Bradfield woods is a working wood that is unique as it has been under continuous traditional coppice management since 1252, fulfilling local needs for firewood and hazel products. It is one of Britain’s finest ancient woodlands and is a glorious haven for wildlife.
Coppice products from Bradfield Wood are still sold today for thatching and hurdle making. Other products sold from the wood include rustic ash poles for garden structures, bean poles, peas sticks, rotted sawdust soil conditioner and firewood.
After reading the above on the Suffolk Wildlife Trusts Website Matt and I decided to pay this historical wood a visit and with autumn approaching we were hoping to see and photograph some fungi. I'm pleased to say we were not disappointed as we soon saw so many different species and both Matt and I managed to photograph these, one thing that did disappoint us was to see that so many fungi had been destroyed, of course this could only have been caused by senseless idiots kicking them over...what did they achieve from doing that!!!
We spent quite awhile photographing the many dragonflies that were resting on the blackberry bushes...oh those blackberries were so sweet, I'm sure Matt will have a belly ache tonight as he was eating so many...
Whilst taking a slow walk though the woods we were hoping to see one of the many red deer, roe deer or spotted fallow but we were unlucky, perhaps we shall have to arrive at dawn to see these.
If any of you are interested in going to Bradfield Woods (shown as Felshamhall Woods on an OS map) the Grid reference on the OS Landranger 155 map is TL 93581 there is ample parking on-site, Both Matt and I enjoyed our visit so much we are already planning another visit.
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