Reserves and speciesWallacebank Wood

Wallacebank Wood

Posted by scottish
2011-05-04 11:51

Wallacebank Wood is an ancient semi-natural woodland with oak, Scots pine, beech, Norway spruce and larch. The ground beneath the trees is covered with woodland flowers and woodland birds are often seen. Growing in the more open areas are smaller trees and shrubs, such as alder, hazel, holly and rowan.In places the ground beneath the trees is covered with woodland flowers, among them wood anemone and dog

Reserve details
Trust: 
Scottish Wildlife Trust
Size: 
15.36
Short Description: 
An ancient semi-natural woodland with oak, Scots pine, beech, Norway spruce and larch
Smartphone Description: 
Wallacebank Wood is an ancient semi-natural woodland with oak, Scots pine, beech, Norway spruce and larch. The ground beneath the trees is covered with woodland flowers and woodland birds are often seen. Much of the wood has a grassy floor with wild angelica and wood sage. One of the commonest grasses found here is wood millet, which is locally rare. Treecreeper, green and great spotted woodpeckers and dunnock are found here
Location
Address: 
On the south side of the valley of the River Forth, 6km (3.75 miles) north-west of Falkirk, and lies wholly within the boundaries of the Glenbervie Golf Course
Town: 
Stenhousemuir
County: 
Falkirk
Postcode: 
FK5 4SL
Grid ref: 
NS847847
Facilities
Visitor centre: 
No
Shop: 
No shop
Picnic Area: 
No
Opening hours: 
Open at all times
Toilets: 
No toilets
Disabled toilet: 
No disabled toilet
Baby changing facilities: 
No baby changing facilities
Dogs: 
No
Access info: 
Access is across a golf course. Ask at clubhouse for route and permission to access the reserve.. Check at club house for access information
Parking: 
No
Walking information: 
Check at club house for access information
Grazing animals: 
no
Contact details
Reserve manager: 
Scottish Wildlife Trust
Reserve phone number: 
0131 312 4765
Reserve email address: 
enquiries@swt.org.uk
Reserver deep link: 
http://www.scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/reserve/wallacebank-wood/
Photos
Photo: 
Wood Sorrel
Admission
Admission fee?: 
No
Admission amount: 
no
Location type: 
Wildlife or nature reserve