Biodiversity - Hertsmere Borough Council

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Hertsmere Borough Council - Biodiversity, Trees and Landscape Contents 1. Biodiversity............................................................................................................................3 2. Delivery of biodiversity objectives through the planning system ............................................4 3. Physical characteristics of Hertsmere......................................................................................7 4. Sites of ecological importance ..............................................................................................8 5. Habitat resources in Hertsmere............................................................................................10 Woodland ..............................................................................................................................10 Grassland ................................................................................................................................11 Heathland ..............................................................................................................................13 Wetland ..................................................................................................................................14 Artificial ..................................................................................................................................15 Orchards ................................................................................................................................15 6. Protected species and species of interest ..................................................................................16 Badgers ..................................................................................................................................16 Bats ........................................................................................................................................17 Reptiles and Amphibians ........................................................................................................18 Water Voles ............................................................................................................................19 Purple Emperor Butterfly..........................................................................................................21 Black-necked Grebe ................................................................................................................22 Appendices ..................................................................................................................................23 A: Publications and references ................................................................................................25 B: Wildlife sites and biodiversity checklist ................................................................................27 C: Wildlife sites in Hertsmere ..................................................................................................31 D: A map of Wildlife sites in Hertsmere ..................................................................................35 Acknowledgements Hertsmere Borough Council would like to thank Martin Hicks and Graham Goodall of Hertfordshire Biological Records Centre for kindly providing a large amount of information for this part of the SPD series. We would also like to thank the following organisations for providing photographs: Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Trust (www.arc-trust.org/). Birdlife International (www.birdlife.org/). Butterfly Conservation (www.butterfly-conservation.org/). Hertfordshire and Middlesex Wildlife Trust (www.wildlifetrust.org.uk). Roy & Marie Battell (http://www.moorhen.me.uk/). 1
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