Tales of TWO WOODLANDS
Cotswold Life|June 2020
Whether you manage five acres or 4,000 acres of woodland, balancing commercial and environmental concerns is crucial to a sustainable future, Siân Ellis discovers
Sian Ellis
Tales of TWO WOODLANDS

An estimated 14–15% (c. 30,000ha) of the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) is woodland, of which some 9,485ha are on Ancient Woodland Sites (AWS) – 6,192ha being Ancient & Semi-Natural Woodland (ASNW) and 3,292ha being Plantations on Ancient Woodland Sites (PAWS).

“Some estates actively manage their woodland but most woodland across the AONB is not actively managed. However, there is evidence of change,” says Mark Connelly, Land Management Officer for the Cotswolds Conservation Board. Ash dieback is prompting felling and restocking programmes across many areas (see Cotswold Life, November 2019 issue) while increasing numbers of woodlands have also come into Countryside Stewardship schemes.

So what’s it like to look after woodlands?

WEST RUGGER’S GREEN

Estelle and Antony St John-Smith bought a five-acre parcel of woodland at West Rugger’s Green on the edge of Avening in March 2017. During WW2 the woodland had been clear-felled to plant quick-growing larch to supply timber for the war effort, but it later became neglected; tightly packed trees were starving the forest floor of light, stifling under-storey growth and biodiversity.

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