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Coppetts Wood and Scrublands is a Site of Borough Importance for Nature Conservation, Grade I, between
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. It is part of the Coppetts Wood and Glebelands Local Nature Reserve. The main trees are
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and
hornbeam Hornbeams are hardwood trees in the plant genus ''Carpinus'' in the family Betulaceae. Its species occur across much of the temperateness, temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Common names The common English name ''hornbeam'' derives ...
, and ground flora include bluebell and
garlic mustard ''Alliaria petiolata'', or garlic mustard, is a biennial flowering plant in the mustard family (Brassicaceae). It is native to Europe, western and central Asia, north-western Africa, Morocco, Iberia and the British Isles, north to northern S ...
. Breeding birds include
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, tawny owls and sparrowhawks. A small pond has a clump of
yellow iris ''Iris pseudacorus'', the yellow flag, yellow iris, or water flag, is a species of flowering plant in the family Iridaceae. It is native to Europe, western Asia and northwest Africa. Its specific epithet ''pseudacorus'' means "false acorus", ...
, and common frogs and smooth newts. Scrublands has a variety of habitats and some rare plants such as imperforate St John's-wort. There are several rare species of insects. Coppetts Wood was once part of a forest known as Finchley Wood. By the sixteenth century it had shrunk in size and became known as a common, and in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries it was used for pursuits such as bare-knuckle boxing, horse racing and pigeon shooting. It also had a reputation as a haunt of highwaymen. In the nineteenth century a sewage works was built on the site. It was closed in 1963, but still has its legacy in the rich variety of plants in the Scrublands. In the Second World War it was used for military training, and several tank traps still remain. Access to the site is from Colney Hatch Lane and the
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. The Coppetts Wood Conservationists meet on Sunday mornings throughout the year with the aim of maintaining the nature reserve, increasing its biodiversity and enjoying some sociable exercise. Coppetts is also a ward of the London Borough of Barnet. At 2011 Census the ward population was 17,250.


Gallery

File:Coppett's Wood.JPG, Coppetts Wood path File:Scrublands.JPG, Scrublands File:Coppett's Wood pond.JPG, Pond at Coppetts Wood


See also

* Coldfall Wood *
Barnet parks and open spaces The London Borough of Barnet, located on the northern periphery of London and having much of the area within its boundaries in the Metropolitan Green Belt, has many parks and open spaces. In addition there are large areas taken over by cemeteries ...
*
Nature reserves in Barnet The London Borough of Barnet, on the northern outskirts of London, is mainly residential, but it has large areas of green space and farmland. The spread of suburban development into the countryside was halted by the designation of a statutory Me ...


References


External links

*
Coppett's Wood and Scrublands Local Nature Reserve, London Gardens OnlineCoppetts Wood and Glebelands LNR website
This also covers the neighbouring Glebelands Local Nature Reserve.
Coppetts Wood
on the Woodland Trust website
Coppetts Wood Conservationists


Further reading

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