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(m) = middle list |
(l) = long list |
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- A wide distinctive breeding bird assemblage, including six nationally rare Red Data Birds:
Bittern (s)
Marsh Harrier (l)
Crane (l)
Cetti’s Warbler (l)
Savi’s Warbler (l)
Bearded Tit (l)
- Five Red Data invertebrates
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Examples of action required when Key Habitat is close
to proposed mineral working site |
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- Adjoining reedbed communities are dependent on maintenance of water levels.
- Dewatering of extraction areas must not jeopardise groundwater levels.
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| Opportunities during extraction |
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Colonisation by waders and waterfowl may start as soon as waterbodies are created within extraction areas.
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| Opportunities for action before and after extraction |
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- Many opportunities for large stands and smaller littoral areas on edge of lakes.
- Must ensure correct final levels so that water table is at or above ground level for most of the year.
- Phragmites will withstand a wide range of conditions, from oligotrophic to eutrophic, but is reliant on an organic content of 30-60 per cent. It is therefore important that all organic content of topsoil stripping is maintained.
- Many river valleys have rich deposits of organically rich alluvium and peaty deposits above the overburdens, and this should be conserved with care.
- Continued management of the reedbeds is necessary, as it is a sub-climax community and will gradually be invaded by willow and alder carr.
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