woodland is a mixed broadleaved woodland, with predominantly mature Oak trees dominating the main canopy, along with Sycamore and Ash. The woodland also has an understorey of Holly and Hawthorn, with some Ash, Rowan and Hazel. At ground level there is mainly Bramble and Ivy with some Bluebells and Bracken.[1] There are occasional banks and ditches that divide the woodland in places, and signs of previous coppicing, in particular there is an old bank and ditch along the east side of the wood with some old oak coppice. The wood is included on the Ancient Woodland Inventory,[1] as compiled by the Nature Conservancy Council.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Solihull Council - Woodland Survey sheet for Bills wood" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
- ^ "Bills Wood". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
- ^ "Solihull Council - Local Nature Reserves". Archived from the original on 30 June 2011. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
External links
[edit]- Solihull Woodland Strategy 2010 – 2014
- "Map of Bills Wood". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England.