East Midlands Woodland Birds Project

East Midlands

Woodland Birds

Project

Wild Bird Indices

Woodland Bird Index

Project Rationale

• Benefits to birds = lots of benefits:• carbon • private sector investment• increase in timber harvested• increase in woodland creation• environmental enhancement

EM Hot Spots!

Area

Tree Pipit Willow Tit Wood Warbler

Pied Flycatcher Redstart Spotted Flycatcher

Lesser Redpoll Lesser-spotted Woodpecker Marsh Tit

Access infrastructure

Ancient Woodland

>10,000 hectares

Progress since April 2009

Ancient Woodland

Total Area of Bird WIG80 (ha)

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200300

400500

600700

800900

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National

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sProgress since April 2009

Ancient Woodland

Estimated wood fuel production for next 5 years (EWGSBird WIG80 approved between April – J uly 2010)

Restructuring option TotalThinning (tonnes) 31,159Clear fell (tonnes) 76,344Coppicing (tonnes) 937

Total tonnes 108,440

Ancient Woodland

Hawfinch

Lesser redpoll

Lesserspotted

woodpecker

Marsh tit

Spottedflycatcher

Tree pipit

Willow tit

Willowwarbler

Wood warbler

Woodcock

NightjarPied

flycatcherRedstart

Gardenwarbler

Area (ha) of EWGS Bird WIG80 benefiting each target bird species approved between April 2009 – July 2010

First 12 Months...

• Carbon savings = £1.3 million (woodfuel substituting for fossil fuels)

• Grants of £1.9 million securing £4.7 million from the private sector

• Sustainable woodland management supporting rural economies

• 108,000 green tonnes of timber (£2.7m) over the next five years·

• 385,000 native trees to be planted: converting 464 hectares of either bare land or non-native plantations to new native woodland.