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Viridor Waste Management

Heathfield Integrated Waste Management Facility

Extended Phase 1 Habitat Survey Report

April 2011

Entec UK Limited

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Contents

1. Introduction 1

1.1 Purpose of this Report 1 1.2 Site Context 1

2. Methodology for Data Collection 3

2.1 Desk Study 3 2.2 Field Survey 5 2.2.1 Habitats 5 2.2.2 Species 5

3. Site Baseline 7

3.1 Statutory Nature Conservation Sites 7 3.2 Non-statutory Nature Conservation Sites 8 3.3 Habitats 11 3.3.1 Site Context and Surrounding Habitats 11 3.3.2 On-site Habitats 12 3.4 Species 13 3.4.1 Dormice 13 3.4.2 Birds 14 3.4.3 Great Crested Newt 14 3.4.4 Other Species 14

4. Evaluation 17

4.1 Evaluation methodology 17 4.2 Evaluation 17 4.2.1 Sites designated for nature conservation 17 4.2.2 Dormouse 17 4.2.3 Birds 18 4.2.4 Hedgehog 18 4.2.5 Invertebrates 19 4.2.6 Plants 19

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Table 2.1 Sources of desk study information 5

t Appendix B Figures Appendix C Full Desktop Study Results

Appendix A Legislation and Policy Contex

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1. Introduction

1.1 Purpose of this Report Proposals exist to develop an Integrated Waste Management Facility (IWMF) within Heathfield Landfill site, Kingsteignton, Devon (approximate central Grid Reference SX857761)1. The current proposals are a revision of the previously consented scheme for an IWMF which was given permission in May 2005 (ref 05/3070/04).

Entec UK Ltd (Entec) was commissioned by Viridor Waste Management Ltd (Viridor) to undertake an update ecological assessment in support of a planning application for the proposed works. In completing the assessment a survey of the site was undertaken, in which any potential ecological issues that might be associated with the development of the site were identified.

This report details the methods adopted and the results of the survey work.

1.2 Site Context The site is located approximately 3km north of Kingsteignton and 2km southeast of Chudleigh Knighton. It measures 12.99ha in a relatively elongated area running east to west along the southern edge of the active landfill site (Figure 1.1). The site is situated within a rural landscape dominated by grazing pasture, an extensive network of hedgerows, woodland and a large area of active and disused mineral workings. Within the boundaries of the site itself are areas of hardstanding and buildings, as well as narrow strips of mixed woodland, short sections of hedgerow, a large surface water attenuation pond, leachate lagoons, grassland and scrub.

1 Hereinafter, the area of land to be directly affected by the redevelopment is referred to as the site.

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2. Methodology for Data Collection

2.1 Desk Study A data-gathering exercise was undertaken to obtain information relating to statutory and non-statutory nature conservation sites, priority habitats and species, and legally protected and controlled species (see Boxes 1 and 2).

Box 1 Designated wildlife sites, and priority habitats and species

Statutory nature conservation sites

Internationally important sites: Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) and candidate SACs, Special Protection Areas (SPAs) and proposed SPAs, Sites of Community Importance, Ramsar sites and European offshore marine sites.

Nationally important sites: Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) that are not subject to international designations and National Nature Reserves (NNRs)

Local Nature Reserves (LNRs) are statutory sites that are of importance for recreation and education as well as nature conservation. Their level of importance is defined by their other statutory or any non-statutory designation (e.g. if an LNR is also an SSSI but is not an internationally important site, it will be of national importance). If an LNR has no other statutory or non-statutory designation it should be treated as being of district-level importance for biodiversity (although it may be of greater socio-economic value). Non-statutory nature conservation sites

Sites of county importance: Non-statutory nature conservation sites in Devon are notified as County Wildlife Sites. Strategic Nature Areas

In southwest England landscape scale areas of land have been identified as Strategic Nature Areas (SNAs). These areas are recognised as a priority for maintaining and expanding terrestrial wildlife habitats at a landscape scale. In order to aid the focus of biodiversity conservation within SNAs, maps have been produced to show the current extent of BAP priority habitats within SNA boundaries.

Priority habitats and species

In this report, the geographic level at which a species/habitat has been identified as a priority for biodiversity conservation is referred to as its level of ‘species/habitat importance’. For example, habitats and species of principal importance for the conservation of biological diversity in England (see the first bullet point below) are identified as of national species/habitat importance reflecting the fact that these species/habitats have been defined at a national level. The level of importance therefore pertains to the species/habitat as a whole rather than to individual areas of habitat or species populations, which cannot be objectively valued, other than for waterfowl, for which thresholds have been defined for national/international ‘population importance’.

• National importance: Habitats and species of principal importance for the conservation of biological diversity in England. These are listed on: http://www.defra.gov.uk/wildlife-countryside/pdf/biodiversity/s41-nerc-may2008species.pdf and http://www.defra.gov.uk/wildlife-countryside/pdf/biodiversity/s41-nerc-may2008habitats.pdf. These include those UK Biodiversity Action Plan (UK BAP) priority habitats and species that occur in England.

• National importance: Species listed as being of conservation concern in the relevant UK Red Data Book (RDB) or the Birds of Conservation Concern2 Red List.

2 Eaton, M.A. et al. (2009). Birds of Conservation Concern 3: the population status of birds in the United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man. British Birds 102:296-341.

http://www.defra.gov.uk/wildlife-countryside/pdf/biodiversity/s41-nerc-may2008species.pdf

http://www.defra.gov.uk/wildlife-countryside/pdf/biodiversity/s41-nerc-may2008species.pdf

http://www.defra.gov.uk/wildlife-countryside/pdf/biodiversity/s41-nerc-may2008habitats.pdf

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Box 1 Designated wildlife sites, and priority habitats and species

• National importance: Nationally Scarce species, which are species recorded from 16-100 10x10km squares of the national grid.

• National importance: Ancient woodland (i.e. areas that have been under continuous woodland cover since at least 1600).

• County importance: Species listed in the Devon BAP.

• Borough importance: Species listed in the Teignbridge BAP.

Box 2 Legally protected and controlled species

Legal protection

Many species of animal and plant receive some degree of legal protection. For the purposes of this study, legal protection refers to:

• species included on Schedules 1, 5 and 8 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (as amended), excluding species that are only protected in relation to their sale (see Section 9[5] and 13[2]), reflecting the fact that the proposed development does not include any proposals relating to the sale of species;

• species included on Schedules 2 and 4 of The Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) Regulations 1994 (as amended) (SI 1994 No. 2716); and

• badgers, which are protected under the Protection of Badgers Act 1992.

Legal control

Schedule 9 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (as amended) lists species of animal that it an offence to release or allow to escape into the wild and species of plant that it is an offence to plant or otherwise cause to grow in the wild.

Given the potential for the proposed development to affect biodiversity resources located off- as well as on-site, data were obtained for:

• Sites of nature conservation interest located on or within 2km of the site;

• Records of other legally protected and priority species to a distance of 2km from the site boundary; and

• Water bodies within 500m of the site, not separated from the site by barriers to great crested newt (Triturus cristatus) movement (e.g. major roads, rivers, etc.).

In addition reports detailing previous survey work carried out on or adjacent to the site have been reviewed3. These predominantly relate to the documentation that was associated with an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) completed for the wider Heathfield Landfill Site in 2004. All sources of desk study information are listed in Table 1.2.

3 Note that Entec is not responsible for the validity, and therefore does not warrant any data gained through the desk study from external sources which have been used to inform this assessment.

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Table 2.1 Sources of desk study information

Topic Source of information

Statutory nature conservation sites Multi-Agency Geographic Information for the Countryside website www.magic.gov.uk (2010)

Non-statutory nature conservation sites Devon Biodiversity Records Centre (2010)

Ancient woodland Multi-Agency Geographic Information for the Countryside website www.magic.gov.uk (2010)

Potential great crested newt aquatic habitat 1:10,000 Ordnance Survey maps (2010)

Records of priority species Devon Biodiversity Records Centre (2010)

Heathfield Landfill Site Environmental Statement, February 2004: Ecology Chapter

SLR Consulting (2004)

2.2 Field Survey

2.2.1 Habitats A phase 1 habitat survey of the site and its surrounds was undertaken by an Entec ecologist on 25 January 2010. During the survey, distinct habitats were identified and any features of interest subjected to a more detailed description in a target note (TN)4. As the standard phase 1 habitat survey methodology is mainly concerned with vegetation communities, the survey was extended5 to allow for the provision of information on other ecological features, including identification of the presence/potential presence of legally protected and otherwise notable species. The survey was updated on 4 August 2010 because some of the habitats on-site had altered since the initial survey, and to check the validity of the findings of the initial survey which was undertaken outside of the optimum survey season.

2.2.2 Species The methodologies used to establish the presence/potential presence of protected and notable species as part of the extended phase 1 habitat survey are summarised below. These relate to those species/biological taxa that the desk study and habitat types present indicated could occur on the site.

Badger, Bats, Great Crested Newt, Reptiles and Barn Owl Detailed surveys have been carried out for the following species, and documented in separate reports6,7. These species are therefore not considered further within this report.

4 Joint Nature Conservation Committee (2007). Handbook for Phase 1 habitat survey - a technique for environmental audit. JNCC, Peterborough. 5 Institute of Environmental Assessment (1995). Guidelines for Baseline Ecological Assessment. E&FN Spon, London. 6 Entec UK Ltd. (2011). Heathfield Landfill Site: Protected Species Survey Report. Entec, London

http://www.magic.gov.uk/

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• Badger (Meles meles);

• Bats;

• Great crested newt;

• Reptiles; and

• Barn owl (Tyto alba).

Dormice Woodland and hedgerows were assessed for their suitability to support a population of dormice (Muscardinus avellanarius). This included an assessment of the suitability of the site for foraging by dormice, e.g. availability of hazel (Corylus avellana) and honeysuckle (Lonicera periclymenum), the quality of the woodland structure and understorey, and the connectivity between the woodland and other suitable habitat. Connectivity in the wider landscape was assessed with the aid of aerial photographs obtained from the Google Maps website (http://maps.google.co.uk/maps).

Birds The habitats and built structures on-site were assessed for the potential to provide nesting habitat for breeding birds, or to support important assemblages of rare or notable bird species.

Other Species In addition, an assessment was made of the potential for the site to support any other species considered to be of value for biodiversity conservation and that were identified as occurring within the study area by the desk study.

7 Entec UK Ltd. (2011). Heathfield Landfill Site: Bat Survey Report. Entec, London

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3. Site Baseline

3.1 Statutory Nature Conservation Sites There are 8 statutory nature conservation sites within 2km of the site. These are detailed in Table 3.1 and shown in Figure 3.1.

Table 3.1 Statutory nature conservation sites within 2km of the Heathfield site

Site Type of designation

Area (ha)

Ecological interest Grid Reference

Approximate distance (m) and direction from site

South Hams

SAC 129.5 Important for extensive limestone grasslands, but also supporting dry heath characteristic of acid soils. The site supports a number of rare and scarce vascular plants including Portland spurge (Euphorbia portlandica), rock stonecrop (Sedum forsterianum), autumn squill (Scilla autumnalis) and small hare’s-ear (Bupleurum baldense).

Also listed as a primary reason for the designation of this site is the greater horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus ferrumequinum). South Hams is thought to hold the largest population of this species in the UK, and is the only one containing more than 1,000 adult bats (31% of the UK species population). It contains the largest known maternity roost in the UK and possibly in Europe. In addition to supporting a maternity roost, the site also acts as a hibernation site for bats.

SX942565 800 N

Chudleigh Caves & Woods

SSSI 29.3 Semi natural woodland on limestone with botanical interest and importance for birds and invertebrates. The caves have palaeontological interest and support important bat roosts, including greater horseshoe. The site is also designated as South Hams SAC for its habitat and species diversity (as described above).

SX872788 SX866785 SX859779 SX855785

800 N

Southacre Clay Pits

SSSI 62.6 This site is designated for its geological interest, and as such is not considered further in this assessment.

SX854754 100 SW

Brocks Farm

SSSI 1.5 Herb-rich grassland supporting the largest colony of green-winged orchid (Orchis morio) in the country.

SX842758 1200 SW

Chudleigh Knighton Heath

SSSI 50.7 Lowland heathland which supports populations of breeding birds, amphibians and insects.

SX838776 1200NW

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Site Type of designation

Area (ha)



Ugbrooke Park

SSSI 36.9 110 species of lichens including two nationally rare species Lecanacitdetum premneae and Xanthorion parietinae.

SX870779 1600 NE

Stover Park

SSSI 45.7 200 year old open water lake with extensive marshes, woodland and a rich invertebrate community. The site is also designated as Stover LNR (as described below).

SX833751 1700 SW

Stover LNR 45.7 Designated for its ponds, dragonflies, glow worms (Lampyris noctiluca), nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus) and bats.

SX833751 1700 SW

3.2 Non-statutory Nature Conservation Sites There are a total of 50 non-statutory nature conservation sites within 2km of the site. This includes 12 County Wildlife Sites (CWS), one Other Site of Wildlife Interest (OSWI) and 37 Unconfirmed Wildlife Sites (UWS). Of these, Fosterville Wood UWS is located on the site itself. The non-statutory sites are listed in Table 3.2, with references indicated on Figure 3.2.

In addition, the site falls within the Bovey Basin Strategic Nature Area. This SNA has been highlighted largely for its potential for the conservation and expansion of coastal and floodplain grazing marsh. The SNA profile however highlights a number of other priority habitats with a significant presence in the area, for which habitat maintenance and restoration targets have been set. These include lowland heathland, woodland, hedgerows, lowland meadows, ponds and rivers.

Table 3.2 Non-statutory nature conservation sites within 2km of the Heathfield site

Ref. Site Type of designation

Area (ha)



1 Heathfield Marsh

CWS 9.1 Wet unimproved neutral grassland.

SX836760 800 SW

2 Gappah Brake

CWS 13.0 Dry heath & acidic secondary broadleaved woodland. Bird interest.

SX858769 Adjacent to NE site boundary

3 Babcombe Copse

CWS 27.4 Secondary broadleaved woodland, broadleaved and conifer plantation.

SX871768 400 NE

4 Teigngrace CWS Unknown Wet semi-improved neutral grassland, tall herb vegetation, alder & willow scrub.

SX850744 1600m SW

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5 Abbrook Pond and Woodland

CWS 5.8 Pond with broadleaved woodland, wet woodland, scrub & a small area of unimproved neutral grassland.

SX862744 1300m S

6 Netherexe CWS 1.8 Pond with dragonfly interest.

SX862741 1700m S

7 Ventiford Meadows

CWS Unknown Wet woodland, unimproved neutral grassland and ponds with dragonfly interest.

SX845747 1900m SW

8 Heathfield Pennyroyal Site

CWS 3.5 Grassland, gorse scrub, heath and notable plant interest.

SX831763 2000 W

9 Stover Canal CWS 2.8 Wetland. SX847748- SX862723

1600 SW

10 Chudleigh Knighton Clay Pit Margins

CWS 1.1 Dry heath & scrub. SX840769 1100 NW

11 Pipehouse Lane Clay Pit Margins

CWS 0.5 Mire and wet meadow. SX848770 600 NW

12 Bovey/Teign Confluence

CWS 17.0 Rivers Teign and Bovey comprising riverine tree cover & tall herb communities. Exposed riverine sediment beetle, bat & otter interest.

SX849749 300 W

14 Holly Plantation

OSWI 12.6 Secondary broadleaved woodland, conifer plantation & small areas of wet & dry unimproved neutral grassland.

SX848788 1900 NW

15 Summer Lane Bridge

UWS 2.1 Unimproved neutral grassland, semi-improved neutral grassland & broadleaved woodland.

SX846750 1400 SW

16 Knighton Heath Copse

UWS 0.8 Broadleaved woodland. SX836772 1800 NE

17 Culverhouse (E)

UWS 2.9 Broadleaved woodland. SX850781 1300 NW

18 Ford Farm UWS 4.5 Semi-improved neutral grassland.

SX844777 1200 NW

19 Bellamarsh Copse

UWS 5.2 Plantation on ancient woodland site.

SX857778 1000 N

20 Gappah Copse

UWS 0.8 Broadleaved woodland. SX860777 1100 NE

21 Sandslade UWS 0.4 Semi-improved neutral SX857773 600 N

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Field grassland and scrub.

22 Sandslade UWS 7.5 SX856771 300 N

24 UWS 1.7 Broadleaved woodland. On-site

25 Lappathorn UWS 3.8 Broadleaved woodland. 100 SE

26 Sand it UWS 12.6 d.

SX867764 300 E

27 Fosterville UWS 2.7 SX865764 200 E

28 UWS 1.9 Broadleaved woodland. SX860784 1800 N

29 Ugbrooke Park (S)

UWS 28.4 broadleaved

SX872777 1100 NE

30 ell UWS 5.4 SX873763 900 E

31 Coombe UWS 3.4 ved neutral SX872759 900 E

32 Well Covert UWS 26.8

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antation on

SX880765 1200 E

33 Combe UWS 1.9 Broadleaved woodland. SX880761 1600 E

34 Combe UWS 2.4 ved neutral SX875756 1300 SE

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36 Combe ge

UWS 1.6 Broadleaved woodland. SX875754 1300 SE

37 UWS 3.1 Broadleaved woodland. SX872752 1200 SE

38 Ugbrooke Park (N)

UWS 17.4

dland and

1500 N

39 A380 UWS 1.2 ed SX872745 1700 SE

40 A380 West

UWS 8.2 ed rassland on limestone.

SX874741 1800 SE

Copse Ancient woodland & broadleaved woodland.

23 Tor's Hill

Fosterville

UWS 1.5 Broadleaved woodland. SX876750

SX856764

1600 SE

Wood SX859761

SX865752 Copse

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SX863758

Wood Mixed plantation & broadleaved woodlan

Marshy grassland & broadleaved woodland.

Lawell Plantation

Semi-improved neutral grassland &woodland.

Ancient woodland & SedgewCovert broadleaved woodland.

Semi-improFarm grassland.

Ancient woodland & plantation on ancient woodland site (large area osecondary broadleaved woodland & plancient site).

Copse

Holdridge Semi-imprograssland.

35 Combe(S

Holdrid

UWS 1.3 Broadleaved woodland. SX872756 1100 SE

Wood

Ponswine Copse

Part ancient semi-natural woodland, part replanted with conifers, secondary broadleaved wooparkland lakes.

Semi-improved/unimprov

SX866777 SX867779 SX871783 SX873781 SX874782

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Verge

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Area (ha)



41 A380 road verge

UWS 7.5 Unimproved grassland, scrub & heathland.

SX871749

1300 SE

43 Kiln Wood Field

UWS 3.9

oor with rushes, wet

flushes and ruderal

SX860778 1200 N

44 Goilmoors UWS 1.7 Mixed plantation and wet SX843745 1900 SW

46 Goilmoors UWS Unknown Mixed plantation and wet SX843745 2000 SW

47 Teigngrace UWS 0.8 Relict marshy grassland. SX851701 2000 S

48 Well Covert UWS 736 Floodplain meadows. SX877766 1100 E

49 Well Covert UWS 7.3 Semi-improved neutral SX881768 1900 E

50 Ugbrooke Stream

UWS 1.1 and and species-rich wet meadow (rush-

SX866747 1300 SE

51 John Acres Strip

UWS 3.6 ding to high

quality grassland at northern tip.

SX859759 100 S

SX870751 SX870750

SX870748

42 Pitt Farm UWS 5.7 Orchard.

Unimproved grassland onlimestone (attractive site but largely species-pgrassland

SX848778 1000 N

species).

Plantation woodland.

45 Silverlands UWS 3.6 Parkland. SX856783 1200 N

Plantation woodland.

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Meadows

Fields grassland.

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Meadow pasture).

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3.3 Habitats Figure 3.3 presents the phase 1 habitat survey map, and Figure 3.4 indicates locations of Target Notes (TN). The following sections describe the habitats on and around the site.

ppah Brake CWS (TN1) and Fosterville Wood UWS (TNs 13&16) (as described in Table 3.2).

3.3.1 Site Context and Surrounding Habitats The southern and eastern site boundaries are bordered by the relatively quiet road, John Acres Lane, while the western site boundary is delineated by the somewhat busier B3193. To the north of the site lies the operational landfill with restored grassland, broad-leaved woodland, and areas of hardstanding and buildings bordering the boundary. The wider landscape is dominated by grassland, broad-leaved woodland, and active quarries. Some of the broad-leaved woodland bordering the site receives non-statutory designation as Ga

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3.3.2 On-site Habitats The site covers an area of approximately 12.99ha and consists in the main of hardstanding, mixed woodland, open water and improved grassland. The site covers two main areas, joined by a narrow linear strip running east to west.

The western area was cleared early in 2010, and was therefore dominated by heavily disturbed bare mud and wood chippings surrounding an attenuation pond (TN8) at the time of the initial site visit. Vegetation has since begun to recolonise this area, and patches of dense vegetation are now apparent. These are generally dominated by species characteristic of disturbed ground such as common fleabane (Pulicaria dysenterica), redshank (Persicaria maculosa), dandelion (Taraxacum sp.), yarrow (Achillea millefolium), spear thistle (Cirsium vulgare) and prickly sow-thistle (Sonchus asper). Within these areas however, and around the less heavily disturbed peripheries, evidence of the species-rich grassland likely to have been more abundant prior to the disturbance also survives, including common spotted orchid (Dactylorhiza fuchsii), sweet vernal grass (Anthoxanthum odoratum), common knapweed (Centaurea nigra), hempnettle (Galeopsis sp.), bird’s foot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus), common vetch (Vicia sativa) and heath bedstraw (Galium saxatile). The attenuation pond itself had also cleared, with all vegetation removed early in 2010. Marginal vegetation had, by the time of the later survey, re-established and the pond had begun to support small patches of vegetation with species including bulrush (Typha latifolia), soft rush (Juncus effusus) and water mint (Mentha aquatica), with white water lily (Nymphaea alba) also present.

A steep-sided ditch (TN10), holding very little water and supporting no vegetative growth within the channel or along the banks at the time of surveying, crosses through the western area of the site. Around the edges of the western area are patches of broad-leaved woodland with silver birch (Betula pendula) and pedunculate oak (Quercus robur), and bramble (Rubus fruticosus agg.) scrub and ivy (Hedera helix) understorey. The western site boundary is lined by a strip of dense scrub woodland, supporting pedunculate oak, hazel, holly, hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna) and field maple (Acer campestre), with and understorey of bramble and ivy. Four artificially lined lagoons, supporting no aquatic vegetation, lie within the western area (TN12). These are bound to the west and north by a species-rich grassy bank supporting species such as black medick (Medicago lupulina), pyramidal orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis), scarlet pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis), redshank, common knapweed, germander speedwell (Veronica chamaedrys), Timothy (Phleum pratense), wild carrot (Daucus carota), red campion (Silene dioica) and prickly lettuce (Lactuca serriola), and also some scattered bramble scrub. At the top of the bank is dense woody scrub supporting hazel, Scot’s pine (Pinus sylvestris) and alder (Alnus glutinosa). The two lagoons to the south of the road were made narrower in September 2010, with the south-westernmost lagoon extended southwards to maintain the overall capacity of these lagoons..

In the northernmost part of the site lies two small areas of tussocky improved grassland, dominated by cocksfoot (Dactylis glomerata) and Yorkshire fog (Holcus lanatus), with dense patches of bracken (Pteridium aquilinum) and bramble (TN4). Also present within these habitats is a diverse range of floral species, including woody nightshade (Solanum dulcamara), perforate St. John’s wort (Hypericum perforatum), greater knapweed (Centaurea scabiosa), common knapweed, hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium), wild carrot, herb Robert (Geranium robertianum), scentless mayweed (Tripleurospermum inodorum), Timothy, Yorkshire fog (Holcus lanatus), curled dock (Rumex crispus), prickly lettuce and common nettle (Urtica

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dioica). Within one of these areas lies two farm outbuildings (TNs 5&6), and in between them is a horse-grazed paddock (TN3).

The linear strip that forms the central section of the site follows a single lane access road. To the north of the access road is a slope up to restored grassland on the landfill site, with part of the road edge formed by a line of dense scrub. This scrub includes gorse (Ulex europaeus), bramble, silver birch, pedunculate oak and butterfly bush (Buddleja davidii). South of the access road, part of the site includes the Fosterville Wood UWS (TN16). This area of mixed woodland is dominated by silver birch trees, with some tall Leyland cypress (x Cupressocyparis leylandii), holly (Ilex aquifolium) and beech (Fagus sylvatica) also present. The ground cover at the time of surveying was dominated by bramble and ivy, with scattered bracken. Piles of

ud sides and small patches of common

Lathyrus pratensis), black medick and

species including hazel, dogwood (Cornus sanguinea), holly, sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus), horse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum),

) and hawthorn.

e boundary, in a small section of hedgerow in the north-western corner of the site, and in a line of bramble scrub in the western part of the site (TNs 2&7).

dead wood occur throughout this wooded area, with some recent clearance works having taken place at TN15.

TN14 indicates the location of a lagoon with steep bare mreed (Phragmites australis). Dense scrub covers most of the banks of this lagoon, including gorse, hazel, bramble and grey willow (Salix cinerea).

The eastern part of the site is built-up, dominated by hardstanding, bare earth and built structures. There are some man-made bunds, covered by grassland with scattered scrub, and a line of Leyland cypress trees (TN17). The grassland on the bunds is relatively species-rich, supporting wild carrot, bird’s foot trefoil, common spotted orchid, pyramidal orchid, self-heal (Prunella vulgaris), yarrow, yellow meadow vetchling (red clover (Trifolium pratense). Patches are however dominated by dense patches of common nettle, field horsetail (Equisetum arvense) and gorse.

The southern and eastern boundaries of the site in this area are largely formed by lines of mature pedunculate oak, bordered by hedgerow and scrub

silver birch, dog rose (Rosa canina

3.4 Species

3.4.1 Dormice Records of dormouse activity are frequent in the surrounding area, with previous survey work on the wider Heathfield Landfill Site confirming the presence of the species within a hedgerow on the eastern edge of the area, to the north of the current application site. Conversations with SLR in 2010 also indicated that dormice are present in the Gappah Brake woodland, immediately north of the western part of the current site boundary.

The woodland present on the site is largely suboptimal for dormouse, comprising tall thin trees dominated by silver birch with little internal connectivity below the canopy level (e.g. TN3). Other pockets of woodland, hedgerow and scrub habitat across the site do potentially provide better opportunities for the species, however these generally comprise small fragments isolated from other suitable habitats by grassland, hardstanding and less suitable woodland areas. There is some potential for dormouse to occur within the hedgerow that runs along the outside of the eastern site boundary, within the line of scrub woodland along the western sit

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3.4.2 Birds The woodland and scrub habitats within the site, as well as the farm outbuildings (TNs 5&6), have the potential to support breeding birds, including notable species such as those known to occur in the area (Appendix C). Several active hirundine bird nests (swallow Hirundo rustica, swift Apus apus or house martin Delichon urbica) were present within the farm outbuildings during spring and summer 2010.

Four bird species highlighted by the desktop study receive a higher level of legal protection8 than most birds: of these only one could potentially occur within the habitats provided on site. This is the marsh warbler (Acrocephalus palustris), which is a very rare visitor to the UK, but will nest in scrub habitat. The most recent record of this species in the vicinity of the site was from 1994.

A further seven UKBAP and/or BOCC Red List species are known to occur within 2km of the site (house sparrow Passer domesticus, spotted flycatcher Muscicapa striata, nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus, skylark Alauda arvensis, song thrush Turdus philomelos, tree pipit Anthus trivialis, yellow hammer Emberiza citrinella and herring gull Larus argentatus). These species may also use the woodland and scrub habitats on-site.

3.4.3 Great Crested Newt Within the site boundaries lie six artificial water bodies comprising a large attenuation pond (TN8) and five small lagoons (TNs 12&14). Although the four steep-sided, lined lagoons at TN12 occur adjacent to scrub and woodland habitats, they are devoid of vegetation, with poor water quality and variable water levels, regularly holding no water at all.

The desk study identified a further four ponds within a 500m radius of the site, apparently not separated from the site by any major barriers. Three of these occur within working quarry sites to the south and east of the application site, and the fourth lies within a residential property adjacent to the southwest site boundary (TN11). No access was available to assess any of these water bodies during the field survey.

The attenuation pond (TN8) and the lagoon indicated by TN14 have been subject to detailed survey work for great crested newt, which is documented in a separate report9. Great crested newts are therefore not considered further within this report.

3.4.4 Other Species For a full list of species recorded within a 2km radius around the site, provided by Devon Biodiversity Records Centre, see Appendix C.

Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) may use the habitats on site, sheltering within scrub and foraging across the small area of grassland. The application site is not considered to provide suitable habitat for the brown hare (Lepus europaeus), which is generally associated with more open areas, especially agricultural fields.

A large number of notable invertebrate species have been recorded within 2km of the site boundaries. These include 1 spider, 4 beetles, 1 fly, 1 ant, 2 bush crickets, 6 dragonflies and

8 Wildlife and Countryside Act (1981), schedule 1.

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damselflies, and 59 moths and butterflies. Of these just 1 butterfly receives legal protection. This is the marsh fritillary (Euphydras aurinia), however this species requires open damp, heathy and calcareous grassland habitats with devil's-bit scabious (Succisa pratensis) to survive. Such habitat is not present within the application site. Notable invertebrate species may occur on and around the periphery of the site, primarily within the restored grassland and woodland habitats.

11 notable plant species records have been provided for the search area. 4 of these are associated with aquatic habitats, 1 is associated with heathland and 1 is associated with arable land; therefore these are considered unlikely to occur on the site. 2 - 3 patches of primrose (Primula vulgaris) were recorded in the western part of the site (TN9) in 2010. The other species that may potentially occur in the on-site scrub and woodland habitats are bastard balm Melittis melissophyllum, cyclamen Cyclamen hederifolium, ivy broomrape Orobanche hederae, and heath lobelia Lobelia urens.

On-site habitats may also support foraging, sheltering and hibernating common toad (Bufo bufo). This species has been considered in further detail in a separate document9 and is therefore not considered further in this report.

9 See Entec Protected Species Survey Report April 2011(Appendix E of the Environmental Statement)

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4. Evaluation

4.1 Evaluation methodology The biodiversity conservation value of the habitats and species present/potentially present at the Heathfield Landfill site has been assessed. The evaluation uses professional judgement in drawing together information about the quality and extent of habitats, characteristics of species’ population and distribution, and the findings of both the desk and field studies. Evaluations have been undertaken only for sites/habitats/species that fall within at least one of the categories set out in Boxes 1 and 2. This reflects the expectation that all species/habitats that are of sufficient value that an effect upon them could be significant, would fall within at least one of the categories. The use of these categories therefore enables often lengthy lists of sites/habitats/species to be filtered to derive a short-list of sites/habitats/species that can be the focus of more detailed evaluation work. Regardless of the findings of the assessment, there is a need to recognise that certain habitats and species are legally protected and measures must be taken to ensure that contravention of the relevant legislation is avoided.

4.2 Evaluation

4.2.1 Sites designated for nature conservation These sites are considered to be important at the level at which they were designated. Within 2km of the site South Hams SAC, including Chudleigh Caves and Woods SSSI, is of international importance to biodiversity conservation. A further 6 SSSIs, which include Stover Park LNR, are of national importance to biodiversity conservation. A further 50 CWS, UWS and OSWI are assumed to be of county importance to biodiversity conservation, including Fosterville Woods and Gappah Brake, which occur within or immediately adjacent to the application site.

4.2.2 Dormouse There is some potential for dormouse to occur in the linear habitats along the east and west site boundaries, in a small section of hedgerow in the north-western corner of the site, and in a line of bramble scrub in the western part of the site. The north-western hedgerow and line of bramble scrub however are relatively short, approximately 50m and 70m long, and connect to other habitat only at their northern extent. These are therefore unsuitable as corridors to connect dormouse habitat.

While no specific survey work has been carried out by Entec, given the records of dormouse activity within habitats surrounding the site, the assumption has been made that all areas of woodland, scrub and hedgerow habitat within the site may be utilised by the species. That said, potential habitat within the application site generally comprise fragments isolated from other suitable habitats by grassland, hardstanding and less suitable woodland areas; therefore it is considered unlikely that dormice occur in high numbers.

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The strip of bramble scrub may provide a seasonal source of food for dormouse, although it is unlikely to support high numbers of the species all year round. Furthermore, given the abundance of similar food sources in the vicinity, it is unlikely to provide habitat of any importance to the species’ local survival.

The northernmost section of hedgerow is more species diverse, however the small area of habitat provided is unlikely to be of high value to any dormouse population. This is particularly likely given the presence of the adjacent Gappah Brake woodland, which is thought to provide 13ha of suitable habitat for dormouse, and is well connected to other woodland and hedgerows offering suitable dormouse habitat in the local landscape.

The line of scrub, trees and woodland that runs along the western site boundary has the potential to support dormouse, however it connects to optimal habitat only at the northern extent, where it joins Gappah Brake. Similarly, the isolated section of hedgerow along the eastern site boundary, while offering good diversity of botanical species, is not connected to other suitable dormouse habitat. Far better opportunities for dormouse exist in the wider area, and habitats on-site are therefore likely to be of very limited importance to local dormouse conservation. Notwithstanding this, there is a requirement to avoid contravention of the legislation that relates to the species in the UK (see Appendix A).

4.2.3 Birds Common nesting birds were recorded on-site during the survey work, including hirundine species within the farm outbuildings. A number of notable breeding bird species have also been recorded within 2km of the site that may also occur on-site (house sparrow, spotted flycatcher, nightjar, skylark, song thrush, tree pipit, yellow hammer, herring gull). That said, given the current limited extent and relatively poor condition of the habitats within the application boundary, and the wide availability of similar and better habitats in the local area, it is considered unlikely that they would support an important population of notable bird species.

The scrub habitats on-site do offer some potential for marsh warbler to nest, which was highlighted during the desk study. That said, the species is uncommon, with approximately 50 records from the UK annually, the majority of which occur along the east coast. Given the limited extent and poor condition of the scrub habitats on the site, and the extreme rarity of this species in the UK, and particularly in Devon, it is considered very unlikely that the site supports breeding marsh warbler.

Notwithstanding this, there is a requirement to avoid contravention of the legislation that relates to all breeding birds in the UK (see Appendix A).

4.2.4 Hedgehog The on-site scrub habitats may support sheltering and overwintering hedgehogs, whilst the grassland and ruderal vegetation provides foraging opportunities. That said, hedgehogs remain relatively common within the UK, and habitats providing equal and better opportunities for hedgehogs occur commonly in the wider area. The site is therefore unlikely to be of importance to the conservation of local hedgehog populations.

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4.2.5 Invertebrates Notable invertebrate species may occur within small pockets of habitat on and around the periphery of the site, primarily within the restored grassland and woodland habitats. While bare ground habitat may be of some value to invertebrate species, such as solitary bees and wasps, that found on site has been subject to heavy disturbance recently, or has been heavily compacted by heavy goods vehicles. The majority of habitats within the site boundaries therefore offer very limited opportunities for notable invertebrate populations due to their heavily disturbed nature, and/or lack of established vegetation.

4.2.6 Plants Within the western part of the site a low number of primrose plants were recorded. The habitat in which they were noted is in itself, except for the population of primrose that it supports, of poor quality, having been subject to recent heavy disturbance, Furthermore the numbers of primrose individuals present is not considered to form a notable population of the species And while primrose is considered notable due to its inclusion on the local BAPs, it remains common and widespread both in Devon and in the UK.

Given the character and general poor condition of the habitats on the site, it is not likely that they currently support populations of any other plants that are of importance to biodiversity conservation.

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Appendix A Legislation and Policy Context

Legislation

Birds With certain exceptions10, all wild birds, their nests and eggs are protected by the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (as amended). Therefore, it is an offence, inter alia, to:

• intentionally take, damage or destroy the nest of any wild bird while it is in use or being built; or

• take or destroy the egg of any wild bird.

A number of species are also listed on Schedule 1 of the Act and therefore receive further protection. For these species it is also an offence to:

• disturb any bird while it is nest building, or is at a nest containing eggs or young; or disturb the dependent young of any such bird.

Dormouse The dormouse is listed in Schedule 5 of The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (as amended). The Act transposes into UK law the Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats (commonly referred to as the ‘Bern Convention’). Dormouse is listed on Schedule 5 of the Act in respect of Section 9, which makes it an offence, inter alia, to:

• intentionally or recklessly kill, injure, or take (handle) a dormouse;

• intentionally or recklessly damage, destroy or obstruct access to any structure or place that a dormouse uses for shelter or protection; or

• intentionally or recklessly disturb a dormouse while it is occupying a structure or place that it uses for shelter or protection.

Dormouse receives further protection under Regulation 41 of The Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2010, which make provision for the purpose of implementing European Union Directive on the Conservation of Natural Habitats and of Wild Fauna and Flora 1992. Dormouse is listed on Annex IV of the Directive, which means that member states are required to put in place a system of strict protection as outlined in Article 12, and this is done through inclusion on Schedule 2 of the Regulations, which makes it an offence, inter alia, to:

• deliberately capture, injure or kill any dormouse;

• deliberately disturb a dormouse, in particular any disturbance which is likely

(a) to impair their ability

(i) to survive, to breed or reproduce, or to rear or nurture their young, or

(ii) to hibernate or migrate

(b) to affect significantly the local distribution or abundance of dormouse; or

10 Some species, such as game birds, are exempt in certain circumstances.

• damage or destroy a breeding site or resting place of a dormouse.

Policy

Table A1 Policy status of species

Species Status

Dormice Biodiversity conservation value

UK BAP priority species / species of principal importance

Devon LBAP priority species

Teignbridge LBAP priority species

Hedgehog Biodiversity conservation value UK BAP priority species / species of principal importance

Marsh warbler Biodiversity conservation value

UK BAP priority species / species of principal importance

Notable breeding birds (house sparrow, spotted flycatcher, nightjar, skylark, song thrush, tree pipit, yellow hammer, herring gull)

Biodiversity conservation value UK BAP priority species / species of principal importance (certain species only)

Devon LBAP priority species (certain species only)

Teignbridge LBAP priority species (certain species only)

Birds Of Conservation Concern Red List (certain species only)

Notable invertebrates Biodiversity conservation value UK BAP priority species / species of principal importance (certain species only)


Nationally notable species (certain species only)

Red Data Book species (certain species only)

Primrose Biodiversity conservation value Devon LBAP priority species

Teignbridge LBAP priority species

Other notable plants Biodiversity conservation value UK BAP priority species / species of principal importance (certain species only)


Nationally rare/scarce species (certain species only)

Nationally notable species (certain species only)

Red Data Book species (certain species only)

Vulnerable species (certain species only)

Appendix B Figures

1.1 Site boundary

3.1 Sites receiving statutory designation for nature conservation within 2km of the application site

3.2 Sites receiving non-statutory designation for nature conservation within 2km of the application site

3.3 Phase 1 habitat survey map

3.4 Target Notes (TNs)

Appendix C Full Desktop Study Results

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Statutory & non-statutory sites within 2 kilometres of SX861760 (2009) Enq no. 4771

No File Code Site Name Grid Reference Area (ha) Description Status

1 SX87/032 Heathfield Marsh SX836760 9.1 Wet unimproved neutral grassland CWS

2 SX87/060 Gappah Brake SX858769 13

Dry heath & acidic secondary broadleaved woodland. Bird interest CWS

3 SX87/080 Babcombe Copse SX871768 27.4

Secondary broadleaved woodland, broadleaved and conifer plantation CWS

4 SX87/136 Teigngrace SX850744 09/01/1900

Wet semi-improved neutral grassland, tall herb vegetation, alder & willow scrub CWS

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5 SX87/138 Abbrook Pond and Woodland SX862744 5.8

Pond with broadleaved woodland, wet woodland, scrub & a small area of unimproved neutral grassland. CWS

6 SX87/139 Netherexe SX862741 1.8 Pond with dragonfly interest CWS

7 SX87/182 Ventiford Meadows SX845747 07/01/1900

Wet woodland, unimproved neutral grassland and ponds with dragonfly interest. CWS

8 SX87/198 Heathfield Pennyroyal Site SX831763 3.5

Grassland, gorse scrub, heath and notable plant interest CWS

9 SX87/201 Stover Canal SX847748 to SX862723 2.8 Wetland CWS

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10 SX87/224 Chudleigh Knighton Clay Pit Margins SX840769 1.1 Dry heath & scrub CWS

11 SX87/227 Pipehouse Lane Clay Pit Margins SX848770 0.5 Mire and wet meadow CWS

12 SX87/243 Bovey/Teign Confluence SX849749 17

Rivers Teign and Bovey comprising riverine tree cover & tall herb communities. Exposed riverine sediment beetle, bat & otter interest CWS

13 Stover SX835753 45 LNR

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14 SX87/048 Holly Plantation SX848788 12.6

Secondary broadleaved woodland, conifer plantaion & small areas of wet & dry unimproved neutral grassland OSWI

15 SX87/028 Summer Lane Bridge SX846750 2.1

Unimproved neutral grassland, semi-improved neutral grassland & broadleaved woodland UWS

16 SX87/037 Knighton Heath Copse SX836772 0.8 Broadleaved woodland UWS

17 SX87/049 Culverhouse (E) SX850781 2.9 Broadleaved woodland UWS

18 SX87/051 Ford Farm SX844777 4.5 Semi-improved neutral grassland UWS

19 SX87/056 Bellamarsh Copse SX857778 5.2 Plantation on ancient woodland site UWS

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20 SX87/057 Gappah Copse SX860777 0.8 Broadleaved woodland UWS

21 SX87/058 Sandslade Field SX857773 0.4 Semi-improved neutral grassland + scrub UWS

22 SX87/059 Sandslade Copse SX856771 7.5 Ancient woodland & broadleaved woodland UWS

23 SX87/061 Tor's Hill SX876750 1.5 Broadleaved woodland UWS

24 SX87/062 Fosterville Wood SX856764 & SX859761 1.7 Broadleaved woodland UWS

25 SX87/066 Lappathorn Copse SX865752 & SX863758 3.8 Broadleaved woodland UWS

26 SX87/067 Sand Pit Wood SX867764 12.6 Mixed plantation & broadleaved woodland UWS

27 SX87/069 Fosterville SX865764 2.7 Marshy grassland & broadleaved woodland UWS

28 SX87/071 Lawell Plantation SX860784 1.9 Broadleaved woodland UWS

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29 SX87/078 Ugbrooke Park (S) SX872777 28.4

Semi-improved neutral grassland & broadleaved woodland UWS

30 SX87/081 Sedgewell Covert SX873763 5.4 Ancient woodland & broadleaved woodland UWS

31 SX87/082 Coombe Farm SX872759 3.4 Semi-improved neutral grassland UWS

32 SX87/083 Well Covert SX880765 26.8

Ancient woodland & plantation on ancient woodland site (large area of secondary broadleaved woodland & plantation on ancient site) UWS

33 SX87/084 Combe Copse SX880761 1.9 Broadleaved woodland UWS

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34 SX87/085 Combe Holdridge SX875756 2.4 Semi-improved neutral grassland UWS

35 SX87/086 Combe(S) SX872756 1.3 Broadleaved woodland UWS

36 SX87/087 Combe Holdridge Wood SX875754 1.6 Broadleaved woodland UWS

37 SX87/088 Ponswine Copse SX872752 3.1 Broadleaved woodland UWS

38 SX87/189 Ugbrooke Park (N)

SX866777, SX867779, SX871783, SX873781 & SX874782 17.4

Part ancient semi-natural woodland, part replanted with conifers, secondary broadleaved woodland and parkland lakes UWS

39 SX87/213 A380 Verge North SX872745 1.2 Semi-improved/unimproved grassland on limestone UWS

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40 SX87/215 A380 Verge West SX874741 8.2 Unimproved/semi-improved grassland on limestone UWS

41 SX87/229 A380 road verge

SX870751, SX870750, SX871749 & SX870748 7.5

Unimproved grassland, scrub & heathland UWS

42 SX87/050 Pitt Farm SX848778 5.7 Orchard UWS

43 SX87/209 Kiln Wood Field SX860778 3.9

Unimproved grassland on limestone (attractive site but largely species-poor grassland with rushes, wet flushes and ruderal species) UWS

44 Goilmoors Plantation SX843745 1.7 Mixed plantation and wet woodland UWS

45 SX87/055 Silverlands SX856783 3.6 Parkland UWS

46 New site Goilmoors Plantation SX843745 Jan-00 Mixed plantation and wet woodland UWS

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47 New site Teigngrace (S) SX851701 0.80 Relict marshy grassland UWS

48 New Well Covert Meadows SX877766 736.00 Floodplain meadows UWS

49 SX87/092 Well Covert Fields SX881768 7.30 Semi-improved neutral grassland UWS

50 SX87/247 Ugbrooke Stream Meadow SX866747 1.10

Wet woodland and species-rich wet meadow (rush-pasture)

proposed CWS

51 SX87/248 John Acres Strip SX859759 3.60

Medium-low diversity grassland grading to high quality grassland at northern tip

Proposed CWS

County Wildlife Sites (CWS): these are sites of county importance for wildlife, designated on the basis of the habitat or the known presence of particular species. This is not a statutory designation like SSSIs, and does not have any legal status. County Wildlife Sites are usually included in Local Plans as sites of substantive nature conservation interest and are covered by Planning Policy Statement note nine (PPS9). CWS recognition does not demand any particular actions on the part of the Landowner and does not give the public rights of access. However, it may increase eligibility for land management grants.

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Local Nature Reserve (LNR): are for both people and wildlife. They are places with wildlife or geological features that are of interest locally, which give people special opportunities to study and learn about them or simply enjoy and have contact with nature. They are designated by the local authority with support from Natural England. Other Sites of Wildlife Interest (OSWI): these are sites of significant wildlife interest within a local context that have been surveyed but do not reach the criteria for County Wildlife Sites. They are not covered by PPS9, but may be included in Local Plans. Unconfirmed Wildlife Sites (UWS): these are sites identified as having possible interest but not fully surveyed. Some of these sites will be areas of significant wildlife interest. Proposed County Wildlife Sites (pCWS): these are either sites that have been surveyed but are awaiting consideration from the CWS Designation Panel, or sites that have been surveyed at an unfavorable time of year and are awaiting a re-survey.

Legally protected & notable Species within 2 kilometres of SX861760 (2009)

No Common Name

Scientific Name

Location Date Grid Reference

UK protection International protection

Status

1 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella

Tom Brown's Plantation, Heathfield. 2002 SX832765 NERC 41 UKBAP (P); Red

2 Spotted Flycatcher

Muscicapa striata

Tom Brown's Plantation, Heathfield. 2002 SX832765 NERC 41 UKBAP (P); Red

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Pearl Bordered fritillary

Boloria euphrosyne

Tom Brown's Plantation, Heathfield. 2002 SX832765 WCA 5 (S); NERC 41

UKBAP (P); DBAP; Nb

4 Common Dormouse

Muscardinus avellanarius

Tom Brown's Plantation, Heathfield. 2002 SX832765 WCA 5, 6; NERC 41 EC IVa; Bern III UKBAP (P); DBAP

5 Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus

Tom Brown's Plantation, Heathfield. 2002 SX832765 DA Bern III

6 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus

Tom Brown's Plantation, Heathfield. 2002 SX832765 NERC 41

UKBAP (P); DBAP; Red

7 Otter Lutra lutra Little Bovey 2002 SX833767 WCA 5; NERC 41 EC IIa, IIIa; Bern II UKBAP (P); DBAP

8 Swallow Hirundo rustica

Little Bovey Barn, Little Bovey Farm, Bovey Tracey. 2002 SX833769 Amber

9 A bat Chiroptera

Little Bovey Barn, Little Bovey Farm, Bovey Tracey. 2002 SX833769 WCA 5, 6 EC IVa; Bonn II

10 Dingy Skipper Erynnis tages Heathfield 1998 SX834763 NERC 41 UKBAP (P); Decline

11 Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus Heathfield 1998 SX834763 NERC 41 UKBAP (P)

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12 Grayling Hipparchia semele Heathfield 1998 SX834763 NERC 41 UKBAP (P)

13 Dingy Skipper Erynnis tages Heathfield 1998 SX834763 NERC 41 UKBAP (P); Decline

14 Grizzled Skipper

Pyrgus malvae Heathfield 1998 SX834763 NERC 41 UKBAP (P); Decline

15 Green Hairstreak

Callophrys rubi Heathfield 1998 SX834763 Decline

16 Purple Hairstreak

Quercusia quercus Heathfield 1998 SX834763 Decline


Quercusia quercus STOVER 1993 SX835755 Decline

18 White Admiral Ladoga camilla STOVER

1993-2003 SX835755 NERC 41 Decline

19 Dingy Skipper Erynnis tages STOVER 1997 SX835755 NERC 41 UKBAP (P); Decline

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Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary Boloria selene STOVER 1997 SX835755 NERC 41 UKBAP (P); Decline

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Pearl-bordered Fritillary

Boloria euphrosyne STOVER

1986-1997 SX835755 WCA 5 (S); NERC 41

UKBAP (P); DBAP; Nb

22 Otter Lutra lutra River Teign 1988-1989 SX835766 WCA 5; NERC 41 EC IIa, IIIa; Bern II UKBAP (P); DBAP

23 Great Crested Newt

Triturus cristatus

Chudleigh Knighton Heath Compartment 4; Pond near Dunley Cross 2004 SX83627757 WCA 5; NERC 41 EC IIa, IVa; Bern II UKBAP (P)

24 Brown Hairstreak

Thecla betulae

R.BOVEY, HEATHFIELD 1994 SX836766 WCA 5 (S); NERC 41 UKBAP (P); Nb

25 Grizzled Skipper

Pyrgus malvae

CHUDLEIGH KNIGHTON HEATH

1986-2000 SX836773 NERC 41 UKBAP (P); Decline

26 Dingy Skipper Erynnis tages CHUDLEIGH 1995 SX836775 NERC 41 UKBAP (P); Decline

27 Green Hairstreak

Callophrys rubi

Stover Country Park 1956 SX8375 Decline

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Broad-Bordered Bee Hawk

Hemaris fuciformis

Stover Country Park 1956 SX8375 Nb

29 Brown Argus Aricia agestis Stover Country Park 1956 SX8375 Decline

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30 Grayling Hipparchia semele

Stover Country Park 1958 SX8375 NERC 41 UKBAP (P)

31 Silver-Studded Blue

Plebejus argus

Stover Country Park 1960 SX8375 WCA 5 (S); NERC 41 UKBAP (P); Na

32

Small Pearl-Bordered Fritillary Boloria selene

Stover Country Park 1960 SX8375 NERC 41 UKBAP (P); Decline

33 White-Legged Damselfly

Platycnemis pennipes

Stover Country Park 1970 SX8375 Nb; KeyD (N)

34 Scarce Chaser Ischnura pumilio


35 Marsh Fritillary Eurodryas aurinia

Stover Country Park 1976 SX8375 WCA 5; NERC 41

EC IIa; Bern II (GB reservation)

UKBAP (P); DBAP; Nb

36 Heath Fritillary Mellicta athalia

Stover Country Park 1978 SX8375 WCA 5; NERC 41 UKBAP (P); RDB2

37 High Brown Fritillary

Argynnis adippe

Stover Country Park Jun-05 SX8375 WCA 5; NERC 41 UKBAP (P); RDB2

38 Downy Emerald

Cordulia aenea


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Narrow-bordered hawk-moth Hemaris tityus

Stover Country Park 1981 SX8375 NERC 41 UKBAP (P); Na

40 Wood White Leptidea sinapis

Stover Country Park 1981 SX8375 WCA 5 (S); NERC 41 UKBAP (P); Nb

41 Brown Hairstreak

Thecla betulae

Stover Country Park 1981 SX8375 WCA 5 (S); NERC 41 UKBAP (P); Nb

42 Hairy Dragonfly

Brachytron pratense


43 Dingy Skipper Erynnis tages Stover Country Park 1981 SX8375 NERC 41 UKBAP (P); Decline

44 Devonshire Wainscot

Mythimna putrescens

Stover Country Park 1981 SX8375 Na

45 Alder Kitten Furcula bicuspis


46 Jersey Tiger

Euplagia quadripunctaria


47 White-line snout

Schrankia taenialis


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48 Hairy Dragonfly

Brachytron pratense



Quercusia quercus

Stover Country Park 1956 SX8375 Decline

50 Common Gromwell

Lithospermum officinale

B3344 road sides within Chudleigh Knighton Heath SSSI, Hennock. 2001 SX83757756 DN2

51

Garden Everlasting Pea

Lathyrus latifolius

B3344 road sides within Chudleigh Knighton Heath SSSI, Hennock.

23/06/1905 SX83757756 DN2

52 Badger Meles meles

A38, 0.5 miles from the Chudleigh Knighton turn off.

21/06/1905 SX8376 WCA 6, BA Bern III

53 White Admiral Ladoga camilla


02/06/1905 SX8377 NERC 41 Decline

54 Marbled Green

Cryphia muralis


03/06/1905 SX8377 Nb

55 Essex Skipper Thymelicus lineola


03/06/1905 SX8377 Decline

56 White-line snout

Schrankia taenialis


04/06/1905 SX8377 Nb

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Little Bradley Ponds; Great Bradley Pond & Little Bradley Pond

04/06/1905 SX8377 Nb; KeyD (N)

58 Small Red Damselfly

Ceriagrion tenellum


04/06/1905 SX8377 Nb; KeyD (N)

59 Bog Bush Cricket

Metrioptera brachyptera


04/06/1905 SX8377 Nb

60 Knotgrass Acronicta rumicis


1974-1993 SX8377 NERC 41 UKBAP (P)

61 Mottled Rustic Caradrina morpheus


1983-1984 SX8377 NERC 41 UKBAP (P)

62 Small Grass Emerald

Chlorissa viridata


06/06/1905 SX8377 Na



06/06/1905 SX8377 WCA 5; NERC 41


UKBAP (P); DBAP; Nb

64 Rosy Minor Mesoligia literosa


1983-1992 SX8377 NERC 41 UKBAP (P)

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65 Pretty Chalk Carpet

Melanthia procellata


1983-1992 SX8377 NERC 41 UKBAP (P)

66

Dark-Barred Twin-Spot Carpet

Xanthorhoe ferrugata


1984-1986 SX8377 NERC 41 UKBAP (P)

67 Ruddy Darter Sympetrum sanguineum


07/06/1905 SX8377 Nb; KeyD (R)

68 Silver-Studded Blue

Plebejus argus


07/06/1905 SX8377 WCA 5 (S); NERC 41 UKBAP (P); Na

69 Narrow headed ant

Formica exsecta


07/06/1905 SX8377 NERC 41 UKBAP (P)

70 Small Phoenix Ecliptopera silaceata


1985-1992 SX8377 NERC 41 UKBAP (P)

71 Small Square-Spot Diarsia rubi


1974-1992 SX8377 NERC 41 UKBAP (P)

72 Grey Dagger Acronicta psi Chudleigh Knighton Heath

1983-1992 SX8377 NERC 41 UKBAP (P)

73 Lackey Malacosoma neustria


1983-1986 SX8377 NERC 41 UKBAP (P)

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74 Shaded Broad-Bar

Scotopteryx chenopodiata


1991-1986 SX8377 NERC 41 UKBAP (P)

75

Pearl Bordered fritillary

Boloria euphrosyne


1986-1997 SX8377 WCA 5 (S); NERC 41

UKBAP (P); DBAP; Nb

76 Jersey Tiger

Euplagia quadripunctaria


1986-2004 SX8377 Nb

77 Mullein Wave

Scopula marginepunctata


1986-1991 SX8377 NERC 41 UKBAP (P)

78 Ruddy Carpet Catarhoe rubidata


1986-1991 SX8377 Nb

79 Rustic Hoplodrina blanda


1991-1992 SX8377 NERC 41 UKBAP (P)

80 Silky Wainscot Chilodes maritimus


14/06/1905 SX8377 Nb

81 Lead-Coloured Pug

Eupithecia plumbeolata


14/06/1905 SX8377 Nb

82 Galium Carpet Epirrhoe galiata


14/06/1905 SX8377 NERC 41 UKBAP (P)

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83 Cloaked Carpet

Euphyia biangulata


1986-1992 SX8377 Nb

84 August Thorn Ennomos quercinaria


1974-1992 SX8377 NERC 41 UKBAP (P)

85 Dusky Brocade

Apamea remissa


14/06/1905 SX8377 NERC 41 UKBAP (P)

86 Mouse Moth Amphipyra tragopoginis


14/06/1905 SX8377 NERC 41 UKBAP (P)

87

Marsh Oblique-Barred

Hypenodes humidialis


14/06/1905 SX8377 Nb

88 Dotted-Border Wave

Idaea sylvestraria


14/06/1905 SX8377 Nb

89 Brindled Beauty Lycia hirtaria


14/06/1905 SX8377 NERC 41 UKBAP (P)

90 Dot Moth Melanchra persicariae


14/06/1905 SX8377 NERC 41 UKBAP (P)

91

Shoulder-Striped Wainscot

Mythimna comma


14/06/1905 SX8377 NERC 41 UKBAP (P)

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92 Grass Wave Perconia strigillaria


1983-1992 SX8377 Nb

93 Oblique Carpet

Orthonama vittata


14/06/1905 SX8377 NERC 41 UKBAP (P)

94 Horse Chestnut

Pachycnemia hippocastanaria


14/06/1905 SX8377 Nb

95 White Ermine Spilosoma lubricipeda


14/06/1905 SX8377 NERC 41 UKBAP (P)

96 Cinnabar Tyria jacobaeae


14/06/1905 SX8377 NERC 41 UKBAP (P)

97 Buff Ermine Spilosoma luteum


14/06/1905 SX8377 NERC 41 UKBAP (P)

98 Sallow Xanthia icteritia


1974-1992 SX8377 NERC 41 UKBAP (P)

99 Garden Tiger Arctia caja Chudleigh Knighton Heath

1986-1992 SX8377 NERC 41 UKBAP (P)

100 Pale Eggar Trichiura crataegi


14/06/1905 SX8377 NERC 41 UKBAP (P)

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101 Dotted Chestnut

Conistra rubiginea


1974-1992 SX8377 Nb

102 Anomalous Stilbia anomala


27/05/1905 SX8377 NERC 41 UKBAP (P)

103 Otter Lutra lutra Stover Country Park; Stover Lake

27/06/1905 SX837752 WCA 5; NERC 41 EC IIa, IIIa; Bern II UKBAP (P); DBAP

104 A fly Platypalpus infectus

Jews Bridge, River Bovey (Site 14)

26/06/1905 SX8377576511 pRDB3

105 A beetle Carpelimus similis


26/06/1905 SX8377576511 N

106 A beetle Thinobius praetor


26/06/1905 SX8377576511 N

107 Green-Winged Orchid Orchis morio Heathfield Marsh

16/06/1905 SX837760 DN1

108

Corky-Fruited Water-Dropwort

Oenanthe pimpinelloides Heathfield Marsh

16/06/1905 SX837760 DN3

109 Green-Winged Orchid Orchis morio

Heathfield Marsh; Brocks Farm Meadow

2005-2007 SX837760 DN1

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110 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus Heathfield Marsh

16/06/1905 SX837760 NERC 41


111 Keeled Skimmer

Orthetrum coerulescens


26/06/1905 SX837769 KeyD (N)



26/06/1905 SX837769 Nb; KeyD (R)

113 Wall Brown Lasiommata megera


26/06/1905 SX837769 NERC 41 UKBAP (P)

114

Slender Marsh-Bedstraw

Galium constrictum

Chudleigh Knighton Heath (In pools near Knighton Bridge)

10/05/1905 SX837771 NR; DN1; DR

115 Blue Fleabane Erigeron acer Chudleigh Knighton Heath

10/05/1905 SX837771 DN2

116 Dropwort Filipendula vulgaris

Chudleigh Knighton Heath (NE section: Hennock Road verge)

1957-1971 SX837771 DN1

117 Primrose Primula vulgaris

Chudleigh Knighton Heath (North-west section)

24/05/1905 SX837771 DBAP

118 Sheperd's needle

Scandix pecten-veneris

Chudleigh Knighton Heath (North-west section)

24/05/1905 SX837771 NERC 41

UKBAP (P); NS; DN1; DR

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119 Petty Whin Genista anglica

Chudleigh Knighton Heath (Open heath)

1957-1971 SX837771 DN3

120 Field Garlic Allium oleraceum

Chudleigh Knighton Heath (Road margin 50 yards from cross-road (Hennock Road?))

24/05/1905 SX837771 DN1; DR


Chudleigh Knighton Heath (Copse)

1971-1985 SX837771 DBAP

122 Pale Heath Violet Viola lactea

Chudleigh Knighton Heath (Old compartment 4 = New compartments 5 & 6)

07/06/1905 SX837771 NERC 41

UKBAP (P); NS; DN2

123 Floating Spike-Rush

Eleogiton fluitans

Chudleigh Knighton Heath (Old compartment 4 = New compartments 5 & 6)

1957-2000 SX837771 DN2

124 Meadow Brome

Bromus commutatus

Chudleigh Knighton Heath (Old compartment 2 = new compartments 2 & 3)

07/06/1905 SX837771 DN2

125


Oenanthe pimpinelloides

Chudleigh Knighton Heath (Old compartment 2 = new

07/06/1905 SX837771 DN3

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compartments 2 & 3)



2001-2004 SX837771 NERC 41


127 Palmate Newt Triturus helveticus

Chudleigh Knighton Heath Compartment 5; Pond 4

1989-2004 SX837771 WCA 5 (S) Bern III

128 Common Lizard

Zootoca vivipara

Chudleigh Knighton Heath Compartment 5; Refugia 7

25/06/1905 SX837771 WCA 5 (KIS); NERC 41 Bern III UKBAP (P)

129 Adder Vipera berus


25/06/1905 SX837771 WCA 5 (KIS); NERC 41 Bern III UKBAP (P)



25/06/1905 SX837771 WCA 6, BA Bern III

131 Common Toad Bufo bufo


25/06/1905 SX837771 WCA 5 (S); NERC 41 Bern III UKBAP (P)

132 Woodlark Lullula arborea


29/06/1905 SX837771 WCA 1; NERC 41 UKBAP (P); Amber

133 Common Dormouse



29/06/1905 SX837771 WCA 5, 6; NERC 41 EC IVa; Bern III UKBAP (P); DBAP

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134 Yellow Bartsia Parentucellia viscosa

Chudleigh Knighton Heath Compartment 5

07/06/1905 SX837772 DN2

135 Great Crested Newt

Triturus cristatus


1989-1991 SX837775 WCA 5; NERC 41 EC IIa, IVa; Bern II UKBAP (P)

136 Dingy Skipper Erynnis tages Chudleigh Knighton Heath




1990-1998 SX837775 NERC 41 UKBAP (P)

138 Brown Hairstreak

Thecla betulae


1983-2000 SX837775 WCA 5 (S); NERC 41 UKBAP (P); Nb


Quercusia quercus


1993-1998 SX837775 Decline

140 Smooth Newt Triturus vulgaris


11/06/1905 SX837775 WCA 5 (S) Bern III

141 Grayling Hipparchia semele


1981-1995 SX837776 NERC 41 UKBAP (P)

142 Green Hairstreak

Callophrys rubi


1985-1997 SX837776 Decline

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143

Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary Boloria selene



144 Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus

15/06/1905 SX837776 NERC 41 UKBAP (P)

145 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus


21/06/1905 SX837776 Amber

146 Japanese Knotweed

Fallopia japonica

Road verge at Chudleigh Knighton Heath nature reserve.

22/06/1905 SX837776 WCA 9

147 Fragrant Orchid

Gymnadenia conopsea


1957-1988 SX837776 DN1

148 Skylark Alauda arvensis Heathfield Marsh

29/06/1905 SX83827605 UKBAP (P); Red

149 Heath Lobelia Lobelia urens


2001-2002 SX83827727 NERC 41 DN1; DR; vul


Stover Country Park

1981-1997 SX838752 NERC 41 Decline


Brocks Farm (A38 end)

1995-1997 SX838758 NERC 41 UKBAP (P)

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152

Pearl-bordered Fritillary

Boloria euphrosyne Heathfield Cross

19/06/1905 SX838758 WCA 5 (S); NERC 41

UKBAP (P); DBAP; Nb

153 Dingy Skipper Erynnis tages BROCKS FARM MEADOW



16/06/1905 SX838760 NERC 41 UKBAP (P)

155 Dingy Skipper Erynnis tages HEATHFIELD 16/06/1

905 SX838760 NERC 41 UKBAP (P); Decline


Fallopia japonica

Jews Bridge between Chudleigh Knighton and Heathfield. Beside the River Bovey, visible from the A38.

23/06/1905 SX838764 WCA 9

157 Lesser Centaury

Centaurium pulchellum

Chudleigh Knighton Heath Compartment 7 (Old compartment 5)

04/06/1905 SX838768 DN1

158 Grass Vetchling

Lathyrus nissolia


17/06/1905 SX838768 DN1



2001-2008 SX838768 DA Bern III

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160 Blue Fleabane Erigeron acer


07/06/1905 SX838775 DN2

161 Knotted Pearlwort

Sagina nodosa


1982-1985 SX838775 DN3


Chudleigh Knighton Heath Compartment 4; Roadside verge, section E

13/06/1905 SX838775 NERC 41 UKBAP (P)


1994-1997 SX838775 NERC 41 UKBAP (P)


16/06/1905 SX838775 NERC 41 UKBAP (P)

165 Brown Argus Aricia agestis


1984-1994 SX838775 Decline



07/06/1905 SX838775 DBAP

167 Wolf Spider Argiope bruennichi

Chudleigh Knighton Heath Compartment 8 2009 SX8392176703 Na

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168 Green-Winged Orchid Orchis morio

Chudleigh Knighton, Brocks Farm 1986 SX839761 DN1


Chudleigh Knighton Heath, Compartment 8 2000 SX839767 WCA 6, BA Bern III

170 Wall Brown Lasiommata megera 1995 SX839768 NERC 41 UKBAP (P)

171 Keeled Skimmer


Chudleigh Knighton Heath 1995 SX839769 KeyD (N)

172 Hairy Dragonfly

Brachytron pratense

Chudleigh Knighton Heath 1995 SX839769 Nb; KeyD (N)

173 Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus 1997 SX839769 NERC 41 UKBAP (P)

174 Grass Snake Natrix natrix Bovey Heathfield, Bovey Tracey. 2006 SX839769 WCA 5 (KIS); NERC 41 Bern III UKBAP (P)


Ceriagrion tenellum

Chudleigh Knighton Heath 1995 SX839769 Nb; KeyD (N)


CHUDLEIGH KNIGHTON HEATH 1999 SX839774 NERC 41 UKBAP (P)

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CHUDLEIGH KNIGHTON HEATH 1994 SX839774 WCA 5; NERC 41


UKBAP (P); DBAP; Nb


179



A38 road verge, Chudleigh Knighton 2001 SX84037664 DN3

180 Mullein Wave

Scopula marginepunctata

Teigngrace, Twinyeo Farm (demolished) 1997 SX840750 NERC 41 UKBAP (P)

181 Slow-Worm Anguis fragilis

A38 road verge opposite Chudleigh Knighton Heath. 2004 SX840765 WCA 5 (KIS); NERC 41 Bern III UKBAP (P)

182 Badger Meles meles A38 2000-2006 SX840766 WCA 6, BA Bern III

183



Chudleigh Knighton Heath Compartment 8 (Old compartment 6) 1985 SX840767 DN3



1994-1997 SX840774 NERC 41 UKBAP (P)

185 Common Frog Rana temporaria

Chudleigh Knighton Heath 2003 SX840775 WCA 5 (S) EC Va; Bern III

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186 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris

Alderpark Nature Area 1993 SX841748 Red

187 Mottled Rustic Caradrina morpheus

Alderpark Nature Area 1993 SX841748 NERC 41 UKBAP (P)

188 Mouse Moth Amphipyra tragopoginis



Alderpark Nature Area 1993 SX841748 NERC 41


190 Noctule Nyctalus noctula

Alderpark Nature Area 1993 SX841748 WCA 5, 6; NERC 41

EC IVa; Bern II; Bonn II UKBAP (P)

191 Oblique Carpet

Orthonama vittata


192 Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus

Alderpark Nature Area 1993 SX841748 WCA 5, 6

EC IVa; Bern III, Bonn II


Alderpark Nature Area 1993 SX841748 DBAP


Quercusia quercus

Alderpark Nature Area 1993 SX841748 Decline

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Alderpark Nature Area 1993 SX841748 DA Bern III

196 Rosy Rustic Hydraecia micacea


197 Rustic Hoplodrina blanda


198 Small Square-Spot Diarsia rubi



Alderpark Nature Area 1993 SX841748 WCA 5 (S) Bern III

200 Stock Dove Columba oenas

Alderpark Nature Area 1993 SX841748 Amber

201 Swallow Hirundo rustica



Alderpark Nature Area

1993-1995 SX841748 NERC 41 Decline

203 White Ermine Spilosoma lubricipeda


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204 Badger Meles meles Alderpark Nature Area 1993 SX841748 WCA 6, BA Bern III

205 Bastard Balm

Melittis melissophyllum

Alderpark Nature Area 1993 SX841748 NERC 41

UKBAP (P); NS; DN2

206 Black-Headed Gull

Larus ridibundus


207 Buff Ermine Spilosoma luteum





Alderpark Nature Area 1993 SX841748 WCA 5 (S) EC Va; Bern III

210 Common Rock-Rose

Helianthemum nummularium

Alderpark Nature Area 1993 SX841748 DN1

211 Common Shrew

Sorex araneus

Alderpark Nature Area 1993 SX841748 WCA 6 Bern III

212 Common Toad Bufo bufo Alderpark Nature Area 1993 SX841748 WCA 5 (S); NERC 41 Bern III UKBAP (P)

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213



Alderpark Nature Area 1993 SX841748 DN3

214

Dark-Barred Twin-Spot Carpet

Xanthorhoe ferrugata


215 Dingy Skipper Erynnis tages Alderpark Nature Area 1993 SX841748 NERC 41 UKBAP (P); Decline

216 Great Black-Backed Gull Larus marinus


217 Herring Gull Larus argentatus

Alderpark Nature Area 1993 SX841748 Red

218 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos


219 Swift Apus apus Alderpark Nature Area 1993 SX841748 Amber

220 Ghost Moth Hepialus humuli


221 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis


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222 Hairy Dragonfly

Brachytron pratense


1993-1995 SX841748 Nb; KeyD (N)

223 Keeled Skimmer



1993-1995 SX841748 KeyD (N)

224 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus


225 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Alderpark Nature Area 1993 SX841748 WCA 1 Amber

226 Red-Eyed Damselfly

Erythromma najas

Alderpark Nature Area 1995 SX841748 KeyD (R)


Alderpark Nature Area 1995 SX841748 Nb; KeyD (R)

228 Lesser Black-Backed Gull Larus fuscus



Brocks Farm; Near Brocks Farm Meadow, Heathfield, Teigngrace. 2006 SX841757 WCA 6, BA Bern III

230 Narrow headed ant

Formica exsecta

A38 road verge adjacent to Chudleigh Knighton Heath. 2001 SX841768 NERC 41 UKBAP (P)

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Chudleigh Knighton Heath 1997 SX841768 NERC 41 UKBAP (P)


A38 near Chudleigh Knighton. By side of east bound carriageway under the overbridge; about half a mile before the river Teign crossing under carriageway. 2004 SX841769 WCA 6, BA Bern III

233 Keeled Skimmer


Chudleigh Knighton Clay Pit 1995 SX841771 KeyD (N)



Chudleigh Knighton Clay Pit 1995 SX841771 Nb; KeyD (N)

236 Dingy Skipper Erynnis tages ALDERPARK 1995 SX842748 NERC 41 UKBAP (P); Decline


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238 Dingy Skipper Erynnis tages NEWBRIDGE PIT 1990 SX842758 NERC 41 UKBAP (P); Decline


A38, near Drumbridges sliproad 1999 SX842765 WCA 6, BA Bern III


Chudleigh Knighton. On A38 in gutter, 100m from overbridge towards Teign River. 2003 SX842769 WCA 6, BA Bern III

241 Dingy Skipper Erynnis tages CHUDLEIGH KNIGHTON PIT 1996 SX842772 NERC 41 UKBAP (P); Decline

242 Grizzled Skipper

Pyrgus malvae Alderpark 1997 SX843748 NERC 41 UKBAP (P); Decline



Chudleigh Knighton. A38 on central Exeter-bound carriageway. 2003 SX843771 WCA 6, BA Bern III


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246 Swift Apus apus

SITE DELETED - Chudleigh Knighton Clay Pit 1994 SX844772 Amber

247 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos

SITE DELETED - Chudleigh Knighton Clay Pit 1994 SX844772 UKBAP (P); Red

248 Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris

SITE DELETED - Chudleigh Knighton Clay Pit 1994 SX844772 WCA 1; NERC 41 UKBAP (P); Red

249 Keeled Skimmer


SITE DELETED - Chudleigh Knighton Clay Pit 1994 SX844772 KeyD (N)


SITE DELETED - Chudleigh Knighton Clay Pit 1994 SX844772 NERC 41 UKBAP (P)

251 Lesser Centaury

Centaurium pulchellum

SITE DELETED - Chudleigh Knighton Clay Pit 1994 SX844772 DN1

252 Skylark Alauda arvensis

SITE DELETED - Chudleigh Knighton Clay Pit 1994 SX844772 UKBAP (P); Red


SITE DELETED - Chudleigh Knighton Clay Pit 1994 SX844772 Amber

254 Frogbit Hydrocharis morsus-ranae

SITE DELETED - Chudleigh Knighton Clay Pit 1994 SX844772 DN1; DR; Nb

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255



Ventiford Meadows; Neutral grassland 2001 SX845747 DN3


Ventiford Meadows; Woodland 2001 SX845747 DBAP

257 A beetle Ochthephilus andalusiacus River Bovey 1998 SX845759 N


A38 southbound Chudleigh Knighton. 2005 SX845771 WCA 6, BA Bern III

259 Whiskered Bat Myotis mystacinus

Ley Green Farm, Teigngrace, Newton Abbot. 2005 SX846749 WCA 5, 6

EC IVa; Bern II; Bonn II

260 Badger Meles meles A38 2000 SX846772 WCA 6, BA Bern III


Chudleigh Knighton TQ13 0HR 2002 SX846773 WCA 5 (S) EC Va; Bern III


Chudleigh Knighton TQ13 0HR 2002 SX846773 WCA 5 (S) Bern III

263 Hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus

Chudleigh Knighton 2002 SX846773 WCA 6; NERC 41 Bern III UKBAP (P)

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New Park House, Chudleigh Knighton, Newton Abbot (garden pond) 2008 SX846775 WCA 5 (S) EC Va; Bern III



30 River Valley Road, Chudleigh Knighton 2000 SX8477 WCA 5 (S) EC Va; Bern III

267 Three-lobed water-crowfoot

Ranunculus tripartitus

Chudleigh Knighton Heath 1942 SX8477 NERC 41 UKBAP (P); DN1; vul


Thecla betulae Teigngrace 2002 SX847746 WCA 5 (S); NERC 41 UKBAP (P); Nb

269 Grass Snake Natrix natrix

4 Ventiford Cottages, Teigngrace. 2002 SX847751 WCA 5 (KIS); NERC 41 Bern III UKBAP (P)


Thecla betulae Ventiford Cottages 1997 SX847752 WCA 5 (S); NERC 41 UKBAP (P); Nb

271 Otter Lutra lutra

A38 Chudleigh Knighton, verge of west bound carriageway. 2008 SX847771 WCA 5; NERC 41 EC IIa, IIIa; Bern II UKBAP (P); DBAP


A38 central reservation Exeter-bound, approx. 400 yds 2003 SX847772 WCA 6, BA Bern III

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past the Chudleigh Knighton turn-off.

273 House Sparrow

Passer domesticus

Garden at 7 Harvey Close, Chudleigh Knighton. 2004 SX847773 NERC 41 UKBAP (P); Red

274 Slow-Worm Anguis fragilis

Prings Cottage, Chudleigh Knighton, TQ31 0EN 2002 SX847776 WCA 5 (KIS); NERC 41 Bern III UKBAP (P)


Ventiford House, Teigngrace, Newton Abbot, TQ12 6QN. 1999 SX848747 WCA 5, 6


276 A beetle Aleochara brevipennis River Teign

1998-1999 SX848754 N

277 a Fly Tabanus cordiger

Teign Bovey Confluence, near Teigngrace. 2006 SX848755 Nb


Fallopia japonica Junction Pool 2002 SX848756 WCA 9

279 Otter Lutra lutra Junction Pool 2002 SX848756 WCA 5; NERC 41 EC IIa, IIIa; Bern II UKBAP (P); DBAP

280 Newt Triturus

8 Buckingham Orchard, Chudleigh Knighton. (Pond) 2006 SX849775 WCA 5 (S) Bern III

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281 Ivy-Leaved Bellflower

Wahlenbergia hederacea

Teigngrace; Marshy grassland 2001 SX850744 DN3

282 Lesser Pond-sedge

Carex acutiformis

Teigngrace; Field 179 1989 SX850744 DN2

283 Common Dormouse


Chudleigh (six areas from SX851764 - SX852763) 2007 SX851764 WCA 5, 6; NERC 41 EC IVa; Bern III UKBAP (P); DBAP


Fallopia japonica

Chudleigh Knighton. Underneath footbridge over River Teign, close to the A38. 2005 SX851774 WCA 9

285 Lesser Horseshoe Bat

Rhinolophus hipposideros

The Old Cider Works, Pitt Farm, Chudleigh Knighton. (Barn.) 1996 SX851779 WCA 5, 6; NERC 41

EC IIa, IVa; Bern II; Bonn II UKBAP (P)


Pitt Farm, Chudleigh Knighton, Newton Abbot, TQ13 0EL. 1999 SX851779 WCA 5, 6


287 Brown Long-Eared Bat

Plecotus auritus

The Old Cider Works, Pitt Farm, Chudleigh Knighton. (Barn.) 1996 SX851779 WCA 5, 6; NERC 41



Fallopia japonica

On right bank of River Teign, just downstream of B3193. 2001 SX852774 WCA 9

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B3193 near Chudleigh Knighton 2005 SX852775 WCA 6, BA Bern III

290 Grass Snake Natrix natrix

B3193 at Chudleigh Knighton turn-off. 1999 SX852777 WCA 5 (KIS); NERC 41 Bern III UKBAP (P)

291 Lesser Horseshoe Bat


Pitt House, Great Hall, Chudleigh 1992 SX852780 WCA 5, 6; NERC 41

EC IIa, IVa; Bern II; Bonn II UKBAP (P)


Pitt House, Great Hall, Chudleigh 1992 SX852780 WCA 5, 6


293 a Long-eared Bat Plecotus spp.




Chudleigh Knighton. On verge of A38, two miles north east of Drumbridge junction. 2003 SX853775 WCA 6, BA Bern III

295 A bat Chiroptera

Stokelake Farm, Teign Valley Road, Chudleigh. 1994 SX853785 WCA 5, 6 EC IVa; Bonn II


B3344 between Chudleigh and Chudleigh Knighton, near to Pit House, Finlake. 2003 SX854780 WCA 6, BA Bern III

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Fallopia japonica

Beside Bovey-Teign River, Teigngrace. 2003 SX855746 WCA 9


Kingsteignton. Path through Gappah Brake. 2004 SX855767 WCA 6, BA Bern III


Kingsteignton. Hedge adjacent to Gappah Brake. 2004 SX855768 DBAP


On the A38, half a mile west of the turn-off to Chudleigh (on the way to Exeter). 2003 SX855777 DA Bern III

301 Badger Meles meles A38 before Chudleigh turn-off 2001 SX855778 WCA 6, BA Bern III

302 Brown Long-Eared Bat

Plecotus auritus

'Silverlands' (formerly Stokelake House), Chudleigh (main house)

1993-1994 SX855785 WCA 5, 6; NERC 41


303 Otter Lutra lutra River Teign 1985 SX855785 WCA 5; NERC 41 EC IIa, IIIa; Bern II UKBAP (P); DBAP

304 Common Dormouse


A38 at Bellmarsh Copse, Chudleigh. 2003 SX856778 WCA 5, 6; NERC 41 EC IVa; Bern III UKBAP (P); DBAP

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305 Great Green Bush Cricket

Tettigonia viridissima

Garden of 9 Stoke Lake, Finlake Park, Chudleigh. 2002 SX856784 DBAP


A38 on the west side heading north, just before the turning to Chudleigh Knighton (B3344). 2003 SX857785 WCA 6, BA Bern III

307 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis Gappah Brake 1992 SX858769 NERC 41 UKBAP (P); Red

308 Hobby Falco subbuteo Gappah Brake 1992 SX858769 WCA 1

309

Small Pearl-Bordered Fritillary Boloria selene Gappah Brake 1992 SX858769 NERC 41 UKBAP (P); Decline

310 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella Gappah Brake 1992 SX858769 NERC 41 UKBAP (P); Red


A38 southbound at Chudleigh. On slipway onto A38, near the River Teign. 2006 SX858784 WCA 5; NERC 41 EC IIa, IIIa; Bern II UKBAP (P); DBAP

312 Common Shrew

Sorex araneus

Road verge on A38 Chudleigh. 2004 SX859782 WCA 6 Bern III

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313 Water Shrew Neomys fodiens

Road verge on A38 Chudleigh. 2004 SX859782 WCA 6 Bern III

314 Pygmy Shrew Sorex minutus Road verge on A38 Chudleigh. 2004 SX859782 WCA 6 Bern III

315 Weasel Mustela nivalis

Road verge on A38 Chudleigh. 2004 SX859782 Bern III


B3193 just opposite the saw mills pond, Kingsteignton. 2003 SX860744 WCA 6, BA Bern III


Erythromma najas

Abbrook, Sawmills & Eddison Ponds; Sawmills Pond 1995 SX861745 KeyD (R)

318 Downy Emerald

Cordulia aenea

Abbrook, Sawmills & Eddison Ponds; Eddison Pond 1995 SX861746 Nb; KeyD (N)


320 Dingy Skipper Erynnis tages FOSTERVILLE 1990 SX861759 NERC 41 UKBAP (P); Decline

321 Common Toad Bufo bufo Netherexe 1989 SX862741 WCA 5 (S); NERC 41 Bern III UKBAP (P)

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322 Fringed Water-Lily

Nymphoides peltata Netherexe 1989 SX862741 NS; DN1; DR

323 Sand Martin Riparia riparia Netherexe 1989 SX862741 Amber


Erythromma najas Netherexe 1995 SX862741 KeyD (R)

325 Ruddy Darter Sympetrum sanguineum Netherexe 1995 SX862741 Nb; KeyD (R)

326 Downy Emerald

Cordulia aenea Netherexe 1995 SX862741 Nb; KeyD (N)

327 Hairy Dragonfly

Brachytron pratense Netherexe 1995 SX862741 Nb; KeyD (N)

328 Common Frog Rana temporaria Netherexe 1989 SX862741 WCA 5 (S) EC Va; Bern III

329 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos

Abbrook Pond and Woodland; Area 2 - Abbrook Pond 2000 SX862744 Amber

330 Rigid Hornwort Ceratophyllum demersum

Abbrook Pond and Woodland; Area 2 - Abbrook Pond 2000 SX862744 DN1

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331 Small Cudweed Filago minima

Abbrook Pond and Woodland; Area 5 - Ephemeral/short perennial vegetation 2000 SX862744 DN1

332 White Water-lily

Nymphaea alba

Abbrook Pond and Woodland; Area 9 - Edidison Pond 2000 SX862744 DN1

333



Abbrook Pond and Woodland; Area 8 - Field 2000 SX862744 DN3

334 Grass Vetchling

Lathyrus nissolia

Abbrook Pond and Woodland; Area 3 - Marshy Grassland 2000 SX862744 DN1

335 Green Hellebore

Helleborus viridis

Abbrook Pond and Woodland; Area 3 - Marshy Grassland 2000 SX862744 DN1

336 Downy Emerald

Cordulia aenea

Abbrook, Sawmills & Eddison Ponds; Sawmills Pond 1995 SX863744 Nb; KeyD (N)

337 Hairy Dragonfly

Brachytron pratense

Abbrook, Sawmills & Eddison Ponds; Sawmills Pond

1994-1995 SX863744 Nb; KeyD (N)


Erythromma najas

Abbrook, Sawmills & Eddison Ponds; Sawmills Pond 1995 SX863744 KeyD (R)

339 Common Dormouse

Muscardinus avellanarius Chudleigh 2007 SX863757 WCA 5, 6; NERC 41 EC IVa; Bern III UKBAP (P); DBAP

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B3193 Kingsteignton. On mini roundabout at New Cross. 2008 SX864741 WCA 5; NERC 41 EC IIa, IIIa; Bern II UKBAP (P); DBAP


Abbrook, Sawmills & Eddison Ponds 1994 SX864745 Amber


Ceriagrion tenellum

Abbrook, Sawmills & Eddison Ponds 1994 SX864745 Nb; KeyD (N)

343 Willow Warbler

Phylloscopus trochilus

Abbrook, Sawmills & Eddison Ponds 1994 SX864745 Amber


Abbrook, Sawmills & Eddison Ponds 1994 SX864745 NERC 41 UKBAP (P)

345



Abbrook, Sawmills & Eddison Ponds 1994 SX864745 DN3

346 Brown Hare Lepus europaeus Newton Abbot 1997 SX865767 NERC 41 UKBAP (P); DBAP

347 Ivy Broomrape Orobanche hederae

Chudleigh, Rock Lane 1990 SX865767 NS; DN2


Fox Hayes, Lower Sandygate, Newton Abbott 2002 SX867746 WCA 5 (S) EC Va; Bern III

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349 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis

Stream behind 59 Sandygate Mill, Kingsteignton. 2003 SX868748 WCA 1 Amber


Higher Sandygate, Kingsteignton. 2002 SX868752 WCA 5, 6




A380 Kingsteignton. Northbound side of central reservation. 2004 SX871747 WCA 6, BA Bern III

353 Badger Meles meles A380, west side of carridgeway 2001 SX871750 WCA 6, BA Bern III

354 Common Dormouse


A380 sliproad Kingsteignton (Ideford Combe) 2008 SX871753 WCA 5, 6; NERC 41 EC IVa; Bern III UKBAP (P); DBAP


Off A380 Kingsteignton slip road 2000 SX871758 WCA 6, BA Bern III

356 Cyclamen Cyclamen hederifolium Babcombe Copse 1994 SX871768 DN1; RDB2

357 Primrose Primula vulgaris Babcombe Copse 1994 SX871768 DBAP

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The Mill, Ideford Combe, Sandygate, Newton Abbot. 2003 SX873759 WCA 5, 6


359 Badger Meles meles A380, just south of juntion at Gappah 2002 SX875773 WCA 6, BA Bern III


Olchard House, Olchard, Sandygate, Newton Abbot.

1995-1996 SX878771 WCA 5, 6



North of Well Covert, near Olchard. Close to footbridge over stream. 2007 SX879767 WCA 5; NERC 41 EC IIa, IIIa; Bern II UKBAP (P); DBAP

362 A bat Chiroptera

Grade II listed building (address unknown) at Olchard, near Sandygate, Newton Abbot. 2002 SX879770 WCA 5, 6 EC IVa; Bonn II

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Bat Records within 4km of SX861760 (2009)

No Common Name

Scientific Name

Location Date Grid Reference

UK protection

International protection

Status Comments

1

Brown Long-Eared Bat

Plecotus auritus

Belle Vue, Liverton, Newton Abbot 2007 SX813758

WCA 5, 6; NERC 41


UKBAP (P)

Summer maternity roost suggested by number & distribution of droppings. Roost in roof apex. None seen at time of survey. EN bat archives 2007.

2

Brown Long-eared Bat

Plecotus auritus

Ilford Park (Polish Hostel), Stover, Nr Newton Abbot (roof) 1991 SX829745

WCA 5, 6; NERC 41


UKBAP (P)

Pre-fab buildings from 1941/42 ( US WW2 camp hospital). Roosts betweeen fabricated sections and below low roof apex. Site 2 Store - 8-10 bats. Fresh droppings - few traces as area cleaned on regular basis. Other bat sites reported within the comple

3

Lesser Horseshoe Bat


Ilford Park (Polish Hostel) Stover, Nr Newton Abbot (roof) 1991 SX829745

WCA 5, 6; NERC 41

EC IIa, IVa; Bern II; Bonn II

UKBAP (P)

Pre-fab buildings from 1941/42 ( US WW2 camp hospital). Roosts betweeen fabricated sections and below low roof apex. Site 3 Store - 4+ bats. Fresh droppings - few traces as area cleaned on regular basis. Other bat sites reported

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within the complex.

4 A bat Chiroptera

House E, Ilford Park, Stover, Newton Abbot. 1994 SX830745 WCA 5, 6 EC IVa; Bonn II

None seen at time of survey. Roost behind cladding. Bats heard behind hanging tiles. Light scattering of fresh droppings. Though no mention of species on survey form, EN wrote to owners on 29/7/94 and mentioned Pipistrelles roosting beneath hanging tiles


Ilford Park, Stover, Newton Abbot. 1999 SX830745 WCA 5, 6


English Nature bat archives 1999. Three identified by sight. No droppings found.

6


Plecotus auritus

Ilford Park, Stover, Newton Abbot ( a Polish enclave) 1991 SX830745

WCA 5, 6; NERC 41


UKBAP (P)

No survey form at time of data entry. Records transcribed from note on photocopied article in Mid-Devon Advertiser dated 13/8/93. R. Hood's records for 1991 have been noted in the margin! [EN bat archives 1993]

7

Greater Horseshoe Bat

Rhinolophus ferrumequinum

Ilford Park, Stover, Newton Abbot ( a Polish enclave) 1991 SX830745

WCA 5, 6; NERC 41


UKBAP (P); DBAP

No survey form at time of data entry. Precise roost location not revealed. Records transcribed from note on photocopied article in Mid-Devon Advertiser dated 13/8/93. R. Hood's records for 1991 have been noted in the margin! [EN bat archives 1993]

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Ilford Park, Stover, Newton Abbot ( a Polish enclave) 1991 SX830745 WCA 5, 6


No survey form at time of data entry. Records transcribed from note on photocopied article in Mid-Devon Advertiser dated 13/8/93. R. Hood's records for 1991 have been noted in the margin! [EN bat archives 1993]

9 a Long-eared Bat

Plecotus spp.

Reeves Hall, Coombe Lane, Bovey Tracey 1993 SX830789 WCA 5, 6


Roost in roof apex (in both sections). One bat found (small numbers of bats have used this part of the roof for some time) which was removed so work could be carried out. Virtually no droppings in front part of roof where bat found but this had been floo


Old Community Centre, Cannon Road, Heathfield, Bovey Tracey. 2002 SX831757 WCA 5, 6


English Nature bat archives 2002 (Teignbridge). No bats present in the building at time of survey, but two pipistrelles detected (with bat detectors) foraging around buildings.

11


Plecotus auritus

Higher Coombe Farm, Hennock, Bovey Tracey 1993 SX831794

WCA 5, 6; NERC 41


UKBAP (P)

Roost in roof apex. Bats seen in good numbers in loft during summer. Five bats seen 16/11/93. Fresh droppings in four main areas & a light scattering over the length of the loft. [EN bat archives 1993]

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Sharp's Close, Heathfield, near Newton Abbot. 1996 SX833757 WCA 5, 6


Counted 75+ - 80. Two adult females (lactating) identified in the hand. Roost behind tiles and soffit and possibly in cavity. Fresh droppings beneath gable on hanging tiles, windows and path. Owner states that bats have been present for the last three to

13 A bat Chiroptera

Little Bovey Barn, Little Bovey Farm, Bovey Tracey. 2002 SX833769 WCA 5, 6 EC IVa; Bonn II

English Nature bat archives 2002 (Teignbridge). Ground floor - few scattered bat droppings (too few to identify species). Casual use (not nursery roost). No bats seen.

14 A Long-Eared Bat

Plecotus spp.

Stover Country Park; Stover Lake 2005 SX834751 WCA 5, 6

EC IVa; Bern II; Bonn II Over lake

15 Daubenton's Bat

Myotis daubentoni



One+ located over lake on 28/5/05 & 8/6/05.

16



Stover Country Park; Stover Lake 2005 SX834751

WCA 5, 6; NERC 41


UKBAP (P); DBAP

Five+ located over lake on 28/5/05 & 8/6/05.

17




WCA 5, 6; NERC 41


UKBAP (P)

At least two located over lake on 28/5/05 & 8/6/05.



WCA 5, 6; NERC 41


UKBAP (P)

At least four located over lake on 28/5/05 & 8/6/05.

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Five+ located over lake on 28/5/05 & 8/6/05.

20



Ice House Copse, Newton Abbot (Stover) Golf Club (Stable block) 2008 SX835740

WCA 5, 6; NERC 41


UKBAP (P); DBAP

Signs in stable block. Regular day roost for small numbers of bats, potentially throughout the year; important feeding/night roost (particularly Apr - May). Signs recorded by C. Shaw in 2005 when he surveyed. [Daytime survey of buildings on 16th with N.

21



Ice House Copse, Newton Abbot (Stover) Golf Club (Pavilion) 2008 SX835740

WCA 5, 6; NERC 41


UKBAP (P)

Pavilion. Droppings. Recent night roosting by a single bat. No signs in 2005 when C. Shaw surveyed. [Daytime survey of buildings on 16th with N. Butler. Taken from GB's report 'Re-assessment of Bat Activity' for this site.]


Ice House Copse, Newton Abbot (Stover) Golf Club Jun-05 SX835740

WCA 5, 6; NERC 41


UKBAP (P)

Heard flying overhead on several occasions. Sustained flight activity over wooden shed & surrounding area at about 20.45. Evening survey on 17th with J. Mason. [Taken from GB's report 'Re-assessment of Bat Activity' for this site.]

23 45 Khz Pipistrelle

Pipistrellus pipistrellus 45kHz

Ice House Copse, Newton Abbot (Stover) Golf Club 2008 SX835740 WCA 5, 6


Recorded relatively early and throughout survey period, more or less across the site. Evening survey on 17th with J. Mason. [Taken from GB's report 'Re-assessment of Bat

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Activity' for this site.]

24 a Bat Myotis spp.

Ice House Copse, Newton Abbot (Stover) Golf Club 2008 SX835740 WCA 5, 6


Several heard by surveyors during walked transects. Possibly including whiskered bat. In 2005 C. Shaw detected Natterer's but no certain records for 2008. Also Barbastelle detected in 2005, no records for 2008. Evening survey on 17th with J. Mason. [Take



Ice House Copse, Newton Abbot (Stover) Golf Club 2008 SX835740

WCA 5, 6; NERC 41


UKBAP (P)

Several bats recorded around the site. Evening survey on 17th with J. Mason. [Taken from GB's report 'Re-assessment of Bat Activity' for this site.]

26


Plecotus auritus

Ice House Copse, Newton Abbot (Stover) Golf Club (Brick Hangar) 2008 SX835740

WCA 5, 6; NERC 41


UKBAP (P)

Large brick hangar. Signs of bats in building. One bat recorded by bat detector during evening at 20.10 (and also recorded near the north west tree block). Casual day roost for individual bats, and night roost also. C. Shaw recorded signs in 2005. [Dayti

27 A Long-Eared Bat

Plecotus spp.

Stover Country Park 2005 SX836750 WCA 5, 6

EC IVa; Bern II; Bonn II Temporary roost.

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Stover School, Newton Abbot. (Grotto/Menagery)

1994-1995 SX838742 WCA 5, 6

EC IVa; Bern III, Bonn II EN bat archives 1994

29 Unidentified Bat Myotis spp.

Stover School, Newton Abbot. (Grotto) 1995 SX838742 WCA 5, 6 EC IVa; Bonn II

(Mild weather.) Visited on 15/4/96 but no bats or signs found.

30



Stover School, Newton Abbot. (Grotto)

1994-1995 SX838742

WCA 5, 6; NERC 41


UKBAP (P); DBAP

Small numbers of bats (mild weather). Visited on 15/4/96 but no bats or signs found.

31




1994-1995 SX838742

WCA 5, 6; NERC 41


UKBAP (P)

Small numbers of bats (mild weather). Visited on 15/4/96 but no bats or signs found.

32 Natterer's Bat

Myotis nattereri


1994-1995 SX838742 WCA 5, 6


(Mild weather.) Visited on 15/4/96 but no bats or signs found.


Alderpark Nature Area 1993 SX841748

WCA 5, 6; NERC 41


UKBAP (P)


Alderpark Nature Area 1993 SX841748 WCA 5, 6


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35 a Long-eared Bat

Plecotus spp.

Luscombe Farm, Bovey Tracey 1993 SX842793 WCA 5, 6


Roost in roof apex. Ten bats seen. Droppings in extension area plus light scattering in older section. Roost used for at least the last 10 yrs. [EN bat archives 1993]


Luscombe Farm, Bovey Tracey 1993 SX842793 WCA 5, 6


Roost on top of partition wall. Droppings adjacent to partition wall. Roost used for at least the last 10 yrs. [EN bat archives 1993]

37 Whiskered Bat

Myotis mystacinus

Ley Green Farm, Teigngrace, Newton Abbot. Jun-05 SX846749 WCA 5, 6


Approx December 2005: Droppings and two dead in water tank and seen on previous visit. Seasonal use, summer visitors, nursery roost. 2/8/05: bats present with young; unable to count as many bats tucked into ridge area.

38 A bat Chiroptera

The Barn, Ringslade House, Highweek, Newton Abbot. 2002 SX848725 WCA 5, 6 EC IVa; Bonn II

English Nature bat archives 2002 (Teignbridge). Few old droppings - too few to determine species. Not a summer nursery roost. Potential for hibernation.

39 Whiskered Bat

Myotis mystacinus

Ventiford House, Teigngrace, Newton Abbot 1999 SX848747 WCA 5, 6


English Nature bat archives - 1999. Two dead, plus droppings.


Finlake Holiday Park, Chudleigh 2007 SX849789 WCA 5, 6


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41


Plecotus auritus

Finlake Holiday Park, Chudleigh 2007 SX849789

WCA 5, 6; NERC 41


UKBAP (P)

42


Plecotus auritus

The Old Cider Works, Pitt Farm, Chudleigh Knighton. (Barn.) 1996 SX851779

WCA 5, 6; NERC 41


UKBAP (P)

One seen. Roost in roof apex and in ground floor room at north end of barn. Very few droppings observed (much junk stored in barn and surveyor could not get access to survey) and some disturbance to ground floor areas.

43



The Old Cider Works, Pitt Farm, Chudleigh Knighton. (Barn.) 1996 SX851779

WCA 5, 6; NERC 41


UKBAP (P)

Four seen. Roost in roof apex and in ground floor room at north end of barn. Very few droppings observed (much junk stored in barn and surveyor could not get access to survey) and some disturbance to ground floor areas.


Pitt Farm, Chudleigh Knighton, Newton Abbot 1999 SX851779 WCA 5, 6


English Nature bat archives - 1999. Pipistrelles seen by sight (one at time of survey and three found by builders).



West Wing, Pitt House, Chudleigh. 1998 SX851780 WCA 5, 6


English Nature bat archives 1998. Fresh droppings. Owners noticed bats last year (1997).




25/6/92: possibly nursery roost but position unknown, possibly between slates, felt, insulation & roof lining. None seen roosting but one dead adult & one dead immature bat found.

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Housekeeper & owners had removed 22 dead/dying bats in mid June. Problem o

47 a Long-eared Bat

Plecotus spp.



Return visit on 7 - 8/9/92 bats seen flying and hunting around the buildings, long-eared bats observed and/or detected on bat detector but none seen to emerge from building. [EN bat archives 1992]

48



Pitt House, Great Hall, Chudleigh 1992 SX852780

WCA 5, 6; NERC 41


UKBAP (P)

Return visit on 7 - 8/9/92 bats seen flying and hunting around the buildings, lesser horseshoe bats observed and/or detected on bat detector but none seen to emerge from building. [EN bat archives 1992]

49 A bat Chiroptera

Stokelake Farm, Teign Valley Road, Chudleigh. 1994 SX853785 WCA 5, 6 EC IVa; Bonn II

Roost in roof apex and at western end gable wall. None seen at time of survey. Probably long-eared bats and whiskered bats. Fresh & old droppings. [Property is a stone's throw from a long-eared bat roost visted by GB (6/8/93) & C Morris (17/1/94) at Silv

50 A bat Chiroptera

Blenheim Close, Newton Abbot. 1995 SX854720 WCA 5, 6 EC IVa; Bonn II

18/5/95 survey - no mention of species despite statement that ID was by sight & echolocation and 18 counted. No droppings. 2/6/95 eighteen exit count. (Also exit count on 8/6/95 but numbers not mentioned.) In

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1994 the kitten brought in four live bats whi

51



Granary Cottage, Lyneham Farm, Chudleigh (barn)

13/06/1905 SX854791

WCA 5, 6; NERC 41


UKBAP (P)

Roost in roof apex. Twelve counted and fresh droppings (liberal scattering). Roost will be destroyed by barn conversion but possibly the bats could move to the garage. [EN bat archives 1993]

52 a Long-eared Bat

Plecotus spp.


13/06/1905 SX854791 WCA 5, 6


Roost in roof apex. Corpse of long-eared bat found. Roost will be destroyed by barn conversion but possibly the bats could move to the garage. [EN bat archives 1993]

53 a Bat Chiroptera


15/06/1905 SX854791 WCA 5, 6 EC IVa; Bonn II

Roost in roof apex. No bats seen. Fairly fresh droppings beneath hipped roof, quite a good scattering. See survey for 21/8/91 for species details. [No species mentioned on survey form apart from comment that lesser horseshoes could roost in roof void abo

54


Plecotus auritus

Silverlands (previously Stokelake House), Chudleigh.

1993-1994 SX855785

Roost in roof apex. One seen at time of survey. Quite a lot of (mostly old) droppings throughout loft area; fresh droppings in area where bat seen. Bats in roof for many years.

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EN bat archives 1994

English Nature Bat Archive

WCA 5, 6; NERC 41

EC IVa; Bern II; Bonn II Legal

55



Sandford Orley House, Newton Abbot (overlooks Jetty Marsh LNR)

1971-1986 SX857721

WCA 5, 6; NERC 41


UKBAP (P); DBAP

Forty-one greater horseshoe bats in cellars. Possibly 100 Pipistrelles [unclear if species or numbers are being queried]. No survey available in file at time of date entry. Transcribed from note to EN by R Hood dated 7/4/92. [EN bat archives 1993]

56



Sandford Orley House, Newton Abbot (overlooks Jetty Marsh LNR)

08/06/1905 SX857721

WCA 5, 6; NERC 41


UKBAP (P)

Thirty-two lesser horseshoe bats counted. Possibly Pipistrelles in roof. No survey available in file at time of date entry. Transcribed from note to EN by R Hood dated 7/4/92. [EN bat archives 1993]


Sorrel Court, Andor Avenue, Kingsteignton.

1996-2005 SX867730 WCA 5, 6


None seen. ID from droppings and roosting behaviour. Roost under barge board and possibly between tiles and underfelt. Generally a few droppings inside the loft spaces at gable end, more outside underneath the barge boards. Local residents observe bats f

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Calvados Close, Chudleigh, Newton Abbot.

18/06/1905 SX867790 WCA 5, 6


EN bat archives 1996. None seen. Probably pipistrelles (by fresh droppings) and probably a summer roost. They roost in the box formed by the barge board and soffit.

59



St Martin & St Mary's Church, Fore Street, Chudleigh.

26/06/1905 SX867794

WCA 5, 6; NERC 41


UKBAP (P)

None seen. Small scatter of droppings and butterfly wings. Church tower used as night roost for small number of bats on an occasional basis.

60 Whiskered Bat

Myotis mystacinus

Higher Sandygate, Kingsteignton.

24/06/1905 SX868752 WCA 5, 6


Found trapped on flypaper. Died the same day.

61 A bat Chiroptera

New Exeter Street, Chudleigh.


House empty. Possibly brown long-eared by old droppings. Roost site unknown - but in roof void.

62 A bat Chiroptera Rock House, Chudleigh.


English Nature bat archives. Possibly Natterer's bat. One bat seen in roof apex. No droppings found. Bats associated with nearby caves.


St Michael's Primary School, Kingsteignton

28/06/1905 SX870730 WCA 5, 6


Well-established summer breeding colony. Roost under boxed soffits. None found at time of survey but Sylvia Bevis rescued one youngster in summer 2006. In June/July 2006 at least 60 were counted emerging from roost by caretaker - bats gone by end of Augu

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64 Whiskered Bat

Myotis mystacinus

The Mill, Ideford Combe, Sandygate, Newton Abbot.

25/06/1905 SX873759 WCA 5, 6


English Nature bat archives 2003. Six seen within ridge. Fresh & old droppings.

65


Plecotus auritus

Penns Mount, Kingsteignton (residential care home)

30/06/1905 SX876729

WCA 5, 6; NERC 41


UKBAP (P) In roof space of bungalow

66 Serotine Eptesicus serotinus

Ugbrooke Park, Ugbrooke Estate, Newton Abbot (Flats 1&2)

28/06/1905 SX877782 WCA 5, 6


Flats 1&2: Not seen in roof void but fresh & old droppings in concentration in one area of roof space. Indicates regular roost by small number of bats; no evidence of breeding site for this species. Taken from Ecological Survey Report dated 8/11/06.


Olchard House, Olchard, Sandygate, Newton Abbot.

1995-1996 SX878771 WCA 5, 6


House owner saw bats emerging from a ridge tile on a hot evening in 1995.

68 A bat Chiroptera

Grade II listed building (address unknown) at Olchard, near Sandygate, Newton Abbot.


English Nature bat archives 2002 (South Hams). Central grid reference. Reported by firm of building and quantity surveyors (letter dated 26.6.02). No bat survey available.

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69



Well Barn, Olchard, near Sandygate, Newton Abbot

28/06/1905 SX880769

WCA 5, 6; NERC 41


UKBAP (P)

Bat roost in roof apex and at west gable chimney. Droppings suggest good numbers of lesser horseshoes were present as a cluster at some stage in the recent past, and possibly greater activity prior to the laying of insulation material. [GB visited Well H

70 a Long-eared Bat

Plecotus spp.

Well Barn, Olchard, near Sandygate, Newton Abbot

28/06/1905 SX880769 WCA 5, 6


Thin scattering of droppings on top of insulation in roof apex. None very fresh. No bats seen at time of survey. EN bat archives 2006.

71 Natterer's Bat

Myotis nattereri

Lower Dunscombe Farm, Chudleigh

30/06/1905 SX885789 WCA 5, 6

EC IVa; Bern II; Bonn II Emerging from barn



30/06/1905 SX885789

WCA 5, 6; NERC 41


UKBAP (P) Foraging




30/06/1905 SX885789 WCA 5, 6

EC IVa; Bern III, Bonn II Emerging from barn

74


Plecotus auritus


30/06/1905 SX885789

WCA 5, 6; NERC 41


UKBAP (P) Emerging from barn

75




30/06/1905 SX885789

WCA 5, 6; NERC 41


UKBAP (P) Foraging

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76



The Barn, Town Farm Lane, Ideford.

24/06/1905 SX890767

WCA 5, 6; NERC 41


UKBAP (P); DBAP

English Nature bat archives 2002 (Teignbridge). Light scattering of droppings on ground floor with two localised concentrations and insect remains. Assumed that bats use the first floor (though evidence not visible due to hay and straw debris) at least o

77


Plecotus auritus

The Barn, Town Farm Lane, Ideford.

24/06/1905 SX890767

WCA 5, 6; NERC 41


UKBAP (P)

English Nature bat archives 2002 (Teignbridge). Light scattering of droppings on ground floor with two localised concentrations and insect remains. Assumed that bats use the first floor (though evidence not visible due to hay and straw debris) at least o


Bungalow, Lindridge, Bishopsteignton

28/06/1905 SX895759 WCA 5, 6

EC IVa; Bern III, Bonn II old signs


Lindridge Park, near Bishopsteignton.

23/06/1905 SX896758 WCA 5, 6

EC IVa; Bern III, Bonn II Grounded and later released.



Coombe Cottage, Bishopsteignton

30/06/1905 SX897742 WCA 5, 6





30/06/1905 SX897742

WCA 5, 6; NERC 41


UKBAP (P)

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82 Daubenton's Bat

Myotis daubentoni


30/06/1905 SX897742 WCA 5, 6


83




30/06/1905 SX897742

WCA 5, 6; NERC 41


UKBAP (P)

84 Nathusius' Pipistrelle

Pipistrellus nathusii


30/06/1905 SX897742 WCA 5, 6


85 a Long-eared Bat

Plecotus spp.


30/06/1905 SX897742 WCA 5, 6


86 a Bat Myotis spp.


30/06/1905 SX897742 WCA 5, 6


NERC 41 NERC Act (2006) Section 41: Species listed under Section 41 of the Natural Environment and Rural Communities

Act (2006). These are the species found in England which have been identified as requiring action under the UK BAP. All local authorities and other public authorities in England and Wales have a duty to promote and enhance biodiversity in all of their functions.

WCA 1 Wildlife and Countryside Act (1981) Schedule 1: birds which are protected by special penalties at all times. WCA 5 Wildlife and Countryside Act (1981) Schedule 5: species protected against killing, injury, disturbance and

handling. WCA 5 (S) Wildlife and Countryside Act (1981) Schedule 5: (sale): species protected against sale only.

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WCA 5 (KIS) Wildlife and Countryside Act (1981) Schedule 5: (killing & injury): species protected against killing, injury and

sale only. WCA 6 Wildlife and Countryside Act (1981) Schedule 6: animals (other than birds) which may not be killed or taken by

certain methods WCA 9 Wildlife and Countryside Act (1981) Schedule 9: animals and plants for which release into the wild is prohibited. BA Protection of Badgers Act 1992: badgers may not be deliberately killed, persecuted or trapped except under

licence. Badger setts may not be damaged, destroyed or obstructed. DA Deer Act 1991: deer protected under the Deer Act. Bern II Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats (Bern Convention) Appendix II:

Special protection for listed animal species and their habitats. Bern III Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats (Bern Convention) Appendix III:

Exploitation of listed animal species to be subject to regulation ECIIa, IIb EC Directive on the Conservation of Natural Habitats and of Wild Fauna and Flora (Habitats & Species

Directive) Annex IIa and IIb: Designation of protected areas for animal and plant species listed. ECIIIa, IIIb EC Directive on the Conservation of Natural Habitats and of Wild Fauna and Flora (Habitats & Species

Directive) Annex IIIa and IIb: Species used as criteria for designating Special Areas of Conservation (SACs). ECIVa, IVb EC Directive on the Conservation of Natural Habitats and of Wild Fauna and Flora (Habitats & Species

Directive) Annex IVa: Exploitation of listed animals and plants to be subject to management if necessary.

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ECVa, Vb EC Directive on the Conservation of Natural Habitats and of Wild Fauna and Flora (Habitats & Species Directive) Annex Va and Vb: Exploitation of listed animals and plants to be subject to management if necessary.

Bonn II Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (Bonn Convention) Appendix II:

Range states encouraged to conclude international agreements to benefit species listed. UKBAP(P) UK Priority Species (Short and Middle Lists - UK Biodiversity steering Group Report 1995) i.e. species that

are globally threatened and rapidly declining in the UK (by more than 50% in the last 25 years). Has a Species Action Plan.

DBAP Devon Biodiversity Action Plan species: these have been identified as species of key conservation concern in

Devon. NR Nationally Rare: 1-15 10km squares in Atlas of British Flora 1962. NS Nationally Scarce: 15-100 10km squares in Atlas of British Flora 1962. Devon Notable Species: Selected species recorded from over 50 2km squares in the Atlas of Devon Flora 1984 (R.B. Ivimey-Cook, Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Exeter). DN1 Devon Notable1: 1-25 2 km squares in Atlas of Devon Flora 1984. DN2 Devon Notable2: 26-50 2 km squares in Atlas of Devon Flora 1984. DN3 Devon Notable3: Selected species recorded from over 50 2 km squares in Atlas of Devon Flora 1984. DR Devon Rarity: native species recorded from 3 or fewer localities within Devon. Na Nationally Notable A: known from 30 or fewer 10km squares. Taken from the Invertebrate Site Register.

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Nb Nationally Notable B: known from 100 or fewer 10km squares. Taken from the Invertebrate Site Register. Decline Substantial local decline in Devon Red List Bird species of high conservation concern, such as those whose population or range is rapidly declining, recently or

historically, and those of global conservation concern. Amber List Bird species of medium conservation concern, such as those whose population is in moderate decline, rare

breeders, internationally important and localised species and those of unfavourable conservation status in Europe. KeyD (N) Nationally Important Key Dragonfly Species: those which have been recorded in less than 10% of 10km squares

in Britain. Those occurring in Devon are White-legged damselfly (Playcnemis pennipes) Scarce blue-tailed damselfly (Ischnura pumilio) Small red damselfly (Ceriagrion tenellum) Hairy dragonfly (Bracytron pratense) Downy emerald (Cordulia aenea) and Keeled skimmer (Orthoetrum coerulescens).

KeyD (R) Regionally Important Key Dragonfly Species: those which have been recorded in 10-20% of the 10km squares in

Britain: Red-eyed damselfly (Erythromma najas) and Ruddy darter (Sympetrum sanguineum). RDB2 Red Data Book 2: Vulnerable. Taxa believed likely to move into the endangered category in the near future if

casual factors continue to operate. Includes taxa which are still abundant but are under threat from serious adverse factors throughout their range.

RDB3 Red Data Book 3: - Rare. Taxa with small populations that are not at present Endangered or Vulnerable but are at

risk. These taxa are usually very localised within a restricted geographical area or in habitats which are thinly scattered over a more extensive range.

VULNERABLE (VUL) A taxon is Vulnerable when the best available evidence indicates that it meets any of the criteria A to E for Vulnerable (see Red List Categories and Criteria booklet for details), and it is therefore considered to be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild.

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