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SUP Report Template Building Opportunity in the Biosphere Natural Heritage Project Report APPENDICES No Title 1 List and origin of gathered information. 2 List of species datasets. 3 List of attendees of the habitats and species prioritisation workshop. 4 High priority habitats and species distribution maps 5 Legal protection and conservation status of priority habitats and species. 6 Research papers relating to the core and the buffer of the Biosphere. 7 Results of Site Condition Monitoring for designated sites within the study area (except for those mentioned in the main report) 8 Stocking densities calculations. 9 List of attendees of the Habitat management workshop. 152 Building Opportunity in the Biosphere Natural Heritage Project Report Appendix1 List and source of non-species data. Dataset name Source of the original data Core Paths East Ayrshire Ayrshire Joint Planning Unit Core Paths South Ayrshire Ayrshire Joint Planning Unit Raised Bogs Inventory Ayrshire Joint Planning Unit Sustrans Cycle Routes Ayrshire Joint Planning Unit Phase 1 Habitats Ayrshire Joint Planning Unit Biosphere Zones Ayrshire Joint Planning Unit Bedrock British Geological Survey Drift British Geological Survey CVCWT planting areas Cree Valley Community Woodlands Trust (CVCWT) Core Paths D&G Council Local Wildlife Sites Dumfries and Galloway Environmental Resources Centre (DGERC) Area surveys Forestry Commission Scotland (FCS) Forest Plans FCS Habitat Condition Assessment and FCS Modelling for Appropriate Grazing Management of Merrick-Kells SSSI, and Heather Condition Assessment for Cairnsmore of Fleet NNR. Montane scrub publication FCS Mountain Woodland in the FCS Galloway Forest Park Deer Strat Galloway FCS Feral Goat policy 2010 FCS Veg Monitoring area FCS FCS land leases map FCS FCS FDP Restock map images FCS Deeds FCS Forest Blocks FCS Legal Boundary FCS National Forest Inventory FCS Roads FCS Building Opportunity in the Biosphere Natural Heritage Project Report Dataset name Source of the original data Sub compartment FCS Dedication FCS FHN Core Areas FCS Target Areas FCS Felling Licence Agreements FCS Forest Plans FCS Native Woodland Survey FCS Fencing FCS Management Plan FCS Scottish Forestry Grants Scheme FCS data Woodland Grants Scheme data FCS Forest Products FCS Woods in and Around Town FCS Footpaths FCS Action Mountain Woodlands Project FCS Areas Land Use data FCS Open Water FCS Water courses FCS Restocking data FCS Habitats Data FCS Habitat survey method for recording FCS UK Biodiversity Action Plan Habitats on land managed by Forest Enterprise Scotland Galloway forest park FCS Open Habitat Survey FCS Merrick Report Heather Armitage Historic Land Use Assessment Historic Scotland Gardens and Designed Historic Scotland Landscapes HS scheduled monuments Historic Scotland Listed Buildings Historic Scotland Building Opportunity in the Biosphere Natural Heritage Project Report Dataset name Source of the original data Geological conservation review site http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-2947 accounts GPX file SUW for Galloway Forest LDPS Voices from Merrick and Glentrool Mary Smith NBN records NBN Gateway Wood pasture reports Nic Coombey (Solway Heritage) Ordnance Survey OS Strategi ® Ordnance Survey open data RSPB reserves Scotland Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) Base Mapping RSPB Soil Mapping RSPB National Scenic Areas Scottish Government Nitrate Vulnerable Zones Scottish Government Agricultural parishes Scottish Government Salmon fishery districts Scottish Government Datazones Scottish Government Cairnsmore of Fleet fence Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) coordinates Ancient Woodland Inventory SNH Local Nature Reserves SNH Ramsars SNH Special Protection Areas SNH Biosphere Zones SNH Special Areas of Conservation SNH Site of Specific Scientific Interest SNH Geological Conservation Review SNH National Nature Reserves SNH Windfarm boundaries SNH Windfarm turbines SNH Landscape Character Areas SNH National Vegetation Classification SNH (NVC) SNAWI SNH Building Opportunity in the Biosphere Natural Heritage Project Report Dataset name Source of the original data Bap hedgerows SNH Phase1 SNH Upland Habitat mask SNH Woodland pasture SNH NVC Kirkcudbrightshire 1994 SNH NVC Merrick Kells 1996 SNH Merrick SCM various shapefiles SNH Cairnsmore of Fleet SCM SNH documentation Merrick Kells SCM documentation SNH Other designated sites SCM SNH documentation Fire damage assessment report SNH May 2007 Silver Flowe Fire Damage SNH Assessment - John Dowens (Edinburgh University) - 30 April 2007 The story of Cairnsmore of Fleet SNH NNR SSSI citations SNH Site Link web site Wood pasture and veteran tree Solway Firth Partnership reports and records Fleet Literature search Alan Taylor Building Opportunity in the Biosphere Natural Heritage Project Report Appendix 2 List and sources of species datasets. Dataset name Source of the original data Butterfly and moth records Butterfly Conservation SW Scotland Odonata records British Dragonfly Society Grey and red squirrel records Red Squirrels in South Scotland (RSSS) RSPB peregrine, osprey, black Royal Society for the Protection of Birds grouse, nightjar records (RSPB) Plant records Botanical Survey of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) Lutra Ecology otter, water vole Lutra Ecology and mink records Juniper records Action for Mountain Woodlands (AMW) and Forestry Commission Scotland (FCS) SUP mountain hare records Southern Uplands Partnership (SUP) British Bryological Survey British Bryological Survey (BBS) spring field meeting 2009 Cree Valley bird, bryophyte, Cree Valley Community Woodlands Trust coleopteran, fungi, lichen and (CVCWT) moth records SNH Merrick Kells SCM otter Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) data SNH pilot water vole survey Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) data SNH Glentrool Oakwoods Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) SSSI - SCM report bryophyte and lichen A vegetation survey of Eldrick Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) Hill, Strathclyde DGERC records for biosphere Dumfries and Galloway Environmental Resources Centre (DGERC) SNH records Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) D&G mammal records D&G Mammal group Biosphere NBN Gateway National Biodiversity Network (NBN) Building Opportunity in the Biosphere Natural Heritage Project Report Dataset name Source of the original data records Mammal records Scottish Badgers Bat records Ayrshire Bat Group Water Beetle records Aquatic Coleoptera Trust Lichen Records British Lichen Society Bird Distribution Maps British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) 2011 Helicopter Goat census Forestry Commission Scotland (FCS) results Japanese Knotweed, Forestry Commission Scotland (FCS) Rhododendron, Western Hemlock, Scots Pine Native Species Data Forestry Commission Scotland (FCS) Fish data Galloway Fisheries Trust Invertebrate and Plant data Pond Conservation Entomological records Royal Entomological Society Building Opportunity in the Biosphere Natural Heritage Project Report Appendix 3 List of attendees of the Habitats and species prioritisation workshop. Name Organisation Peter Robinson CVCWT Andy Riches Mammal Society Garth Foster Aquatic Coleoptera Conservation Trust Paul Collin SOC Fiona Ross South Ayrshire Council Lorna Jarvie South Ayrshire Council John Adair SNH Angus Hogg SOC John Esslemont AJPU Andrew Jarrott FCS Rob Soutar FCS Nigel Wallace AJPU Chris Miles SNH Graham Smith SWT Andrew Bielinski RSPB Peter Norman D&G Council Lenka Sukenikova SUP Chris Rollie RSPB Ed Forrest SUP Building Opportunity in the Biosphere Natural Heritage Project Report Appendix 4 High priority habitats and species distribution maps Building Opportunity in the Biosphere Natural Heritage Project Report Building Opportunity in the Biosphere Natural Heritage Project Report Building Opportunity in the Biosphere Natural Heritage Project Report Building Opportunity in the Biosphere Natural Heritage Project Report Building Opportunity in the Biosphere Natural Heritage Project Report Building Opportunity in the Biosphere Natural Heritage Project Report Building Opportunity in the Biosphere Natural Heritage Project Report Building Opportunity in the Biosphere Natural Heritage Project Report Building Opportunity in the Biosphere Natural Heritage Project Report Building Opportunity in the Biosphere Natural Heritage Project Report Building Opportunity in the Biosphere Natural Heritage Project Report Building Opportunity in the Biosphere Natural Heritage Project Report Building Opportunity in the Biosphere Natural Heritage Project Report Building Opportunity in the Biosphere Natural Heritage Project Report Building Opportunity in the Biosphere Natural Heritage Project Report Building Opportunity in the Biosphere Natural Heritage Project Report Building Opportunity in the Biosphere Natural Heritage Project Report ty habitats species. and habitats ty Legal protection and conservation status of priori of status conservation and Legal protection Appendix 5 Appendix Building Opportunity in the Biosphere Natural Heritage Project Report Appendix 5 Appendix species. and habitats priority of status conservation and Legal protection Building Opportunity in the Biosphere Natural Heritage Project Report Appendix 5 Appendix species. and habitats priority of status conservation and Legal protection Building Opportunity in the Biosphere Natural Heritage Project Report Appendix 6 Research papers relating to the core and the buffer of the Biosphere. Allot, T.E.H, Harriman, R. and Battarbae, R.W. (1992). Reversibility of lake acidification at the Round Loch of Glenhead, Galloway, Scotland. Environmental Pollution Vol. 77, Issues 2–3, pp. 219–225.
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