1. PRINCETHORPE WOODLANDS Living Landscape Project Chris Redstall, Woodland Restoration Officer
Partners:
Coventry City Council
Coombe Abbey
Butterfly Conservation
Friends of Brandon Wood
Forestry Commission
Local landowners
Natural England
Peoples’ Trust for Endangered Species
The Warwickshire Dormouse Conservation Group
Warwickshire County Council
Warwickshire Wildlife Trust
British Association for Shooting and Conservation
Hanson Aggregates
Smiths Concrete
Woodland Trust
Mar 2012-Mar 2014

2. Project area Princethorpe Living Landscape Coombe Abbey
Brandon Marsh Nature Centre
WWT woodlands

3. Why this area? Princethorpe Living Landscape
Important cluster of ancient woodlands
10% of Warwickshire’s woodland (618Ha total)
Predominantly oak-hazel with coppice history
High species diversity
Notable species: dormouse; Silver-washed fritillary
Wider landscape
Historic sites e.g. Coombe Abbey, Princethorpe College
Mixture of Arden and Feldon fields and hedgerows

4. Princethorpe Living Landscape What are the broad aims?
50 year vision for the area:
"An ancient wooded landscape connected by a network of hedgerows, rich in wildlife and accessible to all".
Maintaining and improving the quality of ancient woodland
Improving the existing hedgerow network
New woodland creation

5. Woodlands: Coppice plot and ride restoration
Ryton Wood
Wappenbury Wood
Old Nun Wood

6. Woodlands: ride restoration
Overgrown ride
Ride Scallop

7. Woodlands: volunteers
Woodland work completed by contractors with additional volunteer days

8. Woodlands: surveys

9. Woodlands: landowners

10. Hedgerows
24 volunteers
250 hours

11. Survey progress
June 2013
Oct 2013

12. Farm-scale results

13. Hedgerow restoration
Total 5.9km
2012/13: 1.2km
2013/14: 4.9km

14. Hedgerow restoration

15. Woodland planting
0.4Ha
0.8Ha

16. Summary Princethorpe Living Landscape
Woodland restoration and creation
Ride restoration (300m): 600m
Coppicing with standards: 13.4Ha of restoration and maintenance
Woodland planting (2Ha): 2 sites totalling 1.2Ha
Hedgerow restoration and creation
Surveys:(90km)
Restoration: 6.2km
Surveying
Surveying woodland condition: 3 woods
Bats (Ian Tanner): 10 bat boxes for monitoring programme
Butterflies (Mike Slater : On-going
Birds (Mike Doughty): 2 seasons results (Lesser Spot WP)
Dormice (Ruth Moffatt): nest tubes installed

17. Next steps.. Princethorpe Living Landscape
To work with landowners and partners to:
Produce woodland management plans
Ongoing woodland and hedgerow surveying and restoration
Heritage Lottery Fund bid
Partners:
Coventry City Council
Coombe Abbey
Butterfly Conservation
Friends of Brandon Wood
Forestry Commission
Local landowners
Natural England
Peoples’ Trust for Endangered Species
The Warwickshire Dormouse Conservation Group
Warwickshire County Council
Warwickshire Wildlife Trust
British Association for Shooting and Conservation
Hanson Aggregates
Smiths Concrete
Woodland Trust