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Bishop Wood

📍 CawoodNorth Yorkshire

One of the largest woods in the Humberhead Levels, known for nightjars and butterflies

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Bishop Wood, Cawood Looking south-southwest along the track south of Sand Hole Dike in Bishop Wood, west of Selby. The western half of Bishop Wood is in Cawood parish and the eastern half in Wistow. T — Bishop Wood, Cawood Looking south-southwest along the track south of Sand Hole Dike in Bishop Wood, west of Selby. The western half of Bishop Wood is in Cawood parish and the eastern half in Wistow. TPhoto: Paul Glazzard · CC BY-SA 2.0 · via Wikimedia Commons

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Bishop Wood is a large planted ancient woodland between Selby and Cawood, managed by Forestry England. It is mainly poplar, pine and sycamore with native alder and oak, and is known for nightjars and a wide range of butterflies. Access is from Scalm Lane.

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