Shabbington Woods Complex

{{Short description|Woodlands in Buckinghamshire, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox SSSI

|image=Forest ride in Shabbington Wood - geograph.org.uk - 1741479.jpg

|name=Shabbington Woods Complex

|aos=Buckinghamshire

|interest=Biological

|gridref={{gbmappingsmall|SP615110 }}

|area=305.6 hectares

|notifydate=1987

|map=[http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271000069%27 Magic Map]

}}

Shabbington Woods Complex is a {{convert|305.6|hectare|acre|adj=on}} biological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) between Horton-cum-Studley and Worminghall in Buckinghamshire. It comprises Shabbington Wood, Bernwood Forest, Hell Coppice, Oakley Wood and York's Wood.{{cite web|url= http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1000069.pdf|title=Shabbington Woods Complex citation|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate= 14 October 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271000069%27 |title=Map of Shabbington Woods Complex|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate= 14 October 2015}} Shabbington Wood is owned by the Forestry Commission,{{cite web|url=http://visitwoods.org.uk/en/visit-woods/Pages/wood-details.aspx?wood=13282#.Vh7AvuRdEdU|title=Shabbington Wood, a Forestry Commission England wood|publisher=Woodland Trust|accessdate= 14 October 2015}} and a small area of 7.5 hectares called Bernwood Meadows is managed by the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust.{{cite web|url= http://www.bbowt.org.uk/reserves/bernwood-meadows |title= Bernwood Meadows |publisher=Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust|accessdate= 14 October 2015}}

The site is the largest remnant of the former Royal Forest of Bernwood. Other remnants are SSSIs in Oxfordshire. In this site only a small area of ancient woodland survives, and the main interest is the rich insect fauna. There are also two unimproved meadows, bounded by mature hedges, and several ponds. Over forty species of butterfly have been recorded, including the rare Duke of Burgundy.

{{commons category|Bernwood Forest|Shabbington Woods Complex}}