Mappp.co geology and wildlife sites

Buckley Claypits and Commons

…ical interest of the site is enhanced by the presence of breeding reed bunting, Emberiza schoeniclus and water vole Arvicola amphibius. Remarks: 1. The former Etna tip is managed by Flintshire County Council as a Country Park. 2. The great crested newt Triturus cristatus is pr…

Colony Bog and Bagshot Heath

…tree and meadow pipits Anthus trivialise and Alopecurus pratensis, yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella and reed bunting Emberiza schoeniclus. Colony Bog and Bagshot Heath SSSI forms part of Thames Basin Heath pSPA, which consists of a group of heathlands extending from Wisley in Sur…

Stiffkey Valley

…rocephalus schoenobaenus, reed warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus and reed bunting Emberiza schoeniclus. In addition to the breeding bird assemblages, the site also supports wintering populations of wetland birds. These include bittern Botaurus stellaris, brent goose Branta bernicla…

Barn Elms Wetland Centre

…rocephalus schoenobaenus, reed warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus and reed bunting Emberiza schoeniclus. Other important wetland species which have bred or attempted to breed at the site include snipe Gallinago gallinago, shoveler Spatula clypeata, pintail Anas acuta and water rail …

Gweunydd Blaencleddau

…rce blue-tailed damselfly Ischnura pumilio. Birds recorded include reed bunting Emberiza schoeniclus, grasshopper warbler Locustella naevia and willow tit Parus montanus. Remarks: The marsh fritillary butterfly and southern damselfly are listed in Annex IIa of the EC Directive o…

Orwell Estuary

…fuligula, avocet, ringed plover Charadrius hiaticula, redshank and reed bunting Emberiza schoeniclus. The breeding bird assemblage is concentrated in three main areas, Trimley Marshes, Shotley Marshes and Loompit Lake. Non breeding birds The estuary regularly supports an import…

Skomer Island and Middleholm

…quata, wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe, linnet Carduelis cannabina, and reed bunting Emberiza schoeniclus. The ponds on Skomer support the only breeding gadwall Mareca strepera in Pembrokeshire, along with mallard Anas platyrhynchos and shoveler A. clypeata. Shelduck Tadorna tadorna a…

Wyndrush Pastures

…bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula, lesser whitethroat Sylvia curruca and reed bunting Emberiza schoeniclus. Remarks: Part of the site is registered as common land.

River Barle

…ain provides habitat for grasshopper warbler Locustella naevia and reed bunting Emberiza schoeniclus. Mammals Otters Lutra lutra have been regularly recorded along the River Barle.

Medina Estuary

…e warbler A. schoenobaenus, willow warbler Phylloscopus trochilus, reed bunting Emberiza schoeniclus and occasional Cetti’s warbler Cettia cetti. The marshes at Dodnor Creek – a former mill pond – is particularly valuable ecologically for its natural transition from fen vegetatio…

Corsydd Llangloffan

…riata, linnet Carduelis cannabina, bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula and reed bunting Emberiza schoeniclus. Amongst the winter visitors are water rail Rallus aquaticus and snipe Gallinago gallinago, whilst hen harrier Circus cyaneus and corncrake Crex crex are seen occasionally. Remar…

Wylde Moor, Feckenham

…d, albeit in small numbers. It also supports a large population of reed bunting Emberiza schoeniclus and other breeding birds associated with fen vegetation. The scarce grasshopper Tetrix subulata with a south eastern distribution is found here at the north western limit of its B…

Morfa Harlech

…dunes include skylark Alauda arvensis, linnet Carduelis cannabina, reed bunting Emberiza schoeniclus, stonechat Saxicola torquatus, sedge warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus, wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe, shelduck Tadorna tadorna and grasshopper warbler Locustella naevia. During Sep…

Rawbones Meadow

… rhyncos, skylark Alauda arvensis, yellow wagtail Motacilla flava, reed bunting Emberiza schoeniclus and moorhen Gallinula chloropus nest regularly and the locally uncommon meadow pipit Anthus pratensis, occasionally. Hare Lepus capensis, water vole Arvicola amphibius, common fro…

Tiroedd a Glannau Rhwng Cricieth ac Afon Glaslyn

…tra, water vole Arvicola amphibius, brown hare Lepus europaeus and reed bunting Emberiza schoeniclus.

Brendon and Vealand Fen

…bank, while breeding birds include tree pipit Anthus trivialis and reed bunting Emberiza schoeniclus.

Attenborough Gravel Pits

…cephalus scirpaceus and sedge warbler A. schoenobaenus, along with reed bunting Emberiza schoeniclus, cuckoo Cuculus canorus and the uncommon Cetti’s warbler Cettia cetti, are associated with areas of taller swamp and carr woodland. Sparsely vegetated features such as islands an…

River Wye (Lower Wye) / Afon Gwy (Gwy Isaf)

…y where rapids occur. Sedge warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus and reed bunting Emberiza schoeniclus breed in riparian habitat along the river banks. Extensive shingle shoals provide suitable breeding habitat for little ringed plover Charadrius dubius whilst vertical banks provid…

Loch of Mey

… Tachybaptus ruficollis, sedge warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus, reed bunting Emberiza schoeniclus and mute swan Cygnus olor. It is also an important area for breeding waders including redshank Tringa totanus, snipe Gallinago gallinago, curlew Numenius arquata and lapwing Vanel…

Shotton Lagoons and Reedbeds

…cal interest such as sedge warbler, Acrocephalus schoenobaenus and reed bunting Emberiza schoeniclus. Two nationally scarce plants occur. Variegated horsetail Equisetum variegatum occurs in its only known coastal site in North East Wales, whilst white mullein Verbascum lychnitis …

Upham Meadow and Summer Leasow

…d warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus, sedge warbler A. schoenobaenus, reed bunting Emberiza schoeniclus and mallard Anas platyrhynchos. The site is also important for overwintering waders and wildfowl which use the site to feed and roost. It regularly supports large numbers of lapw…

Ipsley Alders Marsh

…o gallinago. The area also has a very large breeding population of reed bunting Emberiza schoeniclus, whose nests are often parasitised by the cuckoo Cuculus canorus. The site is surrounded on most sides by dense tall hedgerows. These, together with the scattering of isolated lar…

Stourvale Marsh

…reat water dock Rumex hydrolapathum. A number of birds such as the reed bunting Emberiza schoeniclus and the sedge warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus breed on the site. The site is also important for insects. These include dragonflies such as brown aeshna Aeshna grandis an uncomm…

Churnet Valley

…opus sibilatrix which favour mature woodland are well represented. Reed bunting Emberiza schoeniclus and sedge warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus breed in the mire and willow carr areas. The invertebrate fauna has been extensively recorded from a section of woodland along the ma…

Waen Rydd

…curlew Numenius arquata, grasshopper warbler Locustella naevia and reed bunting Emberiza schoeniclus. It is also used by hunting barn owl Tyto alba.

Redlake Meadows & Hoggs Moor

…Acrocephalus schoenobaenus, grasshopper warbler Locustella naevia, reed bunting Emberiza schoeniclus and sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus. Records for Lepidoptera include 20 species of butterfly and 74 moth species. * Heath lobelia -- Lobelia urens is included in the Red Data Book of…

Cam Lough

…g populations of both sedge warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus and reed bunting Emberiza schoeniclus with 20 pairs of each generally present. Outside the breeding season, the islands regularly prove attractive to a number species of birds of prey. These include hen harrier Circus…

Millwater

…rocephalus schoenobaenus, reed warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus and reed bunting Emberiza schoeniclus which are characteristic inhabitants of tall herb fen and carr vegetation.

River Camel Valley and Tributaries

…ocephalus schoenobaenus, grasshopper warbler Locustella naevia and reed bunting Emberiza schoeniclus. In more brackish areas around the confluence of the Camel and Allen common reed Phragmites australis and tall herbs are prominent. Saltmarsh plants are also found in places incl…

Braunton Swanpool

…us and A. schoenobaenus, grasshopper warbler Locustella naevia and reed bunting Emberiza schoeniclus breeding here regularly.

Afon Teifi

…ns of breeding birds including snipe, water rail Rallus aquaticus, reed bunting Emberiza schoeniclus, reed warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus and the rare Cetti’s warbler Cettia cetti, the latter at the north-west limit of its range. The lower reaches of the river, together with the…

Derryleckagh

…airs of sedge warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus, over 20 pairs of reed bunting Emberiza schoeniclus and three pairs of water rail Rallus aguaticus were found, in addition to 3 pairs of snipe Gallinago gallinago. https://www.daera-ni.gov.uk/publications/derryleckagh-assi

Jockey Fields

…allus aquaticus, coot Fulica atra, moorhen Gallinula chloropus and reed bunting Emberiza schoeniclus are also present.

Wet Moor

…s of yellow wagtail Motacilla flava, whinchat Saxicola rubetra and reed bunting Emberiza schoeniclus. Populations of common frog Rana temporaria are present throughout the site.

Moors River System

…Acrocephalus scirpaceus, grasshopper warbler Locustella naevia and reed bunting Emberiza schoeniclus, the latter two being of conservation concern owing to their decline in Britain. In winter, the lower reaches of the Moors River and flooding on the adjacent meadows attracts wate…

Upper Colne Marshes

…inga totanus, lapwing Vanellus vanellus, shelduck Tadorna tadorna, reed bunting Emberiza schoeniclus and reed warbler and sedge warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus and A. schoenobaenus. Many other species use the marshes for winter feeding and on migration, including waders and wildf…

Dearne Valley Wetlands

…e warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus, water rail Rallus aquaticus, reed bunting Emberiza schoeniclus and bearded tit Panurus biarmicus and an abundance of soil and ground-surface invertebrates for species such as lapwing Vanellus vanellus, snipe Gallinago gallinago and redshank T…

Endrick Mouth and Islands

…us birds such as the grasshopper warbler Locustella naevia and the reed bunting Emberiza schoeniclus. The woodlands are important for breeding tree pipit Anthus trivialis, redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus, and the occasional pied flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca. There is also a her…

Ingrebourne Marshes

…n proximity to open water. The reed beds hold large populations of reed bunting Emberiza schoeniclus, reed warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus and sedge warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus, with cuckoos Cuculus canorus exploiting the nests of the latter 2 species. Water rail Rallus aq…

River Beult

…g sites for birds such as reed warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus and reed bunting Emberiza schoeniclus.

Greenaways and Freshmarsh, Braunton

…nds along parts of the water channels. The site supports breeding reed bunting Emberiza schoeniclus and sedge warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus, both species being characteristic of marshland habitat.

Earlshall Muir

…er Charadrius hiaticula, sedge warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus, reed bunting Emberiza schoeniclus and stonechat Saxicola torquatus. The invertebrate fauna is diverse including the grayling butterfly Hipparchia semele and several rare beetle species including Arena tabida and P…

Priddy Pools

…Gallinula chloropus, coot Fulica atra, mallard Anas platyrhynchos, reed bunting Emberiza schoeniclus and sedge warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus. Priddy Pools is an important research site. Detailed study of the algae in the northern pool was carried out in the late 1960s and ea…

Swanscombe Peninsula

…il Rallus aquaticus. Wetland habitats across the site also support reed bunting Emberiza schoeniclus, sedge warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus and reed warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus, with the last of these often providing host nests for cuckoo Cuculus canorus. The wetland mosai…

Englemere Pond

…arbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus, sedge warbler A. schoenobaenus and reed bunting Emberiza schoeniclus. The site includes a catchment area of secondary woodland, large pine Pinus sylvestris, birch Betula pendula and oak Quercus robur on acid soils, together with a small fragment of…

Southmoor Farm

…willow tit Poecile montanus, lesser whitethroat Sylvia curruca and reed bunting Emberiza schoeniclus, and mammals include harvest mouse Micromys minutus and noctule bat Nyctalus noctula, the latter feeding over the fields.

Upper Nene Valley Gravel Pits

…yellow wagtail Motacilla flava, grey wagtail Motacilla cinerea and reed bunting Emberiza schoeniclus, are associated with damp grassland, scattered scrub and stands of marginal vegetation at the lagoon edges. This assemblage also includes the largest breeding colony of grey heron…

River Frome

…oodland habitats support a number of riparian passerines including reed bunting Emberiza schoeniclus, reed warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus and sedge warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus. The rare Cetti’s warbler Cettia cettia has become widely established in similar habitat along t…

Thorness Bay

… vanellus and occasional mallard Anas platyrhynchos; together with reed bunting Emberiza schoeniclus and reed warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus. Ringed plover nest in small numbers on the shingle.

Humber Estuary

…rocephalus schoenobaenus, reed warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus and reed bunting Emberiza schoeniclus. The distribution of the breeding species that make up the assemblage is concentrated within although not restricted to the clay pits, lagoons and reedbeds at Far Ings – Barton, …

Woolston Eyes

…rocephalus schoenobaenus, reed warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus and reed bunting Emberiza schoeniclus. Wintering wildfowl Woolston Eyes supports nationally important wintering numbers of gadwall, teal, shoveler and pochard. In addition to the reasons for notification, the site als…

River Wye

…y where rapids occur. Sedge warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus and reed bunting Emberiza schoeniclus breed in riparian habitat along the river banks. Extensive shingle shoals provide suitable breeding habitat for the little ringed plover Charadrius dubius whilst vertical banks pr…

Thorne and Doves Moors

…ulation is known to include grasshopper warbler Locustella naevia, reed bunting Emberiza schoeniclus, tree pipit Anthus trivialis, curlew Numenius arquata and stonechat Saxicola rubicola.

Loch Fleet

…ar Oenanthe oenanthe, sedge warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus and reed bunting Emberiza schoeniclus. Species which breed in the pine woodlands include osprey Pandion haliaetus, Scottish crossbill Loxia scotica, treecreeper Certhia familiaris and great spotted woodpecker Dendroco…

River Avon System

…ficollis, kingfisher and mute swan. Fringing vegetation is used by reed bunting Emberiza schoeniclus, yellow wagtail Motacilla flava, sedge warbler and reed warbler. Fish The system has an extremely diverse fish fauna with more species recorded in the Avon than in any other Brit…

West Moor

…de vegetation support regionally important breeding populations of reed bunting Emberiza schoeniclus, sedge warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus, whinchat Saxicola rubetra and yellow wagtail Motacilla flava. Otters Lutra lutra are known to frequent the secluded watercourses and wi…

Slapton Ley

…rbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus, sedge warbler A. schoenobaenus, and reed bunting Emberiza schoeniclus. Mute swan Cygnus olor, great crested grebe Podiceps cristatus, gadwall Mareca strepera, pochard Aythya ferina and tufted duck Aythya fuligula also feed in the open water and bree…

Eastern Peak District Moors

…ago gallinago, lapwing Vanellus vanellus and a large population of reed bunting Emberiza schoeniclus. A few pairs of twite Linaria flavirostris, a species on the south eastern extremity of its breeding range in Britain, may still breed on the heath, bracken and grass areas, thoug…

Ely Pits and Meadows

…d warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus, sedge warbler A. schoenobaenus, reed bunting Emberiza schoeniclus and cuckoo Cuculus canorus. Exposed banks of the clay pits provide nesting sites for kingfisher Alcedo atthis. The washland and wet grassland north of the River great Ouse also s…

Glaslyn

…er Locustella naevia, sedge warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus,and reed bunting Emberiza schoeniclus all breeding within the site. The marshes attract a number of overwintering wildfowl and waders as well as a variety of birds on passage including wintering whooper swans Cygnus c…

Migneint-Arenig-Dduallt

…ia asworthii, skylark Alauda arvensis, linnet Cardeulis cannabina, reed bunting Emberiza schoeniclus, bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula, black grouse, song thrush Turdus philomelos, brown hare Lepus europaeus, otter Lutra lutra (old record), water vole, pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistr…

Blagdon Lake

…en Gallinula chloropus, great crested grebe and little grebe, with reed bunting Emberiza schoeniclus and sedge warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus nesting in fringing vegetation. A meandering shoreline over 11 kilometres provides sheltered bays with stands of reed sweet grass Gly…

Rhosydd Yerbeston / Yerbeston Moors

… found anywhere else in Wales. Birds recorded on this site include reed bunting Emberiza schoeniclus, willow tit Parus montanus and grasshopper warbler Locustella naevia. Remarks: The marsh fritillary butterfly is listed in Annex 2a of the EC Habitats Directive (Directive 92/43/…

Castlemorton Common

…a favoured habitat for birds such as snipe Gallinago gallinago and reed bunting Emberiza schoeniclus. In the north east corner of the site is a small pond which in summer becomes completely overgrown with floating sweet grass Glyceria fluitans, creeping bent Agrostis stolonifer a…

Freshwater Marshes

…warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus, reed warbler A. scirpaceus and reed bunting Emberiza schoeniclus. However, management aims to maintain water levels at the maximum possible and to control the extent of the scrub. The SSSI includes formerly coppiced alder carr following section…

Amwell Quarry

…warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus, reed warbler A. scirpaceus and reed bunting Emberiza schoeniclus. The site also supports an outstanding assemblage of dragonflies and damselflies including red eyed damselfly Erythromma najas, southern hawker Aeshna cyanea, brown hawker A. gra…

Northwick Marsh

…yptes minimus is an occasional visitor. Breeding birds include the reed bunting Emberiza schoeniclus and yellow wagtail Motacilla flava. The site is also known to have grass snake Natrix natrix and great crested newt Triturus cristatus.

Gwernydd Penbre

…cant breeding populations of reed warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus, reed bunting Emberiza schoeniclus and water rail Rallus aquaticus. Cetti's warbler occupy the peripheral rusty willow Salix cinerea subsp. oleifolia scrub and several pairs are believed to breed. Bitterns Botaurus…

Woolhayes Farm

…. Breeding birds include grasshopper warbler Locustella naevia and reed bunting Emberiza schoeniclus.

River Axe

…hoenobaenus are present on the lower reaches of the river, whilst reed buntings Emberiza schoeniclus and grey wagtails Motacilla cinerea are found throughout the length of the SSSI. Several of the actively eroding banks on the river’s numerous meanders are important breeding site…

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