Mappp.co geology and wildlife sites

Bentley Priory

…in the north and vary through sands and loams to the heavy neutral soils in the majority of the site. Streams and springs arise at the junction of the impervious London clay and the overlying Claygate beds, including the Edgeware Brook, which has been dammed to form a lake. Boot …

Ruislip Woods

…are rare* or scarce* in a national or local context. The woodland lies in four major blocks, known as Bayhurst, Mad Bess, Copse and Park Woods, situated across the upper slopes and valleys at the head of several stream systems. Park Wood is the only unbroken area of ancient semi…

Northaw Great Wood

…ee pipit Anthus trivialis, nuthatch Sitta europaea and great spotted woodpecker Dendrocopos major. In places ground flora is absent under the densely shading hornbeam, but either bracken Pteridium aquilinum or bramble Rubus fruticosus can be dominant with honeysuckle Lonicera per…

Dinmore Hill Woods

…ds that breed in woodland such as buzzard Buteo buteo, great spotted woodpecker Dendrocopos major and tree creeper Certhia familiaris.

Wraysbury No. 1 Gravel Pit

…arbler Sylvia borin treecreeper Certhia familiaris and great spotted woodpecker Dendrocopos major.

Asham Wood

…Sylvia borin, spotted flycatcher Muscicapa striata and great spotted woodpecker Dendrocopos major have bred in the woodland in recent years.

Loch Fleet

…bill Loxia scotica, treecreeper Certhia familiaris and great spotted woodpecker Dendrocopos major. Wintering birds - Eider The site supports nationally important numbers of eider Somateria mollissima, approximately 1% of the British wintering population. This species feeds on the…

Woolmer Forest

…rn end of the Weald and straddles the borders of Hampshire and West Sussex. The majority of Woolmer Forest lies on the coarse sands of the Folkestone beds, although Bargate beds outcrops on the sides of holly Water valley. The SSSI includes the watersheds of two major drainage sy…

Dove Valley and Biggin Dale

…les, a series of stages in scree colonisation by plants can be found. The great majority of the dales are dry but a few have streams on the surface, some of which are present only in winter. In some areas the streams are fed by lime rich springs. The Dove Valley which includes Mi…

Middleton Pool

…es for 35 species of land birds including greater and lesser spotted woodpecker Dendrocopos major and Dryobates minor and willow tit Poecile montanus.

Foster's Green Meadows

…lus vanellus, green woodpecker and greater spotted woodpecker Picus viridis and Dendrocopos major, which are regularly seen here.

Ebernoe Common

…tawny owl Strix aluco, green woodpecker Picus viridis, great spotted woodpecker Dendrocopos major, lesser spotted woodpecker Dryobates minor, nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos, garden warbler Sylvia borin, blackcap Sylvia atricapilla, chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita, goldcrest …

Fishpool Valley

…cedula hypoleuca, treecreeper Certhia familiaris and greater spotted woodpecker Dendrocopos major breeding here. The pools and stream attract other birds such as mallard Anas platyrhynchos, teal Anas crecca, moorhen Gallinula chloropus and coot Fulica atra.

Longleat Woods

…ccur and the clay soils overlying these are often slightly calcareous. Over the majority of the site, where soils are poorly drained but not waterlogged, the major canopy forming tree is pedunculate oak Quercus robur, with ash Fraxinus excelsior being locally common and distribut…

Crofton Woods

…efit invertebrates and feeding birds. A high forest canopy is found across the majority of the woodland and is comprised of an abundance of pedunculate oak Quercus robur with some sessile oak Quercus petraea. Ash Fraxinus excelsior and downy and silver birches Betula pubescens a…

Holne Woodlands

…ch species as raven Corvus corax, buzzard Buteo buteo, great spotted woodpecker Dendrocopos major, wood warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix and pied flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca. Woodland edge species include redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus, while stonechat Saxicola rubicola and wh…

Broxhead and Kingsley Commons

…pipit Anthus trivialis. The woodland supports breeding great spotted woodpecker Dendrocopos major and green woodpecker Picus viridis. The nationally rare sand lizard Lacerta agilis has been recorded from Broxhead Common in recent years. This species is associated with areas of dr…

Town Common

…odcock Scolopax rusticola, green and great spotted woodpecker Picus viridis and Dendrocopos major and siskin Carduelio spinus. There is also a mix of heathland and woodland raptors with the site being used during the breeding season by species such as hobby Falco subbuteo †, spar…

Sutton Park

…oenicurus phoenicurus, green woodpecker Picus viridis, great spotted woodpecker Dendrocopos major, nuthatch Sitta europaea and wood warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix. Such concentrations of these species are found nowhere else in the county. Grasshopper warbler Locustella naevia, w…

Wyre Forest

… is modified by floristically rich base rich flushes. The site also contains a major scattered resource of unimproved neutral grassland of the common knapweed crested dog's tail type, a nationally uncommon and threatened habitat. This is contiguous with the woodland and contribu…

The Hudnalls

…ula hypoleuca, hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes, great spotted woodpecker Dendrocopos major and lesser spotted woodpecker Dryobates minor. Buzzard Buteo buteo and sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus are also present.

Coedydd Aber

…lushes. The soils in the valley bottom are much deeper and base rich. This is a major contributory factor to the site’s botanical diversity. The woodland vegetation of this site is a complex mosaic of types, reflecting variations in topography and soil conditions. The most abunda…

Coombe Meadow

… Muscicapa striata, treecreeper Certhia familiaris and great spotted woodpecker Dendrocopos major. Resident mammals include the dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius.

Chattenden Woods And Lodge Hill

…tawny owl Strix aluco, green woodpecker Picus viridis, great spotted woodpecker Dendrocopos major, whitethroat Sylvia communis, lesser whitethroat Sylvia curruca, linnet Carduelis cannabina and bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula. The site supports small numbers of great crested newts T…

Kingsbury Wood

…ounts for its interest. Two types of woodland are represented at Kingsbury. The majority of the wood is oak Quercus robur with silver birch Betula pendula over a hazel Corylus avellana understorey, with hawthorn Crataegus monogyna, dogwood Cornus sanguinea birch and the occasiona…

Tring Woodlands

… recorded including breeding tawny owl Strix aluco and great spotted woodpecker Dendrocopos major.

Bowdown and Chamberhouse Woods

…t Anthus trivialis, green woodpecker Picus viridis and great spotted woodpecker Dendrocopos major in addition to the more common woodland birds. Reptiles are well represented, with adder Vipera berus, grass snake Natrix natrix, slow worm Anguis fragilis and common lizard Zootoca…

Trench Wood

… as tawny owl Strix aluco, nuthatch Sitta europaea and great spotted woodpecker Dendrocopos major occur in the mature woodland areas whereas the replanted areas support many summer visiting warblers such as garden warbler Sylvia borin, blackcap Sylvia atricapilla and grasshopper …

Calke Park

…wk Accipiter nisus and green woodpecker Picus viridis, great spotted woodpecker Dendrocopos major and lesser spotted woodpecker Dryobates minor nest in areas of the ancient trees.

Hobby to Peppercombe

…ter nisus, buzzard Buteo buteo, barn owl Tyto alba and great spotted woodpecker Dendrocopos major.

Shaugh Prior Woods

…species as buzzard Buteo buteo, tawny owl Strix aluco, great spotted woodpecker Dendrocopos major and nuthatch Sitta europaea, whilst dipper Cinclus cinclus and grey wagtail Motacilla cinerea nest alongside the watercourses.

Kedleston Park

…ands today. The predominant tree species at Kedleston are oak and beech and the majority of the rare and scarce dead wood saproxylic invertebrates have been found in close association with these species. There are also specimens of lime Tilia spp., ash Fraxinus excelsior, sweet c…

Moss Valley

… from the site include green woodpecker Picus viridis, great spotted woodpecker Dendrocopos major, tawny owl Strix aluco, kingfisher Alcedo atthis and grey wagtail Motacilla cinerea.

Ryton Wood

… the three woodpecker, green woodpecker Picus viridis, great spotted woodpecker Dendrocopos major and lesser spotted woodpecker Dryobates minor. The site also supports breeding birds of prey.

Cop Mere

…e sheets which covered the Cheshire Shropshire plain some 15,000 years ago. The majority lie in Cheshire and north Shropshire, with a small number of outlying sites in adjacent parts of Staffordshire and Clwyd. The origin of most of the hollows can be accounted for by glaciation …

Clout's Wood

…sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus, tawny owl Strix aluco and great spotted woodpecker Dendrocopos major. Areas of dead elm wood provide conditions in which many invertebrates thrive.

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