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2013 UCCWG Report Upper Clun n Community. Wildlife. Group…. Report. 2013. Upper Clun Community Wildlife Group Report 2013 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................. 1 AIMS & OBJECTIVES ................................................................................................................. 1 AREA & MEMBERSHIP .............................................................................................................. 1 MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE ..................................................................................................... 1 PUBLICITY .................................................................................................................................. 2 WEBSITE .................................................................................................................................... 2 CO-OPERATION WITH FARMERS, LANDOWNERS & OTHER ORGANISATIONS .................. 2 ACTIVITIES & SURVEYS ............................................................................................................ 2 COVERING OTHER TYPES OF WILDLIFE ................................................................................ 3 PREVIOUS FUNDING FOR COMMUNITY WILDLIFE GROUPS ................................................ 3 FUTURE FUNDING ..................................................................................................................... 3 CONSTITUTION ......................................................................................................................... 3 THE BIRD GROUP .......................................................................................................... 4 BIRD SURVEYS .......................................................................................................................... 4 Introduction ................................................................................................................... 4 Survey Design ............................................................................................................... 4 Participation and Coverage ........................................................................................... 5 BIRD GROUP RESULTS - SUMMARY........................................................................................ 5 LAPWINGS .................................................................................................................................. 6 Fieldwork Results .......................................................................................................... 6 Towards Local Extinction? ............................................................................................ 6 CURLEWS ................................................................................................................................... 8 Fieldwork Results .......................................................................................................... 8 Habitat Requirements and Population Decline ............................................................ 11 Please Conserve Our Curlews Campaign ................................................................... 11 OTHER TARGET SPECIES ...................................................................................................... 11 BIRDS OF THE “WETLANDS” ................................................................................................... 12 RED KITE .................................................................................................................................. 13 OTHER SPECIES ...................................................................................................................... 14 BIRD GROUP PROGRAMME ................................................................................................... 14 OVERVIEW, AND BIRD GROUP PROGRAMME 2014 ............................................................. 15 DIPPERS ................................................................................................................................... 16 NEST BOXES FOR WOODLAND BIRDS .................................................................................. 17 BARN OWLS ............................................................................................................................. 18 THE PLANT GROUP ..................................................................................................... 19 INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................... 19 Survey Methodology .............................................................................................................. 19 Results And Findings ............................................................................................................. 19 Discussion ............................................................................................................................. 20 PLANT WALKS .......................................................................................................................... 21 CONCLUSION ........................................................................................................................... 21 FURTHER WORK ..................................................................................................................... 21 THE BUTTERFLY GROUP ........................................................................................... 22 INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................... 22 SMALL PEARL-BORDERED FRITILLARY ................................................................................ 22 DARK GREEN FRITILLARY ...................................................................................................... 23 SAFEGUARDING HABITAT ...................................................................................................... 23 FUTURE PLANS ....................................................................................................................... 23 CO-OPERATION WITH FARMERS .............................................................................. 24 CONSERVATION ACTION ........................................................................................... 24 NEW HLS AGREEMENTS......................................................................................................... 27 HABITAT REQUIREMENTS FOR TARGET SPECIES .............................................................. 28 BIRD GROUP HABITAT MANAGEMENT LEAFLETS ............................................................... 28 MANAGEMENT OF RUSH PASTURE LEAFLET ...................................................................... 28 WILDLIFE SITES ....................................................................................................................... 28 RIVER CATCHMENT MANAGEMENT ...................................................................................... 29 SHROPSHIRE HILLS AONB MANAGEMENT PLAN ................................................................. 29 CONSERVATION ACTION ........................................................................................................ 30 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS & DISTRIBUTION ............................................................... 31 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .......................................................................................................... 31 REFERENCES .......................................................................................................................... 33 DISTRIBUTION ......................................................................................................................... 33 THE REPORT ............................................................................................................................ 34 APPENDICES ............................................................................................................... 36 Appendix 1. Bird Survey Recording Instructions 2013 ........................................ 37 Appendix 2: Bird Survey Results ........................................................................... 37 i) Curlew and Lapwing ....................................................................................... 37 ii) Other Target Bird Species, and Wetland Surveys ....................................... 37 iii)Target Species: Explanatory Note to the Maps ........................................... 37 Appendix 3 Plant Group – Sites Surveyed 2013.................................................... 40 Appendix 4: Target Plant Indicator Species (The "Axiophytes") ......................... 41 Appendix 5: Butterfly Records 2013 ...................................................................... 42 Appendix 6. Index of Maps, Tables and Figures .................................................. 42 Appendix 7. Managing Rush Pasture for Wildlife…………………………………. 43 Annexe 1. The Management Committee ................................................................ 45 Annexe 2. Constitution ............................................................................................ 46 48 INTRODUCTION The Upper Clun Community Wildlife Group was formed in 2007, following extensive promotion and development work in the area initiated by 'Down to Earth in the Clun Forest' as part of the Shropshire Hills AONB's Blue Remembered Hills
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