Limebreach Wood

Limebreach Wood (gbmapping|ST466726) is a woodland on the south side of the Tickenham Ridge, between Clevedon and Bristol.

It is an ancient woodland, with a high proportion of Small-leaved Lime trees.

Part of the wood is managed as a nature reserve by Avon Wildlife Trust.

The pyralid moth "Salebriopsis albicilla" occurs here. (Butterfly Conservation 2000)

References

Wildgoose, Simon, Paul Bradley and Martin Boustead (undated), Nature Reserves Guide, Avon Wildlife Trust

Butterfly Conservation (2000), Regional Action Plan - Southwest England (Cornwall, Devon and Somerset) [http://www.butterfly-conservation.org/conbio/regional_plans/ap-south_west.pdf] .

External links

* [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/127941 A photograph of part of Lime Breach Wood]