Withybed Wood
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Withybed Wood is a small, yet important patch of woodland located in the lee of Warren Hill, part of Hengistbury Head, Dorset. It is not to be confused with an area of the Wyre Forest in Shropshire, which also has the same name.
Part of Hengistbury Head Local Nature Reserve and the Christchurch Harbour Site of Special Scientific Interest,[1] the wood has developed immediately north of the archaeologically and environmentally[2] significant Warren Hill, sheltered from the sea breezes coming from the south and west over Poole Bay.
Despite its relatively small size; Withybed is of historic and natural interest; it is the only woodland area shown on an 1811 Ordnance Survey map of the Bournemouth/Christchurch region (the wildlife community also suggests that the woodland could be classified as "ancient semi-natural"),[2] and because of its unique location, lying at the landfall and departure point for birds and other flying animals using the important Cherbourg - Avon valley migration route.[3]
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