Launch the new parish plans (Sally or maternity cover or member of the BAP).
Launch the new parish plans (Sally or maternity cover or member of the BAP). The idea…. Internationally important sites. SACS/ RAMSAR etc 1= Severn estuary Aust Hill Oldbury on Severn Pilning and Severn beach. Nationally important sites.
Launch the new parish plans (Sally or maternity cover or member of the BAP).
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Launch the new parish plans (Sally or maternity cover or member of the BAP).
Internationally important sites SACS/ RAMSAR etc 1= Severn estuary • Aust • Hill • Oldbury on Severn • Pilning and Severn beach
Nationally important sites • SSSI’s - Sites of Special Scientific Interest (Natural England) • Aust (5 SSSI units) • Hill (2) • Oldbury on Severn (6) • Pilning and Severn beach (7) • Cold Ashton (5) • Hanham Abbots (1) • Hawkesbury (11) • Horton (6) • Marshfield (4) • Wickwar (3) Lower Woods: Horton & Hawkesbury
Locally important sites • SNCI’s Sites of Nature Conservation Interest • Local Authority statutory designation • Every parish has at least one (apart from Stoke Lodge and the Common) • Filton and Badminton = 1 snci • Bitton=15, Marshfield = 14, Siston =14, Hanham Abbots = 10, Oldbury on Severn =11 • Most in private ownership • Many last surveyed in 1980’s or 90’s
Other locally important sites E.g. allotments Thornbury (left) Frampton Cotterell (above)
Key habitats Taken from the DEFRA maps on www.magic.gov.uk • Broadleaf woodland (ancient) • Parkland and Wood pasture • Neutral / calcareous/ acid/ semi-improved grassland • Mud/ Rocky platform • Saltmarsh • Coastal and floodplain grazing marsh • Traditional orchard • Others not from DEFRA: hedgerow and ponds
Key species • To be discussed and filled by you after coffee………… • Esther has provided a list.
Suggested Actions DEFRA 2020 report • Improve existing habitat • Create new • Link • Landscape scale • Involve people/ educate
A Forgotten Landscape Pilning and Severn Beach, Aust, Olveston, Almondsbury, Oldbury on Severn, Hill, Rockhampton