Cavendish Woods

{{Short description|UK Site of Special Scientific Interest}}

{{Infobox SSSI

|image= Kings wood - geograph.org.uk - 832117.jpg

|image_caption = King's Wood

|name= Cavendish Woods

|aos= Suffolk

|interest=Biological

|gridref={{gbmappingsmall| TL 791 495 }}

|area= 53.5 hectares

|notifydate= 1985

|map=[http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271003179%27 Magic Map]

}}

Cavendish Woods is a {{convert|53.5|hectare|acre|adj=on}} biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-west of Glemsford in Suffolk.{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1003179&SiteName=cavendish&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: Cavendish Woods | series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate = 23 May 2017}}{{cite web|url= http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271003179%27|title=Map of Cavendish Woods|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate= 23 May 2017}}

These ancient woods are managed as coppice with standards. The main standard tree is oak, and the flora is diverse, including the uncommon oxlip. There are many fallow deer, and breeding birds include woodcock, snipe and treecreeper.{{cite web|url=http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1003179.pdf|title=Cavendish Woods citation|series=Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate=23 May 2017|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150504194234/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1003179.pdf|archivedate=4 May 2015}}

The woods are in four blocks, Shadowbush Wood adjacent to Long Wood, King's Wood, Northay Wood and Easty Wood. A public footpath goes through Easty Wood.