Fen Management Handbook - Scottish Natural Heritage

cutting 114
disposal 117
management 121-23
seed 90, 107, 110, 124, 127, 133-4, 149, 152, 154,
179, 191, 202-3, 205-7, 301, 304, 322, 325
seed bombs 203
seepages 30, 33, 39, 42, 62, 73, 92, 167, 236, 290,
309
silt traps 127, 151, 153
site assessment 74, 193, 213, 310, 312
fen creation 44-5
hydrology 67-72
nutrients 66-72
sluices 90, 143, 145-6, 151, 157, 191, 194, 200-2,
253, 266, 294
soil analysis 197
soil inversion 180
soligenous fens 194, 286, 291-2
springs 16-7, 34, 39, 42-3, 49, 67, 88, 92, 126, 144,
167, 182, 187, 195, 236-7, 289, 291-2
Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) 80-1, 84, 90,
311-2
stakeholders 79, 188, 241, 243, 256
stand 120, 140, 154, 188
succession 8, 64, 74-6, 82, 84, 87, 99-100, 102-3,
110, 118, 124, 126, 129-130, 133-4, 142, 157,
161, 210, 297-8
surface water 19, 37-40, 42, 45-6, 53-4, 57-9, 63-4,
73, 82, 109, 146-7, 156, 176, 186, 228-9, 231-
2, 235, 261, 272, 319, 326
T
thatching 6, 112-3, 117, 132, 238, 240, 257-8
topogenous fens 146, 194
U
UK Biodiversity Action Plan 86, 280
V
vegetation
burning 117-20
cutting 114
establishment 202-08
machinery 115-17
mowing 114
re-establishment 124-52
visitors
management 244-52
survey 243
W
water chemistry 30, 65, 93, 297, 321
water level 24, 44, 50-1, 53, 88-9, 94, 124, 142-5,
152, 155, 157-9, 172, 200-2, 210, 213, 225-9,
234, 236, 262, 287, 321
groundwater 39
management 148-60
monitoring 225-29
water table 44, 46, 77, 95, 142, 148, 155, 157, 159,
160-1, 165-6, 179, 193, 200, 203, 226, 240,
247, 272, 286-7, 291-2, 303, 306, 317, 320
Wetland Vision 84-5, 87, 185, 187-8, 190, 268-9,
323
Wicken Fen 14, 24, 31, 79, 118, 240, 242, 245, 248-
9, 252, 259, 298, 326
withies 258
332