Collinpark Wood

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Gloucestershire County

Condition (Natural England)

Unit	Feature	Condition	Area (ha)	Assessed
SO747279	—	Favourable	15.58	2009-12-09
SO748283	—	Favourable	4.05	2009-12-09
SO749277	—	Favourable	1.69	2009-12-09
SO750279	—	Favourable	7.67	2009-12-09
SO751276	—	Favourable	3.16	2009-12-09
SO751279	—	Favourable	22.9	2009-12-09
SO753275	—	Favourable	11.99	2009-12-09

Habitats

Bracken scrub, Coppiced woodland, Fast flowing river and stream

Geology & landscape

Landscape processes: Fluvial

Description

Area, 66.69 ha. 164.8 ac. Description A nationally important woodland site selected as an outstanding example of damp calcifuge lime woodland in western Britain, complementing the Lincolnshire lime coppices but differing from them in the species of oak present. The site overlies clay soils and slopes gently towards the alluvial plain of the River Leadon. The main woodland stand type is dominated by coppiced small leaved lime Tilia cordata with sessile oak Quercus petraea standards. Ash Fraxinus excelsior, is also well represented, particularly in the northern part of the site and other trees include silver birch Betula pendula, field maple Acer campestre and good numbers of wild service tree Sorbus torminalis. The shrub layer is generally quite sparse but is represented by species such as hazel Corylus avellana, hawthorn Crataegus monogyna, willows Salix spp. and crab apple Malus sylvestris, while the ground layer includes abundant bramble Rubus fruticosus, bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta and dogs mercury Mercurialis perennis with greater wood rush Luzula sylvatica, bracken Pteridium aquilinum, yellow archangel Lamiastrum galeobdolon, primrose Primula vulgaris and golden saxifrage Chrysosplenium oppositifolium. Streams and a damp channel in the north west of the site add diversity to the site. A recently coppiced area has proved to be of particular benefit to butterflies.

Species mentioned

Show the 16 species mentioned in the description, with red-list status ▾

Insects to look out for

These moths, butterflies and beetles are known to feed on plants recorded at this site, and carry a notable UK conservation status — but a host-plant being present doesn't mean the insect has actually been recorded here. Treat this as "worth watching for," not a confirmed sighting.

Grouped by host-plant — open a plant to see its insects. Some insects feed on more than one of these plants, so they appear under each.

Hawthorn Crataegus 16

Figure of eight Diloba caeruleocephala	Endangered	any Crataegus
The lappet Gastropacha quercifolia	Endangered	Crataegus monogyna
Scarce vapourer Orgyia recens	Endangered	any Crataegus
Mouse moth Amphipyra tragopoginis	Vulnerable	any Crataegus
The sprawler Asteroscopus sphinx	Vulnerable	any Crataegus
Mottled umber Erannis defoliaria	Vulnerable	any Crataegus
The lackey Malacosoma neustria	Vulnerable	Crataegus monogyna
Pale brindled Phigalia pilosaria	Vulnerable	Crataegus monogyna
Early moth Theria primaria	Vulnerable	Crataegus monogyna
Pale eggar Trichiura crataegi	Vulnerable	Crataegus monogyna
Flounced chestnut Agrochola helvola	Near Threatened	Crataegus monogyna
Beaded chestnut Agrochola lychnidis	Near Threatened	Crataegus monogyna
Grey chi Antitype chi	Near Threatened	Crataegus monogyna
Large thorn Ennomos autumnaria	Near Threatened	any Crataegus
Grey pug Eupithecia subfuscata	Near Threatened	Crataegus monogyna
Double dart Graphiphora augur	Near Threatened	any Crataegus

Birch Betula 15

Scarce vapourer Orgyia recens	Endangered	any Betula
The sprawler Asteroscopus sphinx	Vulnerable	any Betula
Broom moth Ceramica pisi	Vulnerable	any Betula
Mottled umber Erannis defoliaria	Vulnerable	any Betula
The lackey Malacosoma neustria	Vulnerable	Betula pendula
Pale brindled Phigalia pilosaria	Vulnerable	Betula pendula
Pale eggar Trichiura crataegi	Vulnerable	any Betula
Oak hook-tip Watsonalla binaria	Vulnerable	Betula pendula
Flounced chestnut Agrochola helvola	Near Threatened	any Betula
Kentish glory Endromis versicolora	Near Threatened	Betula pendula
Large thorn Ennomos autumnaria	Near Threatened	any Betula
September thorn Ennomos erosaria	Near Threatened	any Betula
Autumnal rustic Eugnorisma glareosa	Near Threatened	any Betula
Double dart Graphiphora augur	Near Threatened	any Betula
White prominent Leucodonta bicoloria	Regionally Extinct	any Betula

Sessile or durmast oak Quercus 15

Oak lutestring Cymatophorina diluta	Endangered	Quercus petraea
Scarce vapourer Orgyia recens	Endangered	any Quercus
The sprawler Asteroscopus sphinx	Vulnerable	any Quercus
Mottled umber Erannis defoliaria	Vulnerable	any Quercus
The lackey Malacosoma neustria	Vulnerable	any Quercus
Pale brindled Phigalia pilosaria	Vulnerable	any Quercus
Early moth Theria primaria	Vulnerable	any Quercus
Pale eggar Trichiura crataegi	Vulnerable	any Quercus
Oak hook-tip Watsonalla binaria	Vulnerable	Quercus petraea
Flounced chestnut Agrochola helvola	Near Threatened	any Quercus
Large thorn Ennomos autumnaria	Near Threatened	any Quercus
September thorn Ennomos erosaria	Near Threatened	any Quercus
Double dart Graphiphora augur	Near Threatened	any Quercus
Clay fan-foot Paracolax tristalis	Near Threatened	any Quercus
Frosted green Polyploca ridens	Near Threatened	Quercus petraea

Hazel Corylus avellana 7

Scarce vapourer Orgyia recens	Endangered	Corylus avellana
The sprawler Asteroscopus sphinx	Vulnerable	Corylus avellana
Mottled umber Erannis defoliaria	Vulnerable	Corylus avellana
The lackey Malacosoma neustria	Vulnerable	Corylus avellana
Pale brindled Phigalia pilosaria	Vulnerable	Corylus avellana
Pale eggar Trichiura crataegi	Vulnerable	Corylus avellana
Large thorn Ennomos autumnaria	Near Threatened	Corylus avellana

Bramble Rubus fruticosus 5

Scarce vapourer Orgyia recens	Endangered	Rubus fruticosus
Broom moth Ceramica pisi	Vulnerable	Rubus fruticosus
The lackey Malacosoma neustria	Vulnerable	Rubus fruticosus
Grizzled skipper Pyrgus malvae	Vulnerable	Rubus fruticosus
Pale eggar Trichiura crataegi	Vulnerable	Rubus fruticosus

Lime small leaved Tilia 4

The sprawler Asteroscopus sphinx	Vulnerable	any Tilia
Pale brindled Phigalia pilosaria	Vulnerable	any Tilia
September thorn Ennomos erosaria	Near Threatened	any Tilia
Scarce hook-tip Sabra harpagula	Near Threatened	Tilia cordata

Ash Fraxinus excelsior 3

The sprawler Asteroscopus sphinx	Vulnerable	Fraxinus excelsior
Pale brindled Phigalia pilosaria	Vulnerable	Fraxinus excelsior
Dusky thorn Ennomos fuscantaria	Near Threatened	Fraxinus excelsior

Field maple Acer campestre 2

Maple pug Eupithecia inturbata	Endangered	Acer campestre
Mottled umber Erannis defoliaria	Vulnerable	Acer campestre

Crab apple Malus 2

The lappet Gastropacha quercifolia	Endangered	any Malus
Pale eggar Trichiura crataegi	Vulnerable	Malus sylvestris

Bracken Pteridium aquilinum 2

Broom moth Ceramica pisi	Vulnerable	Pteridium aquilinum
Garden tiger Arctia caja	Near Threatened	Pteridium aquilinum

Bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta 1

Autumnal rustic Eugnorisma glareosa

Near Threatened

Hyacinthoides non-scripta

Primrose Primula vulgaris 1

Duke of Burgundy Hamearis lucina

Endangered

Primula vulgaris

Host-plant data: Cook et al. (2025), Traits data for the butterflies and macro-moths of Great Britain and Ireland, 2024, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology / Butterfly Conservation; and Padovani et al. (2020), Database of Insects and their Food Plants (DBIF), UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (both Open Government Licence). Contains data supplied by UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology.

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