Walked out to two more Bluebell woods today, not far from Hitch Wood which I wrote about last week. Wain Wood is of ancient origin and home to a number of species characteristic of ancient woodland including Hyacinthoides non-scripta in great profusion.

 West Wood is also carpeted with Bluebells but coniferous plantation dominates a considerable area i.e. must be more recent afforestation, presumably twentieth century. I suspect ancient woodland was cleared for conifers and the Bluebells survived the transition.