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Table 11.5 Ecological Information and Records Received
Organisation
Scottish Natural
Heritage (SNH)
Scottish Badgers
Central Scotland Bat
Group
Fife and Kinross Bat
Group
Scottish Wildlife Trust
(SWT)
Botanical Society of the
British Isles (BSBI)
Clackmannanshire
Council
Clackmannanshire Local
Biodiversity Action Plan
Officer
Clackmannanshire
Countryside Ranger
Service
Falkirk Local Biodiversity
Action Plan Officer
Designated Sites
Response
4 August 2009 - Mark Moore (Regional Manager) advised that SNH holds no records of
any protected species on the proposed site.
2 June 2010: Colin Castle (Area Officer): confirmed that SNH hold a number of pipistrelle
bat roosts records for houses in Alloa and Clackmannan, approximately 2km away.
16 July 2009 - Ian Hutchison (Species Protection Officer) confirmed that Scottish Badgers
hold no records of the species for the site, or within a 1km buffer of it. However, it was
noted that this probably reflects a lack of recording activity in the area rather than a
complete absence of badgers.
No response received.
No response received.
4 August 2009 - Gill Calder identified three recognised wildlife sites within 2km of the
Forthbank site (Alloa Inches SWT Reserve, Pond Wood and Dunmore Moss and Wood)
and provided information on the wildlife interests of the former two.
August 2009 - Liz Lavery (BSBI plant recorders for Vice-County 87 (including
Clackmannanshire)) provided a report identifying rare and important plants and habitats
which were known or likely to occur within or surrounding the application area.
22 March 2010 - Keith Johnstone (Planning Officer) identified that there was no known
badger activity in the locality of the site.
No response received to date. Position understood to be recently vacated (see
Clackmannanshire Countryside Ranger Service response below).
16 June & 28 July 2010 - Lisa Ford (Countryside Ranger) provided information on Black
Devonmouth Lagoons Local Wildlife Site. She also informed that there were no known
records for the search area and that the Clackmannanshire LBAP Officer position had
recently been vacated.
22 July 2010 (e-mail) - Anna Perks (Biodiversity Officer) provided detailed information on
Dunmore Moss and Wood as well as providing available records of protected species
although none of these were within the 2km search area.
Statutory Designated Sites
11.3.2 All statutory designated sites within 10km of the application area are listed below (Table 11.6)
and shown in Figure 11.1.
Table 11.6 Statutory Designated Sites Within 10km of the Application Area
Site Name Distance from Site Reason for Designation
Special Protection Areas (SPAs), Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) and Ramsar Sites
Firth of Forth SPA, Approx. 720m to This site is of international importance for its wintering waterfowl
Ramsar Site
the south and assemblage and for nationally and/or internationally important
approx. 1km to the populations of some of these species. Given its ornithological
west
importance further details regarding this site are provided in Chapter
12: Ornithology.
River Teith SAC 9.6km (west) This site is designated for the nationally important populations of sea
lamprey (Petromyzon marinus), river lamprey (Lampetra fluviatilis),
brook lamprey (L. planeri) and Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) which it
supports.
Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI)
Firth of Forth SSSI
Gartmorn Dam
SSSI
Less than 1km to
the south
3.5km (north east)
This SSSI is notified for its coastland and grassland habitats, botanical
species, population of wintering wildfowl and waders, breeding birds,
and invertebrates. Due to its ornithological importance further details
regarding this site are provided in Chapter 12: Ornithology.
A large area of open water surrounded by marginal vegetation, reed
swamp and areas of broadleaved woodland. The site is also used as a
wintering area for waterfowl.
Linn Mill SSSI 3.6km (north east) This site consists of relatively undisturbed long-established mixed valley
woodland with dwarf shrub heath ground flora and areas of alder
swamp.
Wester Moss SSSI 4.8km (west) A large and relatively undisturbed active raised bog which supports a
variety of representative floral species.
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