Autumn Colour in Burnham Beeches Forest, Buckinghamshire, UK
An area of outstanding beauty and located in South Buckinghamshire and around 25 miles from London, Burnham Beeches was acquired by the City of London in 1880, in response to a threatened purchase by residential developers. It was for sale as “land suitable for the erection of superior residences”. There has probably been woodland on the site since the retreat of the last ice age, but today’s landscape was created by people. One of the three Scheduled Ancient Monuments on the site shows that the area was inhabited as early as the Iron Age. Today Burnham Beeches is characterised by a diverse mixture of ancient woodland, wood pasture, coppice, ponds and streams, grassland, mire and heathland. The sites most prominent features are the veteran Beech and Oak pollarded trees which provide a stable habitat for many rare and endangered deadwood species.
Size: 3000px × 4000px
Location: Burnham Beeches, Burnham, Bucks, UK
Photo credit: © Biblio Photography / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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