Shut Heath Wood
TypeNature reserve
LocationGreat Totham, Essex
OS gridTL 853 133
Area20.2 hectares
Managed byEssex Wildlife Trust

Shut Heath Wood is a 20.2-hectare (50-acre) nature reserve Essex. It is managed by the Essex Wildlife Trust.[1]

Over half this site is managed as farmland, and the rest is ancient oak woodland also has coppiced sweet chestnut and hornbeam, with an understorey of ash, elder and hazel. Invertebrates include damselflies, dragonflies, glow-worms and wood ants. Common blooms found on the reserve in the summer include bluebells, bugles, cuckoo flowers, wood anemones, primroses, dog violets, and wood sorrels.[1]

There is access by a footpath from Tiptree Road.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Shut Heath Wood". Essex Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
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