Biodiversity - Hertsmere Borough Council

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/).
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