The Withey Beds

The Withey Beds is a 7.5 hectare Local Nature Reserve (LNR) in Rickmansworth in Hertfordshire. It was declared an LNR in 2004 by Three Rivers District Council, and the council owns and manages the site.^[1]^[2]

A withey (willow)^[3] bed is an area where willow is grown for coppicing. The site borders the River Colne, and it has a variety of habitats including dry grassland, wet woodland, marsh and ditches. A World War II pillbox has been turned into a bat roost.^[1] Rare invertebrates found on the site are the oak jewel beetle, soldier fly, and Roesel's bush cricket.^[4]

There is access from Moor Lane near the junction with Sandy Lodge Road.

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References

1 2 "The Withey Beds". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. 14 March 2013. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
↑ "Map of The Withey Beds". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
↑ Citing Fitzherbert, Anthony (1539), The Book of Husbandry. The Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and Improvements in Rural Affairs. Hovey and Company. 1862. p. 248. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
↑ "Wildlife at The Withey Beds". The Friends of The Withey Beds. Retrieved 25 April 2015.

Local Nature Reserves in Hertfordshire

Broxbourne	Cheshunt Park Top Field and Cozens Grove

Dacorum	Howe Grove Wood Shrubhill Common

East Hertfordshire	Waterford Heath

Hertsmere	Fisher's Field Furzefield Wood and Lower Halfpenny Hilfield Park Reservoir

North Hertfordshire	Ivel Springs Norton Common Oughtonhead Common Purwell Meadows Therfield Heath Weston Hills

St Albans	Batford Springs Colney Heath Marshalls Heath Watercress Wildlife Site Wheathampstead The Wick

Three Rivers	Chorleywood Common Chorleywood House Estate Croxley Common Moor Oxhey Woods Prestwick Road Meadows Rickmansworth Aquadrome Stockers Lake The Withey Beds

Watford	Albans Wood Cassiobury Park Garston Park Harebreaks Wood The Lairage Land

Welwyn Hatfield	The Commons Danesbury Park Howe Dell Mardley Heath Northaw Great Wood Country Park Oxleys Wood Sherrardspark Wood Singlers Marsh Stanborough Reedmarsh

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