Girdlers Coppice

Much of the woodland is oak, with hazel coppice; other deciduous trees include aspen and wild service tree. The wood slopes down to a strip of flood meadow by the River Stour, where in summer there are dragonflies and damselflies among the sedges, burdocks and teasels.^[2][3]

Flowers in the wood include bluebell, wood anemone, dog violet, greater stitchwort and moschatel. There is a system of rotational coppicing, which creates open areas, encouraging a diversity of wild flowers. Butterflies such as silver-washed fritillary, white admiral and purple hairstreak may be seen in the open areas.^[2][3]

Birds to be seen in the wood include residents such as woodpecker, marsh tit, nuthatch and treecreeper, and spring migrants willow warbler and spotted flycatcher.^[2][3]