Grafton, Worcestershire

Grafton
Grafton
 Grafton shown within Worcestershire
DistrictWychavon
Shire countyWorcestershire
RegionWest Midlands
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Police West Mercia
Fire Hereford and Worcester
Ambulance West Midlands
EU Parliament West Midlands
List of places
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Worcestershire

Coordinates: 52°02′00″N 2°01′15″W / 52.033248°N 2.020969°W / 52.033248; -2.020969

Grafton is a village in Worcestershire, England.

Grafton Wood

Grafton Wood is an Ancient Wood, originally part of the Forest of Feckenham, and is now jointly owned by the Worcestershire Wildlife Trust and Butterfly Conservation. In October 2014 the two organisations bought Laight Rough, a seven-acre of ancient woodland, adjoining Grafton Wood.[1]

Grafton Wood is the centre of the only colony of the Brown Hairstreak butterflies in the Midlands.[2] Laight Rough is also important for other butterflies such as white admiral, white-letter hairstreak and the silver-washed fritillary. In 2009 the Bat Conservation Trust launched a detail study of 10 counties in England to determine the range of the Bechstein's bat and in 2010 a lactating female Bechstein's was discovered in Grafton Wood suggesting that there was a breeding colony in the wood or close by. The People's Trust for Endangered Species are funding further research work.[3] In October 2014 it was reported that the scare Brandt's bat has also been found at the 300-year-old woodland.[4]

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