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Final Report
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Habitat Area (Ha) Location(s) Importance Threats Opportunities
Heathland 80 Wimbledon Common and Putney
Heath, Poor’s Field in Hillingdon,
Stanmore Common in Harrow, the
Addington area of Croydon and
Hayes Common in Bromley.
Farmland 12,000 Mainly in the Green Belt of the
outer London Boroughs
Marshland 273 Ingrebourne Marshes; Denham
Lock wood; Farm Bog;
Walthamstow Marsh; The Chase
Nature Reserve
Parks and squares ~12,500 Royal Parks and smaller local
parks e.g. Richmond, Regents,
Battersea.
Cemeteries and
churchyards
1,300 Victorian cemeteries such as
Highgate, Nunhead, Kensal Green
and Abney Park
Scarce and declining habitat; dwarf
gorse, petty whin, cotton grass;
black darter dragonfly, green
hairstreak, yellow underwing.
Brown hare and birds such as tree
sparrow, skylark, corn bunting and
grey partridge.
Wet terrestrial habitat (bog,
swamp, fen, wet marginal
vegetation, wet marshy grassland
and ditches); important for
breeding birds such as sedge
warbler, reed warbler, reed
bunting; dragonflies; water vole;
grass snake; frogs and bats.
Common birds, butterflies and
animals; heronries in park lakes.
Less intensively managed than
parks; uncommon ferns and
lichens; relict grassland with rare
wild flowers.
Lack of appropriate management;
nutrient enrichment from air
pollution; inappropriate tree
planting; limited opportunities for
expansion.
Agricultural intensification; fertiliser,
herbicide and insecticides; neglect
of hedgerows and ponds;
inappropriate tree-planting; change
of land-use to leisure activities.
Development, water abstraction,
pollution, lack of, or inappropriate
management; summer droughts
and/or hydrological changes
through drainage schemes;
fragmentation; succession to
woodland.
Unsympathetic management;
piece-meal disposal for
development; recreational
pressure.
Increasing pressure for re-use of
burial space; well-ordered ‘tidy’
appearance.
Heathland restoration and recreation
in suitable areas adjacent
to existing habitat; re-instatement
of grazing; sympathetic
management of patches on golf
courses.
Set-aside and stewardship
schemes; organic farming and
reversion to ‘traditional’ farming
methods; biodiversity conservation
as part of housing planning.
Rehabilitation and restoration
under Local Environment Agency
Plans (LEAPs); incorporating
habitats in new flood defence or
surface water drainage schemes;
Water Level Management Plans;
restoration of former gravel pits.
Restoration of relic features and
habitats; creation of ponds or
wildflower meadows; relaxing
mowing regimes; integration within
Green Corridor network.
Reduction of mowing frequency;
introduction of bird and bat boxes;
promotion of ‘green burials’;
habitat restoration; educational
resource.