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Table: Habitats and Species Found in the Bradford District
HABITATS FOUND IN THE BRADFORD DISTRICT
National/Yorkshire and Humberside Key Habitats Local Key Habitats*
Species Rich Hedgerows Upland Oakwood In-Bye Pasture
Lowland Heathland Upland Mixed Ashwood River Corridors
Upland Heathland Wet Woodlands
Fens Lowland Hay Meadow
Reedbeds Lowland Dry Acid Grassland
Blanket Bog
SPECIES FOUND IN THE BRADFORD DISTRICT
National/Yorkshire and Humberside Key Species Local Key Species*
Water Vole Linnet Lesser Twayblade
Brown Hare Tree Sparrow Yellowhammer
Otter Spotted Flycatcher Lapwing
Pipistrelle Black Grouse Twite
Skylark Song Thrush Green Hairstreak Butterfly
Reed Bunting White Clawed Crayfish
White Letter
Butterfly
Hairstreak
Bullfinch
Grey Partridge
Killarney Fern Blue Butterflies
* Selected by the Bradford Biodiversity Partnership as being locally significant in the Bradford District
The LBAP acknowledges the Council’s role in the protection of these species and habitats,
and states that ‘site and species protection policies, negotiations as part of the development
control process and the using of planning conditions and Section 106 Agreements all provide
mechanisms to protect, manage and enhance the existing areas of wildlife importance and
establish new areas for wildlife’.
10.8.3 Biodiversity Assets
The wildlife interest of the Bradford District is influenced by its climate, topography and
latitude, with many species at the limit of their range. On a national scale the climate of the
Bradford District lies on the transition zone between the warmer drier lowlands of Britain and
the cool, wet, uplands. The microcimate is influenced by topography, whereby the sheltered
and more humid valleys and cloughs cut into the Pennines following glaciation, contrast with
the open, exposed moorland plateaux. The soils closely reflect the pattern of bedrock and
superficial deposits, varying from acidic peat and thin, nutrient-poor brown earth soils and
badly drained boulder clay deposits from the last Ice Age along the Wharfe and Aire valleys
to the east.
There are 4 levels of designated nature conservation sites within Bradford District. In
addition to the 4 SSSIs, there are 21 Sites of Ecological or Geological Importance and 16
Regionally Important Geological / Geomorphological Sites (RIGS). One of these SSSIs, the
South Pennine Moors, represented by Rombalds Moor and Haworth Moor has been
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