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Craven Local Plan
BIODIVERSITY Evidence Base
Compiled November 2019
Contents
Introduction ...................................................................................................................................... 3
Part I: Craven Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) May 2008 ................................................................. 4
Part II: Craven BAP Action Programme .......................................................................................159
Part III: UK Biodiversity Action Plan (UK BAP) ............................................................................. 192
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Introduction This document is a compilation of all biodiversity evidence underpinning the Craven Local Plan. The following table describes the document’s constituent parts.
Title Date Comments
Craven Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) (Part I)
May 2008 The Craven BAP provides information and identifies specific and positive actions that can be undertaken to conserve the District’s biodiversity. By having regard to the Craven BAP in its planning decisions, the Council will be helping to fulfil its duty to conserve biodiversity under the Natural Environment and Rural Communities (NERC) Act 2006.
Craven BAP Action Programme (Part II)
As above The Action Programme is an appendix to the Craven BAP and provides a table of targets and actions to be delivered locally, which, if implemented, will make progress towards the Craven BAP objectives.
National Biodiversity Action Plan (UK BAP) (Part III)
1994 The UK BAP was the Government’s response to the Convention on Biological Diversity (Rio de Janeiro, 1992). It identified national priority species and habitats, which were the most threatened and most in need of conservation, and formed the overarching strategy for local action plans, including the Craven BAP.
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Part I: Craven Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) May 2008
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Craven BiodiversityAction Plan
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Principal author: Graham Megson
Designed and produced by County Print, North Yorkshire County Council, County Hall,Northallerton, DL7 8AD
Published May 2008
Photos courtesy of:G. MegsonM. MillingtonH. FentenThe Environment AgencyW. BensonP. LythM. HunterJ. Altringham
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Contents
1. Introduction1.1 Caring for Craven’s wildlife1.2 Craven Sustainable Community Strategy
2007-131.3 What is biodiversity?1.4 Why is biodiversity important?1.5 The need to conserve biodiversity1.6 The national framework1.7 The UK Biodiversity Action Plan1.8 Local Biodiversity Action Plans1.9 Regional biodiversity
2. How the BAP fits in with otherschemes
2.1 Planning context2.2 Sustainable Development Strategy2.3 English Nature Natural Areas
3. Protected sites3.1 Special Areas of Conservation and Special
Protection Areas3.2 Sites of Special Scientific Interest3.3 Sites of Importance for Nature
Conservation
4. Creating the BAP4.1 The Craven Biodiversity Action Plan
Process4.2 Criteria for the selection of habitats4.3 Criteria for the selection of species
5. Results5.1 UK Biodiversity Action Plan priority habitats
occurring in the BAP area5.2 Habitats of Conservation Concern5.3 Habitat Statements5.4 UK Biodiversity Action Plan priority species
occurring in the BAP area5.5 Species of Conservation Concern
Table 1. Relationship between Species ofConservation Concern and Habitat ActionPlans
Table 2. Relationship between locally valuedspecies (but not Species of ConservationConcern) and Habitat Action Plans
5.6 Species Action Plans5.7 The Habitat Action Plans, Habitat
Statements and Species Action Plans
6. The next steps6.1 Biodiversity Action Plan co-ordination and
implementation6.2 Generic targets and actions6.3 Baseline information6.4 Survey and Monitoring6.5 Reporting6.6 Review6.7 Advice
7. Key Wildlife Actions7.0 Introduction7.1 Agri-environment Schemes7.2 Site protection and management7.3 Planning control and other statutory
consultations7.4 Advice and support7.5 Invasive non-native species7.6 Publicity and environmental education7.7 Good practice
Table 3. Good practice
7.8 Business involvement
8. Contacts
The Habitat Action PlansThe Habitat StatementsThe Species Action Plans
Craven Biodiversity Action Plan(outside of the Yorkshire Dales National Park)
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Appendix 1Craven Biodiversity Action Plan steering group
Appendix 2Map of Craven Biodiversity Action Plan area
Appendix 3The relationship between Craven BAP habitats,UK BAP priority habitats and SINC habitatdefinitions using the National VegetationClassification
Appendix 4Glossary of terms
Appendix 5List of acronyms
Appendix 6Useful addresses
Appendix 7Scientific and common names of speciesmentioned in the Biodiversity Action Plan
Appendix 8Bibliography.
Appendix 9Information on Special Areas of Conservation(SAC), Special Protection Areas (SPA), Sites ofSpecial Scientific Interest (SSSI) and Sites ofImportance for Nature Conservation (SINC) inthe Craven BAP area
Part 2: Craven BAP Action Programme
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1. Introduction
1.1 Caring for Craven’s wildlifeIf keeping Craven rich in wildlife is important toyou, then you can find out how it is planned tocare for our special habitats and species in thefollowing pages. It is not just the rare andthreatened wildlife that this plan seeks toprotect, commoner wildlife is important too.Around our towns, villages and homes wildlifecontributes to the quality of our lives.
1.2. Craven Community Strategy 2003-13The Government believes that the communityhas a key role in setting its own agenda and thishas led to the establishment of Local StrategicPartnerships (LSPs), which produce CommunityStrategies to promote the economic, social andenvironmental well being of the community.
The Craven Sustainable Community Strategyhas five priorities for action, one of which is‘Creating a Sustainable Future – One PlanetLiving. Under this priority the LSP wants tocreate a cleaner, greener Craven, whereeconomic growth goes hand-in-hand withreducing impact on the environment. A newgroup is currently being set up to co-ordinatethe delivery of aims within this priority. Theseaims include conserving and enhancing thedistrict’s environment.
Quality of life is important to us all, and includesaccess to a decent home, work, education andhealth. It also means a healthy environment –clean air, clean water and a rich and diversenatural world.
In the UK the destruction of the countryside andthe loss of wildlife has been such that a rich andhealthy natural environment is no longerguaranteed. For example, 98% of wildflower
meadows, and over 2 million skylarks havebeen lost in less than a lifetime. We need to haltthese declines, and put back where we canwhat has been lost - not just in protected areasor nature reserves, but in the wider countrysidetoo. In the longer term this will help to deal withthe adverse affects of climate change. Neitherthe scale of the task nor the urgency for actionshould be underestimated.
In line with Government advice, protectingbiodiversity is covered in the CommunityStrategy and producing the Craven BiodiversityAction Plan (outside of the National Park) is thestarting point to fulfilling one of the aspirationsof the community.
1.3. What is biodiversity?The term ‘biodiversity’ was coined at the RioEarth Summit in 1992. It comes from biologicaldiversity and means the whole variety of lifewithin the natural world which both surroundsand sustains us. This also includes us. It is notjust rare species of animal and plant life butcovers the entire spectrum of life. Biodiversityincludes not only all species of plants andanimals, but also their genetic variation, and thecomplex ecosystems of which they are all part.
1.4 Why is biodiversity important?Biodiversity is vital to life and, in its simplestterms, enables life to exist on the earth. Itprovides the air we breathe, the food we eat,the materials we use and the medicines wetake. These are all linked together in a complexweb with every plant and animal having its ownsmall part to play.
1.5 The need to conserve biodiversityThe world is losing biodiversity at an increasingrate, mainly as a result of human activity. TheUK alone lost 100 species in the 20th century,
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with many more species and habitats in danger.On a world scale, the rate of loss is nowrecognised to be a cause for serious concern,requiring international action. Loss ofbiodiversity impacts upon Mankind in a numberof ways:
• Ecosystems – natural systems provide ourbasic life-support structures. These provideour soil, food and oxygen.
• The natural world provides pollutioncontrol, e.g. forests to fix carbon; and floodcontrol, e.g. lakes and marshes to absorbfloodwater.
• Products – almost all of our food, fuel,medicines, cosmetics and constructionmaterials are a product of biodiversity.
• Quality of life – the natural world offersenjoyment, health, spiritual enrichment,learning, cultural diversity and artisticinspiration.
• Economic development – thousands ofjobs rely on our natural environment,including agriculture and eco-tourism. Forexample, angling is the largest participationsport in the UK. Craven’s water bodies andwater courses support fisheries for gameand coarse fish. National estimates suggestthat the annual economic activityassociated with angling is up to £2.75billion whilst around 20,000 full or part-timejobs depend upon the sport.
• Knowledge - the pursuit of scientificdiscoveries.
As climate change is felt more and more, ourplants and animals will be put under greatpressure. Linear habitats such as road verges,railway embankments, river and streamcorridors, ditches and hedgerows will becomelifelines by which species that find themselves inthe wrong place through climate change, mightbe able to shift their ranges and colonise newareas. Isolated sites, like many of our naturereserves, may become unsuitable for the plantsand animals that they were designated toconserve. Gardens may also play an importantrole as multi-habitat zones linking together
fragments and corridors of habitat, with theinvolvement of the public. Corridors and habitat‘stepping stones’ should be encouragedthroughout the landscape.
1.6 The national frameworkAs a result of the Rio Earth Summit, manycountries agreed to take action to arrest theloss of biodiversity on a worldwide scale. TheUK Government pledged to take action, and asa result the UK Biodiversity Action Plan (UKBAP) was published (UK BAP1).
1.7 The UK Biodiversity Action PlanThe UK BAP is the UK’s initiative to maintainand enhance biodiversity. Through this plan, theGovernment committed itself to a processdesigned to conserve and enhance:
• the range and numbers of wildlife speciesand the quality and extent of wildlifehabitats;
• species and habitats that are internationallyimportant or characteristic of local areas;
• species and habitats that have declinedsignificantly over recent decades.
Various Central Government and non-government organisations have takenresponsibility to be the lead partners for eachUK BAP priority habitat and species. Eachaction plan identifies key partners. At the locallevel, concerned organisations/individuals arewelcome to consult the lead agencies over BAPmatters.
1.8 Local Biodiversity Action PlansHowever, the Government recognised thatbiodiversity conservation would have to bedelivered on a local basis, so a suite of countyand district plans, referred to as Local BAPs(LBAPs) has been produced. The Craven BAPis one such plan and closely links toneighbouring LBAPs. These plans are beingdeveloped to help foster action for UK priorityspecies and habitats at a local level, but also todetermine and take action for wildlife of localimportance.
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The aim of the LBAP is to:• translate national guidance within the UK
BAP to action at a local level;• identify locally important habitats and
species;• develop local partnerships to help maintain
and improve biodiversity and provideguidance on how to do this;
• raise local awareness of biodiversity and itsimportance, and set up effective monitoringsystems.
The LBAP can help integrate biodiversity actioninto the decision making of statutory and non-statutory bodies at a local level. For example,planners can use LBAPs as SupplementaryPlanning Guidance, to influence planningdecisions, both to avoid harming wildlife and toencourage the restoration of habitats throughafter-use conditions.
1.9 Regional biodiversityLocal BAPs are being prepared andimplemented across the Yorkshire and TheHumber Region, based on administrativeboundaries, and the Yorkshire and HumberBiodiversity Forum is producing a RegionalBiodiversity Strategy. This strategy will identifyhow this region will deliver the EnglandBiodiversity Strategy. The Regional SpatialStrategy and other documents such as theRegional Economic Strategy will guide theapproach and will engage with keyorganisations at a senior level to ensure that theStrategy is useful and relevant to all aspects ofthe region. The document will be producedduring the financial year 2008/09.
The Regional Strategy will be relevant to Cravenby incorporating relevant priorities andidentifying potential future funding mechanismsto assist delivery of local BAP targets that aredetermined to be regionally significant.
2. How the Biodiversity Action Plan fits inwith other schemes
2.1 Planning context
Biodiversity Action Plans are not a statutoryrequirement of the Local Planning Authority(LPA), but Planning Policy Statement 9‘Biodiversity and Geodiversity Conservation’(PPS9), published August 2005, requires LPA’sto take steps to further the conservation of UKBAP and local BAP steering group habitats andspecies.
Paragraph 11 states:‘Through policies in plans, local authoritiesshould also conserve other important naturalhabitat types that have been identified in theCROW Act 2000 section 74 list. As being ofprincipal importance for the conservation ofbiodiversity in England and identify opportunitiesto enhance and add to them’, (Section 74 liststhe UK BAP priority habitats and species).
The Government circular for PPS9 says inparagraph 84:‘UK BAP priority habitats and species as well asthose selected by LBAP partnerships arecapable of being a material consideration…[extract]’.
Further, the Local Government Act 2000 placesa statutory duty on local authorities to prepareCommunity Strategies, and Biodiversity ActionPlans have been recognised as examples of‘good practice’.
The subsequent Natural Environment and RuralCommunities Act 2006 pushes themaintenance of biodiversity further into theresponsibility of public bodies through Sections40 and 41. Section 40 states ‘Every public bodymust, in exercising its functions, have regard, sofar as is consistent with the proper exercise ofthose functions, to the purpose of conservingbiodiversity’.
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Section 41 includes all the UK BAP habitats andspecies as part of this duty. This is the firstspecific statutory duty placed upon localauthorities with regard to maintenance ofspecific habitats and species.
The planning process is a statutory process,which regulates and controls land use and landuse change. As such the Local PlanningAuthority has a major role in conservingbiodiversity.
Government guidance on planning matters hasrecently been reviewed and Planning PolicyStatements, backed up by guidance, havereplaced Planning Policy Guidance.
The Government Office for Yorkshire and theHumber Region is currently preparing newplanning guidance in the form of RegionalSpatial Strategies.
Local Authority planning is currently beingrevised with the production of LocalDevelopment Frameworks.
The North Yorkshire Minerals Local Plan1997includes a nature conservation policy and anaftercare policy. A Minerals and WasteDevelopment Framework is currently beingprepared to replace the Minerals Local Plan,which is expected to contain similar policies.
The preparation and use of the Craven BAP isan important part of the planning processbecause, in addition to providing information, itidentifies specific and positive actions that canbe undertaken to conserve the District’sbiodiversity.
The BAP promotes the following planningrelated issues:
• the precautionary principle;• no net loss of habitat;• like for like mitigation as a minimum
requirement;• protection of SINCs;
• the need for good ecological surveys;• the need to work with the Local Records
Centre on baseline data, monitoring andreporting;
• the importance of green space for quality oflife;
• the identification of habitat creationopportunities through spatial mapping.
In addition to the planning system, there is awhole array of legislation that affectsbiodiversity.
2.2 Sustainable Development StrategyMany Local Authorities are preparing aSustainable Development Strategy. Biodiversityconservation has strong links with sustainabledevelopment making the Local BAP a key partof this process.
Key initiatives require Sustainability Appraisals(SA) and key policies require StrategicEnvironmental Assessment (SEA) to beundertaken.
2.3 English Nature Natural AreasIn the mid-1990s English Nature (EN, nowNatural England) divided the country intoNatural Areas, based on the distribution ofwildlife and natural features rather thanadministrative areas.
The following EN Natural Areas all include a partof the Craven BAP area:
• Yorkshire Dales;• The Forest of Bowland;• Lancashire Plain and Valleys;• Southern Pennines.
The Department for Environment, Food andRural Affairs (Defra) has used Natural Areathinking to create the very similar JointCharacter Areas (JCA). These are used forsetting area-wide targets for the DefraEnvironmental Stewardship Scheme (ESS)introduced in 2005. The JCA Targetingstatements are also used to judge the relative
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merits of non-SSSI applications and enterrequests to enter additional non-designatedland acquired by existing agreement holders.
3. Protected sites
3.1 Special Areas of Conservation andSpecial Protection Areas
Special Areas of Conservation (SAC) andSpecial Protection Areas (SPA) are sites ofEuropean importance which are protectedunder European legislation (the HabitatsDirective). In UK law these habitats and speciesare protected under the Conservation (NaturalHabitats &c.) Regulations 1994. SACs andSPAs are based on designated Sites of SpecialScientific Interest (see below). SPAs aredesignated for their bird interest and SACs fortheir habitat and other wildlife interest.
There is one site in the Craven BAP area whichis both a SAC and a SPA and this is the ‘SouthPennines Moors’ (Appendix 9).
3.2 Sites of Special Scientific InterestThe best biological and geological sites arenotified as Sites of Special Scientific Interest(SSSIs) by Natural England, the governmentwildlife advisor with powers and duties toprotect and enhance the natural heritage inEngland. The SSSI series is a representativesuite of nationally important sites. SSSIs areshown on the Natural England website andassociated websites (Appendix 6).
In the Craven BAP area there are eightbiological SSSIs wholly within the area andthere are five geological SSSIs (these are listedin Appendix 9).
3.3 Sites of Importance for NatureConservation
A Site of Importance for Nature Conservation(SINC) is a non-statutory designation used toidentify wildlife sites in the county. Localauthorities have a responsibility to take accountof sites of substantive nature conservationconservation (Planning Policy Statement 9).
SINCs are shown on the Craven District LocalPlan proposals map, but they are notnecessarily sites that have public access. Theyare protected by a policy in the Craven DistrictLocal Plan and are part of the planning system,in that they require to be protected fromsignificant effects of development. Partnershipworking with SINC owners is desirable and theaspiration of the Craven BAP steering group isfor land owners to manage sites economically,while keeping them in a favourable condition forwildlife.
The Craven BAP recognises that SINCs areimportant biological units. The steering grouprecommends that all sites of natureconservation interest be surveyed (withlandowner permission) through the independentSINC panel (SINC2). The classification of SINCsis largely based on the national British PlantCommunity criteria known as the NationalVegetation Classification (NVC) system1.
4. Creating the BAP
4.1 The Craven Biodiversity Action Planprocess
North Yorkshire County Council (NYCC) has ledthe Craven BAP initiative, with support andfunding from Craven District Council (CDC) andNatural England. The initial task was to set up abiodiversity partnership and a steering group(Appendix 1). A wildlife audit covering knownhabitats and species formed the basis of thedecisions made by the steering group on theselection of habitat and species priorities.Individual Habitat Action Plans, Species ActionPlans and Habitat Statements were then drawnup.
The Craven BAP covers the same area as theDistrict Local Plan, a plan of which is shown inAppendix 2. It does not cover the YorkshireDales National Park, which has its own BAP,‘Nature in the Dales’ (YDNPA3). Other
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1 The NVC is a well-established national system for scientifically assessing and assigningplant communities to habitat types. The NVC tables are published in a series of bookscovering all of the main habitat types and these have been used for setting the criteria forthe designation of SINC sites. However, NVC codes have not been widely used in theHabitat Action Plans in an attempt to make the Plan available to a wide audience.
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neighbouring LBAPs include Harrogate,Cumbria, Bradford, and Lancashire.
This version is the first attempt at drawingtogether all the wildlife information available,assessing what needs the most attention andwhere we can contribute the most.
4.2 Criteria for the selection of habitatsAlthough all species of wildlife are important, theBAP concentrates on priority habitats andspecies. Priorities were selected by the steeringgroup, based on the following recognisedcriteria:
• Any habitat for which a UK BAP has beenprepared that occurs in the Craven District(excluding the National Park).
• Any semi-natural habitat that occurs in theCraven District.
• Any habitat that is characteristic of theCraven District.
• Any habitat that is locally distinctive withinthe Craven District.
• Any habitat that supports a priority speciesand occurs in the Craven District.
4.3 Criteria for the selection of speciesPriorities were selected by the steering group,based on the following recognised criteria:
• Any species (not including vagrants) thathas recently occurred in Craven, and forwhich a UK BAP has been prepared.
• Any species recognised to be ofconservation concern (such as Red DataBook listing, Nationally Scarce orred/amber listed birds) and has recentlyoccurred in Craven.
• Any species that has statutory protectionunder European Directives or the Wildlifeand Countryside Act 1981 and has recentlyoccurred in Craven.
• Any species occurring in the District that isconsidered by experts to be regionally rare.
• Any species that is considered to be locallyvalued or distinctive.
• Any species that is considered likely tomake a good flagship species forpromoting action plans.
5. Results
5.1 UK Biodiversity Action Plan priorityhabitats occurring in the BAP area
The following UK BAP priority habitats occur inthe Craven BAP area:
• Hedgerows; • Arable field margins;• Lowland meadows;• [Coastal and] floodplain grazing marsh;• Upland hay meadows;• Upland calcareous grassland;• Lowland calcareous grassland;• Eutrophic standing waters;• Ponds;• Rivers;• Fens;• Lowland raised bog;• Upland heathland;• Blanket bog;• Wood pasture and parkland;• Mesotrophic lakes;• Upland mixed ashwoods;• Upland oakwood;• Wet woodland.
5.2 Habitats of Conservation ConcernFollowing review of the UK BAP priority habitatsoccurring in the BAP area and other habitats,the following 11 Habitats of ConservationConcern were selected for the preparation ofHabitat Action Plans (HAPs):
• Woodland;• Scrub;• Parkland, ancient trees and pollarded trees;• Farmland and grassland;• Hedgerows;• Wet acidic grassland;• Upland heath and blanket bog;• Ponds;• Fens;• Lowland raised bog;• Rivers and streams.
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Appendix 3 shows the relationship betweenhabitats at the national (UK BAP) and local(Craven BAP) levels. Column 2 shows the UKBAP priority habitats. Column 1 gives theCraven BAP name for the habitat, which issometimes different where broader habitatdefinitions have been used. Column 3 gives theSINC definition (using the NVC system) thatmost closely refers to the habitat.
5.3 Habitat StatementsFour Habitat Statements have been prepared.These are for habitats that are not seencurrently to be of the highest level ofconservation concern. They give backgroundinformation and some advice on conservation.
• Unimproved Grassland• Metalliferous Grassland• Built Environment• Gardens
5.4 UK Biodiversity Action Plan priorityspecies occurring in the BAP area
Following revision of the UK BAP Species andHabitats list in 2007, there are now 1149 UKBAP priority species. The following 53 speciesare considered under threat locally:
• Water Vole• Brown Hare• Otter• Harvest Mouse• Hedgehog• Soprano Pipistrelle Bat• Brown Long-eared Bat• Noctule Bat• Curlew• Lapwing• Grey Partridge• Red Grouse• Herring Gull• Skylark• Ring Ouzel• Song Thrush• Grasshopper Warbler• Lesser-Spotted Woodpecker• Spotted Flycatcher
• House Sparrow• Tree Sparrow• Linnet• Twite• Bullfinch • Reed Bunting• European Eel• Atlantic Salmon• Brown Trout• River Lamprey• Common Toad• Adder• Slow Worm• Common Lizard• Great Crested Newt• White-clawed Crayfish• Cylindrical Whorl Snail• Depressed River Mussel• Small Heath Butterfly• Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary• White-letter Hairstreak• Wall Butterfly• Flat Sedge• Oak Polypore (probably locally extinct)• Olive Earthtongue (probably locally extinct)
5.5 Species of Conservation ConcernIn addition to the UK BAP priority species, arange of other locally important species wasselected. These have been termed Species ofConservation Concern (SoCC). Table 1 showshow these are dealt with in the BAP. Most arecatered for in the HAPs, some are marked forfurther information to be collated and some aregiven dedicated Species Action Plans (SAPs).Table 2 covers some other species that are notSoCC, but which the steering group consideredto be local priorities. See Millward4.
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Table 1: Relationship between Species of Conservation Concern and Habitat Action Plans
The UK BAP priority species are shown with an asterisk (*).
English Name Scientific Name Benefiting from Habitat Action Plan
Water Vole*Mammals
Arvicola terrestrisLepus europaeusLutra lutra
Plectorus auritusPipistrellus pipistrellusMyotis daubentoniMyotis nattereriNyctalus noctulaPipistrellus pygmaeusMyotis mystacinus/Myotis brandtiiErinaceus europaeus
Circus cyaneusPerdix perdixDendrocopos minor
Alauda arvensis
Locustella naeviaMuscicapa striata
Parus palustris
Sturnus vulgarisMotacilla flavaPasser domesticusPasser montanus
Carduelis cannabina
Carduelis flavirostrisPyrrhula pyrrhulaEmberiza schoeniclus
Rivers and StreamsBrown Hare* Farmland and GrasslandOtter* Rivers and Streams; Woodland; Wildlife
Ponds; FensBrown Long-eared Bat* Bats SAP
Bats SAPBats SAPBats SAPBats SAPBats SAPBats SAP
Common Pipistrelle BatDaubenton’s BatNatterer’s BatNoctule Bat*Soprano Pipistrelle Bat*Whiskered Bat/Brandt’sBatHedgehog* Gardens StatementBirds
Numenius arquataCurlew* Farmland and Grassland, Wet AcidicGrassland
Hen Harrier Upland Heathland and Blanket BogGrey Partridge Farmland and GrasslandLesser-SpottedWoodpecker*
Woodland; Parkland. Ancient Trees andPollarded Trees
Skylark* Farmland and Grassland; UplandHeathland and Blanket Bog; Wet AcidicGrassland
Turdus torquatusRing Ouzel* Upland Heathland and Blanket BogTurdus philomenosSong Thrush* Woodland, Gardens statement
Grasshopper Warbler* FensSpotted Flycatcher* Woodland, Parkland, Ancient Trees and
Pollarded TreesMarsh Tit* Woodland, Parkland, Ancient Trees and
Pollarded TreesStarling* WoodlandYellow Wagtail* Farmland and GrasslandHouse Sparrow* Farmland and GrasslandTree Sparrow* Farmland and Grassland; Ancient and/or
Species-rich HedgerowsLinnet* Farmland and Grassland; Scrub; Ancient
and/or species-rich HedgerowsTwite* Farmland and GrasslandBullfinch* WoodlandReed Bunting* Fens, Wildlife Ponds
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English Name Scientific Name Benefiting from Habitat Action Plan
Lapwing*Birds (Cont.)
Vanellus vanellus
Salmo salarThymallus thymallusCottus gobioLampetra planeriSalmo trutta
Vipera berusAnguis fragilisLacerta vipera
Austropotamobius pallipes
Pseuanodonta complanata
Clausilla dubia
Satyrium w-album
Callophgrys rubi
Farmland and Grassland; Wet AcidicGrassland
Fishes
Atlantic Salmon*Anguilla anguillaEuropean Eel* Rivers and Streams
Rivers and StreamsRivers and StreamsRivers and StreamsRivers and StreamsRivers and Streams
Upland Heathland and Blanket Bog
GraylingBullheadBrook LampreyBrown Trout*ReptilesAdder*Slow Worm* WoodlandCommon Lizard* Upland Heathland and Blanket Bog
Bufo bufoCommon Toad* Wildlife Ponds; Garden statementAmphibians
INVERTEBRATESTriturus cristatusGreat Crested Newt* Wildlife Ponds
CrustaceaWhite-clawed Crayfish* Rivers and Streams
Crangonyx pseudogracilisFreshwater Shrimp Recorded at Dead Eye Pond nearCononley, further information on statusrequired
Mollusca - snailsDepressed River Mussel* Rivers and Streams
Sphaerium (Sphaeriastrum)rivicola
A Snail Vulnerable. Recorded in the Leeds -Liverpool Canal at Gargrave. Furtherinformation required
Truncatellina cylindricaCylindrical Whorl Snail* Endangered. Specimens in SkiptonMuseum. Assumed extinct
Vertigo (Vertigo) alpestrisA Snail Vulnerable. Recorded from Ingleton.Further information required
Craven Door Snail Said to occur in area but comment notreferenced. Further information required
Lepidoptera - butterflies and moths
White-letter Hairstreak*
Boloria selene Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary SAPSmall Pearl-borderedFritillary*
Woodland; Ancient and/or species-richHedgerows
Green Hairstreak Upland Heathland and Blanket Bog;Scrub
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English Name Scientific Name Benefiting from Habitat Action Plan
Purple HairstreakLepidoptera - butterflies and moths (Cont.)
Quercusia quercus
Geophylus electricus
Archiboreolis pallidu
Blaniulus gutalatus
Dugesia lugubris
Woodland; Parks, open spaces andrailway corridors; Gardens
Chilopoda - centipedesCoenonympha pamphilusSmall Heath Farmland and GrasslandAnaitis paludataManchester Treble-Bar Manchester Treble-Bar SAP
Recorded at Giggleswick. Said to be oflocal importance. Further informationrequired
Said to be of local importance in the areabut no details. Further informationrequired
A Centipede
Diplopoda - millipedesA Millipede
A Millipede Said to be of local importance in the areabut no details. Further informationrequired
Macrosternodesmuspallicola
A Millipede Said to be of local importance in the areabut no details. Further informationrequired
Crangonyx pseudogracilisFreshwater ShrimpTricladida - freshwater flatworms
Recorded at Dead Eye Pond nearCononley, further information on statusrequired
Mollusca - snailsA Flatworm Recorded from Dead Eye Pond,
Cononley and said to be unusual. Furtherinformation on status required
Planaria torvaA Flatworm Recorded from Dead Eye Pond,Cononley and said to be unusual. Furtherinformation on status required
Dina lineataA Leech Occurs in Ellerbeck, near Skipton and isthe only record for Yorkshire. Furtherinformation on status required
Hirudinea - leeches
PLANTSVascular Plants
Eleocharis austriacaNorthern Spike-rush Rivers and Streams, Floodplain GrazingMarsh
Dactylorhiza traunsteineriNarrow-leaved MarshOrchid
Fen
Gentiana pneumonantheMarsh Gentian Wet Acidic GrasslandPrimula farinosaBird’s Eye Primrose FenRibes alpinumMountain Currant HedgerowsRibes spicatumDowny Currant Nationally scarce. Occurs in Tenley
Plantation. Further information required
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English Name Scientific Name Benefiting from Habitat Action Plan
Blue Moor-GrassVascular Plants (Cont.)
Sesleria caerulea Unimproved Grassland statementLesser Tussock Sedge Carex diandra Fen
Lower Plants
Populus nigra spp.betulifolia
Black Poplar Unverified claim from Skipton area in2003. Further information required
Parkland, Ancient Trees and PollardedTrees.UK BAP species. Pre-1960 records.Presumed extinct.
FungiPiptoporus quercinusOak Polypore*
Microglossum olivaceumOlive Earthtongue*
Table 2: Relationship between locally valued species (but not Species of ConservationConcern) and Habitat Action Plans.
English Name Scientific Name Benefiting from Habitat Action Plan
MerlinBirds
Falco columbarius Upland Heathland and Blanket BogBarn Owl Tyto alba Farmland and Grassland
Tringa totanusRedshank Farmland and Grassland; Wet AcidicGrassland
Gallinago gallinagoSnipe Farmland and grassland; Wet acidicgrasslandBuilt Environment statement
Built Environment statement
Apus apusSwiftBuilt Environment statementHirundo rusticaSwallow
Delichon urbicaHouse Martin
Farmland and Grassland; UnimprovedGrassland statement; Gardens statement
Bombus sppBumblebeesInvertebrates
WoodlandHyacinthoides non-scriptaBluebellVascular Plants
Former UK BAP species. Pre-1960records. Presumed extinct
Boletus satanusDevil’s Bolete*Vascular Plants
Former UK BAP species. Recorded fromthe lawn of a Skipton garden. Covered inthe Parkland, Ancient Trees and PollardedTrees and Gardens statement
Hygrocybe calyptriformesPink Waxcap*
Built Environment statement-Lichens
Unimproved Grassland statementMinuartia vernaSpring Sandwort
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5.6 Species Action PlansIndividual Action Plans have been prepared forone species group and two species:
• Bats• Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary Butterfly• Manchester Treble-Bar Moth
5.7 The Habitat Action Plans, HabitatStatements and Species Action Plans
Each plan has been prepared by experts on thesteering group and provides information on thecurrent status, the reasons for decline,examines the national and regional response ifappropriate and sets objectives, targets andactions which can be monitored over a five-yearperiod.
The Craven BAP aims to achieve conservationthrough targets based upon protection,enhancement and re-creation:
• The key means of protecting habitats andspecies are by protecting the existingresource at sites, often using designationssuch as: Special Areas of Conservation(SAC), Special Protection Areas (SPA),Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI),Sites of Importance for NatureConservation (SINC), Local NatureReserves (LNR) and Nature Reserves (NR).Such sites require favourable management,often through Management Agreementswith the owners.
• Enhancement seeks to improve existingdegraded habitat to a state of favourablecondition for wildlife.
• Re-creation seeks to expand the resource.
6. Next steps
6.1 Biodiversity Action Plan co-ordinationand implementation
The most important part of the BAP process, isthe co-ordination and delivery of projects basedaround the published actions, to achieve theaction plan targets. This will require a high levelof commitment from the partners. The co-
ordination of BAP projects will require a degreeof fund-raising to initiate local projects.
6.2 Generic targets and actionsIn addition to the specific targets and actions foreach Habitat Action Plan and Species ActionPlan, there is also a set of generic targets andactions, which will ensure implementation of theBAP. Some of these relate to the delivery,reporting and reviewing of the Craven BAP, andsome relate to Section 6 ‘Next steps’ andSection 7 ‘Key wildlife actions’.
All of the BAP targets and actions are given inpart 2 of the Craven BAP ~ The Craven BAPAction Programme.
6.3 Baseline informationEnglish Nature (now Natural England)commissioned a Phase 1 habitat report ofCraven outside the National Park in 1990-91(Allinson5). This habitat data was then used toidentify second tier wildlife sites (SINCs).However, information is still relatively patchy,notably with species. The steering group hasidentified a lack of baseline data for some of thepriority habitats and species. Where baselinedata is patchy or absent, a true picture has notbeen established and without addressing this,the task of monitoring progress against targetsis difficult. To assist in overcoming this problemit is hoped that a partnership will be set upbetween Craven District Council and the Northand East Yorkshire Ecological Data Centre tohold relevant information and make it availablefor work involved with the BAP.
NEYEDC has prepared species distributionmaps for each priority species, based uponcurrent data it holds. Maps can be viewed onthe North Yorkshire BAPs page of the website(NEYEDC6), with an on-line recording form toencourage members of the public to add to thedatabase.
The action plan is afive-year programme.
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6.4 Survey and MonitoringThe need for on-going survey work has beenidentified, to enable the biodiversity partnershipto establish and monitor the status of bothhabitats and species. Although the Craven BAPsets out to monitor biodiversity gain, there is nomechanism for measuring and recordingbiodiversity losses.
6.5 ReportingBAP progress requires monitoring and reportingto the public, the BAP Steering Group and tothe UK BAP. This will form a large part of thework of the steering group. Targets and actionsfor the individual action plans have been writtenso that they fit the national Biodiversity ActionReporting System (BARS), which is theapproved system for reporting -www.ukbap-reporting.org.uk/.
6.6 ReviewThe BAP will need to be reviewed in the light ofmonitoring information. Whilst the plan willinitially cover a period of five years it can beupdated at any time.
6.7 AdviceIf required, advice and expertise is availablefrom local organisations such as NaturalEngland (NE), Farming and Wildlife AdvisoryGroup (FWAG), Linking Environment AndFarming (LEAF), Forestry Commission (FC),Environment Agency (EA), Craven DistrictCouncil (CDC), North Yorkshire County Council(NYCC), Yorkshire Naturalists’ Union (YNU),Yorkshire Gardens Trust (YGT) and YorkshireWildlife Trust (YWT) amongst others. Forcontact details, see Appendix 6.
7. Key wildlife actions
7.0 IntroductionThere is a series of actions that can be appliedacross the whole district that will benefit wildlife.The suggestions below give some ideas onwhat can be done.
7.1 Agri-environment SchemesAgri-environment schemes are a major deliverymechanism for biodiversity on agricultural land.DEFRA launched the EnvironmentalStewardship Scheme (ESS) in 2005, which hasbuilt on the success of earlier schemes such asCountryside Stewardship. The five main aims ofthe ESS are to:
• Conserve wildlife (biodiversity).• Maintain and enhance landscape quality
and character.• Protect the historic environment.• Protect natural resources.• Promote public access and understanding
of the countryside.
Two secondary aims are:
• Genetic conservation.• Flood management.
The ESS has three parts - an Entry LevelScheme (ELS), an Organic Entry Level Scheme(OELS) and a Higher Level Scheme (HLS).Further information is given in the Farmland andgrassland HAP.
The year 2005 also saw the launch of theEngland Woodland Grant Scheme (EWGS). Thishas been designed to function as a linkedscheme to the ESS Higher Level Scheme. It isadministered by the Forestry Commission.
7.2 Site protection and managementThe South Pennine Moors SAC and SPA is ofEuropean importance and this site, of whichonly a small part falls within Craven, as well asall of the SSSIs need to be protected byplanning policy and managing in a favourableway for wildlife. Much of this work will fall toNatural England which has a statutory duty tomaintain SSSIs in a favourable or recoveringcondition.
SINCs form a second tier of nature conservationsites, which enhance the ecological networkand where many of the district’s priority habitats
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are found. A partnership called the NorthYorkshire SINC Panel is responsible forsurveying and assessing sites for SINC status. Itis the responsibility of Craven District Council toratify these sites and show them in the LocalDevelopment Framework.
The BAP steering group recommends:
• landowners are fully informed of SINCs ontheir land;
• landowners have access to good advice;• a rolling programme of SINC survey and
monitoring is supported;• landowners are encouraged to manage
SINCs in a favourable way for wildlife.
7.3 Planning control and other statutoryconsultations
There are a number of application types which,under the planning system or relevantlegislation, require a period of publicconsultation. These include planningapplications, the Environmental ImpactRegulations (EIA), felling licences, TreePreservation Orders, hedgerow removal notices,England Woodland Grant Schemes andregulations relating to protected species. Eachof these has the potential to impact uponbiodiversity. Planning Policy Statement 9 alsostates, ‘planning decisions should aim tomaintain, and enhance, restore or add tobiodiversity’. There is also scope for usingSection 106 money for environmentalimprovements.
7.4 Advice and supportMuch of Craven’s biodiversity is outsideprotected sites and therefore it is vital thatfarmers and landowners have access to goodadvice and support. There are good examplesof how wildlife management has beensuccessfully integrated with economicopportunities and there are a number ofsupportive schemes which can help withfunding.
7.5 Invasive non-native speciesInvasive non-native species can have a serious
adverse impact upon native ecosystems. Thereare alarming examples from both aquatic andterrestrial environments. For example, theintroduced New Zealand Pygmy Weed cangrow up to 1m a day and soon chokes ponds.It was brought to the UK as an exotic pondplant. Similarly the Water Fern can rapidlyblanket whole ponds. On land, the worst plantoffenders are Japanese Knotweed andHimalayan Balsam with the latter beingparticularly associated with river and streamcorridors.
Introduced mammals too, can be a problem,with Grey Squirrels damaging trees andpredating nests, American Mink predatingWater Voles and the North American SignalCrayfish affecting populations of our nativeWhite-clawed Crayfish. Survey, monitoring andcontrol of these species may need to beundertaken where there is a direct natureconservation benefit. Some species such as theRabbit were introduced so long ago that theirimpacts on the natural environment have to beaccepted.
7.6 Publicity and environmental educationPublic support is essential if the Craven BAP isto succeed. Whilst only a small number ofpeople will want to be actively involved, there isconsiderable interest in the natural environmentof Craven amongst residents and visitors.Therefore opportunities should be taken topromote and celebrate this natural heritage andto support environmental education.
7.7 Good practiceWhile the individual action plans have specifictargets and actions, the following table gives anumber of areas of good practice, which couldapply to anyone.
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7.8 Business involvementBusiness and industry can use the BAP toidentify wildlife priorities to be taken intoaccount in their environmental managementsystems, such as ISO 14001. This is an auditthat businesses can be accredited with, todemonstrate good environmental practice.
8. ContactsIf you believe you have something to contribute,we would be pleased to hear from you. Formore information please contact:
Biodiversity OfficerCountryside ServiceNorth Yorkshire County CouncilCounty HallNorthallertonNorth Yorkshire
DL7 8AHTelephone: (01609) 533240E-mail: [email protected]
or
Planning OfficerCraven District CouncilGranville StreetSkiptonNorth YorkshireBD23 1PSTelephone: (01756) 706212Fax: (01756) 700658
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Table 3: Good practice
Good practice Rationale
Reduceddisturbance
Wild animals require freedom from disturbance, so that they canconcentrate resources on breeding, foraging or resting. Care shouldbe taken to minimise disturbance, for example when exercising dogsclose to a concentration of birds (e.g. at a roost or where ground-nesting birds may be present).
Resist picking fungi andflowers
Leave flowers to set seed and for others to enjoy and so that they canfunction as part of the food web. Picking and collecting can damagepopulations and for some species is an offence.
Environmentaleducation
Support the teaching of natural history, which is poorly represented inthe National Curriculum. Young people also need to becomestakeholders in the BAP process – understanding and takingresponsibility for wildlife.
Submit biologicalrecords
Species records can be passed to Vice-County Recorders. For moredetails see www.ynu.org.uk.Alternatively, NEYEDC manages biological records for the region andwelcomes data. See www.neyedc.co.uk
Careful siting ofhabitat creation schemes
The creation of habitats, such as a pond or a wood, should not beundertaken until the site has been checked for existing wildlife interest.This ensures a better habitat is not unintentionally lost.
Protection ofmigrating birds insouthern Europe
Summer visitors, including the Craven priority bird species YellowWagtail, pass through the Mediterranean region where illegal birdshooting and trapping is a serious issue. Support could be given toorganisations such as the RSPB who are fighting this.
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Habitat Action PlansWoodlandScrub Parkland, Ancient Trees andPollarded Trees
Farmland and GrasslandHedgerowsWet Acidic GrasslandUpland Heathland & Blanket Bog
PondsFensLowland Raised BogRivers and Streams
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Our objectives for Woodland are:
➣ To protect the ancient woodlandresource.
➣ To restore degraded ancient woodlandsites and increase the number underfavourable management.
➣ To increase the amount of woodland inthe District with new planting.
➣ To promote the value of woods fornature conservation.
IntroductionThis Habitat Action Plan covers Britishwoodland - both ancient native woodland andrecent woodland. Ancient woods are those thathave had continuous woodland cover since1600. Some of these have a long history andhave stood for many hundreds, if not thousandsof years. Older woods are more valuable forwildlife because they have had longer to gainspecies of plant and animal. These are ourancient semi-natural woodlands and those ofgreater than 2 ha are recorded on the AncientWoodland Inventory (AWI), (Carter7). Theirconservation is the highest priority.
Recent woodland is woodland, which hasdeveloped for whatever reason, since 1600.The planting of new semi-natural woods is alower priority. In some situations exotic treespecies, including Beech, have been planted inearlier centuries as part of designedlandscapes, and these should be taken intoaccount.
The Forestry Commission’s England WoodlandGrant Scheme (EWGS) prioritises woodlandconservation as follows:
• Ancient woods are effectively anirreplaceable resource and the absolutepriority is to protect them.
• The restoration of Plantation on AncientWoodland Sites (PAWS).
• The planting of new semi-naturalwoodland.
The UK does not have many large tracts ofwoodland, and is therefore missing someclassic forest species such as wild boar andwolf. British woods are fragmented and theproportion of woodland edge is quite high.
Management has had a strong influence on thecharacter of woodland. Previously muchwoodland would have been managed ascoppice for both timber and for charcoal. In thepast century the requirement for these productshas lessened and fast-growing conifer speciesgrown for their straight stems and easier millingqualities have been preferred.
A wood though is not just a group of trees;there are many types, each with a range ofplants and animals suited to particularconditions. Associated with all semi-naturalwoodland types are rich fungi, invertebrate andbird communities, and this is by far the greatestin ancient woods. The structure of woodland isimportant and features that are especiallyvaluable are the age range, the number of post-mature trees, the amount of dead and decayingtimber, clearings, flushes and streams. Thewoodland floor, woodland streams and old treesare valuable for their ferns, mosses and lichens.
Of key importance is the amount of woodlandedge in favourable wildlife condition and woodsare better where they have adjoining habitatssuch as scrub, hedgerows, grassland andwetland. One of the Government’s nationalindicators of health is the woodland bird index,which monitors woodland bird populations.
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Very little of the BAP area is wooded andinformation given in the habitat audit (Megson8)does not provide detail on woodland types.
This plan covers three UK BAP prioritywoodland habitat types – ‘Upland MixedAshwoods’, ‘Upland Oakwood’ and ‘WetWoodland’. Under ‘Recent woodland’ otherwoodland types are also covered, but notrecent coniferous plantations.
Oak WoodlandOak Woodland is the principal woodlandcommunity on moist, neutral to slightly acidsoils. The vegetation corresponds to the SessileOak – Bracken - Bramble community (W10 inthe National Vegetation Classification or NVC).This can extend into the upland fringes wheresemi-natural stands are most likely to belocated, as a Sycamore – Wood Sorrelcommunity (W10e). This woodland type is oftenplanted with conifers and Sycamore can befrequent. Where a native understorey of Hazel,Holly, Rowan and Birches is present thewoodlands are considered to be semi-natural.The Upland Oakwoods of higher ground are aUK BAP priority habitat.
Heathy Oak-Birch woodland with Wavy-hairGrass (W16) is characteristic of acid, sandysoils and drier, shallower peat. It can regenerateon suitable ‘neglected’ land but it most typicallysurvives or develops on the upland fringes ofthe Yorkshire Dales and Forest of Bowland.These acid woodlands are often dominated bySilver Birch, but older stands are oftendominated by Sessile oak with Holly and Rowanpresent in less grazed stands.
Vascular plant diversity is generally low in thesewoodland types, but suitable situations cansupport rich bryophyte (mosses and liverworts)communities and distinctive fern floras. Theground flora is often dominated by Bluebell,Bramble, Honeysuckle and Wood Anemone.
Ash WoodlandThe principal NVC woodland community
dominated by Ash (but with a variety of othertree and shrub species) is the Ash – Field Maple– Dog’s Mercury community (W8), known asLowland Mixed Ashwoods. These areconcentrated in limestone areas, and oncalcareous and neutral drift where it occurs invalleys. The majority of W8 woodland is locatedwithin ancient woodland sites, but secondaryAshwoods readily colonise calcareous andneutral ground.
Ancient lowland mixed Ash is the richestwoodland vegetation in terms of plant diversityand many ancient woodland indicators arepresent. They support a rich ground flora oftendominated by Dog’s Mercury, with CommonDog Violet, Early Purple Orchid, Giant Bellflowerand Primrose. Normally, ancient W8 woodshave an understorey of Hazel and Wych Elm butthe most pristine examples also have a higherfrequency of southern shrubs, such as FieldMaple, Dogwood, Spindle and PurgingBuckthorn. Many ancient ashwoods areprobably secondary regeneration from post-warfelling, as they are relatively young, even agedand their canopies Ash-dominated. Oaks wouldnaturally have been more frequent in suchwoods but have regenerated badly. There isalso usually very little over-mature wood.
Upland Mixed Ashwood is the other type of Ashwoodland and corresponds to the Ash – Rowan– Dog’s Mercury (W9) community. Stands of thiswoodland type, however, are rare andfragmentary. This is a UK BAP priority habitat.
Wet WoodlandAs the name suggests, these are the very wetwoodlands found where soils are waterlogged.They are often scrubby in character withsmaller, multi-stemmed trees, rather than tallwoodland. They can also have a complex andrich assemblage of plants and animals.Because of their nature, Wet woodland mainlyoccurs as small patches within other woodlandtypes, for instance around springs and flushesor along stream sides. They are a UK BAPpriority habitat and the UK HAP describes wet
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woodland as including NVC community typesW1 to W7. These woodlands are found onpoorly drained and/or seasonally wet soils withAlder, Willow and Birch species dominating thewoodland canopy and understorey. The W1,W5, W6 and W7 communities are thought tooccur in the Craven BAP area.
The Sallow – Marsh Bedstraw woodlandcommunity (W1) is widespread, usually smalland fragmentary in damp hollows and alongsidestanding or slow-moving water.
The Alder – Greater Tussock Sedge NVCwoodland (W5) is scarce and are mainlyassociated with waterlogged floodplains.Known W5 sites are all believed to be ancientwoodland and are usually semi-natural.
The Alder – Stinging Nettle (W6) woodland isoften dominated by Willow species and isgenerally uncommon and often associated withseasonally wet lowland flood plains. It mayoccur in the Ribble valley.
The Alder – Ash – Yellow Pimpernel (W7)community has a localised distribution, typicallysituated on upland fringes and around flushes inlowland woods. Often such stands consist oflinear fragments within other woodlandvegetation or are relicts of larger woods withinupland pastures.
Wet woodland is a UK BAP priority habitat.
Recent woodlandThis category includes deciduous plantations,Lowland Ash woodland and other naturally re-generating woodland such as Birch.
National statusThousands of years ago the ‘wild wood’covered most of the country, but today lessthan 0.1% of our remaining woodland isancient. Woodland cover of all types is 11.6% inGreat Britain (8.4% in England), compared tothe European average of 30% (Selman9).
Regional statusWoodland cover in the Region is 5.8% (some92,000 ha) (The National Inventory of Woodlandand Trees 2002). This Region has 6,000 haancient woodland (some 6.7% of the Englandand Wales resource) (Selman9).Upland Mixed Ashwoods - 2,338 ha in theRegion.Upland Oakwood - 2,946 ha in the Region.Wet Woodland - 343 ha in the Region.
Local statusThe Ancient Semi-Natural Woodland Inventorygives 239 ha for Craven spread over 46 woods.These range in size from 0.6 ha to 30.7 ha(Lawkland Hall Wood). All of this is eligible forSINC status under the SINC guidelines,however, the 37 SINC sites that include semi-natural broad-leaved woodland, cover an areaof only 89 ha.
Oak woodland – no detailed information. A fewsmall woods, especially on the millstone grit, forexample in the Forest of Bowland.
Upland Mixed Ashwoods - no detailedinformation. A few small woods likely to occur inareas of calcareous geology.
Wet Woodland - rare in the District and locallydistributed, especially along river edges and onthe fringes of Bogs and Fens, such as at HesleyMoss SSSI and Austwick Moss SSSI.
Recent woodland - no detailed information.Only a small amount of woodland has been planted, including small projects funded by theCouncil for the Protection of Rural England(CPRE) and the Skipton Civic Society. Somewoodland planting has been grant aided by theForestry Commission (FC).
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Legal status• Forestry Act 1967 (as amended). • Felling licences required from FC under
Forestry Regulations.• Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
Determination required from FC for newwoodland planting.
Threats• Clearance of woodland for other uses.• Invasion by non-native plants, such as
Rhododendron and Himalayan Balsam.• Increasing Rabbit and Roe Deer numbers,
Grey Squirrels, grazing farm animals andhigh numbers of Pheasant.
• Woods becoming isolated as habitatcorridors between them are broken.
• Decline in woodland edge and adjoininghabitats such as scrub, which are infavourable condition for wildlife.
• Neglect of previously managed woods, forexample coppiced woodland.
• Inappropriate management.
Requirements• Ancient woodland is irreplaceable, so none
should be lost.• Management to maintain and improve the
wildlife value of woodland.• Reduction or removal of non-native species
where appropriate, particularlyRhododendron.
• Traditional management, such ascoppicing, where appropriate.
• Decaying wood of all sizes is important ashabitats, notably for invertebrates andfungi.
• Protection from damage by Sheep, Rabbit,Roe Deer and Grey Squirrel.
• Increase of woodland resource by ‘halo-planting’ around existing ancient woods.
Recent woodland can be enhanced forwildlife by undertaking the following:• Management to encourage a diverse age
structure. • Leaving some over mature and dying trees
after forestry operations. • Creating diversity of habitat by leaving fallen
and standing dead wood, managing rides,maintaining wet hollows, ditches etc.
• Maintaining or creating undisturbed denseshrub layers.
• Providing bat boxes/bird boxes if nosuitable sites are available.
• Re-establishing coppicing where there is apotential benefit to wildlife.
• Fencing against Rabbits and grazing stock.• Protecting regenerating trees and planting
native trees with tree guards.
Current local action• The Forestry Commission (FC) is preparing
a Delivery Plan for the Forestry Strategy forEngland ('England’s Trees, Woods andForests') for early 2008.
• The Regional Forest Strategy for Yorkshireand The Humber Region, ‘The value oftrees in our changing region’ was launchedin 2005. This has been adopted by theYorkshire and Humber Assembly as thewoodland element of the Regional Spatialstrategy (RSS), and the Delivery Plan waslaunched in November 2007.
Local examples with public access:
- Greta Woods at Burton in Lonsdale – entrance at SD651719. A very good quality woodlandwith a large patch of Herb Paris. Managed by the Woodland Trust.
- A public footpath runs through the wood at Park Foot, between Ingleton and High Benthamat SD672717.
- Skipton Woods, north of the town – entrance for public access at SD 993522.- Both Hesley Moss SSSI and Austwick Moss SSSI have areas that can be accessed on public
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• The FC regulates all tree felling throughfelling licences.
• The FC has produced Forest PracticeGuides for different woodland types.
• FC National Inventory of Woodland andTrees published in 2001.
• Data collected as part of the WoodlandGrant Scheme (WGS) documentation.
• Yorwoods has an advisor to assist ownersof woodlands with free advice.
• Yorwoods maintains a database onwoodlands in the District.
Opportunities:• The new English Woodland Grant Scheme
(EWGS) prioritises woodland managementas follows - protection of ancient woods,restoration of degraded ancient woods andincreasing woodland through new nativespecies planting.
• Reversion of PAWS to semi-naturalwoodland. N.B. This should be undertakenover a number of years to avoid moistureloss and the impact of increased lightlevels.
• The new EWGS will encourage woodlandmanagement planning, planting native andbroadleaf mixtures and pay managementgrant to those satisfying the necessarycriteria.
• NE works closely with the FC in respect ofwoodland management and planting underagri-environment schemes. In particularHLS has more potential to manage largersites and somewhat larger areas of plantingthan past schemes. For example, KeasdenWoods SINC and adjoining woodland areunder HLS agreements on two farms.
What you can do to help:Enjoy wild flowers in their natural place,without picking them.Leave fallen timber to decay rather thanburning it.
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Our objective for Scrub is:
➣ To maintain a good distribution ofScrub around the District.
IntroductionScrub communities are a natural component ofmany habitat types often where pastmanagement has lapsed or been reduced. Insome circumstances, such as high altitude,Scrub can be the climax vegetation community.More often Scrub is seen as a threat and insome circumstances Scrub invasion does needto be controlled in order to protect grassland,heathland or wetland communities, such asSilver Birch on Lowland Raised Bog SSSIs.However, Scrub can be of significant natureconservation in its own right, for example,species-rich Scrub on limestone soils.Depending on its stage of development Scrubcan form dense single-species stands orscattered open stands.
The presence of Scrub provides valuablestructural variety for a range of animals thatwould not otherwise occur on a site. This isparticularly the case in relation to invertebratefaunas. As a consequence the maintenance ofa balance between open habitats and Scrubcan be important in maintaining the ecologicalinterest of a site.
Scrub as a climax vegetation is dominated bylocally native shrub species, usually less than5m tall, occasionally with a few scattered trees.Scrub type is therefore dependent on localspecies and may be dominated by Gorse,Juniper, Bramble, Dog Rose, Willow, Elder,Hawthorn or Blackthorn. Some Scrub habitats,particularly those where Willows occur, can bewet.
Of the non UK BAP woodland types, Scrub isone of the most valuable, but is often perceivedin a negative way. It is important for someSpecies of Conservation Concern (SoCC) suchas Song Thrush, Linnet, Whitethroat andYellowhammer. As well as cover for nesting,Scrub provides roosting and winter food in theform of berries. Many species provide anabundant nectar resource, including Blackthorn,Hawthorn, Elder and Gorse. The ground florabeneath Scrub is generally poor due to a highdegree of dryness and shade.
This plan does not cover any UK BAP priorityhabitat types.
National statusWidespread but no baseline data.
Regional statusWidespread but no baseline data.
Local statusWidespread but no baseline data. Scrub typesin the BAP area include Gorse, Hawthorn andBlackthorn. Scattered Scrub occurs on 28SINC sites, amounting to a total of 15 ha. Thelargest concentration is just over 2 ha onFarnhill Moor SINC.
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Local examples:- Gorse Scrub beside the road from
Clapham Station, running parallel to therailway at SD733676 to 738671.
- Scrub is developing on areas of NewbyMoor SSSI, which is on Open Accessland.
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Threats• Grubbing up and removal.
Requirements• Management or reduction to be
undertaken out of the bird breedingseason.
Current local action• None known.
Opportunities• Increased areas under Environmental
Stewardship Scheme (ESS) agreements.
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Our objectives for Parkland, Ancient Treesand Pollarded Trees are:
➣ To increase the extent of Parklandunder nature conservationmanagement, while managing forlandscape and historic interest.
➣ To protect and conserve Ancient Trees.➣ To protect and conserve Pollarded
Trees.
IntroductionParkland sites are best expressed as countryestates and should not be confused with themore familiar town parks. They have existed forcenturies and are the result of particular types oflandscaping, planting and subsequentmanagement. Exotic tree and shrub speciessuch as Rododendron, were often part of theoriginal designed landscape. Parklandmanagement usually involves grazing beneathlarge, well-spaced trees.
A common feature of the medieval landscape ofNorth Yorkshire was the deer park, which was astatus symbol for the gentry. There were 67 inthe North Riding, each between 40-80 ha insize, usually developed on unimproved pastureand woodland and enclosed by boundaries.However, they were also economicallyimportant, used for hunting, pannage (pigs),rabbiting, grazing for horses, the location of dogkennels and a source of local materials such astimber and Holly. Deer parks had their peak inthe fourteenth century and many havedisappeared in the intervening centuries, leavingonly their outlines visible as hedge lines andboundary ditches.
Parkland sites are of archaeological, historic,cultural and landscape importance. Many arereferred to as deer parks because of theirprevious long history of managing deer.
Key characteristics are a long-establishedtradition of grazing, which may include deer,cattle or sheep and the continuity ofgenerations of trees, with at least some ancienttrees in the ancient stage of their life, known asAncient or Veteran Trees. Ancient Trees areoften trees whose lives have been artificiallyextended through the management of man,usually a history of pollarding. Pollarded treeshave been cut back to a point on the trunkabove grazing height. From this point the tree ismulti-stemmed.
Ancient and Pollarded Trees contain anabundance of dead or decaying wood andprovide a range of cavities, hollows and rotholes which are colonised by fungi, includingthe UK BAP species Oak Polypore, andinvertebrates, as well as bats and birds. As thecreation of country estates and designedlandscapes are from a past era, we are left withan ageing resource and one of the chiefconservation challenges is to ensure acontinuation of trees that can be managed tobecome future Ancient Trees.
Unimproved, grazed grassland in parkland isimportant for fungi, including in Craven thelikelihood of the species Pink Waxcap, which islikely to have been overlooked.
Important parkland and designed landscapes ofnational importance are recorded on the EnglishHeritage (EH) ‘Register of Parks and Gardens ofSpecial Historic Interest in England’. RegionalEH offices can provide advice on theconservation of parks and may offer grants forthe repair of grade 1 and 2 sites.
This Plan also covers Ancient Trees that occurin other habitats, such as hedgerows, woodlandand fields. These Ancient Trees do not need tobe native species to qualify.
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There may be good examples of Sycamore, Beech and others.
This plan covers the Wood Pasture and Parkland UK BAP priority habitat.
The following diagram illustrates the main features of an Ancient Tree.
development pressure or golf courses since1918.
Local statusThere is currently little available information onParkland and Ancient Trees and it will beimportant for the BAP to address this. Sitestend to be private and include Coniston Halland Broughton Hall.
National statusParkland of countryside estates is important inthe European context. The figure of 10,000 -20,000 ha is given in the UK BAP. However arecent study has shown that nearly half ofEngland's pre-1918 parkland has been lost.
Regional statusThis is a rich resource in the region, with famousexamples such as the World Heritage site,Studley Royal. The English Heritage Register ofParks and gardens (2003) lists 45 sites in NorthYorkshire, many of which have a historic park.However 15,600 hectares (or 47%) of historicparkland has been lost to agricultural change,
Local examples:- Broughton Hall (private but with an annual
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Legal status• Tree Preservation Orders (TPOs) can be
placed on important trees by CravenDistrict Council.
• Trees are subject to felling licenceregulations under the provision of theForestry Act 1991.
Threats• Changes to traditional levels of grazing.• Felling of Ancient Trees, due to public
safety fears.• Skewed age structure leading to a break in
the continuity of old trees.• Unskilled and inappropriate tree surgery.• Renovation of parkland using native
species, where exotics are an originalfeature of the design.
Requirements• A continuity of ageing trees.• Grazing in Parklands.• Guidelines on species selection for
renovation schemes for sites where exoticspecies are appropriate.
Current local action• English Heritage has a register of parks and
gardens and a conservation programme.• The Ancient Tree Forum (run by the
Woodland Trust) has a national register ofancient trees.
• The Tree Council provides coloured ties formarking hedgerow trees to be left to growinto standards.
• EH distributes a leaflet called ‘Farming thehistoric landscape, caring for historicparkland’.
• The Yorkshire Gardens Trust works topromote the interest, education andinvolvement of the public with Yorkshire'sgardens, parks, designed ornamentallandscapes and urban open spaces. TheYGT actively encourages the protectionand conservation of such places.
Opportunities:• There may be opportunities under the
Environmental Stewardship Scheme (ESS)run by DEFRA; Parkland, especiallydesignated sites, are targeted by HLS. Thishabitat is targeted in the local JointCharacter Areas (JCA).
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Our objectives for Farmland and Grasslandare:
➣ To improve farmland for wildlife.➣ To protect and manage surviving
unimproved grasslands for wildlife.➣ To enhance semi-improved grasslands
for wildlife.
IntroductionFarmland is a working environment, whichconsists of many different and importanthabitats. Together these create the elements ofthe countryside which give Craven itscharacteristic landscape. Two main types offarming occur and these are arable farming andlivestock farming. Farming in Craven (both inand out of the National Park) is primarily forgrassland and livestock, with only small arableareas. In-field habitats such as arable fieldmargins and beetle banks are associated witharable production and grassland types withpasture. Ancient and/or species-richHedgerows and dry stone walls are commonfeatures within Craven.
This plan covers four UK BAP priority habitattypes:• Lowland Meadows;• Upland Hay Meadows;• Floodplain Grazing Marsh;• Arable Field Margins.
Since 1945 farming has undergone manychanges, and the technological advances andthe move towards production-orientatedfarming practices since this time have played amajor role in the losses of natural habitat andthe decline of some of the species in farmlandhabitats. These include arable weeds,bumblebees and farmland birds, which have allsuffered serious national and local declinesdeclines (UK BAP1, Gregory10). However, a few
farmers manage their land not just for cropproduction, but also for its wildlife interest.There has been a reduction in the use ofchemicals on farmland and recently the net lossof hedgerows in England has been reversed.
Many farms include areas of good wildlifehabitat, the best of which are designated asSites of Important Nature Conservation (SINC),which form important refuges for species.These can be managed positively for theirwildlife value. SINCs form islands of wildlifehabitat from which restored and re-createdhabitats can be colonised. They may need to bebuffered to safeguard them from adverse effectssuch as spray drift.
Good work was delivered through the long-running DEFRA Countryside Stewardshipagri-environment Schemes.
Some significant changes in farming policy arecurrently being implemented. ThroughEuropean Union changes to the CommonAgricultural Policy (CAP) in June 2003, therewas a move to de-couple crop production fromsubsidies, which is generally agreed will benefitthe natural environment on farms and marks asignificant change in agricultural policy. SinceJanuary 2005 a Single Farm Payment is madeto farmers and is dependent on a reasonabledegree of environmental cross compliancedetailed under Good Environmental andAgricultural Condition (GEAC).
A new agri-environment scheme, called theEnvironmental Stewardship Scheme (ESS) waslaunched in 2005. This is made up of threelevels of environmental good practice – an EntryLevel Scheme (ELS), an Organic Entry LevelScheme (OELS) and a Higher Level Scheme(HLS).
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The ELS and OELS applications will beautomatically accepted providing they meet anarea based points threshold and will be self-assessed. Examples include buffers aroundwaterways and in-field trees, hedge and fieldmargin management, winter stubbles and lownutrient input grasslands. The two entry-levelparts of Environmental Stewardship represent amajor change in agricultural policy with theintention of bringing about widespread andmore wildlife friendly management practices onfarmland in order to bring about biodiversity
gains on a landscape scale. It is intended thatthe schemes should achieve at least 70%uptake across the country.
The HLS is competitive with more advancedconservation options and applications will bescored. A Defra targeting statement will set thecriteria for scoring. The existing ten-year CSSagreements will run their course and some maybe transferred to the new scheme at the five-year CSS break.
winter and then left to grow over the summerbefore being cut late in the summer. Nutrientinput is low, being reduced to occasionaldressings of manure and lime. The hay is storedand used as winter-feed for stock. Due to theoverall decline in traditional farming, the UplandHay Meadows have greatly declined in numberand it is now a very scarce resource. They arerecognised as being of very high biodiversityimportance.
Typical species are Meadow Cranesbill andWood Cranesbill, with Sweet Vernal Grass,Yorkshire Fog, Quaking Grass, Pignut, MeadowButtercup and a variety of other herbs. HayMeadows are used by Lapwing and Curlew,and historically were well-known for supportingbreeding Corncrake (now locally extinct). This isalso a key breeding habitat for Yellow Wagtail.
National statusUpland Hay Meadow - a recent report gave atotal of 610 ha of good quality habitat inEngland (all in the Northern Pennines) (Selman9).
Nitrate vulnerable zones (NVZ) come under theNitrates Directive. Member States of theEuropean Union have to protect watercoursesfrom the effects of agricultural nitrogen andfarmers are obliged to introduce ‘actionprogrammes’ on agricultural land limitingfertiliser inputs to 170 kg/ha/yr of inorganicnitrogen, on all arable land. DEFRA is to phasein reductions on other land, mostly grassland.The Ribble Valley from the Giggleswick andHellifield area south to the border withLancashire is an NVZ.
Arable field margins have become commonplace under agri-environment schemes,allowing margins of wild bird cover, arableflowers and semi-improved grassland toproliferate.
Farmed Grasslands
Upland Hay MeadowsUpland Hay Meadows are colourful, flower-richmeadows on neutral soils. They are a traditionalpart of the upland farm, being grazed in the
Floristically enhanced grassmargin
Enhanced wild bird seed mixplots (rotational or non-rotational)
Unharvested, fertilizer-freeconservation headlands(rotational)
Fodder crop management toretain or re-create an arablemosaic (rotational)
Species-rich, semi-naturalgrassland
Wet grassland for breedingwaders
Wet grassland for winteringwaders & wildfowl
Enhanced buffer strips onintensive grassland
Semi-improved or roughgrassland for target species
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Regional statusUpland Hay Meadow is restricted toRichmondshire, Craven and the Yorkshire DalesNational Park. With 96 ha in the Region thequantity is very small (Selman9) and most sitesare less than 2 ha in size.
Local statusUpland Hay Meadow – two sites in CSSagreements. No further information. Some willoccur on SINC sites, but vegetation reports areambiguous.
Floodplain Grazing MarshFloodplain Grazing Marsh is defined asperiodically inundated pasture or meadow andincludes types in the following situations:
• Semi-natural floodplain grassland wherefloodplains are subjected to seasonalflooding.
• Wet grassland around the margins of lakesand ponds which may be temporarilyinundated owing to seasonal water levelincreases.
• Washlands, which are embanked areascreated for the purpose of flood storage.
• Wet grassland with intensive water levelmanagement.
These wet grasslands have high natureconservation interest: they provide fish withimportant spawning and nursery habitats. Fishactively move out onto floodplains during floodevents, to shelter from high flows and to exploitfood resources that can be found there.However, fish can become stranded if floodbanks prevent their return to the river following aflood. Floodplain Grazing Marsh is also animportant habitat for breeding and over-wintering birds, many of which are scarce andor declining. Breeding, however, can be affectedby agricultural disturbance, therefore, FloodplainGrazing Marsh sites should be 10 ha or greater,of open aspect and not crossed by hedges,power lines or busy rights of way.
The key to habitat conservation is appropriate(generally traditional) management, whichincludes low levels of nutrient input and grazing.Most individual pieces of unimprovedgrasslands are now small but there may be thepotential to restore quite large areas.
National statusFloodplain Grazing Marsh – a 1994 estimateassessed 300,000 ha in the UK with 200,000 inEngland, but only 10,000 ha is semi-natural(Selman9).
Regional statusFloodplain Grazing Marsh – key areas are theHumberhead levels and the Derwent Valley. Thenearest Floodplain Grazing Marsh parcels onthe Dargie (1995) Lowland Wet Grasslandresource survey map are just over the border onthe Lune, plus smaller blocks in Lancashire andin the Aire valley in West Yorkshire (Dargie11).
Local statusFloodplain Grazing Marsh – the RiverRibble/Long Preston Deeps SSSI is some 158ha of which at least 136 ha is extensive andperiodically flooded enough to meet the criteriafor Floodplain Grazing Marsh.
The River Aire to the west of Skipton nearCononley includes flood storage washlands ongrazing land that is important for post-breedingwading birds. The Environment Agencymanages the flood embankments andstructures to reduce flood risk downstream. Thegrazing land and associated drainage ismanaged by the landowners and farmers.
Lowland MeadowsLowland Meadow comprises most forms ofunimproved neutral grassland across thelowland landscapes of the UK, includinggrasslands managed for a hay crop and forgrazing.
The richest Hay Meadows are traditionallycleared of stock at the beginning of the growingseason and are cut, usually in July, for hay
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which is used as winter feed for stock. Theyreceive only light dressings of manure andoccasional liming and are characterised byPignut, Great Burnet, Bird’s-foot Trefoil,Common Knapweed, Lesser Stitchwort andBetony, along with grasses such as CommonBent, Red Fescue, Sweet Vernal Grass andCrested Dog’s-Tail.
Although these grasslands form part of thefarmed landscape, a few occur on sites withother land use, such as road verges andchurchyards. The way in which the majority ofthis habitat is managed as working farmland iscrucial for its conservation.
National statusLowland Meadow - as a result of changingfarming practices, agriculturally unimprovedmeadows and pastures are now a rare resourcein lowland Britain. Between 1930 and 1984,some 98% of all old wildflower meadows havebeen lost either to arable conversion or throughimprovement. Further losses to the remaining200,000 ha have occurred (Selman9).
Regional statusLowland Meadow - many neutral grasslands arein mosaics, often as remnants within othergrassland types and Scrub. The resource issmall and declining.
Local statusLowland Meadow – this habitat is classified as‘Unimproved Neutral Grassland’ and ‘Semi-Improved Neutral Grassland’ in the SINCsurvey. Some will occur on SINC sites, butvegetation reports are ambiguous.
Taken together, these three habitats occur on41 SINC sites where they are recorded asUnimproved Neutral Grassland covering 71 ha,and on 33 SINC sites where they are recordedas Semi-Improved Grassland covering 104 ha.None occurs on SSSIs.
Threats• Habitat degradation through inappropriate
management, including drainage, re-seeding, conversion to silage, fertiliserinput, herbicide use and poor grazingregimes.
• Inappropriate cutting of road verges.• Un-contained road salt piles on verges.• Loss of habitat and habitat fragmentation
due to land take, development, agriculturalintensification and road building.
Wildlife-friendly farmingNatural England and the National Farmers’Union have produced a useful leaflet called the‘Five Point Plan for Wildlife-friendly Farming’.This covers the following five steps:
1. Take stock of natural assets on the farm.2. Look after your natural assets.3. Manage your inputs and farm waste
carefully.4. Consider new opportunities for wildlife.5. Join a scheme under the England Rural
Development Programme.
The EN booklet ‘Farmland Wildlife, Past,Present and Future’, gives the following top tipsfrom farmers and wildlife experts:
1. Manage wildlife habitats as part of anoverall farm plan and seek advice whereneeded.
2. Provide the mixture of habitats that wildanimals need throughout their lives.
3. Avoid spreading organic manure and otherfertilisers on non-crop habitats.
4. Manage fallow land, such as set-aside, tobenefit wildlife.
5. Minimise the impact of pest and weedcontrol on non-target plants and animals.
6. Restore existing wildlife habitats.
Local examples:- River Ribble floodplain near Long Preston,
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7. Create new wildlife habitats.8. Take advantage of financial incentives to
farm less intensively within fields.
Current local action• A joint NE, RSPB led project – the Long
Preston Deeps project (Floodplain GrazingMarsh).
• Yorkshire Pennine Local Seeds Project, ledby AB Consultancy (covering both Uplandand Lowland Meadows).
• Yorkshire Wildlife Trust Living ChurchyardProject.
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• Countywide Special Interest Road VergeProject (NYCC, YDNP, YWT led in theCraven area), with a number of SI vergesmanaged in the Craven area.
Opportunities:• Increased areas under Environmental
Stewardship Scheme (ESS) agreements.
What you can do to help:- Leave some rough grass and plant wild
flowers for bumblebees.- Adopt a species-rich road verge and
manage for wildlife.
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Our objectives for Hedgerows are:
➣ To increase the resource.➣ To manage the resource for wildlife.
IntroductionThis is a UK BAP habitat. Ancient Hedgerows,which tend to be those that support thegreatest diversity of plants and animals, aredefined as those that were in existence beforethe Enclosure Acts of 1720 to 1840. Some ofthe most valuable derive from early woodlandclearance that left a narrow strip of ‘wildwood’between adjacent woodland clearances.
Hedgerows are a complex of habitats and caninclude Woodland, Scrub, Grassland, Streamsand Ditches. Mature and Veteran Trees areimportant components of Hedgerows.
Under the Hedgerow Regulations (1997)'important' species-rich Hedgerows are definedas containing five or more native woodyspecies, on average, in selected 30m lengths(four or more in northern England). Recentspecies-rich hedges, less than 30-years-old, arenot included. Many of the straight Hawthornhedges that characterise later parliamentaryenclosures and single species hedges of gardenPrivet, Yew, Beech or non-native species areexcluded, as are garden hedges.
Hedges have farming, landscape, cultural andarchaeological importance. Ancient Hedgerowsare best considered as being irreplaceable. Thereplanting of Hedgerows to the same speciesmix as Ancient Hedgerows cannot be regardedas 're-creation' as there is more to re-creatingthe conditions found in Ancient Hedgerows thanplanting species typical of such Hedgerows.
Hedgerows form a significant wildlife habitat.They are a refuge for many animal species andcan act as wildlife corridors allowing migrationand dispersal and provide feeding opportunitiesfor a variety of animals including small mammalsand birds.
Between 1947 and 1985 about 22%, or300,000 km, of Hedgerows were lost inEngland and Wales. Between 1984 and 1990there was an estimated loss of 21% of Englishhedges. Prior to the 1997 HedgerowRegulations the net loss of hedges was 1.7%through removal and 3.5% through neglect perannum. The 1997 Hedgerow Regulations makeit an offence to remove a hedge withoutpermission from the local planning authority.The key threats are therefore neglect, overmanagement, inappropriate timing andinappropriate management (UK BAP1).
The value of a Hedgerow lies in its:• history and origins;• plant and animal species it contains;• structure and management of the
Hedgerow components and;• landscape, aesthetic and recreational
aspect.
The most valuable examples are those that areold and have retained, or have acquired, avariety of plant and animal species. They willtend to be those that are less intensivelytrimmed and are relatively large, tall and bushy.A lack of damage by fertiliser or spray drift willcontribute to the development of retention of aspecies-rich ground-flora.
National statusIn 1995 the UK total for all hedges wasestimated at 450,000 km. Analysis of data from1978 and 1990 indicates that about 42%, or
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154,000 km, of British hedges are ancientand/or species-rich. These are concentratedmainly in south-west England and south Wales.About 33%, or 41,000 km, of hedges inNorthern Ireland are ancient and/or species-rich, giving a combined UK total resource of195,000 km (UK BAP1).
Regional statusThe Countryside Agency (CA) estimated in 1990that the region had 10% of England’sHedgerows and gave the North Yorkshire stockas 18,000 km (all types).
Between 1991 and 1998 123.5 km of nativespecies hedge was planted in North Yorkshirewith aid from the Countryside StewardshipScheme (CSS).
Local statusNo data, but thought to be widespread and welldistributed across the BAP area.
RequirementsHedgerows benefit from:• Cutting at the right time of year for wildlife –
avoiding the nesting season and avoidingthe fruiting period.
• Agri-environment schemes – one of thebest mechanisms for delivering targets forhedges.
• The retention and sympatheticmanagement of hedgerow trees.
• Planted trees should be native and be oflocal provenance and be typical for thearea.
• Sympathetic hedge management, includinglaying or coppicing, in keeping with localcustom and to prevent degradation byallowing hedges to become tall andoutgrown.
• Hedges to be cut to promote branchingand the development of a wide, shadecasting base as is achieved by cutting toan A-shape in profile.
• Hedges to be cut infrequently e.g.: everysecond or third year.
• Protection from agricultural spray drift,particularly the hedge bottom flora.
Current local action• Craven District Council implements the
Hedgerow Regulations.• LEAF (Linking Environment And Farming)
demonstration farms in the region.• Hedgerows are a habitat targeted by the
ESS.• Advice is available from FWAG and Natural
England.• Traditional hedge management courses are
available, e.g.: organised by FWAG andBTCV.
Threats• Preference for alternative methods of stock
control. The use of fences for stock-proofing weakens the need for goodhedges.
• The illegal removal of hedges.• Neglect of hedge-cutting or laying changes
hedges into a line of trees with gaps.• Frequent or badly-timed cutting leads to a
build-up of woody material, creates gaps,discourages certain shrub species andaffects berry-producing capability.
• Regularly flailing of hedges can lead toinstability through the development ofwoody growth below the point of cutting.
• Fragmentation of the hedgerow network,reducing the overall resource and affectingspecies like bats that fly along hedge lines.
• Felling of hedgerow trees andunsympathetic branch pruning (particularlyash as a safety measure).
• Agricultural spray drifts killing hedgecomponents, particularly the sensitiveground-flora.
• Fertiliser application enriching the soil andfavouring weed species.
• Cultivation too close to the hedge line,damaging root systems and hedge stability.
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What you can do to help:- Map the ancient/species-rich hedges in
your parish.- Farmers can leave hedges unmanaged
for two to three years (assuming no healthand safety issues such as visibility alongcountry lanes).
- Attend a hedge management trainingcourse.
- Manage hedges traditionally rather thanby flailing.
- Cut hedges only when necessary andonly during the months of January toFebruary.
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Our objectives for Wet Acidic Grasslandare:
➣ To establish a complete inventory ofWet Acidic Grasslands.
➣ To maintain Wet Acidic Grassland sitesin a favourable wildlife condition.
IntroductionWet Acidic Grassland covers the Mire, RushPasture and Purple Moor Grass grasslands inthe District. Some have high plant diversity andare consequently of regional conservation value.Purple Moor Grass habitat is of Europeanimportance. The plants Lesser Skullcap andMarsh Gentian is known from this habitat in theBAP area. They are also important forinvertebrates, particularly the Small Pearl-Bordered Fritillary. Breeding waders such asCurlew, Lapwing, Redshank and Snipe areimportant components.
Wet Acidic Grasslands include NationalVegetation Classification (NVC) vegetation typeM23 and some small areas of M6/M23/M25mosaic vegetation, as well as the wetter ends ofU5 and U6 plant communities.
This habitat is not a UK BAP priority habitat.The plan overlaps with the Fens HAP. Thefloristic description of this habitat is as follows:
Mire (M23)NVC community M23 is the Soft Rush, Sharp-Flowered Rush and Marsh Bedstraw pasture.These are meadows and pastures of moistmineral and peaty soils with flushes or impededdrainage. This community is closely related toM6, with the transition from Sedge to Rushdominance related to a combination of grazing,drainage and burning. A characteristic suite ofplants are found in common in thesecommunities, including Star Sedge, Purple
Moor Grass, Sweet Vernal Grass, Brown Bent,Devil’s-Bit Scabious, Lesser Spearwort, MarshWillowherb and Lady’s Smock.
Mire (M25)NVC community M25 is the Purple Moor Grass,Tormentil habitat, which also contains Sharp-Flowered Rush and Soft Rush in more acidichabitats. Heather is present with Cross-LeavedHeath on wetter ground. M25 is a very variablevegetation type which also includes transitionsto Blanket Mire, Rush Pasture and Tall HerbFen.
Acidic and Montane (Upland) Grassland(U5 and U6)The wetter ends of the U5 and U6 NVCcommunities are best considered as ‘WetAcidic Grassland’. The U5 grassland is the Mat-Grass – Heath Bedstraw Grassland communityand the U6 community is the heath Rush –Sheep’s Fescue Grassland.
National statusNot known.
Regional statusNot known.
Local statusSites are usually small areas of less than 0.5 hawithin larger blocks of rough grazing. Some ofthe larger patches are on Sites of SpecialScientific Interest (SSSI), but many are in areasinaccessible for farming and being small haveno protection and are generally disregarded.
Some of the largest of these habitat patches areon Newby Moor SSSI and other smallerpatches are on other SSSIs - Keasden Moor,Lawkland & Austwick Mosses, Hesley Moss,and Cocket Moss.
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The area between Wigglesworth and Tossidecontains severable notable examples includingan unnamed mire near Whelpstones at(SD771591) which is at least 5 ha in extent butbadly damaged by recent drainage. Theseexamples are generally unprotected.
As the habitat includes sub-sites within largerhabitat complexes, better knowledge of theresource is required.
Current local action• Many of the sites are SSSIs and so Site
Management Statements under the WildlifeEnhancement Scheme (WES) have beenprepared, which include elements of theabove.
Opportunities• NE directed management to get SSSIs into
a recovering or favourable wildlife status,using the DEFRA ESS.
• Promotion of ESS options to conservesmall, wet corners of farms. For example,one of the farms at Long Preston Deepshas a block of Wet Acid Grasslandmanaged for breeding waders, with somehedgerow restoration planned for futureyears on this holding.
• More extensive management of sites.
Threats• Drainage.• Habitat fragmentation.• Reduction in available grazing stock due to
changes in farming.
RequirementsManagement plans and local agreements withlandowners, possibly using agri-environmentscheme money should be explored. In general,management should be aimed at the following,but with a focus on encouraging violets, thefood plant of the Small Pearl-Bordered FritillaryButterfly. This is the only habitat used by thebutterfly in Craven. See also the Small Pearl-Bordered Fritillary SAP.
• Rotational regimes to control rankvegetation, bracken and encroachingScrub.
• Prevention of shading of areas of violethabitat.
• Prevention of drainage of mire sites.• Prevention of damaging agricultural
operations such as:o Application of any fertilisers, lime or
insecticides.o Inappropriate grazing regimes;
especially grazing by sheep during thegrowing season.
o Abandonment (Long-term lack ofgrazing or mowing).
o Intensive mowing.• Light cattle grazing during late summer and
winter is likely to be beneficial.
Local examples:- Newby Moor SSSI, which has Open
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Our Objectives for Upland Heathland andBlanket Bog are:
➣ To maintain Upland Heathland andBlanket Bog in a favourable wildlifecondition.
➣ To restore Upland Heathland andBlanket Bog which is not in favourablewildlife condition.
➣ To establish viable populations of all ofthe priority species.
The two upland habitats Upland Heathland andBlanket Bog are dealt with together as theyoccur close together and complement eachother, to produce the large tracts of landcommonly referred to as moorland. Both are UKBAP priority habitats.
Actively growing Blanket Bogs are included inthe EC Habitats Directive and nesting birds areprotected by the Wildlife and Countryside Act1981, with Hen Harrier and Merlin havingspecial protection as Schedule 1 species.
With regard to Open Access, under the CROWAct 2000, it is possible for local restrictions tobe imposed through the introduction of byelawswhere appropriate. These could be used toprotect the biodiversity interest. Further,between 1st March and 31st July, or at any timein the vicinity of livestock, the legislation requiresdogs to be on a fixed lead of no more than twometres.
Introduction – Upland HeathlandUpland Heathland tends to be found above thelevel of field enclosure (usually 250-300 m),where the rainfall is above 1,000 mm/year. Itforms on shallow peat of less than 50 cm depthor on peaty podsol soils and is dominated bydwarf shrubs such as Heather. An importantassemblage of birds such as Meadow Pipits,
Wheatears, breeding waders, Red Grouse,Merlin and Hen Harrier, and a diverse range ofinvertebrates, is associated with UplandHeathland.
Extensive areas of wet or dry Upland Heathlandcan occur, or the habitat can be found in amosaic with Acid Grassland, Blanket Bog,flushes, rocky outcrops and acid scree -supporting bracken, scattered trees and scrub.
The structure and composition of UplandHeathland is strongly influenced by climate,topography and soil moisture conditions andalso by management practices, especiallygrazing and burning. A history of over-grazinghas eliminated Heather from some Heathlandsand species-poor, upland Acidic Grasslandshave become widespread.
National statusOf the UK resource of Upland Heathland(estimated 2.9 m ha), about 269,000 ha is inEngland, much of which is designated SSSI (forits national importance) and SAC (for itsEuropean importance) (Selman9).
Regional statusThe Yorkshire and The Humber region holdsabout 76,000 ha of Upland Heathland, which is28% of the resource occurring in England(Selman9). There are a number of extensiveareas.
Local statusCraven district contains roughly 720 ha ofUpland Dry Heathland (R. Goodison, Pers.Comm.). Upland Wet Heathland is included withBlanket Bog as these habitats often form amosaic. Some Dry Heathland lies within theSSSI series, with no SINCs containing thishabitat type.
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Introduction – Blanket BogBlanket Bog comprises a layer of Peat morethan 50 cm deep, covering the hill tops in areasof high, regular rainfall on slopes of up to 30%.Both actively growing and degraded Bogs areincluded in this plan because of theirinternational significance. Post-war drainagethrough the digging of grips has dried out anddamaged many bogs, as well as contributing toflooding problems in the lowlands. Subsidiaryhabitats include bog pools.
Specialised plants occur, including SphagnumMosses, Sundews, Common Butterwort andboth Cotton-Grasses (Common and Harestail).A variety of insects are associated with thishabitat. It is important for breeding birds and isoften managed for Red Grouse (as well assheep). A key breeding species is Hen Harrier,with the Bowland Fells (largely in Lancashire)being the only regular, current English breedingarea. Many other suitable areas exist butevidence gathered by the RSPB shows that thisspecies is heavily persecuted.
National statusThere is an estimated 1.5 million ha in the UK,with most found in Scotland (Selman9).
Regional statusThe Yorkshire and The Humber region hasapproximately 53,000 ha, which is 3.5% of theestimated UK amount (Selman9).
Local statusBlanket Bog and Upland Wet Heathland coverroughly 1830 ha of Craven District (R.Goodison, Pers. Comm.).
Blanket Bog occurs on one SINC, where it istermed Blanket Sphagnum Bog. This is MossBottom SINC which covers 1 ha. A number of
small areas may occur on the higher ground ofthe Bowland Fells (SINC Panel2).
Threats• Inappropriate grazing levels – both under-
grazing and overgrazing.• Spread of Bracken.• Inappropriate burning regimes, including
too-frequent burning and a lack of burningin some areas.
• Drainage.• Direct threats from clearance and conversion
to other land uses, notably forestry.• Other damaging activities such as arson.• Atmospheric pollution, such as nitrate
deposition.• Climate change is a potential future threat
to this habitat.• Recreational pressures, including erosion
and disturbance, particularly in OpenAccess areas.
• Fragmentation, particularly of activelygrowing Bogs, isolates species.
• Illegal persecution of birds of prey,especially Hen Harrier.
Requirements• Appropriate management, including good
structural diversity of Heather.• Range of micro-habitats including bare
ground, Scrub, Bogs and open water.• Fire control, including control of accidental
fires, arson and managed burns.• Control of invasive plants where
appropriate. Plants such as Bracken,Gorse and Silver Birch can becomedominant.
• Light grazing to control invasive species.• Good working relationships with moorland
managers, gamekeepers and users.
Current local action• Most of the resource protected within
SSSIs.• Condition statements on favourable wildlife
status are prepared for SSSIs by NE.• Many moors are managed and keepered
for Red Grouse shoots.
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• Research by Leeds University onidentification of active as opposed to non-active moorland drainage grips.
• The Moorland Association representslandowners.
• ‘Operation Artemis’ Hen Harrier project.
Opportunities• Support of the Police Wildlife Liaison Officer
(WLO) ‘Operation Artemis’, to tackle HenHarrier persecution in the UK.
• Promotion of ESS options.
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What you can do to help:- Keep dogs on leads when crossing open
country during the bird-nesting season.- Avoid fire risk.
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Our objectives for Ponds are:
➣ To maintain Wildlife-rich Ponds andencourage sympathetic and well-informed management of surroundinghabitat, including creation of bufferzones around ponds.
➣ To encourage the restoration ofWildlife-rich Ponds, where these havedeteriorated due to natural succession,hydrological changes, drying-out ordense shading.
➣ To create, conserve and enhance pondclusters.
IntroductionThe Craven BAP area contains many Ponds ofvarying origins including Field Ponds, Spring-fedPonds, Oxbow Ponds, Dew Ponds, VillagePonds, Garden Ponds and Fish Ponds. Thesevary greatly in their wildlife interest, for examplefish ponds are top heavy with predators, whilevillage ponds fouled by feral ducks are nutrient-rich and affected by algal growth. However,many ponds support a good diversity of wildlife.
‘Ponds’ is a UK BAP priority habitat. Thisincludes various aquatic, Swamp and fFncommunities, including OV28 – OV35 in theNational Vegetation Classification. Ponds ofhigh ecological quality could be eitherpermanent or seasonal bodies of water up to 2ha in extent. They would be of highconservation importance based on HabitatsDirective criteria, hold species of highconservation importance (listed species) orcontain exceptional assemblages of key bioticgroups. The 1996 Lowland Pond Surveyundertaken by DEFRA suggested that between2 – 5% of ponds would fall into the abovecategory. This survey showed 50% of ponds inthe wider countryside to be degraded, with
seasonal ponds being particularly affected.Pond numbers in the UK are thought to be at ahistoric low, with the loss of 70% of pondsexisting in 1880. In recent years there has beena reversal of the loss of ponds, with many newponds created in farmland, gardens andamenity areas, although these are often isolatedand will mainly benefit common and mobilespecies. There is also a high turnover of pondsand the modern trend is for ponds to becreated as recreational fishing lakes. Theresource therefore includes relatively few oldponds.
In general, wildlife-rich ponds have extensivevegetation cover, shallow water and are long-established. Most are relatively isolated frompollution. Clusters of ponds are particularlyvaluable for some species, especiallyamphibians. Amphibians, as well as speciessuch as dragonflies, require good qualityterrestrial habitat adjacent to open water,especially other semi-natural habitat types.Semi-natural habitat also buffers the effects ofmore intensive land use. Features such asrichly-vegetated margins should be consideredfor their biodiversity contribution. Seasonal,fluctuating or periodically dry ponds can be veryvaluable for biodiversity, for example byremoving natural predators for a short time.Wildlife-rich ponds are mostly located amongstother semi-natural habitats such as wetland,native woodland or herb-rich grassland.
A pond at Cononley Lead Mines (SD981460)was created as part of the mineral extractionprocess and was known to support smoothnewt in 1982.
This HAP covers wildlife ponds up to 2 ha insize and larger water bodies such as ChelkerReservoir, Whinney Ghyll Reservoir (Skipton),
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Hellifield Flash and the lake in the grounds ofConiston Hall, which may be important forwildfowl, fishes, invertebrates and aquaticplants.
National statusFrequent and well-distributed, but no nationaldata.
Regional statusFrequent and well-distributed, but no nationaldata.
Local statusSix ponds covering a total of 0.8 ha lie withinSites of Importance for Nature Conservation(SINC). The Craven Conservation Group hasidentified 60 ponds on private land.
Hellifield Flash is a candidate SINC for its birdinterest. It is an important wetland along the‘Aire gap’ used by waders, wildfowl and gullsmigrating across country from the Humberestuary to the west coast. Around 120 speciesof bird have been recorded including breedingShelduck and Little Ringed Plover. The Flashnever completely dries out. The land around thelake is currently being developed and this mayhave some adverse impacts, such as increasedrecreational disturbance. However the planningpermission included a condition on thedeveloper to prepare and implement a wildlifemanagement plan.
Coniston Lake in the grounds of the Hall covers10 ha of open water.
Threats• Very rare species recorded from only a few
wildlife-rich ponds may be vulnerable tolocal extinction if these sites are lost ordegraded.
• Deliberate or accidental introduction ofexotic water plants is a threat to ponds,with highly invasive ornamental species likeParrot’s Feather, Curly Waterweed, WaterFern and New Zealand Pygmy Weedbecoming a nation-wide problem.
• Conversion of wildlife-rich ponds to anglingponds is always likely to be detrimental,both directly by deepening and re-profilingand indirectly by introducing high densitiesof predatory fish.
• Unconsented introductions of fish. Beforestocking with fish, written consent must beobtained from the Environment Agency(under Section 30 of the Salmon andFreshwater Fisheries Act 1975). This is toprevent the spread of fish diseases and tominimise damage to fisheries or theenvironment that may be caused byunregulated or inappropriate fishmovements.
• Release of ornamental fish into wildlifeponds. This not only affects amphibiansand invertebrates, but also native fish suchas the Crucian Carp (Carassius carassius),which interbreed easily with Goldfish(Carassius auratus) and Common Carp(Cyprinus carpio)
• Seasonal, fluctuating or periodically dryponds can be very valuable for biodiversity,so that ‘improvement’ by deepening or re-profiling may be damaging.
• Many field ponds are believed to have beenlost due to infilling, land drainage,conversion to arable and urbandevelopment.
• Nutrient enrichment.• Increased concern amongst the public and
officials regarding the health and safetydangers of open water.
Local examples:- Ponds on Newby Moor at grid reference
SD 707701 and SD 727683.- Hellifield Flash at SD 845573. - Dead Eye Pond near Cononley, a small
pond at SD 991481.- A pond at Cononley lead mine at SD
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Requirements• Funding - pond creation, management and
restoration is popular amongst landmanagers. On farm holdings, grants willoften be available through the agri-environment schemes but elsewherefunding is limited.
• Management of wildlife-rich ponds andtheir banks needs to be assessed on asite-by-site basis, using detailed ecologicalsurveys where possible. ‘Overgrown’ponds, for example, can be very rich inbiodiversity and drastic management maybe inappropriate. In other cases, activemanagement may be essential.
• Minimal disturbance from people and dogs.• Buffering from pollution, including fertilisers.• New ponds should not be created on sites
of existing wildlife interest.
Current local action• A number of wildlife-rich ponds are
managed through the DEFRA CountrysideStewardship Scheme (CSS).
• NE organised a BTCV workforce to clearout Keasden Pond, with wildlife in mindand with the permission of IngleboroughEstate.
• For Fisheries Management Advice, contactthe Environment Agency Fisheries andRecreation Team (Appendix 6).
Opportunities:• Options available in the Environmental
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What you can do to help:- Create a pond for wildlife, rather than for
Goldfish.- Organise supervised pond dipping events
for children and adults.- Gather up discarded fishing tackle and
dispose of carefully.- Report sightings of Water Vole and Great
Crested Newt to the North and EastYorkshire Ecological Data Centre(NEYEDC).
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Our objective for Fen is:
➣ To increase the Fen resource throughhabitat creation, while maintaining allsites in a favourable ecologicalcondition.
IntroductionFens are areas of wet ground lying on top ofpeat, which receive water and nutrients fromground water as well as from rainfall. They aredominated by sedges and tall herbs. Wet Scrub(carr woodland) can be a component of Fenand this can become the dominant habitat type.In natural terms, Fen is a habitat that is veryclose to the Wet Acidic Grassland (Mire) habitat.It is balanced between the wetter Reedbed andSwamp and the drier Grazing Marsh and WetWoodland and these often form a mosaic ofhabitats. Changes in water levels or inmanagement such as grazing can change Fenhabitat one way or the other. This Habitat ActionPlan (HAP) also covers the other types of wetSwamp, of which drier examples are referred toas Tall-herb Fens.
This HAP covers all types of Fen - such asBasin and Floodplain Fens, Valley Mires, UplandAcid Flushes and Base-rich Flushes associatedwith springs and rills.
Fens can be described as ‘poor-fens’ or ‘rich-fens’. Poor-fens occur mainly in the uplands orwithin lowland heaths. They are characterisedby short vegetation with a high proportion ofmosses. Rich-fens are mainly confined to thelowlands.
Fen habitats support a diversity of plant andanimal communities, including a higherproportion of UK BAP species than any otherwetland habitat. Some Fens can contain up to
550 species of plant and several thousandinsect species, including dragonflies andaquatic beetles (UK BAP1). Many of the plantspecies require waterlogged conditions and thishabitat is also good for amphibians, and birdsincluding Reed Bunting, Water Rail, Snipe andGrasshopper Warbler. Such conditions are alsoideal for the Water Shrew, a species ofincreasing conservation concern.
Most Fens date from the last Ice Age, some10,000 years ago, when much of the NorthYorkshire lowlands were covered with extensivewetlands including Lakes, Fens and Reedbeds.
Fen and other aquatic habitats have lostsignificantly more plant species than terrestrialhabitats, which shows that Fen is one of thehabitats least resilient to change in thelandscape. Fens are one of the mostproblematic habitats to restore, because of theneed for two components – a layer of peat anda spring.
The floristic description of Fens follows that ofthe Yorkshire Dales National Park BAP ‘Naturein the Dales’ (YDNPA3):
Mire 6 NVC community M6, is the Star Sedge –Sphagnum Moss Mire. It is a mire communitytypical of peat and peaty, waterlogged soils innorth-west Britain. These mires are irrigated bybase-poor water and are essentially poor-fentypes where either small sedges or rushesdominate over a carpet of Sphagnum mosses,often with ferns.
Mire 9 NVC community M9, is the Bottle Sedge– Calliergon Moss community, which ischaracteristic of soft, spongy peats keptpermanently moist. It is commonest in thewetter parts of topogenous mires and in naturalhollows.
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Mire 10 NVC community M10, is the Separate-headed Sedge – Common Butterwortvegetation community. This is a typicallysoligenous mire of mineral soils and shallowpeats kept very wet by base-rich waters.
Mire 26 NVC vegetation type M26 is the PurpleMoor Grass – Marsh Hawksbeard Fen. This is only present in small areas of the district.M26 mire is a very local community of moist,moderately base-rich and calcareous peatymineral soils in the sub-montane NorthernPennines. With agricultural improvement orcareless management, marked changes occur.Heavy grazing on impeded soils, enrichment byfertiliser or dunging can alter the generally stableand floristically rich M26 vegetation causingrushes to become more abundant and helpeffect a shift towards M23 Soft Rush/Sharp-flowered Rush - Marsh Bedstraw Rush Pasturewhich is more widespread. Consequently, theclose monitoring of grazing is essential.
National statusPrior to the expansion of the European Union(EU), the UK was said to hold a large proportionof the European fen resource. This has beenlessened by the expansion of the EU to includeeastern European countries. Fen vegetation hasdeclined dramatically in the UK in the pastcentury.
Regional statusThe regional audit (Selman7) only has data forFen vegetation on SSSIs. It lists 78 sitesdistributed across the region withconcentrations in the Yorkshire Dales, the NorthYork Moors and the Humberhead Levels.
Local statusThe regional audit has no records for CravenDistrict. However, Fen occurs within the SINCseries (SINC Panel2), listed under four sub-habitat types:
Basic Fen Mire - 1 site - 0.07 haFloodplain Mire – 0Swamp – 6 sites – 2.6 ha
Valley Mire – 0Total - 2.67 ha.
Fen habitat also occurs within a number ofSSSIs, including Newby Moor SSSI and PanBeck Fen SSSI.
The area is likely to contain numerous tiny andun-mapped examples.
Local examples:- Fen areas on Newby Moor SSSI, where
there is Open Access.- Pan Beck Fen SSSI.
Threats• Loss of area by drainage and conversion to
agriculture or forestry. • Small total area of habitat, fragmented
resource and critically small populationsizes of key species.
• Drainage or abstraction of water from Fensor the surrounding area.
• Pollution, particularly nutrient enrichmentleading to vegetation change. Valley Fenssusceptible to agricultural run-off.
• Lack of sustainable management allowsdrying and Scrub encroachment.
Requirements• Water level management to keep the soil
surface wet.• Light grazing of Fen plants to prevent tree
incursion.• Creation of new areas of open water within
drying Fen systems.
Current action• Water Level Management Plans and local
water quality is monitored by EnvironmentAgency (EA).
• Advice to Fen owners on management,extension and creation is available from theUK BAP working group.
• The UK BAP working group monitors thepopulation size and productivity of key Fenspecies.
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• The EA has been encouraged toincorporate Fen protection, managementor creation in its Catchment FloodManagement Plans.
Opportunities• Conservation options in agri-environment
schemes.• EA, RSPB and NE have produced a
Wetland Feasibility Study for NorthYorkshire to identify opportunities for thecreation of Wetland. There is anopportunity to deliver actions identified bythis study.
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Our objectives for Lowland Raised Bog are:
➣ To maintain the distribution of LowlandRaised Bogs.
➣ To maintain Lowland Raised Bogs in afavourable condition for wildlife.
IntroductionLowland Raised Bogs are peatland ecosystemswhich develop primarily, but not exclusively, inlowland areas such as along river floodplainsand in topographic depressions. In suchlocations drainage may be impeded. Theresultant water-logging provides anaerobicconditions which slow down the decompositionof plant material which in turn leads to anaccumulation of peat. Continued accrual of peatelevates the bog surface above regionalgroundwater levels to form a gently-curvingdome from which the term 'raised' Bog isderived. The thickness of the peat mantle variesconsiderably but can exceed 12 metres.
Accumulation of peat separates the Bogsurface from the influence of groundwater, sothat it becomes exclusively 'rain-fed' byprecipitation. Consequently, the surface of a'natural' Lowland Raised Bog is typicallywaterlogged, acidic and deficient in plantnutrients. This gives rise to a distinctive suite ofvegetation types, which although low in overalldiversity, support specialised plant assemblagesdominated by a colourful range of mosses ofthe genus Sphagnum. A number of higherplants have become increasingly scarce in thelowlands including Bog Rosemary, GreatSundew and Cranberry.
Sphagnum mosses are the principal peatforming species on natural UK Lowland RaisedPeat Bogs and their dominance in the livingvegetation layer gives a Bog its characteristically'spongy' surface. The ability of this layer to
store water is thought to be important inkeeping the Bog surface wet during thesummer.
A number of plant communities defined by theNational Vegetation Classification can be foundon Raised Bogs. Plant communities that aretypical of natural raised bogs include the Bogpool communities M4 and M5.
Peat accumulation preserves a unique andirreplaceable record of plant and animal remainsand some atmospheric deposits from which it ispossible to assess historical patterns ofvegetation and climate change and human landuse.
As elsewhere across north-west Europe therehas been a dramatic decline in the area ofLowland Raised Bog habitat since around thestart of the nineteenth century.
Future decline is most likely to be the result ofthe gradual desiccation of Bogs damaged by arange of drainage activities and/or a generallowering of groundwater tables.
Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) published areport in 1996 called ‘An Inventory of LowlandRaised Bogs in Great Britain’. The inventory ismaintained by SNH and provides anassessment of the condition and conservationof Lowland Raised Peat Bog sites and anestimate of the area of land covered by thishabitat. It also records the status of sites interms of SSSI or NNR designations.
Primary Raised Bogs present an unbrokenprofile of peat, undisturbed by peat cutting oragricultural tillage, and range from Bogssupporting natural or near-natural vegetation toBogs exhibiting varying degrees of degradationas a consequence of fire, drainage and Scrubencroachment.
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Secondary Bogs are those which have beensubject to partial peat removal, usually throughpeat cutting for fuel or horticultural usage.
The third main condition class includes landwhich has been claimed for agriculturalcropping or built development.
Lowland Raised Bog is a UK BAP priorityhabitat.
National statusThe area of Lowland Raised Bog in the UKretaining a largely undisturbed surface isestimated to have diminished by around 94%from an original c95,000 ha to c6,000 ha at thepresent day (England 37,500 ha reduced to 500ha, Scotland 28,000 ha to 2,500 ha, Wales4,000 ha to 800 ha, Northern Ireland 25,000 hato 2,000 ha). Historically, the greatest declinehas occurred through agricultural intensification,afforestation, and commercial peat extraction(UK BAP1).
Regional statusThe region has 2,121 ha with majorconcentrations in the Thorne, Goole and CrowleMoor complex (Selman9).
Local statusThe district has two important Lowland RaisedBogs – Austwick and Lawkland Mosses (10 ha)and Hesley Moss (7 ha). Newby Moor SSSI andCocket Moss SSSI may also contain elementsof Lowland Raised Bog. Two SINC sites mayalso be relevant – Hall Moss/ Hurder Moss (6ha) and Badger Moss (1.4 ha). Around 25 ha intotal (Megson8).
ThreatsFactors which either disrupt the balance ofthese conditions, or which lead moreimmediately to the destruction of Raised Boghabitats and their remnants, include:
• Landfill development.• Regional drainage pressures.• Pollution.• Scrub encroachment.• Livestock and game management (such as
Pheasant rearing and rough grazing)frequently accompanied by drainage,trampling, burning and surfacecontamination with feed and droppings.
• Atmospheric nitrogen deposition andclimate change could have managementimplications for Lowland Raised Peat Bogs.
Requirements• There are three key conditions which have
to be maintained if Lowland Raised Bogsare to retain their characteristic features.Firstly, they must remain waterlogged.Secondly, maintain water input fromprecipitation, which is low in solutes.Thirdly, the living layer of vegetation acts asa 'natural' regulator for water loss and mustremain undamaged.
• Establish appropriate hydrological andmanagement regimes to achieve favourablecondition of sites that have been damagedbut still retain nature conservation interest(i.e.: ‘primary’ degraded and ‘secondary’drained sites).
• Identify areas, timescales and targets forrestoration or improvement of significantlyaltered Raised Bog areas, including thoseused for agriculture and woodlands.
• Use national methods for defining andassessing the condition of Lowland RaisedBogs and monitor the effectiveness ofconservation management.
• Promote the use of sustainable alternativesto peat to speed up reduction of peat usedin both amateur and professional markets.
Local examples:- Hesley Moor SSSI, accessed from public
rights of way and Open Access land.
Legal statusAnnex 1 of the EC Habitats Directive includestwo Lowland Raised Bog habitats: the activeRaised Bog category and degraded RaisedBogs.
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Current local action• SSSI management plans in place.• NE is monitoring the condition of SSSIs,
according to the agreed process ofCommon Standards Monitoring.
OpportunitiesConservation management options under theGovernment’s Environmental StewardshipScheme (ESS).
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Our objective for Rivers and Streams is:
➣ Maintain and enhance the biologicaldiversity of Rivers and Streams inCraven.
IntroductionThis broad Habitat Action Plan covers theriparian corridors of flowing water, includingrivers and streams. It includes the UK BAPPriority Habitat ‘Rivers’. In their naturalunmodified condition rivers are dynamicsystems that are continually creating,maintaining and eroding a complex of habitats,including both aquatic and bank-side ones. Dueto the geology and landscape of Craven, thereis a good variety of river types.
The mosaic of features found in rivers andstreams supports a diverse range of plants andanimals, including mammals, birds, fishes andinvertebrates. For example, riffles and poolssupport aquatic species, and eroding banks,shingle beds and sandbars are important forinvertebrates - notably ground beetles, spidersand craneflies. Marginal and bank-sidevegetation is included in the HAP; this habitatsupports an array of plants and animals, as wellas providing cover for fish, controlling bankerosion and acting to reduce the amount ofdiffuse pollution entering watercourses. Riversand streams often provide a wildlife corridor linkbetween fragmented habitats in intensivelyfarmed or urbanised areas. Many rivers havegreatly changed through engineering works tocontrol water flow and river catchments havebeen affected by changing land use.
Waterways are dynamic features and themanagement of river systems is best viewedholistically, including the river corridor togetherwith its tributaries, ditches, and associatedwetlands.
In the 1970s-1980s, gripping in moorland areaswas grant-aided and these drainage initiativesled to a change in the speed at which rainwaterleft catchments, sometimes increasing floodproblems downstream. There are now someinitiatives to reverse this by blocking the mostactive grips.
Since the privatisation of water companies in1990 there has been a dramatic improvement inthe quality of water in rivers, with fish returningto areas where they had been absent for over ahundred years. However, new European Unionstandards will mean that new ways of managingrivers will need to be adopted. This is becauseinstead of just using chemical content anddissolved oxygen as a way of measuring thehealth of rivers, the Water Framework Directivedemands much higher standards of rivermanagement, including maintaining water flowsand diversity of life, and the removal of hormonedisrupting substances. The Directive alsoapplies to lakes, estuaries and ground watersthat were previously not measured.
Key species include a number of fishes, such asBrown Trout and Grayling, and typical birdsinclude Kingfisher, Dipper, Sand Martin andGrey Wagtail. The European Eel is now ofconservation concern due to severe declinesreported across the species’ range – theInternational Council for the Exploration of theSeas (ICES) has declared that ‘the populationas a whole has declined in most of thedistribution area, that the stock is outside safebiological limits and that the current fisheries arenot sustainable. Recruitment is at a historicallow and most recent observations do notindicate recovery (Anon.13).
Stoneworts are important and are goodindicators of water quality, but require moreresearch and a number of specialist invertebrate
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communities are associated with rivers and theirdeposits. Crustaceans and molluscs are valuedand include our native Crayfish and theDepressed River Mussel.
National statusThis habitat is widespread across the UK. Whilstrivers in general are important habitats for arange of wildlife, only substantially unmodifiedexamples or particular types of river areregarded as worthy of special status, such asSSSI designation.
Regional statusThis habitat is widespread in the region.
Local statusThere are a number of key rivers, with a goodvariety of river types in Craven district, resultingfrom different geological strata. The BAP areahas examples of fast flowing, upland, cobble-bedded streams as well as larger rivers withslower flows, meandering through theirfloodplains. The eastern part of the area is thecatchment of the River Ribble and its tributaries.The main game fish of interest on the RiverRibble are Atlantic Salmon, Sea Trout, BrownTrout and Grayling. There are also coarse fishspecies such as Chub and Barbel, the former inthe slower moving waters near Rathmellbottoms. European Eels have also been caughtrecently.
Legal status• Under the Water Resource Act 1991, the
Environment Agency (EA) has the powersto maintain and improve main rivers inorder to ensure the efficient passage offlood flow and to manage water levels.Their powers to carry out flood defencework apply to main rivers only, but theirother duties and functions extend to allwatercourses including the promotion ofconservation of the aquatic environment.The Internal Drainage Boards (IDB) andlocal authorities are also responsible forcertain watercourses.
• All freshwater fish are protected under theSalmon & Freshwater Fisheries Act 1975.
• Under the Water Resources Act 1991 andassociated byelaws, works in, over, underor adjacent to main rivers require theconsent of the EA. This is to ensure thatthey neither interfere with the Agency’swork nor adversely affect the environment,fisheries, wildlife and flood defence in thelocality. The Yorkshire byelaws state thatthis ‘protected bank-side land’ is any landlying within 8m of a river bank or flood bankor wall.
• Both White-clawed Crayfish and Otter arelegally protected.
• The habitat of Water Vole is legallyprotected and the Joint NatureConservation Committee hasrecommended full protection from 2005.
Threats• Wildlife interest may be adversely affected
by land drainage or flood defence worksand erosion control if this is not carried outappropriately.
• Artificial barriers such as weirs preventingaquatic organisms to move freely alongwatercourses. These break up longitudinalconnectivity, blocking natural migrationpaths of many species. Reduced lateralconnectivity with the floodplain alsoimpacts upon aquatic organisms as theseareas are actively sought out during floodevents.
Local examples:- There are riverside walks along all the
major rivers.- River Greta west of Ingleton, along the
north bank from the A65 at New Bridge atSD689727 to woodland near Lund Farmat 677727.
- River Greta west of Burton-in-Lonsdale,along the south bank from Greta Woodsat SD648717 to 642719.
- River Wenning, both banks from HighBentham to Low Bentham. North bankfrom SD663689 to 653691; south bankfrom 667687 to road at 650691.
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• Pollution from agricultural, industrial anddomestic sources.
• Water abstraction direct from rivers andfrom groundwater – low flows adverselyaffect wildlife.
• Damage or disturbance caused byrecreational use, such as trampling ofbank-side vegetation.
• Invasive, non-native species. Problemsinclude American Mink (throughout), SignalCrayfish, Giant Hogweed, JapaneseKnotweed and Himalayan Balsam.
• Conflict between anglers and fish-eatingpredators, such as Otter, Goosander,Cormorant and Grey Heron.
• Stocking of fish into water courses affectingthe natural ecosystem. Before stockingwith fish, written consent must be obtainedfrom the Environment Agency (underSection 30 of the Salmon and FreshwaterFisheries Act 1975). This is to prevent thespread of fish diseases and to minimisedamage to fisheries or the environment thatmay be caused by unregulated orinappropriate fish movements.
• Overgrazing or high stock densities cancause poaching and erosion of riverbank.
• Development within the floodplain.
Requirements• Buffer zones between arable land and
watercourses, especially for higher risksoils, and appropriate crops and cultivationmethods to the site.
• Reduction of grazing adjacent to riverbanksto prevent erosion.
• Fencing to exclude stock from key banks.• Delivery of wetland restoration and
creation, for sites identified by the NE, EAand RSPB study.
• Production and implementation ofCatchment Flood Management Plans (EAstatutory duty), to incorporateenhancement for biodiversity.
• Identification of areas suitable for floodwater storage. The needs of wildlife shouldbe taken into account at the design stage;
poor design of washlands can lead tofishbecoming stranded after flood events.
• Undertake sympathetic management ofriparian trees and woodlands.
• Greater use of Sustainable DrainageSystems (SUDS) in new developments.
• Compliance with and enforcement of FarmWaste Regulations 2004.
• Compliance with and enforcement ofNitrate Vulnerable Zones.
• Detection and remedy of point sources ofpollution (EA statutory duty).
• Evaluation of river abstractions and groundwater abstractions (EA statutory duty).
• Review and continue invertebratemonitoring.
• Surveying and research of gravel shoals forinvertebrates, fish and breeding birds, andriparian woodlands for birds.
• Investigate and devise control programmesfor invasive species.
• Assessment of levels of fish re-stockingand impacts upon wildlife.
• Assessment of abundance of key insectand plant species associated with fish.
• Survey of all fish species and their accessto required sub-habitats.
• Eliminate barriers to migration in order torestore longitudinal and lateral connectivity.Restored connectivity would allowfreshwater and freshwater/marine species(e.g. Salmon, Sea Trout, Eels) to movefreely within the river system.
• Appropriate habitat improvements takingnatural processes into account.
• Research, surveys and management tobenefit Otter, Water Vole, Water Shrew andBats.
• Monitor water quality (used inGovernment’s State of the EnvironmentReport) (EA statutory duty).
• Identification and conflict resolution ofadverse recreational impacts.
• Promotion of the EA leaflet ‘Best FarmingPractice’.
• Identification of honey pot sites andcollation of all projects planned in the rivercorridor.
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• Dissemination of information and partnerworking.
• Promote management that allows fornatural river processes, including erosionand meanders and allows the re-establishment of a natural floodplain.Also see UIMG12.
Current local action• Research and monitoring is undertaken
and funded by the EA, for example surveysfor White-Clawed Crayfish in the AireCatchment.
• Water abstraction is licensed by the EA.The EA completed a CatchmentAbstraction Management Strategy (CAMS)for the River Aire in May 2007, and ispreparing a CAMS for the River Ribble.
• The EA has published the IntegratedCatchment Management Plan for theRibble (June 2007), which includesbiodiversity objectives for a number ofhabitats.
• The EA is currently preparing a CatchmentFlood Management Plan and a Flood RiskManagement Strategy for the River Airecatchment which will include Biodiversityaims.
• The EA is currently preparing the RiverRibble Catchment Flood ManagementPlan, which includes opportunities forbiodiversity benefits.
• The EA undertakes annual invertebrate andfisheries monitoring programmes.
• The Ribble Catchment Conservation Trustis delivering a project to fence stretches ofriver bank.
• Some stretches of river are activelymanaged by angling clubs, where they ownthe fishing rights.
• Fish introductions need to be consented bythe EA.
Opportunities• Opportunities for habitat restoration may
arise through Flood Risk ManagementPlans.
• EA, RSPB and NE have produced aWetland Feasibility Study for NorthYorkshire to identify opportunities for thecreation of Wetland. There is anopportunity to deliver actions identified bythis study.
• Options under the ESS. These includeresource management, which includesdrawing up soil management plans.
• The planning process offers potential fordelivering ecological improvements,particularly with regard to millredevelopments. Fish passage easementscan often be made whilst a redevelopmentis taking place, and is in line with PPS9guidelines on maintaining networks.
What you can do to help:- Keep dogs under control.- Dispose of discarded fishing tackle safely.- Avoid pouring car engine oil, paint, etc
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Our objective for Unimproved Grassland is:
➣ To expand Unimproved Grasslandhabitats in parks and open spaces.
Unimproved GrasslandGrasslands included under this set of habitatguidelines include traditionally-managedmeadows and pastures of lowland and uplandsituations on neutral, acid and calcareous soils.Meadows, pastures, road verges andchurchyards are included.
Neutral grasslandUnimproved Neutral Grassland habitatunderwent a major decline in the 20th Century.It was estimated in 1994 that less than 15,000ha of Species-rich Neutral Grassland remainedwithin the UK (both upland and lowland). InEngland there is significantly less than 10,000ha of Species-rich Neutral Grassland (UK BAP1).As a result this habitat now remains throughoutmuch of the UK in small sites with a localisedand fragmented distribution.
Neutral Grasslands support a high proportion ofbroad-leaved herbaceous species relative tograsses. Commoner characteristic speciesinclude Meadow Crane’s-Bill, Yellow Rattle,Pignut and Red Clover. Characteristic speciesof this habitat that are now scarce includeGreen-Winged Orchid, Pepper Saxifrage, Dyer’sGreenweed and Adder’s-Tongue Fern.
Semi-natural Neutral Grasslands occur in arange of circumstances in upland and lowlandlocations. The UK BAP priorities Upland HayMeadows, Floodplain Grazing Marsh andLowland Meadows are covered in the Farmlandand Grassland HAP.
Acid GrasslandThis statement deals with the Dry AcidicGrasslands. Wet Acidic Grassland has its ownHAP. Acid Grasslands typically occur onnutrient-poor acid substrates situated on acidicrocks, sands or gravels. Acid Grassland canalso occur on wetter substrates such as peatthat can mask the nature of the underlyingrocks. These grasslands occur in a range ofcircumstances in Upland and Lowland locationsand are often associated with other habitatssuch as Upland and Lowland Heathland,Parkland, Flushes, Blanket Bogs and other miretypes. In most circumstances they are managedas grazing pasture whether in upland or lowlandsituations.
Acid Grasslands are typically botanicallyspecies-poor. In the uplands they can formlarge expanses of uniform habitat, but in othercircumstances where there are differences inrainfall, altitude, and hydrology a range ofcommunities can develop.
In the UK BAP there is a separate HAP forLowland Dry Acid Grassland. This habitatoccurs on free-draining acidic soils oftenassociated with acidic rocks, sands or gravels.Characteristic plant species include HeathBedstraw, Sheep’s Fescue, Sheep’s Sorrel,Common Bent Grass, Wavy Hair-Grass,Tormentil and Heather species at lowabundance. In the UK there is estimated to beonly 30,000 ha of Lowland Dry Acid Grasslandwith only approximately 50 ha or less in NorthYorkshire (Selman9). Only a tiny amount, if any,occurs in the Craven BAP area.
Upland Acid Grasslands have not been selectedas a priority habitat. Estimated coverage ofUpland Acid Grassland in the UK, however, isover 1,200,000 ha (UK BAP1). In the Uplands
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Acid Grassland is often of low botanical interestand can develop as a result of managementsuch as, overgrazing, and drainage of otherhabitats including Upland Heathland.
Calcareous GrasslandCalcareous Grassland occurs on shallow lime-rich soils usually derived from limestone rocks.There are two UK BAP plans for CalcareousGrassland – Upland Calcareous Grassland (ofNVC communities CG9 to CG14) and LowlandCalcareous Grassland (of NVC communitiesCG1 to CG9). The community CG9 straddlesboth the uplands and the lowlands.
It is estimated that 55-66,000 ha of CalcareousGrassland occurs in the UK of which 33,000 -41,000 ha lies within the lowlands and 22,000 -25,000 ha occurs within the uplands (UK BAP1).The bulk of the Lowland Calcareous Grasslandresource lies on chalk. Approximately 10,000 haof the UK’s Upland Calcareous Grasslandresource is found in England.
Calcareous Grasslands support a very rich floraincluding many locally and nationally rarespecies. Invertebrate faunas can also be veryrich including nationally scarce species.Carboniferous limestone grassland of theCraven Pennines in the Yorkshire Dales is asignificant component of the upland resource.
In Craven, Calcareous Grasslands areassociated with shallow lime-rich soils overlyingthe Carboniferous limestone. They typicallyoccur as components of habitat mosaics, whichare generally managed as rough grazing land fordomestic livestock.
Road verges and churchyardsRoad verges and churchyards constitute animportant grassland resource.
Local statusThe SINC system categorises grassland asMarshy Grassland, Semi-improved NeutralGrassland, Unimproved Acidic Grassland,Unimproved Calcareous Grassland and
Unimproved Neutral Grassland. MarshyGrassland is assumed to refer to the floodplaingrazing marsh and lowland meadow habitatscovered in the Farmland and Grassland HAP.Most of the Semi-improved Neutral Grasslandand the Unimproved Neutral Grassland will becovered by the Upland Hay Meadows HAP. Anunknown amount will refer to the NeutralGrassland referred to in this habitat statement.The Unimproved Acidic Grassland andUnimproved Calcareous Grassland SINCcategories also refer to the habitat covered bythis statement.
Acid Grassland – some 76 ha scattered oneleven SINC sites, the two largest areas being22 ha at Hall Moss – Hurder moss and 28 ha atHuntworth common (SINC2).
Calcareous Grassland - 30 ha is given in theRegional audit (Selman9), 8 ha of which occurson four SINC sites (7 ha likely to be UplandCalcareous and 1 ha Lowland Calcareous). Therest may be on SSSIs or on undesignated sites.
Neutral Grassland – an unknown amount onroad verges, in churchyards and on SINC sites.
RequirementsThe way in which the majority of this habitat ismanaged as working farmland is crucial for itsconservation. The uptake of DEFRA’sEnvironmental Stewardship Scheme by farmerswill be critical to the conservation of these raregrasslands.
Conservation action is required for UnimprovedGrassland road verges. These should besurveyed and any qualifying for SINC status beassessed by the SINC Panel. The best of thenon-qualifying verges should be termed SpecialInterest Verges and managed favourably forwildlife by those responsible, which may beNorth Yorkshire County Council, Craven DistrictCouncil, parish councils or individuallandowners. The management of verges isrequired to maintain those in good wildlifecondition and to enhance those that have thepotential to be richer.
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Patches of Unimproved Grassland surviving inchurchyards have largely survived by luck, dueto a long history of traditional and non-intensivemanagement. Interested parties need to beadvised, good practice shared and goodexamples of what has been referred to as‘God’s acre’ celebrated.
Opportunities• ESS agreements.• Changes in Highways Authority verge
cutting management, to benefit verges ofspecial interest.
• Expansion of Unimproved Grasslandhabitats into parks and open spaces,through changes to policies andmanagement practices of local authorities.
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Our objective for Metalliferous Grasslandis:
➣ To maintain the existing resource,enabling it to develop naturally.
IntroductionMetalliferous Grasslands may be species-richand are of conservation interest because thespecies are extremely specialised and examplesare rare. These are communities that havedeveloped on toxic mining spoil from earlierlead, silver, zinc, barium and fluorspar mining,and on river shingle bars where waste fromhistoric ore dressing plants was released intorivers. Contamination levels vary dependingupon the age and mineral content of the waste.This grassland type is also called CalaminarianGrassland. It is likely to include at least someOV37 Sheep's Fescue - Spring Sandwort NVCcommunity if it is well-developed.
Metalliferous Grassland is typically rabbit-grazedand the most contaminated sites are sparselyvegetated, with metal-tolerant species and richlichen communities. Over time heavy metals areleached out allowing less tolerant species toseed in, eventually forming a closed canopy ofgrasses and later shrubs and woodland. Thisprocess is increased in areas of high rainfall andwhere grazing is absent.
Indicator lists are usually developed from lesscommon species occurring in the appropriateNational Vegetation Communities. These maybe either widely geographically spread orextremely localised on exceptionally goodexamples. Characteristic plants include SpringSandwort, Alpine Penny-Cress, Sheep’sFescue, Mountain Pansy, Common ScurvyGrass, Wild Thyme, Thrift and Moonwort.Sparsely vegetated sites are important forinvertebrates.
Regional statusThis habitat is scarce but widespread, closelylinked to former mining areas especially in theuplands.
Local statusThis unique vegetation community occurs atCononley lead mine at grid reference SD980458, where it is still in a stage of ecologicaldevelopment and does not yet show the fullsuite of typical species.
Scrutiny of the individual SINC citations hasrevealed that Metalliferous Grassland does notoccur on any SINC.
RequirementsThese grasslands are mostly in areas of sheepgrazing, so their current management tends tobe one of grazing both by sheep and rabbits.The re-working of spoil for minerals re-activatestoxins and can take sites back to an earlysuccessional stage. These sites are littlethreatened and are best managed by thecurrent regime of sheep grazing.
Opportunities• ESS agreements.
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Our objective for the Built Environment is:
➣ To promote wildlife and natureconservation management across theBuilt Environment.
IntroductionThe Built Environment of the Craven BAP areaconsists of market towns and villages, withsmall hamlets and some isolated farm buildings,connected by a network of roads and lanes.Some good examples of flower-rich road vergesoccur in the area and these provide relictpatches of Unimproved Grassland habitat.
Both active and disused railway lines occur withengineered cuttings, embankments andbridges. The development of transportation isfurther demonstrated by the Leeds andLiverpool Canal, with its associated tow paths,aqueducts and tunnels.
Dry stone walls are a common landscapefeature. Built with local stone they aregeologically and therefore biologically diverse.Minor features such as stone cattle creepsprovide further built diversity and further wildlifeopportunities.
Farmland is drained by a network of ditcheswhich may be dry, slow flowing or standingwater. Exploited by wildlife they are currentlymanaged by the Internal Drainage Board (IDB)or individual landowners.
The area’s legacy of winning raw material fromthe ground has left features such as old mines,shafts, spoil heaps and quarries. As thesefeatures are reclaimed by nature they providegood habitat.
Within towns and villages, examples of green
space abound, and these include private areassuch as factory grounds as well as public openspace such as parks.
Urban green space, such as parks,churchyards, village greens, allotments andschools grounds provide a home and foodsource to a whole range of species, includingsome declining species, for example SongThrush and Bullfinch. Some stonework,brickwork and gravestones are important forflowering plants, ferns, mosses and lichens, aswell as insects and spiders.
Taken together, these wild spaces provide asignificant habitat resource for species living inour towns and villages as well as those that usethem as corridors linking areas of more openlandscape. With careful thought, the value ofthese important spaces to wildlife can beenhanced without affecting their economic orsocial value, whilst allowing residents to deriveconsiderable pleasure from watching urbanwildlife thrive.
Many of these habitats link to gardens and inturn to semi-natural habitats. Because many ofthem are accessible to the general public, theyare ideal candidates for public involvement inconservation.
Elements of the Built Environment withexisting or potential wildlife value:
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ParksSchool groundsChurchyardsRoad vergesRailway corridors(including disused)Disused quarriesMinesTunnelsCattle creeps
Amenity fieldsGolf courses‘Waste ground’CanalsDitchesDry stone wallsWildlife-friendlycaravan sitesBuildings
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Current issues, threats and opportunitiesBuildings harbour wildlife, from nesting birdsand roosting bats to tiny ferns and lichens.However, conversions and repairs often excludewildlife, partly due to the widespread belief thatwildlife is always damaging to property.Conservation organisations have theopportunity through the BAP to reassure andadvise on these matters. Planning officers mustask for appropriate surveys (protected species,such as Bats, are a material consideration in theplanning process) and can introduce mitigationin to planning decisions.
Most of the very best species-rich road vergesare threatened by mismanagement,uncontained salt piles or neglect. It would berelatively easy to work with the HighwaysAuthority, parish councils and verge owners toconserve the best examples.
The long-term maintenance of dry stone walls isimportant as these landscape features arevulnerable over time to collapse andabandonment. Key communities of mosses andlichens occur, as well as stone walls providingnesting and invertebrate hibernation sites. Therarer lichens are so sensitive to chemicals thatthey are damaged by atmospheric pollution andeven by the high zinc content in drips fallingfrom wall-top wiring.
Urban green space includes both greenfield andbrownfield sites. Brownfield sites are on landthat has been previously used but are currentlyabandoned or derelict. These then developpioneer vegetation communities and as they getolder, natural succession leads to wildlife-richhabitats. There is a turnover of brownfield sitesas some with well-established habitats are lostto new development and existing plots areabandoned.
Government policy favours the re-use ofbrownfield sites for development, so these arebest seen as temporary wildlife assets. There isalso likely to be a net loss of such sites overtime. However, careful planning can lead to the
better parts of sites being retained for theirbiodiversity interest upon re-development. It istherefore important that brownfield habitats aresurveyed and recorded.
Sensitive ditch management helps ditchcommunities. Approved methods of clearingditches include doing alternate sides and notdumping the dredgings immediately onto thebank top.
Various open spaces can be positivelymanaged for wildlife, such as council parks,shelter belts, school grounds, churchyards andprivate grounds such as caravan parks, golfcourses and hospitals. Many well-maintainedsites could be both wildlife-friendly andattractive for the public, while saving onmaintenance costs. Again there is a role forinterested parties to lobby and advise managersand the public, and to present a case for havinga mixture of these habitats along with moreformal ones.
Targets• To offer good conservation advice to
appropriate decision-makers.• To lobby decision-makers as appropriate,
to conserve good wildlife habitat andwildlife corridors.
• To promote wilder areas within currentlyformal settings.
• To promote environmental education withinschools and clubs.
• To celebrate wildlife in the BuiltEnvironment.
Opportunities• Nature conservation gains through the
planning process. • Partnerships with community groups.• ESS agreements to include dry-stone wall
conservation.• Agreed wildlife-friendly after use for former
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Our objective for Gardens is:
➣ To promote wildlife gardening and theresponsible use of resources such aswater, peat and soil.
IntroductionGardens and gardeners can play an importantrole in caring for the wildlife of Craven. Thishabitat statement covers private gardens, but itlinks with much of the open green spacecovered in the Built Environment habitatstatement. Different gardening techniques leadto a great diversity of gardens - from those thatare managed intensively, to those wheregardeners find pleasure in allowing a degree ofwildness into the garden. There is no doubt thatgardens are important for people and with over25 million in the UK they also provide animportant wildlife resource. Indeed, each is likea pocket nature reserve and the variety of plantsand animals is enormous.
Gardens are part of the network of corridorsformed by hedgerows, streams, ditches,wooded shelter belts, road verges and railwaycorridors. These wildlife corridors and steppingstones are important for the dispersal of plantsand animals. As the adverse impacts of climatechange increase, the importance of amechanism by which wildlife can migrate tomore suitable conditions will become critical.Nature Reserves are static in the landscape, butparks and gardens have a greater degree offlexibility, which may allow habitats to ‘migrate’with changing environmental conditions.
The decline in familiar plants and animals hasbeen highlighted by the inclusion of a number of“common” species into the revised UK BAPhabitats and species list (2007). These includeHedgehogs, Song Thrush, Bullfinch and the
Common Toad. Gardens are a valuableresource for these species, and are importanthabitats for invertebrates as well, includingmany scarce species.
Responsible gardening - protected speciesSome species have special protection, a few ofwhich such as Bats and Badgers, use gardens.It is a legal requirement to consult NaturalEngland if a protected species is to be affected- disturbing or causing harm to them is illegal.NE staff are available to give advice. It is alsoillegal to knowingly disturb nesting birds, socare needs to be taken when, for example,cutting hedges or removing shrubs and trees.The best time to undertake such work is mid-August to mid-March.
Current issues, threats and opportunitiesMany gardening decisions depend upon soiltype and it is worth knowing the type of soil youare working with. Although popular, theexcessive use of chemicals including pesticidesand fertilisers can damage the environment ifthey get into watercourses and can killbeneficial wildlife as well as target pest species.There is an opportunity for reducing chemicaluse by organically gardening.
Understandably gardens are often full of exotic,non-native species, some of which providevaluable food and cover. However some non-native species are invasive and once in the wildbecome a problem. Examples includeRhododendron, Japanese Knotweed,Himalayan Balsam and a variety of exotic pondplants, the worst being New Zealand PygmyWeed, which can grow up to 1m a day! Someother plants have become naturalised and needmonitoring in case they become problematic.These include Lupins and Shasta Daisy.Buddleias are now widespread, due to their role
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as colonisers of dry habitats such as railwaysidings and brickwork.
A serious issue and one with internationalconsequences is the use of peat products.Using peat is poor environmental practicebecause it is a non-renewable resource that isdug from peatlands that are of internationalwildlife value, destroying them in the process.Although many British peatlands are nowprotected by our robust legislation, largeamounts are being imported from EasternEurope. As the debate continues about thegardening qualities of peat alternatives,gardeners can try other products for themselvesand boycott the use of peat.
Similarly, ‘water worn’ limestone is a natural andirreplaceable resource that forms our nationallyimportant limestone pavements, including oneswithin the Craven portion of the Yorkshire DalesNational Park. Although British pavements arewell-protected by legislation those in Ireland andelsewhere are being exploited and destroyed forthe garden industry. Gardeners can make astand by not buying rockery limestone.
The issue of provenance has recently come tothe fore. Many seeds, for example tree seedsused to produce trees at nurseries, are sourcedfrom the continent. There is some evidence toshow that native British species such as insectsfare better on varieties that have a long historyof growing in their area.
Targets• Promote the benefits and joys of wildlife
gardening.• Monitor the spread of naturalised non-
native species and control if appropriate.• Encourage the development of peat
alternatives by supporting garden centresthat are investing in non-peat products.
• Where possible buy native provenancevarieties.
Some suggestions on what you can do tohelp.
Good gardening practice to benefit wildlife:• Buy and use only peat-free compost or
make your own compost from kitchenpeelings and garden cuttings. Recyclingmeasures such as composters and waterbutts are readily available. Avoid buyingrockery limestone that may have comefrom limestone pavements, which areirreplaceable.
• Reduce the use of pesticides, includingslug pellets, to a minimum - try alternativemethods of pest control.
• Maintain lawns that have never hadchemicals put on them (e.g. fertiliser orweed killer). These can be rich in fungi,including in one case, Pink Waxcap, andinvertebrates.
• Avoid introducing garden plant material(tubers, roots, seeds), including pondplants into the wild – some are veryinvasive.
• Fit your cat with a collar and bell.• Feed the birds and provide fresh water.• Avoid cutting hedges during the bird-
nesting season from March to August.• Leave seed-bearing flower heads to mature
and provide food for birds before winterpruning.
Build a wildlife garden• Set aside a small part of the garden to
become ‘wild’ with less intensivemanagement. Allow an area of lawn todevelop into a wildflower meadow forplants and insects.
• Plant fruit trees, berry bushes and soft fruitand leave windfall fruit for foraging birdsand insects.
• Use varieties and a mix of flowers, shrubsand trees (native ones where possible) thatprovide a continuous supply of nectar, fruitand berries.
• Grow native climbers such as Ivy as shelterand nest-sites for birds and insects.
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• Leave fallen timber to decay so that fungican grow, and make log piles forhibernating Toads, Frogs and Newts indamp corners of your garden.
• Provide nest boxes for birds, includingHouse Martins, Bumble Bees and Bats orperhaps create a nesting site for the MasonBee using special bee bricks. Leaveopenings in barns and outhouses to giveentry to nesting Swallows.
• Water is important for wildlife so considercreating a wildlife pond - without Goldfish –advice on the design of wildlife ponds isreadily available.
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Wildlife gardening information is readilyavailable including the following freeEnglish Nature pamphlets (Visit the NaturalEngland website):
• Plants for wildlife-friendly gardening.• Reptiles in your garden.• Mini-beasts in the garden.• Amphibians in your garden.• Dragonflies and damselflies in your garden.• Gardens and biodiversity.• Composting and peat-free gardening.• Focus on bats.• EN Gardening for Wildlife CD.
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Species Action PlansBatsSmall Pearl-Bordered FritillaryButterflyManchester Treble-Bar Moth
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Our objectives for Bats are:
➣ To ensure the maintenance of the fullrange of species at natural populationlevels within the District.
➣ To improve the habitats available toBats.
IntroductionThere are 16 species of Bat in Britain, eight ofwhich can be found locally. Each species has itsown particular requirements, but as a groupthey may be found in all habitats. Most speciesdo use buildings, so Bats have a specialconnection with humans.
During the past century most species arethought to have declined, although there is nowsome evidence from the National BatMonitoring Programme that some species arebeginning to recover. However, anecdotalevidence suggests that Bats are not ascommon as they used to be. The secretivenature of Bats and the difficulties this presentedfor their study prior to the development ofsophisticated technology makes it hard toquantify the losses.
Bats feed on insects and in summer can oftenbe seen hunting along rivers and woodlandedges where insects are numerous. In winter,when insects are difficult to find, Bats hibernate.Although summer roosts are mainly in warmlocations, hibernacula are usually in cold placeswith stable temperatures, such as caves. Thishelps minimise energy loss, an importantconsideration for small mammals. Being long-lived animals they return to the same placesyear after year.
National statusSixteen species of Bat breed regularly in the UKwith the greatest range of species in the south.
Regional statusNine species occur within Yorkshire and theHumber Region, eight of which have beenconfirmed in North Yorkshire. These areWhiskered, Brandt's, Daubenton's, Natterer's,Common Pipistrelle, Soprano Pipistrelle,Noctule, Brown Long-Eared and Leisler's Bats.There are historic records of Lesser Horseshoeand Barbastelle Bats and a few records ofNathusius' Pipistrelle.
Local statusIn Craven there are no records of Leisler's Bat,but the other eight Yorkshire species have beenrecorded. There are relatively few records in theDistrict outside of the National Park, but this islikely to be due to under-recording.
Legal statusAll Bats and their roosting places are fullyprotected under the Wildlife & Countryside Act1981 (as amended). Protection applies to roostseven when the Bats are absent. Bats are alsoprotected under Conservation (Natural Habitats,&c.) Regulations 1994.
Conservation statusWhiskered bat &/or Brandt's Bat – few roostsknown.Daubenton's Bat – widespread but restricted toareas near water.Natterer's Bat – few roosts known, probablyunder-recorded.Common Pipistrelle Bat – common andwidespread.Soprano Pipistrelle Bat – probably widespread,especially near water.Noctule Bat – few roosts known.Brown Long-Eared Bat – widespread, thirdcommonest species.
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Threats• Loss of roost sites and hibernacula, both
accidental and deliberate.• Reduction of food sources through the
widespread use of insecticides.• Habitat removal and fragmentation of the
landscape leading to disruption ofcommuting routes.
Requirements• A variety of maternity and hibernation sites
including houses, bridges, hollow trees,caves and tunnels.
• A mosaic of habitats to provide goodsources of insects on which to feed,especially trees, hedges, unimprovedgrassland and freshwater.
• A network of wildlife corridors and habitatsto allow Bats to move between feeding,roosting and hibernation sites.
• Building works to be planned and timed toavoid disturbing Bats and destroying orobstructing roosting places.
• Better understanding of Bats and theirrequirements.
• Monitoring of Bats - ideally each roostowner to count their own Bats and passthe information to the North Yorkshire BatGroup (NYBG).
• Continuing public relations work.
Current local action• NYBG holds records of all known Bat
roosts within the county and providesadvice to householders, landowners andothers in conjunction with Natural England.
• The Bat Conservation Trust (BCT), with thesupport of Government agencies andvolunteers, runs the National BatMonitoring Programme to monitor changesin populations of various species.
• NYBG organises public events to foster apublic understanding of Bats and theirconservation.
• Developers wishing to carry out workswhich would impact on Bat roosts arerequired to obtain a licence for such worksand to provide suitable mitigation measures
to enable bat populations to be maintained.The Local Planning Authority is required toconsider Bats as part of the planningprocess.
• North Yorkshire County Council surveys allbridges prior to maintenance work.
What you can do to help:- Report roosts, including date and time of
emergence to NYBG.- Include Bat-friendly features when
carrying out repairs to buildings.- Plant night scented garden plants to
attract insects on which Bats feed.
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Our objectives for the Manchester Treble-Bar are:
➣ Protect and manage the existing site.➣ Maintain a viable, self-sustaining
population through good habitatmanagement and speciesmanagement.
IntroductionThe UK conservation status of the ManchesterTreble-Bar is notable / Nb. This means that thespecies is restricted to 31-100 of the 10kmsquares of Great Britain.
The Manchester Treble-Bar is an attractiveGeometrid moth up to 30mm across its wings.These are of a pale grey ground cover barredwith brown with a bright rusty reddish flush. Theadult is readily disturbed from the vegetationand flies on warm days during August. Theeggs over-winter and the larvae emerge in thespring. The caterpillars are reddish with ayellowish-green stripe. They feed on the flowersand leaves of Bilberry, Cowberry and Cranberry.However, details of the life history are poorlyknown (Sutton and Beaumont14), and details ofexact habitat requirements are unknown (P.Marsh, pers. comm.).
National statusIt has a predominately northern distribution,being widespread and probably under-recordedin northern and central Scotland. It is foundwidely in upland Northumberland but otherwiserather scarce south of the Scottish border. It isfound on a very few bogs and mosses inwestern England from Cumbria to Shropshire(Waring15).
Regional statusRegionally it has been recorded from only four1km squares within Watsonian Yorkshire and
two in Watsonian Lancashire (Vice County 60).Few breeding sites are known in northwestEngland. Lately it has been found on CatonMoor (Lancashire VC60) and it is found on a fewsites in the Lake District.
Local statusThe Manchester Treble-Bar is a recent re-discovery in both Yorkshire and Lancashire.The first two Yorkshire records since lists in1883-6 and 1904 (Porritt16,17) are at Ribblehead(VC64 in the Yorkshire Dales National Park) on3/8/97 and at Low Bentham (VC64 Cravendistrict) on 12/8/97 (Beaumont18).
This species was located on Burn Moor, nearHigh Bentham in 2003, (VC64 Craven district,18/7/03), (Whitaker pers com). In 2004 it wasconfirmed as locally common in early August onpart of this site straddling the border withLancashire (VC60) (Marsh pers com).
This currently leaves the Craven BAP area withone site:• Burn Moor, ‘Great Stone of Fourstones’
near High Bentham, on an area of wetheath at SD 670.664, straddling the borderwith Lancashire. In 2004 it was confirmedas locally abundant on this site.
ThreatsThe Burn Moor site, the only known breedinglocation in Yorkshire, is a particularly vulnerablehabitat of wet heath/rush pasture and wetmosses. Habitat deterioration before theecological requirements of the species areresearched and understood is therefore aconcern. There is a potential problem that stockmay congregate in bad weather or if fed,causing localised damage to the vegetation, onlower lying parts of the site such as near GreatStone of Fourstones.
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Requirements• The status and local distribution of the
moth on and around Burn Moor is not fullyunderstood and requires further attention.
• Further work is needed on the extent anddistribution of these habitat types on andaround the site.
• Further work is needed on the habitatrequirements of the moth, of which little isknown.
• Owners and land managers of the two sitesto be contacted with the aim of positivelymanaging the sites for the moth.
Due to this lack of knowledge, no detailedrecommendations can currently be made.
Current local action• Burn Moor (Bentham) is under a 2001
Upland Countryside Stewardshipagreement (for commons), which arosefollowing a situation where overgrazing wasan issue.
• Ad hoc survey of suitable sites by ButterflyConservation volunteers.
Opportunities• Survey and research by the charity Butterfly
Conservation, especially for the LowBentham site where the species was lastreported in 1997.
• The formation of management advice andland management agreements under theDEFRA ESS.
• Identification and management ofconnected wet grassland sites, whichcould be managed to support the recoveryand expansion of the known meta-populations.
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Our objectives for the Small Pearl-Bordered Fritillary are:
➣ Maintain viable self-sustainingpopulations of Small Pearl-BorderedFritillary through good habitatmanagement and speciesmanagement.
➣ Protect populations threatened bysmall size and lack of connectivity withother populations.
➣ Increase the distribution of the speciesby expanding the population to newand former sites.
IntroductionIn the uplands, especially the north and west,the Small Pearl-Bordered Fritillary occurs onopen moors and marshy pastures with thelarvae using Marsh Violet. This is now the mostcommon location for Small Pearl-BorderedFritillary, reflecting the disappearance of suitablelowland habitat in the south and east ofEngland. The lowland habitat is the early stagesof woodland, where Common Dog Violet is thelarval food plant used. Historically the butterflyoccurred in suitable habitats over much ofEngland, Wales and Scotland, but over the last150 years the bulk populations of the two Pearl-Bordered Fritillary species have been graduallyrestricted to the west of mainland Britain.
The Small Pearl-Bordered Fritillary is a UK BAPpriority species. In Craven it is one of only twospecies of butterfly identified as 'high priority' byButterfly Conservation's North East RegionalAction Plan. Small Pearl-Bordered Fritillary wasincluded in the first tranche of species in ‘Naturein the Dales’, the Yorkshire Dales National ParkBAP (YDNPA3) requiring a SAP in addition toactions listed in relevant habitat action plans.
National statusThe majority of the British Small Pearl-BorderedFritillary sites are now found in Scotlandalthough the species is still locally common inparts of the English Lake District.
Regional statusIn Yorkshire, the Small Pearl-Bordered Fritillaryoccurred widely in the eastern and centrallowlands at the start of 20th century (Porritt20,21). However, the species has disappeared fromsouth, south-east and central Yorkshire. In thefirst summary of Yorkshire Lepidopteradistribution since 1904, the LepidopteraCommittee of the Yorkshire Naturalists’ Union(YNU22) noted Small Pearl-Bordered Fritillary asbeing locally common on sites in vice-countiesVC61 (York, Selby, East Yorkshire andHumberside) & VC62 (North York Moors area)but the only VC64 locality was Austwick Mossin Craven. It is highly likely that the markedcounty-wide decline in the first half of the 20th
century can be attributed to the end ofcoppicing and the subsequent decline of theirfood plant.
Local statusIn 1989 Sutton & Beaumont23 listed four sites inVC64 (Austwick Moss SSSI, near Clapham,Newby Moor SSSI, Lawkland Moss SSSI andCocket Moss SSSI and one site near Aysgarthin VC65 (Richmondshire area). It is probablethat this summary did not adequately reflect thedistribution of the species due to under-recording.
In 1996, Whitaker24,25,26 set out to relocate andinvestigate the species on these five WestYorkshire sites and to look for the specieselsewhere in VC64 & 65. This resulted in theidentification of seven sites in the YDNP and sixin the Craven lowlands and Gisburn Forest in
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Lancashire. One of all these sites (Newby MoorSSSI) was found to be a complex of small localhabitat patches which supports a true meta-population of the butterfly. Subsequently thespecies has become extinct on at least four ofthese sites including that long established onAustwick Moss (Whitaker pers com. 2005).
This currently leaves the Craven BAP area withfour sites:• Newby Moor SSSI.• Austwick and Lawkland Moss SSSI (2
sites).• Cocket Moss SSSI.
These should be considered as integral to thewider group of sites that extend into thesouthern YDNP and the mid-Ribble Valley areaof Lancashire close to Craven (Whitaker27).
Threats• Loss of populations through habitat
degradation.• Isolation of fragmented populations.• Heavy grazing, especially by sheep, during
the growing period is likely to bedetrimental.
Requirements• Good management of the appropriate
habitats is desirable (Whitaker26, Ellis28,29,30).In Craven the butterfly is usually found onmire sites and is dependent on MarshViolet on parts of the site which are usuallya mosaic of the following NVCcommunities:
M6 - Star Sedge - Sphagnumrecurvum/ Sphagnum auriculatummire,M23 - Soft Rush / Sharp-FloweredRush - Marsh Bedstraw Rush Pasture, M25 - Purple Moor Grass - TormentilMire.
• In general, management should be aimedat encouraging Violets (the larval foodplants) and preserving adjacent areas ofnectar plants which are important to theadults. The M23 vegetation community islikely to be the most important part of the
habitat mosaic and the most likely tosupport the Marsh Violet and therefore thebutterfly. During the growing season MarshViolet needs a prolonged period free fromcompetition with rank vegetation, droughtand grazing. However, light cattle grazingduring late summer and winter is likely tobe beneficial. The following arerequirements:1) Rotational regimes to control rank
vegetation, Bracken and encroachingScrub.
2) Prevention of shading of areas of Violethabitat.
3) Prevention of drainage of Mire sites.4) Prevention of damaging agricultural
operations such as:a) Application of any fertilisers, lime
or insecticides.b) Inappropriate grazing regimes;
especially grazing by sheep duringthe growing season.
c) Abandonment (long-term lack ofgrazing or mowing).
d) Intensive mowing.5) Light cattle grazing during late summer
and winter is likely to be beneficial.6) Formal notification of the local
statutory planning authorities andNatural England with accurate locationand the significance of all breedingsites.
Current local actionAd hoc surveys by Butterfly Conservationvolunteers.
Opportunities• Survey and research by the charity Butterfly
Conservation (BC).• Identify suitable habitats and the status of
the species on those sites (BC). Identifysites that are potentially suitable andconsider protection of the habitat.
• The formation of management advice andland management agreements under theDEFRA ESS. The species would beconsidered for HLS with appropriatehabitats included in any application.
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Appendices
Appendix 1 - Craven Biodiversity Action Plan Steering Group
Appendix 2 - Map of Craven Biodiversity Action Plan area
Appendix 3 - Major Landscape Features of Craven outside the Yorkshire DalesNational Park
Appendix 4 - Area Measurements for Phase 1 Habitat Categories in Craven outsideYDNP 1990-1991
Appendix 5 - The relationship between Craven BAP habitats, UK BAP priority habitatsand SINC habitat definitions using the National Vegetation Classification
Appendix 6 - Glossary of terms
Appendix 7 - List of acronyms
Appendix 8 - Useful addresses
Appendix 9 - Scientific and common names of species mentioned in the CravenBiodiversity Action Plan
Appendix 10 - Bibliography
Appendix 11 - Information on Special Areas of Conservation (SAC), Special ProtectionAreas (SPA), Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and Sites ofImportance for Nature Conservation (SINC) in the Craven BAP area
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Appendix 1Craven Biodiversity Action Plan Steering Group
Name
Phyll AbbottJudith AllinsonAmanda BestJulia BirkinshawAnn BlackburnDr Mike CanawayIan CourtJeremy DickJohn DrewettPhil EckersleySam EllisHilary FentenMartin FullerDavid FullwoodRobert GoodisonMick HobanJean KendrewPhil LythGraham MegsonMatthew MillingtonLiz NealeRoger Neale Simon PicklesBen ScottingHelen SergeantKate SeniorBrian ShorrockElizabeth ShorrockBrian Slater Terry SmithsonRobert StarlingTim ThomAnne TupholmeDr Terry WhitakerTim Youngs
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Organisation (if any)
Botanical Society Of The British IslesCraven Conservation GroupEnvironment AgencyNorth Yorkshire County CouncilAB Consultancy and Yorkshire Pennine Local SeedsCraven Conservation GroupYorkshire Dales National Park AuthorityForestry CommissionNorth Yorkshire Bat GroupNatural EnglandButterfly ConservationCPREEnvironment AgencyInternal Drainage BoardNatural EnglandForestry CommissionCross Hills Naturalists’ SocietyFWAGNorth Yorkshire County CouncilNorth Yorkshire County Council Craven Conservation GroupCraven Conservation GroupNEYEDCYorwoodsCraven Conservation GroupCraven District CouncilCraven Conservation GroupCraven Conservation GroupIndividual Yorkshire Wildlife TrustCraven Conservation GroupYorkshire Dales National Park AuthorityYorkshire Gardens TrustButterfly ConservationRSPB
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Appendix 2Map of Craven Biodiversity Action Plan area
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Appendix 3Major Landscape Features of Craven outside the Yorkshire Dales National Park
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Habitat Area (ha) Area (%)Woodland & Scrub 378 (1.0) Broadleaved semi-natural
239 (0.6) Broadleaved - plantation471 (1.3) Coniferous - Plantation188 (0.5) Mixed - Plantation69 (0.18) Scrub – Crataegus monogyna23 (0.06) Scrub – Ulex europaeus
Grassland & Marsh 63 (0.71) Agrostis-Festuca-acetosella
Acid 1883 ha (5.1%) 438 (1.2) Agrostis-Festuca876 (2.4) Nardus stricta506 (1.4) Juncus squarrosus
Neutral 1008 ha (2.7%) 61 (0.16) 5 hay meadow indicators (HMI)947 (2.6) 1 hay meadow indicator
Calcareous 30 ha (0.08%) 30 (0.08) Calcareous grassland1599 (4.31) Rush pasture
Marshy & Rushes 31 (0.08) Marshy grassland1630 ha (4.4%)
Of no conservation 13238 (35.7) Improved, no HMIInterest 25272 ha (68%) 487 (1.3) Improved, no HMI; ridge & furrow
4281 (11.5) Very improved or re-seeded3760 (10.1) Re-seeded
Of no conservation 3272 (8.8) Newly re-seeded. Arable/ley31 (0.08) Arable203 (0.5) Amenity
Of no conservation 231 (0.6) BrackenInterest 9 (0.02) Tall ruderal including Urtica dioica
Heathland 1655 (0.71) Calluna vulgaris1857 ha (5%) 65 (0.2) Vaccinium myrtillus
102 (0.3) Empertrum nigrum32 (0.08) Erica tetralix
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Habitat Area (ha) Area (%)Mire 1231 ha (3.3%) 104 (0.3) E. angustifolium; S recurvum; Drosera;
Water456 (1.2) Molinia Caerulea wet or dry635 (1.7) E. vaginatum11 (0.03) Acid flush. NVC M618 (0.04) Basic flush. NVC M107 (0.02) Fen. NVC M27
Swamp 31 (0.08) All NVC swamp communities
Water 270 (0.7) Running or still open water
Rock exposures & 109 (0.3) QuarryWaste 4 (0.01) Mine spoil
33 (0.08) Boulders
Miscellaneous 23 (0.06) Sewage beds1903 (5.1) Buildings, roads & verges224 (0.06) Railways5 (0.01) Mud motor cycle track
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Craven Local BAP Habitat UK BAPSINC Panel Habitat Types (including NVCtypes where known
1. Woodland(Wet woodland & ripariancorridors) (Upland mixed ashwoods) (Oak woodland)
Wet woodland
Upland mixed ash woodlandUpland oakwood
Wet woodland (W1 -W7)
Upland mixed ash woodland (W9). Also W7especially 7c, and some of the W8 sub-communities particularly d, e and g butoccasionally a, b and c (which also cover LowlandAsh woodland)Upland oakwood (W10, W11, W16, W17)Lowland mixed ash woodlands (W7, W8)Lowland oak/birch rowan woodlands (acid, W10,W16)
2. Scrub Scrub (W21-W25)3. Parkland, ancient trees &pollarded trees
Wood pasture and parkland Parkland (MG6, MG7, W10 + more see UK BAP)
4. Farmland and grassland(arable)
Arable field margins Cereal field margins Arable weed communities (OV1-OV17)
4. Farmland and grassland(Floodplain grazing marsh)
Coastal and floodplaingrazing marsh
Unimproved and semi-improved neutral grassland(species-rich) (MG8) Also MG9-11 and MG13 withbits of more improved MG6/7
4. Farmland and grassland(Lowland meadows)4. Farmland and grassland(Upland hay meadow)
Lowland hay meadow
Upland hay meadow
Unimproved and semi-improved neutral grassland(species-rich) (MG1, MG3 - MG6)
5. Hedgerows Hedgerows Ancient and/or species-rich hedgerows (W8, W10,W21-W25)Dry ditches and banks (see NVC for relevantvegetation types)
6. Wet acidic grassland Acid grassland U5, U6. Mires M23, M25 7. Upland heathland andBlanket bog
Upland heathlandBlanket bog
Upland heathland (H9, H10, H12, M16)Blanket bog (M3, M19, M20)
8. Ponds PondsEutrophic standing watersMesotrophic lakes
Standing water (includes reservoirs) (A2, A5, A7,A8-A13, A14?, A15, A16, A19, A20, A24)
9. Fens FensReedbedsPurple moor-grass meadows
Fen, carr (W1-W6) and reedbed (S1, S3, S4)marsh and swamp (S5-S10, S12, S14, S15, S17-S23, S25-S28; M1/2 unlikely, M3, M10, M13, M16M21-M23, M25-M27, M36)
10. Lowland raised bog Lowland raised bog. Raised and blanket mire (M1-M3 and M18), wetheath (M15), blanket mire (M19), blanket andraised mire (M20), mire (M25) and woodland (W4)
11. Rivers and streams Rivers Rivers and streams (A2, A5, A8-A12, A15-A18,S14, S22, S23 & S26)
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Craven Local BAP Habitat UK BAPSINC Panel Habitat Types (including NVCtypes where known
Habitat statementsLowland calcareousgrasslandUpland calcareous grassland
1. Unimproved grassland(Calcareous grassland)
Calcareous grassland(CG2, CG9 & CG10)
2. Metalliferous grassland Calcareous grassland (CG9, CG10, OV37)3. Built environment Improved grassland (includes species-poor semi-
improved grassland) (MG6, MG7, MG9, MG10)Urban/industrial (communities on unnatural/mixedstrata)
4. Gardens
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Appendix 6Glossary of terms
AnimalAny species belonging to the Animal Kingdom,including mammals, birds, fish, reptiles,amphibians, insects, etc.
Arable weedsWild flowers, often annuals, that grow inregularly disturbed soil in an arable environment.This does not include pernicious weeds such asthistles and Goosegrass.
BiodiversityThe variety of life. The term embraces the fullrange of habitats, species, and the variationfound within species (including geneticvariation).
Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP)A plan to conserve or re-create biodiversity. Theterm may be used to describe the wholeprocess by which this happens, or sometimes adocument that sets out how this is to beachieved.
Craven Biodiversity Action PlanThe Craven Biodiversity Action Plan is the planthat leads the process by which action is takenlocally to conserve wildlife. It includes thosehabitats and species for which organisations inCraven have a special responsibility under theUK BAP.
DistributionThe extent of a species’ range.
EcosystemA community of inter-related organisms.
Eco-tourismThe generation of income through ‘green’tourism, e.g. wildlife holidays, bird watching.
HabitatA type of landscape (e.g. Wet Woodland)characterised by particular communities ofvegetation and animals.
Habitat Action Plan (HAP)One of two sorts of plans contained within theBAP document (see also Species Action Plan).A plan geared towards the conservation or re-creation of a particular habitat.
Habitat RegulationsThe Conservation (Natural Habitats &c)Regulations 1994, known as ‘The HabitatRegulations’, are UK regulations passed todeliver the EC Council Directive ‘The Habitatsand Species Directive’. They refer to planning,land use, land management and environmentalregulation, with emphasis on the roles of LocalAuthorities (called Competent Authorities). TheRegulations are the basis of the Natura 2000network of sites known as SPAs, SACs andcSACs. The Habitats Regulations aim to protectsite of European Community (EC) importance.
Invertebrate Any animal lacking a backbone. This groupinclude insects (e.g. butterflies, moths, flies,bees, wasps, beetles) and non-insectinvertebrates (e.g. worms, molluscs,crustaceans such as Crayfish).
LNRLocal Nature Reserve. A site designated by theLocal Authority under the 1949 National Parksand Access to the Countryside Act. A LocalNature Reserve has an educational as well as awildlife remit.
Meta-populationThe stronghold of a population. New sites maybe colonised by individuals spreading from thiscore.
National Vegetation Classification (NVC)A system for surveying habitats and allocatingthem to a recognised scientific type. The NVC isa nationally accepted system.
Phase 2 habitat surveyMore detailed habitat survey than phase 1,based on individual sites.
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Range The area across which a species can be found.
RiparianConcerned with rivers e.g.; the corridor ofhabitat along a water course.
SINCSite of Importance for Nature Conservation. Anon-statutory site recognised by the LocalAuthority for its nature conservation interest.
SSSISite of Special Scientific Interest. Nationallyimportant site given legal protection by theWildlife and Countryside Act (1981), asamended. SSSIs are notified by NaturalEngland.
SpeciesA taxonomic group into which a genus isdivided, the members of which are capable ofinterbreeding. For example, the Blackbird(Turdus merula) and Song Thrush (Turdusphilomelos) are related. They are in the samegenus so share the genus name Turdus.However, they are different species and so havespecific second names.
Species Action Plan (SAP)One of two sorts of plans contained within theBAP document (see also Habitat Action Plan). Aplan geared toward the conservation of aparticular species.
Sustainable developmentActions to be taken to promote sustainability.Sustainability has been described as "the abilityto meet our needs without compromising theneeds of our children".
UK Biodiversity Action Plan (UK BAP)The BAP for the United Kingdom. The UKGovernment has produced 391 SAPs and 45HAPs, which detail actions necessary for a widerange of the country's habitats and mostthreatened plants and animals.
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Appendix 7List of abbreviations and acronyms
AP Action PlanBAP Biodiversity Action PlanBARS Biodiversity Action Reporting
SystemBBS Breeding Bird SurveyBCT Bat Conservation TrustBC Butterfly ConservationBTCV BTCVBTO British Trust for OrnithologyCA Countryside AgencyCAP Common Agricultural PolicyCAMS Catchment Abstraction
Management StrategyCBC Common Bird Census CDC Craven District CouncilCFMP Catchment Flood Management
PlansCPRE Council for the Protection of Rural
EnglandCSS Countryside Stewardship
SchemeDEFRA Department for Environment,
Food and Rural AffairsEA Environment AgencyEC European CommunityEH English HeritageEIA Environmental Impact
AssessmentELS Entry Level Scheme (ESS)EN English NatureESS Environmental Stewardship
SchemeEU European UnionEWGS England Woodland Grant
SchemeFC Forestry CommissionFE Forest EnterpriseFEP Farm Environment PlanFWAG Farming and Wildlife Advisory
GroupGCT Game Conservancy TrustGEAC Good Environmental and
Agricultural Conditionha HectareHAP Habitat Action Plan
HLS Higher Level Scheme (ESS)IACS Integrated Administration and
Control SystemIAW Inventory of Ancient WoodlandICT Invertebrate Conservation TrustIDB Internal Drainage BoardsIUCN International Union for the
Conservation of NatureJCA Joint Character AreaJNCC Joint Nature Conservation
Committeekm KilometreLBAP Local Biodiversity Action PlanLDF Local Development FrameworkLEAF Linking Environment And FarmingLNR Local Nature ReserveLPA Local Planning AuthorityLSP Local Strategic PartnershipLUCT Lower Ure Conservation TrustNCC Nature Conservancy CouncilNE Natural EnglandNEYEDC North & East Yorkshire Ecological
Data CentreNR Nature ReserveNS Nationally ScarceNT National TrustNVZ Nitrate Vulnerable Zones NYBG North Yorkshire Bat GroupNYCC North Yorkshire County CouncilOELS Organic Entry Level Scheme
(ESS)OS Ordnance SurveyPAT Partnership and Task Group (see
LSP)PAWS Plantation on Ancient Woodland
SitePPS Planning Policy StatementRDB Red Data Book RDS (DEFRA) Rural Development ServiceRSPB Royal Society for the Protection
of BirdsRSS Regional Spatial StrategySAP Species Action PlanSD Sustainable DevelopmentSEA Strategic Environmental
AssessmentSEPA Scottish Environment Protection
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SINC Site of Importance for NatureConservation
SAC Special Areas of ConservationSoCC Species of Conservation ConcernSPA Special Protection Areaspp SpeciesSSSI Site of Special Scientific InterestSUDS Sustainable Urban Drainage
SchemesTPO Tree Preservation OrderUK United KingdomUK BAP UK Biodiversity Action PlanVC Vice CountyWES Wildlife Enhancement SchemeWIGS Woodland Improvement Grant
SchemeWGS Woodland Grant SchemeWLO Wildlife Liaison Officer (Police)WT Woodland TrustWTs Wildlife TrustsWWP Water for Wildlife ProjectYDRT Yorkshire Dales Rivers TrustYGT Yorkshire Gardens TrustYHBF Yorkshire and Humber
Biodiversity ForumYNU Yorkshire Naturalists’ UnionYOARP Yorkshire Otters And Rivers
ProjectYW Yorkshire Water Services LtdYWT Yorkshire Wildlife Trust
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Appendix 8Useful addresses
Useful websites for SSSI data:http://www.naturalengland.org.ukhttp://www.natureonthemap.org.uk http://www.magic.gov.uk
Websites for biological recording information:http://www.nfbr.org.uk (National Federation forBiological Recorders)http://www.brc.ac.uk (Biological RecordsCentre)http://www.nbn.org.uk (National BiodiversityNetwork)
AB Consultancy, Ann Blackburn,6 Victoria Street, Cullingworth, Bradford, WestYorkshire BD13 5AETel: (01535) 271462Mob: 07801 593433E-mail: [email protected]://www.ABC-aquila.com
Ancient Tree Forum c/o Woodland TrustAutumn Park, Dysart Road, Grantham,Lincolnshire, NG32 6LLTel: (01476) 581111Fax: (01476) 590808http://www.woodland-trust.org.uk/ancient-tree-forum/
British Trust for OrnithologyBTO, The Nunnery, Thetford, Norfolk IP24 2PUTel: (01842) 750050Fax: (01842) 750030 http://www.bto.org
BTCV3, 5 & 7 Leake Street, off Lawrence Street,York, YO10 3BRTel: (01904) 644300Fax: (01904) 644302http://www.btcv.org/
Buglife -The Invertebrate Conservation Trust170A Park Road, Peterborough, CAMBS, PE12UFTel: (01733) 760881Fax: (01733) 760884http://www.buglife.org.uk/
Butterfly ConservationManor Yard, East Lulworth, Wareham, Dorset,BH20 5QPTel: 0870 7744309Fax: (01929) 400210E-mail: [email protected]://www.butterfly-conservation.org/index.shtml
Botanical Society of the British IslesBotany Department, The Natural HistoryMuseum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BDE-mail: [email protected]://www.bsbi.org.uk Craven District CouncilGranville Street, Skipton, North Yorkshire, BD231PSTelephone: (01756) 706212Fax: (01756) 700658www.cravendc.gov.uk
Natural EnglandLeyburn Office, Asquith House, LeyburnBusiness Park, Harmby Road Leyburn, DL8 5QATel: (01969) 623447Fax: (01969) 621298E-mail:[email protected]://www.naturalengland.org.uk
Environment AgencyCoverdale House, Aviator Court, Amy JohnsonWay, Clifton Moor, YORK, YO3 4UZTel: (01904) 822565Fax: (01904) 693748E-mail: [email protected]://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/
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Environment Agency Fisheries and RecreationTeamPhoenix House, Global Avenue, Leeds, LS118PGTel: (01132) 134848
Farming and Wildlife Advisory GroupRacecourse Lane, Northallerton, NorthYorkshire, DL7 8BRTel: (01609) 783632E-mail: [email protected]
Flora localeDenford Manor, Hungerford, Berkshire, RG170UNTel: (01488) 680457E-mail: [email protected]://www.floralocale.org
Forestry CommissionWheldrake Lane, Crockey Hill, York, NorthYorkshire, YO19 4FFTel: (01904) 448778http://www.forestry.gov.uk/
The Limestone Pavement Action Groupc/o Cumbria Wildlife TrustPlumgarths, Crook Road, Kendal, Cumbria, LA88LXTel: (01539) 816300Fax: (01539) 816301E-mail: [email protected]://www.limestone-pavements.org.uk/
The Mammal Society2b Inworth Street, London SW11 3EPTel: (020) 7350 2200 Fax: (020) 7350 2211 E-mail: [email protected] http://www.abdn.ac.uk/mammal/
North and East Yorkshire Ecological DataCentre (NEYEDC)5 College Street, York, YO1 7JFTel: (01904) 641631Fax: (01904) 557236E-mail: [email protected]://www.neyedc.co.uk/
North Yorkshire Bat Group3 Victoria Row, Eppleby, Richmond, NorthYorkshire, DL11 7BETel. (01325) 718133E-mail: [email protected]
North Yorkshire County CouncilHeritage & Environment Section, Development& Countryside Service, County Hall,Northallerton, North Yorkshire, DL7 8AHTel: (01609) 533240Fax: (01609) 532558E-mail: [email protected]
PLACE (People, Landscape and CulturalEnvironment of Yorkshire)York St John College, Lord Mayor’s Walk, York,YO31 7EXTel: (01904) 716753http://www.place.uk.com/
Plantlife International 14 Rollestone Street, Salisbury,Wiltshire, SP11DXTel: (01722) 342730Fax: (01722) 329035E-mail:[email protected]
The RSPBThe Lodge, Sandy, Bedfordshire, SG19 2DL Tel: (01767) 680551E-mail: [email protected]
The Vincent Wildlife Trust3&4 Bronsil Courtyard, Eastnor, Ledbury,Herefordshire, HR8 1EPTel: (01531) 636441Fax: (01531) 636442E-mail: [email protected] http://www.vwt.org.uk/
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Wildlife Crime OfficerPC1038 Mark RasbearyLeyburn Police Office, The High Street,Leyburn, North Yorkshire DL8 5AQTel: 0845 6060247Mob: 07980 988287Fax: (01969) 625044E-mail:[email protected]
The Wildlife TrustsThe Kiln, Waterside, Mather Road, Newark,Nottinghamshire, NG24 1WTTel: 08700 367711Fax: 08700 360101http://www.wildlifetrusts.org/
The Woodland TrustAutumn Park, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG316LLTel: (01476) 581135http://www.woodland-trust.org.uk/
Yorkshire Gardens TrustValerie Hepworth, Vice Chairman, The ManorHouse, Skeeby, Richmond, North Yorkshire,DL10 5DX
Yorkshire Naturalists’ UnionMr J A Newbould, Stonecroft, 3 BrookmeadClose, Sutton Poyntz, Weymouth, Dorset, DT36RSE-mail: [email protected]://www.ynu.org.uk/
Yorkshire Wildlife Trust1 St George's Place, York, YO24 1GN Tel: (01904) 659570E-mail: [email protected]://www.yorkshire-wildlife-trust.org.uk/
YorwoodsUnit 9, Sycamore Business Park, DishforthRoad, Copt Hewick, RiponNorth Yorkshire, HG4 5DFTel: (01765) 609355Fax: (01765) 607616E-mail: [email protected]://www.yorwoods.org.uk
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Appendix 9Scientific names of plants and animals(Given in order of appearance in the Craven BAP)
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Species referred to in the introduction
Skylark Alauda arvensisWater Vole Arvicola terrestrisBrown Hare Lepus europaeusOtter Lutra LutraPipistrelle Bat Pipistrellus pipistrellusGrey Partridge Perdix perdixSong Thrush Turdus philomenosSpotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striataTree Sparrow Passer montanusLinnet Carduelis cannabinaBullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhulaReed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclusGreat Crested Newt Triturus cristatusWhite-clawed Crayfish Austropotamobius pallipesDepressed River Mussel Pseudanodonta complanataOak Polypore Piptoporus quercinusDevil’s Bolete Boletus satanusPink Waxcap Hygrocybe calyptriiformesOlive Earthtongue Microglossum olivaceumBrown Long-Eared Bat Plectorus auritusDaubenton’s Bat Myotis daubentoniNatterer’s Bat Myotis nattereriNoctule Bat Nyctalus noctulaSoprano Pipistrelle Bat Pipistrellus pygmaeusWhiskered Bat/Brandt’s Bat Myotis mystacinus/Myotis brandtiiHen Harrier Circus cyaneusLesser Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos minorRing Ouzel Turdus torquatusGrasshopper Warbler Locustella naeviaMarsh Tit Parus palustrisStarling Sturnus vulgarisHouse Sparrow Passer domesticusTwite Carduelis flavirostrisAtlantic Salmon Salmo salarGrayling Thymallus thymallusBullhead Cottus gobioBrook Lamprey Lampetra planeriBrown Trout Salmo truttaAdder Vipera berusSlow Worm Anguis fragilisCommon Lizard Lacerta viperaA Freshwater Shrimp Crangonyx pseudogracilisA Snail Sphaerium (Sphaeriastrum) rivicola
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Species referred to in the introduction
Cylindrical Whorl Snail Truncatellina cylindricaA Snail Vertigo (Vertigo) alpestrisCraven Door Snail Clausilla dubiaSmall Pearl-Bordered Fritillary Boloria seleneWhite-Letter Hairstreak Satyrium w-albumGreen Hairstreak Quercusia quercusPurple Hairstreak Callophrys rubiManchester Treble-Bar Anaitis paludataA Centipede Geophylus electricusA Millipede Archiboreolis palliduA Millipede Blaniulus gutalatusA Millipede Macrosternodesmus pallicolaA Flatworm Dugesia lugubrisA Flatworm Planaria torvaA Leech Dina lineataNorthern Spike-Rush Eleocharis austriacaNarrow-leaved Marsh Orchid Dactylorhiza traunsteineriMarsh Gentian Gentiana pneumonantheBird’s Eye Primrose Primula farinosaMountain Currant Ribes alpinumDowny Currant Ribes spicatumBlue Moor-Grass Sesleria caeruleaLesser Tussock Sedge Carex diandraBlack Poplar Populus nigra spp. betulifoliaNew Zealand Pygmy Weed Crassula helmsiiWater Fern Azolla filiculoidesJapanese Knotweed Fallopia japonicaHimalayan (or Indian) Balsam Impatiens glanduliferaGrey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensisAmerican Mink Mustela visonSignal Crayfish Pacifastacus leniusculus
Species referred to in the Action Plans
Sessile Oak Quercus petraeaBracken Pteridium aquilinumBramble Rubus fruticosus agg.Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanusWood Sorrel Oxalis acetosellaHazel Corylus avellanaHolly Ilex aquifoliumRowan Sorbus aucupariaWavy-hair Grass Deschampsia flexuosaSilver Birch Betula pendulaBluebell Hyacinthoides non-scriptaHoneysuckle Lonicera periclymeumWood Anemone Anemone nemorosaAsh Fraxinus excelsior
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Species referred to in the Action Plans
Field Maple Acer campestreDog’s Mercury Mercuralis perennisCommon Dog Violet Viola rivinianaEarly Purple Orchid Orchis masculaGiant Bellflower Campanula latifoliaPrimrose Primula vulgarisWych Elm Ulmus glabraA Millipede Blaniulus gutalatusDogwood Cornus sanguineaSpindle Euonymus europaeusPurging Buckthorn Rhamnus catharticusAlder Alnus glutinosaSallow Generally applied to Salix caprea and S. cinerea and
their hybrids.
Marsh Bedstraw Galium palustreGreater Tussock Sedge Carex paniculataStinging Nettle Urtica dioicaYellow Pimpernel Lysmachia nemorumRhododendron Rhododendron ponticumRabbit Oryctolagus cuniculusRoe Deer Capreolus capreolusPheasant Phasianus colchicusGorse Ulex europaeusJuniper Juniperus communis ssp. communisDog Rose Rosa canina agg.Elder Sambucus nigraHawthorn Crataegus monogynaBlackthorn Prunus spinosaMeadow Crane’s-bill Geranium pratenseWood Crane’s-bill Geranium sylvaticumSweet Vernal Grass Anthoxanthum odoratumYorkshire Fog Holcus lanatusMeadow Buttercup Ranunculus acrisPignut Conopodium majusCorncrake Crex crexGreat Burnet Sanguisorba officinalisBird’s-foot Trefoil Lotus corniculatusCommon Knapweed Centaurea nigraLesser Stitchwort Stellaria gramineaBetony Stachys officinalisCommon Bent Agrostis capillarisRed Fescue Festuca rubraCrested Dog’s-tail Cynosurus cristatusGarden Privet Ligustrum ovalifoliumYew Taxus baccataBeech Fagus sylvaticaPurple Moor Grass Molinia caerulea
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Species referred to in the Action Plans
Soft Rush Juncus effususSharp-flowered Rush Juncus acutiflorusStar Sedge Carex echinataBrown Bent Agrostis caninaDevil’s-Bit Scabious Succisa pratensisLesser Spearwort Ranunculus flammulaMarsh Willowherb Epilobium palustreLady’s Smock Cardamine pratensisTormentil Potentilla erectaHeather Calluna vulgarisCross-leaved Heath Erica tetralixMat Grass Nardus strictaHeath Bedstraw Galium saxatile
Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensisWheatear Oenanthe oenantheRed Grouse Lagopus lagopus ssp. scoticusCommon Cotton-grass Eriophorum angustifoliumHare’s-tail Cotton-grass Eriophorum vaginatumSmooth Newt Triturus helveticusShelduck Tadorna tadornaLittle Ringed Plover Charadrius dubiusParrot’s Feather Myriophyllum aquaticumCurly Waterweed Lagarosiphon majusGoldfish Carassius auratusReed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclusWater Rail Rallus aquaticusSnipe Gallinago gallinagoGrasshopper Warbler Locustella naeviaWater Shrew Neomys fodiensBottle Sedge Carex rostrataCalliergon Moss Calliergonella cuspidata formerly Calliergon
cuspudatum and historically Acrocladium cuspidatum
Separate-headed or Dioecious Sedge Carex dioicaCommon Butterwort Pinguicula vulgarisMarsh Hawksbeard Crepis paludosaMarsh Bedstraw Galium palustreBog Rosemary Andromeda polifoliaGreat Sundew Drosera anglica
Heath Rush Juncus squarrosus
Cranberry Vaccinium oxycoccusKingfisher Alcedo atthisDipper Cinclus cinclusSand Martin Riparia ripariaGrey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
Sea Trout(same sp. As Brown Trout - migratory form)
Salmo trutta
Chubb Leuciscus cephalus
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Species referred to in the Action Plans
Barbel Barbus barbusGiant Hogweed Heracleum mantegazzianumGoosander Mergus merganserCormorant Phalacrocorax carboGrey Heron Ardea cinereaAdder’s-Tongue Fern Ophioglossum vulgatumSpring Sandwort Minuartia vernaAlpine Penny-Cress Thlaspi caerulescensMountain Pansy Viola luteaCommon Scurvy Grass Cochlearia officinalis agg.Wild Thyme Thymus polytrichus formerly known as T. praecoxThrift Armeria maritimaMoonwort Botychium lunaria
Common Toad Bufo bufoBadger Meles melesLupin Lupinus polyphyllusShasta Daisy Leucanthemum lacustre x L. maximum or L. x
superbum
Buddleia Buddleja davidiiIvy Hedera helixHouse Martin Delichon urbicaMason Bee Osmia species (several)Leisler’s Bat Nyctalus leisleriBilberry Vaccinium myrtillusCowberry Vaccinium vitis-idaeaCranberry Vaccinium oxycoccusCommon Violet Viola rivinianaMarsh Violet Viola palustrisSheep’s Fescue Festuca ovinaSpring Sandwort Minuartia vernaMarsh Bedstraw Galium palustre
Molinia caeruleaPurple Moor GrassManchester Treble-Bar Carsia sororiata anglicaSharp-flowered Rush Juncus acutiflorusSoft Rush Juncus effususSphagnum Sphagnum fallax, formerly known as S. recurvum for
NVC purposes
Sphagnum Sphagnum denticulatum, fomerly known as S.auriculatum for NVC purposes
Common Frog Rana temporia
Yellow Rattle Rhinanthus minorRed Clover Trifolium pratenseGreen-Winged Orchid Orchis morioPepper Saxifrage Silaum silausDyer’s Greenweed Genista tinctoriaCrucian Carp Carassius carassiusCommon Carp Common Carp
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Appendix 10Bibliography
1. The UK Biodiversity Action Plan comprisesof the following documents:
Biodiversity: The UK Action Plan, 1994(UKBSG), HMSO, London.Biodiversity: the U.K. Steering GroupReport Volume 1: Meeting the RioChallenge, 1995 (UKBSG).Biodiversity: The UK Steering Group ReportVolume 2 (UKBSG),UK Biodiversity Group Tranche 2 ActionPlans, Volumes 1 to 6, referred to as theUK Biodiversity Action Plan (UK BAP)(UKBSG).UK Biodiversity Group: Index to theSteering Group Reports and Tranche 2Action Plans (UKBSG).
See http://www.ukbap.org.uk/ andhttp://www.ukbap-reporting.org.uk/
2. SINC Panel. Ed. Baker, Shepherd andGillespie, 2001, Sites of Importance forNature Conservation in North Yorkshire, pvtreport.
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4. Millward D, 2004, ‘A Species Audit ofCraven’, private report to NYCC.
5. Allinson JD 1991 ‘Craven (outside YDNP)phase 1 survey 1990-1991’, internal reportof North East Region of English Nature.
6. North and East Yorkshire Ecological DataCentre website – www.neyedc.co.uk
7. Carter A, 1987, ‘North Yorkshire Inventoryof Ancient Woodland’ Part 1: Craven andCraven, English Nature.
Appendix 10Bibliography
1. The UK Biodiversity Action Plan comprisesof the following documents:
Biodiversity: The UK Action Plan, 1994(UKBSG), HMSO, London.Biodiversity: the U.K. Steering GroupReport Volume 1: Meeting the RioChallenge, 1995 (UKBSG).Biodiversity: The UK Steering Group ReportVolume 2 (UKBSG),UK Biodiversity Group Tranche 2 ActionPlans, Volumes 1 to 6, referred to as theUK Biodiversity Action Plan (UK BAP)(UKBSG).UK Biodiversity Group: Index to theSteering Group Reports and Tranche 2Action Plans (UKBSG).
See http://www.ukbap.org.uk/ andhttp://www.ukbap-reporting.org.uk/
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6. North and East Yorkshire Ecological DataCentre website – www.neyedc.co.uk
7. Carter A, 1987, ‘North Yorkshire Inventoryof Ancient Woodland’ Part 1: Craven andCraven, English Nature.
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Appendix 11Special Areas of Conservation (SAC), Special Protection Areas (SPA), Sites of SpecialScientific Interest (SSSI) and Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation (SINC) in theCraven BAP area.
Within Craven district there are a number of recognised nature conservation sites ranging fromthose of European importance to those of local importance, as shown in the following table.
SAC sites in Craven district1. South Pennine Moors (partly in Craven)
SPA sites in Craven district1. South Pennine Moors (partly in Craven)
Designation European Status National Status Local Status (non-statutory)
Special Protection Area (SPA)Special Area of Conservation (SAC)Ramsar site
110
Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) 12National Nature Reserve (NNR) 0
Site of Importance for NatureConservation (SINC)
82 + 6 candidate
Local Nature Reserve (LNR) 0Yorkshire Wildlife Trust Nature Reserve 0
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This document is the second part of the CravenBAP programme.
The complete BAP consists of the following twoparts:
Part 1. The Action Plan: This gives ourobjectives for the priority habitats and species inCraven and provides information on currentstatus and reasons for decline.
Part 2. The Action Programme: This gives atable of quantifiable targets and actions to bedelivered locally. These tables form an appendixto the published BAP. They provide a broadmenu of targets and actions that will be initiatedwhen opportunities, funding and partnerleadership is identified. Active targets aretargets and their actions, which have been orare likely to be initiated in the current twelve-month reporting period. Each ‘live’ target andaction will be input into the on-line BiodiversityAction Reporting System (BARS). The BARSsoftware has been designed so that it canautomatically communicate with the partnersthat have agreed action delivery, to promptthem to report progress. The current activetargets can be viewed on the websitehttp://www.ukbap-reporting.org.uk/
The Action Programme provides a menu oftargets and actions for each priority, which ifimplemented, will make progress towards theobjectives set out in each action plan. The BAPSteering Group will meet annually to reviewprogress and to add new targets and actions ordelete obsolete ones. Actions where partners,funding and a delivery mechanism have beenidentified will become active and be entered intoBARS.
Part 2:Craven BAP Action Programme
The action plan is afive-year programme.
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163 of 194
Priority Habitat & SpeciesTarget & Action Tables
HabitatsWoodlandScrub Parkland, Ancient Trees andPollarded TreesFarmland and GrasslandHedgerowsWet Acidic GrasslandUpland Heathland and BlanketBog
PondsFensLowland Raised BogRivers
Habitat StatementsUnimproved GrasslandMetalliferous GrasslandBuilt EnvironmentGardens
SpeciesBatsManchester Treble-Bar MothSmall Pearl-Bordered FritillaryButterfly
Generic targets and actions
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Habitats
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Wo
od
land
- B
AP
Tar
get
s an
d A
ctio
ns
Wo
od
land
No
.Lo
ng T
erm
Tar
get
Lead
org
anis
atio
n
W-T
1In
crea
se k
now
ledg
e of
the
exte
nt a
nd q
ualit
y of
the
woo
dlan
d re
sour
ce, i
nclu
ding
site
s un
der
2 ha
in s
ize,
whi
ch a
re n
ot o
n th
e A
WI.
Car
ry o
ut 1
sur
vey
NY
CC
, NE
YE
DC
W-T
2M
anag
e w
oodl
and
in fa
vour
able
con
ditio
n fo
r w
ildlif
e.E
nhan
ce th
e qu
ality
of 2
5 ha
.FC
W-T
3E
xpan
d th
e se
mi-n
atur
al w
oodl
and
reso
urce
, whi
lst n
ot a
ffect
ing
othe
r ar
eas
ofhi
gh n
atur
e co
nser
vatio
n va
lue,
whe
re p
ossi
ble
adja
cent
to a
ncie
nt w
oods
.C
reat
e 15
ha
of w
oodl
and
FC, Y
orw
oods
Targ
et G
oal
s
Wo
od
land
No
.A
ctio
nLi
nk t
o T
arg
etN
o.
Res
po
nsib
ility
W-A
1S
urve
y th
e w
oodl
and
reso
urce
pos
sibl
y in
volv
ing
mem
bers
of t
hepu
blic
.W
-T1
Yorw
oods
, FC
, NE
,N
EY
ED
CC
arry
out
1 s
urve
y
Ass
ess
3 si
tes
for
SIN
C s
tatu
sW
-A2
Woo
ds o
n th
e A
WI t
o be
sur
veye
d an
d te
sted
for
SIN
C s
tatu
s(e
xcep
ting
SS
SIs
), w
hich
will
impr
ove
thei
r pr
otec
tion
thro
ugh
the
plan
ning
sys
tem
.
W-T
1N
YC
C
Enh
ance
qua
lity
of 2
5 ha
of
esta
blis
hed
woo
dlan
dW
-A3
Iden
tify
woo
dlan
d (o
f all
type
s) w
here
adv
ice
may
be
offe
red
to o
wne
rs,
and
impr
ovem
ents
mad
e. F
acilit
ate
the
man
agem
ent o
f exi
stin
gw
oods
, inc
ludi
ng s
tock
-pro
ofin
g an
d co
ntro
lling
non-
nativ
e sp
ecie
s,us
ing
the
EW
GS
and
oth
er in
cent
ives
.
W-T
2Yo
rwoo
ds, F
C, N
E
Cre
ate
15 h
aW
-A4
Iden
tify
suita
ble
area
s an
d fa
cilit
ate
halo
-pla
ntin
g or
the
plan
ting
and/
orse
edin
g of
sem
i-nat
ural
woo
dlan
d us
ing
spec
ies
of lo
cal p
rove
nanc
e.W
-T3
Yorw
oods
, FC
, NE
Act
ion
Go
al
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Scr
ub -
BA
P T
arg
ets
and
Act
ions
Scr
ub
No
.Lo
ng T
erm
Tar
get
Lead
org
anis
atio
n
S-T
1E
xpan
d th
e re
sour
ce, w
hils
t not
affe
ctin
g ot
her
area
s of
hig
h na
ture
con
serv
atio
nva
lue,
whe
re p
ossi
ble
adja
cent
to s
emi-n
atur
al h
abita
ts.
Cre
ate
10 h
aN
E
S-T
2P
rom
ote
natu
re c
onse
rvat
ion
man
agem
ent o
f Scr
ub to
land
owne
rs.
Enh
ance
10
ha.
Del
iver
1 g
uida
nce
docu
men
tN
E
Targ
et G
oal
s
Scr
ub
No
.A
ctio
nLi
nk t
o T
arg
etN
o.
Res
po
nsib
ility
Act
ion
Go
al
S-A
1Fa
cilit
ate
the
man
agem
ent o
f exi
stin
g S
crub
. Ide
ntify
site
s w
here
advi
ce m
ay b
e of
fere
d to
ow
ners
.S
-T1
NE
Cre
ate
10 h
a
Enh
ance
10
haS
-A2
Faci
litat
e th
e cr
eatio
n of
Scr
ub. I
dent
ify s
ites
whe
re a
dvic
e m
ay b
eof
fere
d to
ow
ners
.S
-T2
NE
Del
iver
1 g
uida
nce
note
S-A
3P
repa
re a
dvic
e no
te o
n m
anag
ing
Scr
ub fo
r w
ildlif
e.S
-T1,
T2
NY
CC
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Par
klan
d, A
ncie
nt T
rees
and
Po
llard
ed T
rees
No
.Lo
ng T
erm
Tar
get
Lead
org
anis
atio
n
P-T
1R
aise
aw
aren
ess
of th
e im
port
ance
of P
arkl
and,
anc
ient
and
pol
lard
ed tr
ees
and
prov
ide
man
agem
ent a
dvic
e.D
elliv
er 4
set
s of
adv
ice
NY
CC
P-T
2Iin
crea
se k
now
ledg
e of
the
reso
urce
of V
eter
an T
rees
.C
ondu
ct 1
sur
vey
NE
YE
DC
P-T
3P
rom
ote
the
natu
re c
onse
rvat
ion
valu
e of
Vet
eran
Tre
es, o
utsi
de P
arkl
and
site
s,th
roug
h th
e m
edia
.D
eliv
er 1
med
ia p
rom
otio
nN
YC
C
Targ
et G
oal
s
Par
klan
d, A
ncie
nt T
rees
and
Po
llard
ed T
rees
No
.A
ctio
nLi
nk t
o T
arg
etN
o.
Res
po
nsib
ility
Act
ion
Go
al
P-A
1E
stab
lish
owne
rshi
p, a
nd u
nder
take
con
ditio
n su
rvey
s of
Par
klan
d,su
bjec
t to
land
owne
r pe
rmis
sion
.P
-T1
NE
YE
DC
, NY
CC
Set
up
1 re
gist
er
Sur
vey
3 si
tes
P-A
2O
rgan
ise
the
surv
ey o
f Par
klan
d si
tes
for
dead
woo
d in
vert
ebra
tes,
with
YN
U re
cord
ers.
P-T
2N
EY
ED
C
Sur
vey
3 si
tes
P-A
3O
rgan
ise
the
surv
ey o
f Par
klan
d si
tes
for
fung
i of V
eter
an T
rees
and
asso
ciat
ed p
astu
re, w
ith Y
NU
reco
rder
s.P
-T2
NE
YE
DC
Del
iver
3 s
ets
of a
dvic
eP
-A4
Giv
e ad
vice
on
Par
klan
d an
d tr
ees
to in
tere
sted
par
ties
onm
anag
emen
t and
gra
nts.
P-T
1N
E, F
WA
G, Y
orw
oods
Pub
lish
1 ar
ticle
P-A
5P
ublis
h in
form
atio
n pr
omot
ing
Par
klan
d an
d ce
lebr
atin
g Ve
tera
n Tr
ees.
P-T
3N
YC
C
Mai
ntai
n qu
ality
and
ext
ent o
f2
site
sP
-A6
Enc
oura
ge m
anag
emen
t or
rest
orat
ion
of P
arkl
and
unde
r th
eE
nviro
nmen
tal S
tew
ards
hip
Sch
eme.
P-T
1N
E, F
WA
G
Con
duct
1 s
urve
yP
-A7
Org
anis
e an
d un
dert
ake
a su
rvey
of V
eter
an T
rees
in a
num
ber
ofpa
rishe
s an
d se
t up
a da
taba
se.
P-T
2N
EY
ED
C
Del
iver
2 s
ets
of a
dvic
eP
-A8
YG
T to
giv
e sp
ecifi
c ad
vice
on
a ca
se-b
y-ca
se b
asis
.P
-T1
YG
T
Par
klan
d, A
ncie
nt T
rees
and
Po
llard
ed T
rees
- B
AP
Tar
get
s an
d A
ctio
ns
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166
Farm
land
and
Gra
ssla
nd -
BA
P T
arg
ets
and
Act
ions
Farm
land
and
Gra
ssla
nd
No
.Lo
ng T
erm
Tar
get
Lead
org
anis
atio
n
FG-T
1H
igh
leve
l of f
arm
er a
nd la
ndow
ner
part
icip
atio
n in
the
ES
S H
ighe
r Le
vel S
chem
e.E
stab
lish
10 H
LS a
gree
men
ts.
NE
FG-T
2In
crea
se o
ur k
now
ledg
e of
the
reso
urce
of F
lood
plai
n G
rass
land
, Low
land
Mea
dow
and
Upl
and
Hay
Mea
dow
and
est
ablis
h a
base
line.
Sur
vey
21 p
aris
hes
NE
YE
DC
FG-T
3C
reat
e Fl
oodp
lain
Gra
ssla
nd, L
owla
nd M
eado
w a
nd U
plan
d H
ay M
eado
w.
Cre
ate
30 h
a to
tal
NE
FG-T
4R
esto
re F
lood
plai
n G
rass
land
, Low
land
Mea
dow
and
Upl
and
Hay
Mea
dow
tofa
vour
able
wild
life
stat
us.
Res
tore
100
ha
tota
lN
E
FG-T
5M
aint
ain
the
qual
ity a
nd e
xten
t of F
lood
plai
n G
rass
land
, Low
land
Mea
dow
and
Upl
and
Hay
Mea
dow
to fa
vour
able
wild
life
stat
us.
Mai
ntai
n qu
ality
and
ext
ent o
f 20
haN
E
FG-T
6M
anag
e th
e S
INC
sys
tem
.S
urve
y 25
site
sN
YC
C
FG-T
7M
aint
ain
the
serie
s of
SIN
Cs
and
enco
urag
e ow
ners
to a
gree
and
impl
emen
tm
anag
emen
t pla
ns.
Est
ablis
h 5
SIN
C m
anag
emen
t pla
nsN
YC
C
Targ
et G
oal
s
Farm
land
and
Gra
ssla
nd
No
.A
ctio
nLi
nk t
o T
arg
etN
o.
Res
po
nsib
ility
Act
ion
Go
al
FG-A
1Li
aise
with
land
owne
rs a
nd fa
cilit
ate
the
prep
arat
ion
of F
arm
Env
ironm
ent P
lans
(FE
P) a
nd E
SS
Hig
her
Leve
l Sch
eme
agre
emen
ts,
targ
etin
g Fl
oodp
lain
Gra
ssla
nd, L
owla
nd M
eado
w a
nd U
plan
d H
ayM
eado
w.
FG-T
1N
E, F
WA
GE
stab
lish
10 H
LS a
gree
men
tsw
ith g
rass
land
opt
ions
.
FG-A
2C
reat
e Fl
oodp
lain
Gra
ssla
nd, L
owla
nd M
eado
w a
nd U
plan
d H
ayM
eado
w th
roug
h E
SS
agr
eem
ents
.FG
-T3
NE
, FW
AG
Cre
ate
30 h
a to
tal
FG-A
3R
esto
re F
lood
plai
n G
rass
land
, Low
land
Mea
dow
and
Upl
and
Hay
Mea
dow
to fa
vour
able
wild
life
stat
us th
roug
h E
SS
agr
eem
ents
.FG
-T4
NE
, FW
AG
Res
tore
100
ha
tota
l
FG-A
4M
aint
ain
Floo
dpla
in G
rass
land
, Low
land
Mea
dow
and
Upl
and
Hay
Mea
dow
to fa
vour
able
wild
life
stat
us th
roug
h E
SS
agr
eem
ents
.FG
-T5
NE
, FW
AG
Mai
ntai
n qu
ality
and
ext
ent o
f20
ha
FG-A
5E
ncou
rage
pos
itive
wild
life
man
agem
ent o
f SIN
C s
ites,
thro
ugh
advi
ceon
man
agem
ent,
trai
ning
, gra
nts
and
part
icip
atio
n in
the
ES
S.
FG-T
3, T
4, T
5, T
7N
YC
C, F
WA
GE
stab
lish
5 S
INC
man
agem
ent p
lans
.
FG-A
6S
urve
y th
e Fl
oodp
lain
Gra
ssla
nd, L
owla
nd M
eado
w a
nd U
plan
d H
ayM
eado
w re
sour
ce to
ens
ure
that
all
site
s ar
e re
cord
ed a
nd r
atify
all
site
s fit
ting
SIN
C c
riter
ia.
FG-T
2N
EY
ED
CS
urve
y si
tes
in 2
1 pa
rishe
s
FG-A
7S
urve
y ne
w s
ites
and
re-s
urve
y S
INC
site
s.FG
-T6
NY
CC
Sur
vey
25 s
ites
171 of 194
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Farm
land
and
Gra
ssla
nd -
BA
P T
arg
ets
and
Act
ions
Farm
land
and
Gra
ssla
nd
No
.A
ctio
nLi
nk t
o T
arg
etN
o.
Res
po
nsib
ility
Act
ion
Go
al
FG-A
8Li
aise
with
land
owne
rs a
nd fa
cilit
ate
the
prep
arat
ion
of S
INC
man
agem
ent p
lans
.FG
-T7
NY
CC
, NE
, FW
AG
, CD
CE
stab
lish
5 S
INC
man
agem
ent p
lans
FG-A
9R
efin
e S
INC
crit
eria
for
bird
s.FG
-T6,
T7
NY
CC
Agr
ee 1
set
of b
ird g
uide
lines
FG-A
10C
olle
ct b
ird d
ata,
ass
ess
site
s an
d ra
tify
new
site
s if
crite
ria a
re m
et.
FG-T
6, T
7N
YC
CR
atify
5 S
INC
s
172 of 194
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Hed
ger
ow
s -
BA
P T
arg
ets
and
Act
ions
Hed
ger
ow
s
No
.Lo
ng T
erm
Tar
get
Lead
org
anis
atio
n
H-T
1In
crea
se th
e nu
mbe
r of
Anc
ient
/Spe
cies
-ric
h H
edge
row
s.C
reat
e 2
km.
Enh
ance
3 k
m.
NE
H-T
2Im
plem
ent a
pla
n to
incr
ease
the
num
ber
of m
atur
e he
dger
ow tr
ees.
1 ad
vice
not
e.Ta
g 50
tree
s.N
YC
C
Targ
et G
oal
s
Hed
ger
ow
s
No
.A
ctio
nLi
nk t
o T
arg
etN
o.
Res
po
nsib
ility
Act
ion
Go
al
H-A
1P
rom
ote
the
Env
ironm
enta
l Ste
war
dshi
p S
chem
e by
liai
sing
with
, and
offe
ring
advi
ce to
land
owne
rs.
H-T
1N
E, F
WA
GC
reat
e 2
km h
edge
row
.E
nhan
ce 3
km
hed
gero
w.
H-A
2P
repa
re a
nd d
istr
ibut
e an
adv
ice
note
on
the
role
of h
edge
row
tree
san
d en
cour
age
thei
r co
nser
vatio
n. P
rom
ote
the
ES
S a
nd th
e Tr
eeC
ounc
il tr
ee-t
aggi
ng s
chem
e to
iden
tify
tree
s th
at s
houl
d no
t be
cut
durin
g he
dge-
cutt
ing
oper
atio
ns.
H-T
2N
YC
C, F
WA
G, N
ED
eliv
er 1
adv
ice
note
.Ta
g 50
tree
s.
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Wet
Aci
dic
Gra
ssla
nd -
BA
P T
arg
ets
and
Act
ions
Wet
Aci
dic
Gra
ssla
nd
No
.Lo
ng T
erm
Tar
get
Lead
org
anis
atio
n
WAG
-T1
Pre
pare
an
inve
ntor
y of
site
sC
reat
e 1
inve
ntor
yN
YC
C
WAG
-T2
Incr
ease
d la
ndow
ner
entr
y in
to th
e E
S S
chem
e.E
nhan
ce 5
ha
NE
Targ
et G
oal
s
Wet
Aci
dic
Gra
ssla
nd
No
.A
ctio
nLi
nk t
o T
arg
etN
o.
Res
po
nsib
ility
Act
ion
Go
al
WAG
-T1
Col
late
info
rmat
ion
from
aer
ial p
hoto
grap
hs, S
INC
dat
a an
d si
te s
urve
yan
d cr
eate
an
inve
ntor
y of
site
s.W
AG
-T1
NY
CC
, CD
C, N
EY
ED
CD
eliv
er 1
inve
ntor
y
WAG
-T2
Liai
se w
ith la
ndow
ners
to a
dvis
e on
ES
S, a
nd to
pre
pare
man
agem
ent
agre
emen
ts.
WA
G-T
1N
E, F
WA
GE
nhan
ce 1
ha
WAG
-T3
Asc
erta
in o
wne
rshi
p of
Whe
lpst
ones
Mire
and
liai
se w
ith la
ndow
ners
toad
vise
on
ES
S, a
nd to
pre
pare
man
agem
ent a
gree
men
ts.
WA
G-T
1N
EE
nhan
ce 4
ha
174 of 194
Craven Biodiversity Action Plan
170
Up
land
Hea
thla
nd &
Bla
nket
Bo
g -
BA
P T
arg
ets
and
Act
ions
Up
land
Hea
thla
nd a
nd B
lank
et B
og
No
.Lo
ng T
erm
Tar
get
Lead
org
anis
atio
n
UH
&B
-T1
Iden
tify
and
fill i
n ac
tive
moo
rland
dra
inag
e gr
ips
affe
ctin
g S
SS
Is.
Enh
ance
50
haN
E
UH
&B
-T2
90%
of B
lank
et B
og (1
0 ha
) on
SS
SIs
to m
eet E
N c
riter
ia fo
r fa
vour
able
cond
ition
for
wild
life.
Enh
ance
9 h
aN
E
UH
&B
-T3
90%
of U
plan
d H
eath
land
(510
ha)
on
SS
SIs
to m
eet E
N c
riter
ia fo
r fa
vour
able
cond
ition
for
wild
life.
Enh
ance
460
ha
NE
UH
&B
-T4
Res
tore
deg
rade
d U
plan
d H
eath
land
on
SS
SIs
.E
nhan
ce 5
0 ha
NE
UH
&B
-T5
Pro
vide
exp
ert a
dvic
e to
SS
SI l
ando
wne
rs a
nd la
nd m
anag
ers.
Org
anis
e 5
piec
es o
f adv
ice
NE
UH
&B
-T6
Incr
ease
our
kno
wle
dge
of th
e di
strib
utio
n an
d br
eedi
ng p
opul
atio
n of
the
prio
rity
spec
ies.
Org
anis
e 1
reco
rdin
g sc
hem
eN
EY
ED
C
UH
&B
-T7
Allo
w a
ny n
atur
ally
retu
rnin
g he
n ha
rrie
rs to
bre
ed s
ucce
ssfu
lly, b
y cr
eatin
gsu
itabl
e co
nditi
ons
incl
udin
g re
mov
ing
hum
an p
erse
cutio
n.In
crea
se p
opul
atio
n by
1 b
reed
ing
pair
Pol
ice,
WLO
, NE
Targ
et G
oal
s
Up
land
Hea
thla
nd a
nd B
lank
et B
og
No
.A
ctio
nLi
nk t
o T
arg
etN
o.
Res
po
nsib
ility
Act
ion
Go
al
UH
&B
-A1
Red
uce
shee
p st
ocki
ng r
ates
whe
re n
eces
sary
for
wild
life
cons
erva
tion.
U
H&
B-T
2, T
3, T
4N
E, F
WA
GE
nhan
ce 5
0 ha
UH
&B
-A2
Enc
oura
ge la
ndow
ners
to m
aint
ain
a lo
w b
urni
ng in
tens
ity o
n so
me
area
s of
Upl
and
Hea
thla
nd a
nd to
leav
e it
unbu
rned
on
som
e ar
eas
of U
plan
d H
eath
land
.
UH
&B
-T2,
T3,
T4
NE
, FW
AG
Enh
ance
100
ha
UH
&B
-A3
From
aer
ial p
hoto
grap
hs a
nd fi
eldw
ork,
iden
tify
activ
e dr
aina
gegr
ips
that
are
cau
sing
unf
avou
rabl
e dr
aina
ge o
r an
adv
erse
impa
ctup
on w
ildlif
e an
d ad
vise
land
owne
rs/b
lock
grip
s.
UH
&B
-T1
NE
, FW
AG
Enh
ance
10
ha
UH
&B
-A4
Pre
pare
man
agem
ent g
uida
nce
for
land
owne
rs.
UH
&B
-T5
NE
, FW
AG
Del
iver
1 s
et o
f adv
ice
UH
&B
-A5
Enc
oura
ge re
port
ing
of p
riorit
y sp
ecie
s re
cord
s fro
m p
ublic
,Yo
rksh
ire D
ales
Upl
and
Bird
Stu
dy G
roup
and
oth
er o
rgan
isat
ions
.U
H&
B-T
6N
EY
ED
CD
eliv
er 1
reco
rdin
g sc
hem
e
UH
&B
-A6
Wor
k w
ith th
e po
lice
Wild
life
Liai
son
Offi
cer,
land
owne
rs a
ndga
mek
eepe
rs to
saf
egua
rd b
reed
ing
Hen
Har
riers
.U
H&
B-T
7N
E, F
WA
GIn
crea
se p
opul
atio
n by
1br
eedi
ng p
air.
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Craven Biodiversity Action Plan
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Po
nds
- B
AP
Tar
get
s an
d A
ctio
ns
Po
nds
No
.Lo
ng T
erm
Tar
get
Lead
org
anis
atio
n
P-T
1In
crea
se th
e nu
mbe
r of
Wild
life
Pon
ds, w
hile
not
affe
ctin
g ex
istin
g ar
eas
of h
igh
wild
life
valu
e.C
reat
e 15
pon
dsN
E
P-T
2P
repa
re a
nd im
plem
ent a
man
agem
ent p
lan
for
Hel
lifie
ld fl
ash.
Enh
ance
qua
lity
of 1
site
CD
C, N
YC
C
P-T
3In
crea
se o
ur k
now
ledg
e of
the
Wild
life
Pon
d re
sour
ce.
Set
up
1 da
taba
seC
DC
, NE
YE
DC
Targ
et G
oal
s
Po
nds
No
.A
ctio
nLi
nk t
o T
arg
etN
o.
Res
po
nsib
ility
Act
ion
Go
al
P-A
1W
ork
with
land
owne
rs to
cre
ate
Wild
life
Pon
ds.
WP
-T1
NE
, FW
AG
Cre
ate
5 po
nds
P-A
2W
ork
with
dev
elop
ers
to c
reat
e P
onds
as
part
of d
evel
opm
ent
sche
mes
, inc
ludi
ng S
usta
inab
le U
rban
Dra
inag
e S
chem
es.
WP
-T1
CD
C, N
YC
C
CD
C, N
YC
C
Cre
ate
5 po
nds
P-A
3Li
aise
, adv
ise
and
wor
k w
ith o
wne
r of
Hel
lifie
ld F
lash
to u
nder
take
surv
eys
and
prep
are
a m
anag
emen
t pla
n.W
P-T
2E
nhan
ce q
ualit
y of
1 s
ite
CD
C, N
EY
ED
CP
-A4
Est
ablis
h a
proj
ect t
o su
rvey
and
reco
rd W
ildlif
e P
onds
.W
P-T
3S
urve
y 1
paris
h
NE
, FW
AG
P-A
5E
ncou
rage
upt
ake
of g
rant
-aid
ed s
chem
es w
hich
hel
p to
cre
ate
and
prot
ect W
ildlif
e-ric
h P
onds
, e.g
. by
crea
ting
buffe
r zo
nes.
WP
-T1
Set
up
1 da
taba
se
NY
CC
, CD
CP
-A6
Enc
oura
ge th
e cr
eatio
n of
Wild
life
Pon
ds in
gar
dens
and
par
ks.
WP
-T1
Cre
ate
5 po
nds
176 of 194
Craven Biodiversity Action Plan
172
Fen
- B
AP
Tar
get
s an
d A
ctio
ns
FenN
o.
Long
Ter
m T
arg
etLe
ad o
rgan
isat
ion
F-T1
Mea
sure
the
exte
nt, a
sses
s co
nditi
on, a
nd h
ave
man
agem
ent a
gree
men
ts in
plac
e fo
r kn
own
Fen
site
s on
SS
SIs
.E
nhan
ce q
ualit
y of
0.5
ha.
NE
F-T2
Ass
ess
cond
ition
, and
hav
e m
anag
emen
t agr
eem
ents
in p
lace
for
know
n Fe
nsi
tes
on S
INC
s.E
nhan
ce q
ualit
y of
2.6
ha
CD
C, N
YC
C
F-T3
Pro
mot
e th
e up
take
of t
he E
LS a
nd th
e H
LS (E
SS
), w
ith a
ccom
pany
ing
FEP
sw
hich
pla
n na
ture
con
serv
atio
n m
anag
emen
t, su
ch a
s th
roug
h th
e Lo
ngP
rest
on D
eeps
Pro
ject
.
5 E
LS E
SS
agr
eem
ents
2 H
LS E
SS
agr
eem
ents
Res
tore
15
ha
NE
Targ
et G
oal
s
FenN
o.
Act
ion
Link
to
Tar
get
No
.R
esp
ons
ibili
tyA
ctio
n G
oal
F-A
1Li
aise
with
SS
SI o
wne
rs, p
rovi
de e
xper
t adv
ice
on F
enm
anag
emen
t and
agr
ee m
anag
emen
t pla
ns.
F-T1
NE
Enh
ance
qua
lity
of 0
.5 h
a
F-A
2Li
aise
with
SIN
C o
wne
rs, p
rovi
de e
xper
t adv
ice
on F
enm
anag
emen
t and
gra
nts,
and
enc
oura
ge th
e es
tabl
ishm
ent o
fm
anag
emen
t pla
ns fo
r S
INC
site
s.
F-T2
NE
, NY
CC
Enh
ance
2.6
ha.
Del
iver
adv
ice
to 1
0 S
INC
owne
rs.
F-A
3E
ncou
rage
the
upta
ke o
f ES
S, s
uch
as th
roug
h th
e Lo
ng P
rest
onD
eeps
Pro
ject
.F-
T3N
E5
ELS
ES
S a
gree
men
ts.
2 H
LS E
SS
agr
eem
ents
.R
esto
re 1
5 ha
.
177 of 194
Craven Biodiversity Action Plan
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Low
land
Rai
sed
Bo
g -
BA
P T
arg
ets
and
Act
ions
Low
land
Rai
sed
Bo
g
No
.Lo
ng T
erm
Tar
get
Lead
org
anis
atio
n
LRB
-T1
Mai
ntai
n th
e cu
rren
t dis
trib
utio
n an
d ex
tent
of L
owla
nd R
aise
d P
eat B
og.
Mai
ntai
n ex
tent
of 7
5 ha
.N
E
LRB
-T2
Ens
ure
that
the
cond
ition
of t
he c
urre
nt re
sour
ce is
mai
ntai
ned
whe
refa
vour
able
, or
enha
nced
whe
re u
nfav
oura
ble,
thro
ugh
appr
opria
tem
anag
emen
t.
Mai
ntai
n qu
ality
of 6
7 ha
.E
nhan
ce q
ualit
y of
8 h
a.N
E
Targ
et G
oal
s
Low
land
Rai
sed
Bo
g
No
.A
ctio
nLi
nk t
o T
arg
etN
o.
Res
po
nsib
ility
Act
ion
Go
al
LRB
-A1
Asc
erta
in th
e co
nditi
on o
f exi
stin
g si
tes
– us
ing
the
SN
H re
port
‘An
inve
ntor
y of
Low
land
Rai
sed
Bog
s in
Gre
at B
ritai
n’.
LRB
-T1,
T2
NE
Cat
egor
ise
6 si
tes
LRB
-A2
Impl
emen
t SS
SI m
anag
emen
t pla
ns.
LRB
-T1,
T2
NE
Mai
ntai
n qu
ality
of 6
7 ha
.M
aint
ain
exte
nt o
f 67
ha.
LRB
-A3
For
SIN
C s
ites,
liai
se w
ith la
ndow
ners
and
pro
mot
e th
e E
SS
.P
rom
ote
the
favo
urab
le w
ildlif
e m
anag
emen
t of s
ites,
thro
ugh
reha
bilit
atio
n or
man
agem
ent p
lans
.
LRB
-T2
NE
Mai
ntai
n ex
tent
of 8
ha.
Enh
ance
qua
lity
of 8
ha.
178 of 194
Craven Biodiversity Action Plan
174
Riv
ers
- B
AP
Tar
get
s an
d A
ctio
ns
Riv
ers
No
.Lo
ng T
erm
Tar
get
Lead
org
anis
atio
n
R-T
1To
mai
ntai
n riv
er a
nd s
trea
m h
abita
t, in
clud
ing
ripar
ian
corr
idor
s, in
a fa
vour
able
cond
ition
for
wild
life.
Mai
ntai
n ex
tent
of 5
0 km
EA
R-T
2To
enh
ance
riv
er a
nd s
trea
m h
abita
t, in
clud
ing
ripar
ian
corr
idor
s, w
here
it h
asbe
en lo
st o
r m
odifi
ed.
Enh
ance
qua
lity
of 2
0 km
.E
A
R-T
3C
onse
rve
popu
latio
ns o
f prio
rity
fishe
s, E
els,
Whi
te-C
law
ed C
rayf
ish
and
Ott
er.
Car
ry o
ut 8
sur
veys
EA
R-T
4Id
entif
y an
d el
imin
ate
barr
iers
to fi
sh m
igra
tion
Del
iver
1 p
roje
ctE
A
Targ
et G
oal
s
Riv
ers
No
.A
ctio
nLi
nk t
o T
arg
etN
o.
Res
po
nsib
ility
Act
ion
Go
al
R-A
1Im
plem
ent A
ire a
nd C
alde
r C
AM
S to
ens
ure
sust
aina
ble
wat
erab
stra
ctio
n.R
-T1
EA
Mai
ntai
n ex
tent
of 5
0km
.
R-A
2R
aise
aw
aren
ess
of p
robl
ems
asso
ciat
ed w
ith n
on-n
ativ
e in
vasi
vesp
ecie
s an
d en
cour
age
thei
r co
ntro
l by
ripar
ian
owne
rs.
R-T
2E
A, F
WA
GE
nhan
ce 5
km
.
R-A
3Im
plem
ent a
sys
tem
, whi
ch p
rom
otes
cha
nges
to r
ural
land
man
agem
ent,
to re
stor
e w
ater
reta
inin
g ca
paci
ty o
f cat
chm
ents
and
redu
ce a
dver
se a
ffect
s of
diff
use
pollu
tion
R-T
1, T
2E
A, N
EE
nhan
ce 5
km
.
R-A
4P
rom
ote
appr
opria
te m
anag
emen
t of r
ipar
ian
land
and
gra
ntsc
hem
es a
vaila
ble
to a
ssis
t thi
s, s
uch
as w
ith th
e Lo
ng P
rest
onD
eeps
Pro
ject
R-T
2N
E, F
WA
GE
nhan
ce 5
km
.
R-A
5C
arry
out
sur
veys
and
mai
ntai
n re
cord
s of
Whi
te-C
law
ed C
rayf
ish,
Ott
er, A
tlant
ic S
alm
on, G
rayl
ing,
Bul
lhea
d, B
rook
Lam
prey
,E
urop
ean
Eel
, and
Bro
wn
Trou
t
R-T
3E
AC
arry
out
8 s
urve
ys
179 of 194
Species
180 of 194
181 of 194
Craven Biodiversity Action Plan
177
Bat
s -
BA
P T
arg
ets
and
Act
ions
Bat
sNo
.Lo
ng T
erm
Tar
get
Lead
org
anis
atio
n
B-T
1In
crea
se o
ur k
now
ledg
e of
the
know
n re
sour
ce o
f all
spec
ies
of B
at.
Incr
ease
the
num
ber
of d
istr
ict
reco
rds
to 1
000
NY
BG
B-T
2P
rom
ote
the
natu
re c
onse
rvat
ion
valu
e of
Bat
s to
spe
cial
ist s
taff
(e.g
. arc
hite
cts,
engi
neer
s, tr
ee o
ffice
rs, e
tc)
Org
anis
e 2
even
tsN
YB
G, C
DC
, NY
CC
B-T
3P
rom
ote
the
natu
re c
onse
rvat
ion
of B
ats
to th
e pu
blic
and
land
owne
rs.
Org
anis
e 1
artic
leN
YB
G
B-T
4D
evel
op a
pol
icy
or s
yste
m, t
o en
sure
that
Bat
sur
veys
are
car
ried
out o
n al
lC
ounc
il pr
oper
ties
prio
r to
bui
ldin
g w
ork.
Org
anis
e 1
inte
rnal
pol
icy
or s
yste
m.
Mai
ntai
n 10
occ
upie
d si
tes.
CD
C
B-T
5R
evie
w C
DC
pro
cedu
res
for
info
rmin
g de
velo
pers
and
hou
se o
wne
rs a
bout
thei
r le
gal r
espo
nsib
ilitie
s w
ith re
gard
to B
ats,
and
the
need
to s
uppl
y ro
ost
info
rmat
ion
with
pla
nnin
g ap
plic
atio
ns.
Rev
iew
1 p
roce
dure
.C
DC
B-T
5R
evie
w C
DC
pro
cedu
res
for
info
rmin
g de
velo
pers
and
hou
se o
wne
rs a
bout
thei
r le
gal r
espo
nsib
ilitie
s w
ith re
gard
to B
ats,
and
the
need
to s
uppl
y ro
ost
info
rmat
ion
with
pla
nnin
g ap
plic
atio
ns.
Rev
iew
1 p
roce
dure
.C
DC
Targ
et G
oal
s
Bat
sNo
.A
ctio
nLi
nk t
o T
arg
etN
o.
Res
po
nsib
ility
Act
ion
Go
al
B-A
1O
rgan
ise
a su
rvey
for
Bat
s.B
-T1
NY
BG
Sur
vey
2 pa
rishe
s
B-A
2Li
aise
with
the
Bat
Con
serv
atio
n Tr
ust a
nd p
rom
ote
part
icip
atio
n in
the
Nat
iona
l Bat
Mon
itorin
g P
rogr
amm
e to
hou
seho
lder
s.B
-T1
NY
BG
Sur
vey
10 ro
osts
B-A
3P
rom
ote
the
impo
rtan
ce a
nd m
anag
emen
t of m
atur
e tr
ees
for
roos
ting
Bat
s, to
arb
oric
ultu
ralis
ts, c
ontr
acto
rs a
nd c
ounc
il st
aff,
and
the
impo
rtan
ce o
f bui
ldin
gs fo
r B
ats,
to a
rchi
tect
s, e
ngin
eers
,pl
anne
rs a
nd d
evel
oper
s.
B-T
2, T
5, T
6N
YB
G, C
DC
, NY
CC
Org
anis
e 1
even
t.C
reat
e 10
occ
upie
d si
tes.
Cre
ate
10 n
ew ro
ost s
ites
B-A
4O
rgan
ise
the
prod
uctio
n of
a m
edia
art
icle
on
the
natu
reco
nser
vatio
n im
port
ance
of B
ats.
B-T
3N
YB
GD
eliv
er 1
art
icle
B-A
5D
evel
op a
pol
icy
or s
yste
m, t
o en
sure
that
Bat
sur
veys
are
car
ried
out o
n al
l Cou
ncil
prop
ertie
s pr
ior
to b
uild
ing
wor
k. T
his
shou
ld b
ein
acc
orda
nce
with
Bat
Sur
veys
Goo
d P
ract
ice
Gui
delin
es (B
CT,
2007
)
B-T
4C
DC
Org
anis
e 1
polic
y or
sys
tem
182 of 194
Craven Biodiversity Action Plan
178
Bat
s -
BA
P T
arg
ets
and
Act
ions
Bat
sNo
.A
ctio
nLi
nk t
o T
arg
etN
o.
Res
po
nsib
ility
Act
ion
Go
al
B-A
6S
urve
y lo
cal a
utho
rity
build
ings
and
brid
ges
for
Bat
s pr
ior
tobu
ildin
g w
ork
and
then
pro
tect
any
Bat
inte
rest
.B
-T4
NY
BG
, NY
CC
, CD
CS
urve
y 10
site
s
B-A
7D
evel
op a
nd im
plem
ent e
ffect
ive
polic
y to
requ
est s
urve
ys in
conn
ectio
n w
ith D
evel
opm
ent C
ontr
ol, i
n or
der
to m
inim
ise
the
risk
of ro
ost l
oss
durin
g de
velo
pmen
t. Th
is s
houl
d be
in a
ccor
danc
ew
ith B
at S
urve
ys G
ood
Pra
ctic
e G
uide
lines
(BC
T, 2
007)
B-T
5N
E, N
YB
G, N
YC
C, C
DC
Del
iver
1 p
olic
y
183 of 194
Craven Biodiversity Action Plan
179
Man
ches
ter
Treb
le-B
ar -
BA
P T
arg
ets
and
Act
ions
Man
ches
ter
Treb
le-B
ar
No
.Lo
ng T
erm
Tar
get
Lead
org
anis
atio
n
MT-
T1S
urve
y th
e ex
istin
g po
pula
tions
and
iden
tify
the
spec
ies’
loca
l dis
trib
utio
n an
dst
atus
.S
urve
y 1
site
BC
MT-
T2Id
entif
y th
reat
s an
d pl
an to
alle
viat
e th
em, b
y w
orki
ng w
ith la
ndow
ners
,pr
omot
ing
the
ES
S, e
stab
lishi
ng a
nd im
plem
entin
g m
anag
emen
t agr
eem
ents
.M
aint
ain
2 po
pula
tions
BC
Targ
et G
oal
s
Man
ches
ter
Treb
le-B
ar
No
.A
ctio
nLi
nk t
o T
arg
etN
o.
Res
po
nsib
ility
Act
ion
Go
al
MT-
A1
Und
erta
ke a
n ap
prai
sal a
nd s
urve
y of
the
Bur
n M
oor
popu
latio
n.M
T-T1
BC
, CC
GR
epor
t on
1 po
pula
tion
MT-
A2
Iden
tify
the
char
acte
ristic
of t
he h
abita
t on
Bur
n M
oor,
thro
ugh
vege
tatio
n su
rvey
s an
d ha
bita
t map
ping
.M
T-T1
BC
, NE
Sur
vey
1 si
te
MT-
A3
Wor
k w
ith la
ndow
ners
and
land
man
ager
s to
pro
duce
site
bas
edm
anag
emen
t pla
ns to
alle
viat
e th
reat
s to
the
loca
l pop
ulat
ions
of
the
spec
ies.
MT-
T2B
C, N
E, C
CG
Mai
ntai
n 2
popu
latio
ns
MT-
A4
Inco
rpor
ate
the
exta
nt p
opul
atio
ns in
to c
onse
rvat
ion
man
agem
ent
and
prot
ectio
n re
gim
es, s
uch
as S
INC
site
s.M
T-T2
NY
CC
App
ly S
INC
gui
delin
es to
2si
tes.
184 of 194
Craven Biodiversity Action Plan
180
Sm
all P
earl
-Bo
rder
ed F
riti
llary
- B
AP
Tar
get
s an
d A
ctio
ns
Sm
all P
earl
-Bo
rder
ed F
riti
llary
No
.Lo
ng T
erm
Tar
get
Lead
org
anis
atio
n
SP
F-T1
Sur
vey
exis
ting
popu
latio
ns a
nd id
entif
y th
eir
exac
t loc
atio
n an
d st
atus
.S
urve
y 3
site
sB
C
SP
F-T2
Iden
tify
thre
ats
and
plan
to a
llevi
ate
them
, by
wor
king
with
land
owne
rs,
prom
otin
g th
e E
SS
, est
ablis
hing
and
impl
emen
ting
man
agem
ent a
gree
men
ts.
Enh
ance
3 s
ites
BC
SP
F-T3
Re-
esta
blis
h or
pro
mot
e po
pula
tion
expa
nsio
n ou
tsid
e of
ext
ant s
ites
byid
entif
ying
app
ropr
iate
site
s, w
orki
ng w
ith la
ndow
ners
and
impl
emen
ting
habi
tat
impr
ovem
ent a
ctio
ns.
Incr
ease
geo
grap
hica
l ran
ge b
y 2
popu
latio
ns.
BC
SP
F-T4
Rai
se lo
cal a
war
enes
s of
the
cons
erva
tion
valu
e of
the
spec
ies.
Del
iver
5 p
iece
s of
pub
licity
.C
DC
SP
F-T5
Ens
ure
on-g
oing
mon
itorin
g of
the
cons
erva
tion
stat
us o
f the
loca
l pop
ulat
ions
and
habi
tats
.M
onito
r 4
site
sB
C
Targ
et G
oal
s
Sm
all P
earl
-Bo
rder
ed F
riti
llary
No
.A
ctio
nLi
nk t
o T
arg
etN
o.
Res
po
nsib
ility
Act
ion
Go
al
SP
F-A
1U
nder
take
an
appr
aisa
l and
sur
vey
of a
ll S
mal
l Pea
rl-B
orde
red
Friti
llary
pop
ulat
ions
.S
PF-
T1B
C, N
E, C
CG
Sur
vey
3 si
tes
SP
F-A
2W
ork
with
land
owne
rs a
nd la
nd m
anag
ers
to p
rodu
ce s
ite-b
ased
man
agem
ent p
lans
to a
llevi
ate
thre
ats
to th
e lo
cal p
opul
atio
ns o
fth
e sp
ecie
s.
SP
F-T2
BC
, NE
, CC
GE
nhan
ce 3
site
s
SP
F-A
3In
corp
orat
e al
l ext
ant p
opul
atio
ns in
to e
xist
ing
cons
erva
tion
man
agem
ent a
nd p
rote
ctio
n re
gim
es, s
uch
as S
SS
I man
agem
ent
plan
s.
SP
F-T2
NE
Mai
ntai
n si
ze o
f 3po
pula
tions
.
SP
F-A
4In
vest
igat
e la
nd o
wne
rshi
p an
d w
ork
with
land
owne
rs to
rese
arch
,su
rvey
and
iden
tify
area
s of
hab
itat w
here
pop
ulat
ions
may
esta
blis
h na
tura
lly, r
e-es
tabl
ish
or b
e in
trod
uced
(inc
ludi
ng c
oppi
cew
oodl
and
habi
tats
).
SP
F-T3
BC
, CC
GId
entif
y 2
site
s
SP
F-A
5W
ork
with
land
owne
rs to
allo
w n
atur
al p
opul
atio
n ex
pans
ion
onex
tant
site
s an
d in
to a
djac
ent a
reas
, by
deve
lopi
ng a
ndim
plem
entin
g m
anag
emen
t agr
eem
ents
that
lead
to h
abita
tim
prov
emen
t sch
emes
on
site
s.
SP
F-T3
NE
, BC
Incr
ease
geo
grap
hica
l ran
geby
2 p
opul
atio
ns.
185 of 194
Craven Biodiversity Action Plan
181
Sm
all P
earl
-Bo
rder
ed F
riti
llary
- B
AP
Tar
get
s an
d A
ctio
ns
Sm
all P
earl
-Bo
rder
ed F
riti
llary
No
.A
ctio
nLi
nk t
o T
arg
etN
o.
Res
po
nsib
ility
Act
ion
Go
al
SP
F-A
6P
repa
re a
nd d
eliv
er a
rtic
les,
talk
s, p
ress
rele
ases
, etc
pro
mot
ing
cons
erva
tion
of th
e sp
ecie
s.S
PF-
T4N
YC
C, C
DC
, NE
, BC
Del
iver
5 a
rtic
les
SP
F-A
7D
esig
n an
d im
plem
ent a
per
iodi
c m
onito
ring
proc
ess,
to in
clud
evo
lunt
eers
. Ide
ntify
a le
ad p
artn
er to
impl
emen
t the
mon
itorin
gpr
oced
ure.
SP
F-T5
BC
, NE
YE
DC
, CC
GM
onito
r 4
site
s
186 of 194
187 of 194
Generic Targets andActions
188 of 194
189 of 194
Craven Biodiversity Action Plan
185
Gen
eric
Tar
get
s an
d A
ctio
nsTh
ese
incl
ude
targ
ets
and
actio
ns li
sted
that
are
gen
eral
to th
e de
liver
y of
the
Cra
ven
BA
P.
No
.Lo
ng T
erm
Tar
get
Lead
org
anis
atio
n
G-T
1W
ides
prea
d up
take
of E
SS
.50
agr
eem
ents
NE
G-T
2R
elev
ant s
trat
egie
s to
hav
e ap
prop
riate
bio
dive
rsity
pol
icie
s.1
polic
yA
ll
G-T
3M
aint
ain
the
SIN
C s
yste
m.
Ann
ual s
urve
y pr
ogra
mm
eN
YC
C
G-T
4O
ffer
advi
ce a
nd g
rant
s in
ord
er to
app
ropr
iate
ly m
anag
e la
nd fo
r bi
odiv
ersi
ty.
100
sets
of a
dvic
eN
YC
C
G-T
5M
onito
r an
d co
ntro
l inv
asiv
e sp
ecie
s.1
prog
ram
me
All
G-T
6S
et u
p a
Ser
vice
Lev
el A
gree
men
t for
the
man
agem
ent o
f bio
logi
cal d
ata,
with
NE
YE
DC
.2
SLA
sC
DC
, NY
CC
G-T
7S
uppo
rt th
e pr
epar
atio
n of
a G
eodi
vers
ity A
ctio
n P
lan
to c
over
the
area
.1
GA
P p
ublis
hed
All
G-T
8P
rom
ote
biod
iver
sity
to th
e m
edia
, pub
lic, b
usin
esse
s an
d ed
ucat
iona
les
tabl
ishm
ents
.10
eve
nts
All
G-T
9S
eek
part
ners
hip
proj
ects
at a
sub
-reg
iona
l lev
el.
1 pr
ojec
tA
ll
G-T
10S
eek
fund
ing
for
BA
P im
plem
enta
tion.
3 fu
ndin
g aw
ards
All
G-T
11C
ontr
ibut
e B
AP
info
rmat
ion
to th
e na
tiona
l rep
ortin
g le
vel.
Pop
ulat
e B
AR
S w
ith d
ata
NY
CC
, NE
YE
DC
Targ
et G
oal
s
No
.A
ctio
nLi
nk t
o T
arg
etN
o.
Res
po
nsib
ility
Act
ion
Go
al
G-A
1P
rom
ote
and
supp
ort t
ake-
up o
f the
ES
S a
nd E
WG
S.
G-T
1N
E, F
C, F
WA
G,
Yorw
oods
50 a
gree
men
ts
G-A
2In
clud
e pr
otec
tion
polic
ies
for
key
habi
tats
and
spe
cies
in C
rave
n in
all r
elev
ant s
trat
egic
and
sta
tuto
ry p
lans
suc
h as
the
Cra
ven
Loca
lP
lan
and
orga
nisa
tions
’ cor
e st
rate
gies
.
G-T
2A
ll1
rele
vant
pol
icy
per
plan
G-A
3S
uppo
rt a
rollin
g pr
ogra
mm
e of
sur
veys
on
SIN
Cs.
G-T
3A
ll1
prog
ram
me
of s
urve
y
G-A
4E
ncou
rage
all
SIN
C s
ites
to b
e in
‘fav
oura
ble
cons
erva
tion
man
agem
ent’.
G-T
4A
ll10
0 S
INC
s
G-A
5E
nsur
e fa
rmer
s an
d la
ndow
ners
are
aw
are
of th
e ex
iste
nce
and
impo
rtan
ce o
f site
s on
thei
r la
nd.
G-T
4A
ll10
0 S
INC
s
190 of 194
Craven Biodiversity Action Plan
186
Gen
eric
Tar
get
s an
d A
ctio
ns
No
.A
ctio
nLi
nk t
o T
arg
etN
o.
Res
po
nsib
ility
Act
ion
Go
al
G-A
6P
rovi
de s
uppo
rt a
nd a
dvic
e fo
r fa
rmer
s an
d la
ndow
ners
on
the
wild
life
cons
erva
tion
valu
e of
thei
r la
nd a
nd h
ow b
est t
o m
aint
ain
and
enha
nce
it.
G-T
4A
ll10
0 S
INC
ow
ners
G-A
7C
arry
out
wor
k to
ben
efit
spec
ies
and
habi
tats
whi
ch d
o no
t hav
eth
eir
own
indi
vidu
al a
ctio
n pl
an, b
ut w
hich
are
con
nect
ed to
habi
tats
and
spe
cies
iden
tifie
d w
ithin
the
BA
P.
G-T
4A
lln/
a
G-A
8C
ontr
ol in
vasi
ve s
peci
es a
t prio
rity
site
s w
here
app
ropr
iate
.G
-T5
CD
C5
site
s
G-A
9In
vest
igat
e a
Ser
vice
Lev
el A
gree
men
t with
the
NE
YE
DC
.G
-T6
CD
C1
SLA
G-A
10S
uppo
rt th
e pr
oduc
tion
of a
Loc
al G
eodi
vers
ity A
ctio
n P
lan
cove
ring
the
Cra
ven
area
.G
-T7
All
1 LG
AP
pro
duce
d
G-A
11P
rom
ote
med
ia in
tere
st in
bio
dive
rsity
in C
rave
n.G
-T8
All
5 pr
ess
artic
les
G-A
12S
uppo
rt e
duca
tion
proj
ects
, as
and
whe
n ap
prop
riate
.G
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CD
C5
scho
ol e
vent
s
G-A
13E
xplo
re s
cope
for
part
ners
hip
proj
ects
bas
ed o
n pa
rtic
ular
them
esan
d/or
geo
grap
hica
l are
as (s
uch
as p
roje
cts
with
nei
ghbo
urin
g lo
cal
auth
oriti
es a
nd th
e Yo
rksh
ire D
ales
Nat
iona
l Par
k).
G-T
9C
DC
, NY
CC
1 pr
ojec
t
G-A
14S
eek
way
s of
incl
udin
g lo
cal b
usin
ess
in im
plem
entin
g bi
odiv
ersi
tyac
tions
.G
-T8
CD
C, N
YC
C5
busi
ness
es
G-A
15E
xplo
re w
ays
of w
orki
ng w
ith lo
cal c
omm
uniti
es to
iden
tify
and
prot
ect k
ey s
peci
es a
nd h
abita
ts.
G-T
8C
DC
5 co
mm
uniti
es
G-A
16U
se e
xist
ing
volu
ntee
r gr
oups
to d
eliv
er b
iodi
vers
ity ta
rget
s fo
r ke
ysp
ecie
s an
d ha
bita
ts a
nd s
eek
new
opp
ortu
nitie
s fo
r w
orki
ng w
ithvo
lunt
eers
.
G-T
8C
DC
, NY
CC
5 vo
lunt
eer
grou
ps
G-A
17W
ork
with
loca
l int
eres
t gro
ups
to fo
cus
on p
artic
ular
bio
dive
rsity
targ
ets.
G-T
8C
DC
5 sp
ecia
list p
roje
cts
G-A
18E
xplo
re o
ppor
tuni
ties
for
exte
rnal
fund
ing
and
spon
sors
hip
for
actio
ns, k
ey s
peci
es a
nd h
abita
ts w
here
app
ropr
iate
.G
-T10
All
5 fu
ndin
g bi
ds
G-A
19S
et u
p a
syst
em to
pas
s on
info
rmat
ion
to B
AR
S.
G-T
11C
DC
, NE
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Part III: UK Biodiversity Action Plan (UK BAP)
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The UK Biodiversity Action Plan (UK BAP) was published in 1994, and was the UK Government’s response to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), which the UK signed up to in 1992 in Rio de Janeiro. The CBD called for the development and enforcement of national strategies and associated action plans to identify, conserve and protect existing biological diversity, and to enhance it wherever possible.
Information about the UK BAP is available, via the link below, from the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC), which is the public body that advises the UK Government and devolved administrations on UK-wide and international nature conservation.
https://jncc.gov.uk/our-work/uk-bap/
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