Basing Wood

Basing Wood is a 120-hectare (300-acre)^[1] woodland near Basingstoke, England.51.29375357°N 1.07674599°W / 51.29375357; -1.07674599

Path into Basing Wood

Wildlife

The wood consists of broadleaf and conifer trees,^[2] particularly the Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris), Corsican pine (Pinus nigra), and the Lawson cypress (Chamaecyparis lawsoniana). There are also trees such as oak, ash and alder.^[3]

The fauna of Basing Wood includes roe, fallow and muntjac deer, red foxes, rabbits, great crested newts, and many species of birds. It also provides a habitat for the declining purple emperor butterfly.^[4]

See also

• Community forests in England