Hayburn Wyke
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North Yorkshire County NORTH YORK MOORS National Park Cleveland Way National TrailKing Charles Way - Filey Brigg to Newport Bridge National Trail
Condition (Natural England)
| Unit | Feature | Condition | Area (ha) | Assessed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TA012968 | — | Unfavourable Declining | 21.21 | 2020-09-02 |
Climate exposure
This is about exposure to a nationwide pressure this habitat type carries — not a verdict on this site's own management.
Coastal habitats are exposed to sea-level rise and storm erosion. Where hard sea defences sit behind them, there's nowhere landward to retreat to — a squeeze that keeps compressing the habitat no matter how well it's managed.
Habitats
Geology & landscape
Geological Period: Jurassic · Rock Type: Glacial Till, Shale
Landscape processes: Coastal, Fluvial, Glacial
Birds & fish recorded
Birds
| Species | Season |
|---|---|
| blackcap | Breeding |
| chiffchaff | Breeding |
| pied flycatcher | Breeding |
| redstart | Breeding |
| willow warbler | Breeding |
Description
Area, 21.0 hectares 51.9 ac Description The Middle Jurassic cliffs at Hayburn Wyke are overlain by a thick deposit of boulder clay. The Hayburn Beck, which falls onto the beach in a waterfall, has carved a channel through the rocks to expose the Hayburn Wyke plant bed. The plant bed forms part of the Cloughton Formation of the Middle Jurassic and contains a rich fossil fauna, comprising sixty species, dominated by cycads. Of particular interest is Hepaticites haiburnensis, a marchantiaceous liverwort, known only from this locality. The geological interest of this site has not yet been fully evaluated, but it is without question an outstanding fossil plant locality. Deciduous woodland covers the slopes above the cliff shelf and extends some way up Hayburn Wyke Beck, merging into a mixed broad leaved and conifer woodland. The canopy is dominated by oak both Quercus petraea and Quercus robur with ash Fraxinus excelsior, sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus, birch Betula pubescens and elm Ulmus glabra. There are several standards of large leaved lime Tilia platyphyllos. The understorey of shrubs includes hazel Corylus avellana, holly Ilex aquifolium and goat willow Salix caprea and there is a rich ground flora with sanicle Sanicula europaea, opposite leaved golden saxifrage Chrysosplenium oppositifolium, wood millet Milium effusum, male fern Dryopteris filix-mas, lady fern Athyrium filix-femina and hart’s tongue fern Asplenium scolopendrium. The damp conditions favour mosses and liverworts. To the north of Hayburn Wyke and to the south of Little Cliff, the wood gives way to willow scrub S. caprea, Salix cinerea with a ground flora of great horsetail Equisetum telmateia and hemp agrimony Eupatorium cannabinum. Herbs of note at this site include the introduced elecampane Inula helenium and grass of Parnassus Parnassia palustris. In places the unstable clay and shale is bare of vegetation or is colonised by species such as colt’s foot Tussilago farfara. Birds known to breed include chiffchaff, willow warbler, pied flycatcher, redstart and blackcap.
Species mentioned
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IUCN / Red List | Type | Family |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| pied flycatcher | Ficedula hypoleuca | VU (Breeding) | bird-robin | muscicapidae |
| redstart | Phoenicurus phoenicurus | LC (Breeding) | bird-robin | muscicapidae |
| chiffchaff | Phylloscopus collybita | LC (Breeding) | bird-warbler | phylloscopidae |
| willow warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus | LC (Breeding) | bird-warbler | phylloscopidae |
| blackcap | Sylvia atricapilla | LC (Breeding) | bird-warbler | sylviidae |
| hart's-tongue fern | Asplenium scolopendrium | LC | fern | aspleniaceae |
| lady-fern | Athyrium filix-femina | LC | fern | woodsiaceae |
| male fern | Dryopteris filix-mas | LC | fern | dryopteridaceae |
| wood millet | Milium effusum | LC | grass | poaceae |
| opposite-leaved golden- saxifrage | Chrysosplenium oppositifolium | LC | herb | saxifragaceae |
| great horsetail | Equisetum telmateia | LC | herb | equisetaceae |
| hemp agrimony | Eupatorium cannabinum | LC | herb | asteraceae |
| grass of Parnassus | Parnassia palustris | VU | herb | celastraceae |
| sanicle | Sanicula europaea | LC | herb | apiaceae |
| colts-foot | Tussilago farfara | LC | herb | asteraceae |
| sycamore | Acer pseudoplatanus | Not listed in GB list | tree | aceraceae |
| downy birch | Betula pubescens | LC | tree | betulaceae |
| hazel | Corylus avellana | LC | tree | corylaceae |
| ash | Fraxinus excelsior | LC | tree | oleaceae |
| holly | Ilex aquifolium | LC | tree | aquifoliaceae |
| sessile or durmast oak | Quercus petraea | LC | tree | fagaceae |
| common oak | Quercus robur | LC | tree | fagaceae |
| large leaved lime | Tilia platyphyllos | LC | tree | malvaceae |
| wych elm | Ulmus glabra | LC | tree | ulmaceae |
| goat willow | Salix caprea | LC | tree shrub | salicaceae |
| grey willow | Salix cinerea | LC | tree shrub | salicaceae |
Plant communities
W20 — Montane scrub
Salix lapponum-Luzula sylvatica scrub
Show 107 indicator speciesSalix arbuscula, Salix cinerea, Salix lapponum, Salix myrsinites, Salix phylicifolia, Salix reticulata, Empetrum nigrum, Calluna vulgaris, Salix lanata, Vaccinium myrtillus, Vaccinium uliginosum, Carex atrata, Carex bigelowii, Carex binervis, Carex flacca, Luzula multiflora, Luzula sylvatica, Huperzia selago, Selaginella selaginoides, Aulacomnium palustre, Mnium hornum, Philonotis fontana, Plagiomnium undulatum, Rhizomnium punctatum, Dicranum bonjeanii, Dicranum majus, Dicranum scoparium, Fissidens adianthoides, Racomitrium lanuginosum, Calliergonell cuspidatum, Ctenidium molluscum, Hylocomium splendens, Hypnum callichroum, Hypnum cupressiforme, Palustriella commutatum, Plagiothecium denticulatum, Plagiothecium undulatum, Pleurozium schreberi, Ptilium crista-castrensis, Rhytidiadelphus loreus, Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus, Rhytidiadelphus triquetrus, Sanionia uncinata, Scorpidium revolvens, Thuidium tamariscinum, Atrichum undulatum, Polytrichastrum alpinum, Sphagnum capillifolium, Sphagnum fallax, Sphagnum girgensohnii, Sphagnum palustre, Sphagnum russowii, Sphagnum squarrosum, Sphagnum subnitens, Sphagnum teres, Barbilophozia barbata, Chiloscyphus polyanthos, Diplophyllum albicans, Lophocolea bidentata, Plagiochila porelloides, Ptilidium ciliare, Scapania undulata, Cladonia squamosa, Peltigera canina, Angelica sylvestris, Caltha palustris, Hieraclium spp., Saussurea alpina, Solidago virgaurea, Campanula rotundifolia, Succisa pratensis, Valeriana officinalis, Rhodiola rosea, Vaccinium vitis-idaea, Thymus praecox, Epilobium anagallidifolium, Dactylorhiza viridis, Euphrasia officinalis, Rhinanthus minor, Oxalis acetosella, Oxyria digyna, Polygonum viviparum, Rumex acetosa, Anemone nemorosa, Ranunculus acris, Thalictrum alpinum, Alchemilla alpina, Alchemilla glabra, Filipendula ulmaria, Geum rivale, Galium boreale, Galium saxatile, Saxifraga aizoides, Saxifraga hypnoides, Saxifraga oppositifolia, Saxifraga stellaris, Viola riviniana, Agrostis canina, Agrostis capillaris, Anthoxanthum odoratum, Deschampsia cespitosa, Deschampsia flexuosa, Festuca ovina, Festuca rubra, Nardus stricta, Dryopteris dilatata, Phegopteris connectilis
W21 — Hedgerow scrub, Mixed scrub
Crataegus monogyna-Hedera helix scrub
Show 81 indicator speciesHedera helix, Salix cinerea, Acer pseudoplatanus, Ilex aquifolium, Betula pendula, Corylus avellana, Fagus sylvatica, Quercus robur, Fraxinus excelsior, Malus sylvestris, Sorbus aria, Taxus baccata, Ulmus glabra, Ulmus procera, Sambucus nigra, Viburnum lantana, Euonymus europaeus, Cornus sanguinea, Juniperus communis, Ligustrum vulgare, Clematis vitalba, Rhamnus cathartica, Crataegus laevigata, Crataegus monogyna, Prunus spinosa, Juncus effusus, Plagiomnium undulatum, Brachythecium rutabulum, Kindbergia praelonga, Rhynchostegium confertum, Tamus communis, Heracleum sphondylium, Torilis japonica, Arum maculatum, Arctium minus, Cirsium arvense, Lonicera periclymenum, Moehringia trinervia, Silene dioica, Stellaria graminea, Stellaria holostea, Stellaria media agg., Calystegia sepium, Mercurialis perennis, Geranium robertianum, Iris foetidissima, Glechoma hederacea, Lamium purpureum, Origanum vulgare, Stachys sylvatica, Teucrium scorodonia, Allium ursinum, Hyacinthoides non-scripta, Circaea lutetiana, Rumex sanguineus, Anemone nemorosa, Ranunculus repens, Fragaria vesca, Geum urbanum, Potentilla sterilis, Poterium sanguisorba, Rosa arvensis, Rosa canina, Rubia peregrina, Rubus fruticosus agg., Galium aparine, Urtica dioica, Viola riviniana, Anisantha sterilis, Arrhenatherum elatius, Brachypodium pinnatum, Brachypodium sylvaticum, Bromopsis erecta, Dactylis glomerata, Elytrigia repens, Holcus lanatus, Holcus mollis, Poa trivialis, Asplenium scolopendrium, Pteridium aquilinum, Dryopteris filix-mas
W22 — Hedgerow scrub, Mixed scrub
Prunus spinosa-Rubus fruticosus scrub
Show 49 indicator speciesHedera helix, Acer campestre, Corylus avellana, Ulex europaeus, Prunus spinosa, Plagiomnium undulatum, Brachythecium rutabulum, Eurhynchium striatum, Kindbergia praelonga, Thuidium tamariscinum, Atrichum undulatum, Lophocolea bidentata, Achillea millefolium, Cardamine flexuosa, Lonicera periclymenum, Moehringia trinervia, Silene dioica, Silene uniflora, Stellaria media agg., Mercurialis perennis, Geranium robertianum, Stachys sylvatica, Teucrium scorodonia, Hyacinthoides non-scripta, Oxalis acetosella, Digitalis purpurea, Plantago lanceolata, Veronica chamaedrys, Armeria maritima, Rumex acetosa, Filipendula ulmaria, Geum urbanum, Rosa canina, Rubus fruticosus agg., Rubus idaeus, Galium aparine, Urtica dioica, Viola riviniana, Agrostis capillaris, Brachypodium sylvaticum, Dactylis glomerata, Festuca rubra, Holcus lanatus, Holcus mollis, Poa trivialis, Asplenium scolopendrium, Pteridium aquilinum, Dryopteris borreri, Dryopteris filix-mas