Environmental Statement volume 4 - Chiltern Evergreen3

Box 3.1Information Sources• Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) website for Europeandesignated sites;• Natural England Geographical Information Systems database forEuropean and nationally designated sites;• Natural England ‘Magic’ Website for European and nationally designatedsites;• Natural England ‘Nature on the Map’ website for priority BiodiversityAction Plan (BAP) habitats including Natural England Ancient WoodlandInventory (AWI) and Grassland Inventory (GI) sites;• UK BAP Website for UK and local BAP species;• National Biodiversity Network (NBN) Gateway for protected and notablespecies records in a 10 km grid square search;• Thames Valley Environmental Records Centre (TVERC) for non-statutorydesignated sites and local protected and notable species records;• Oxfordshire Badger Group for further badger records;• Oxfordshire Bat Group for further bat records (awaiting data);• Banbury Ornithological Society for further bird records (awaiting data);• UK Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) website for UK BAP priority habitatsand species;• Oxfordshire Local BAP website for Local BAP priority habitats andspecies;• OS maps; and• Initial walk-through site visit of the rail corridor to identify initial signs ofprotected species and suitable habitat for protected species undertaken on22/02/09 and 01/03/09.3.4.3 The process by which we propose to ensure a comprehensive ecological assessmentis set out in the rest of this section.Statutory Designated Sites3.4.4 ERM has undertaken an initial desk study involving a review of publishedinformation on statutory designated sites which are readily available from theJNCC website and Natural England’s ‘Magic’ website described above. These sitesare shown in Figure 3.2.ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT22CHILTERN RAILWAYS LTD