Longspring Wood
This small wood is a suprise, tucked behind the houses in Toms Lane. In spring it has masses of bluebells but offers a quiet refuge at any time of year.
Longspring Wood is a good example of Hertfordshire woodland of oak, ash and hazel. Soils are clay with flint. There is a good shrub layer beneath the tree canopy which offers a fine habitat for song birds. Warblers can be seen and heard in spring. In winter, flocks of tits and finches move through the wood feeding on seeds and berries. Badgers and foxes are regularly seen in and around the wood.
Longspring Wood was bequeathed to the Trust by Miss Braide in 1986.
Non-intervention management of the woodland allows the vegetation to grow naturally and with little disturbance.
