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This small woodland situated in an intensively farmed landscape is listed in English Nature's Ancient Woodland Inventory. It consists mainly of large neglected hornbeam coppice with mature oak standards scattered throughout. The tree canopy forms a dense layer beneath which is an understorey composed of hazel coppice and hawthorn. A few field maple and large ash standards are also present in the wood. It is bordered along its southern roadside boundary by a thick hedge of hornbeam, elder, hawthorn and blackthorn. In addition a ditch and bank, a feature associated with medieval woods, encloses the entire site. Very little light reaches the woodland floor through the dense tree canopy and as a result the ground flora is rather sparse. Bramble and dog's mercury are the dominant species and are patchily distributed throughout the wood. Witnesham Thicks is used for pheasant rearing and a number of laurels have been planted to provide additional cover.