Guidelines for the Selection of Wildlife Sites in South Wales GUIDELINES FOR THE SELECTION OF WILDLIFE SITES IN SOUTH WALES Prepared by Gwent Wildlife Trust on behalf of The South Wales Wildlife Sites Partnership Guidelines for the Selection of Wildlife Sites in South Wales Copies of this document can be obtained from: Gwent Wildlife Trust Seddon House Dingestow Nr Monmouth Gwent NP25 4DY Tel: 01600 740358 e-mail:
[email protected] Front cover photographs produced by kind permission of Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council and English Nature. Published by The South Wales Wildlife Sites Partnership ISBN 0 9548517 0 6 © The South Wales Wildlife Sites Partnership 2004 All rights reserved. No part of this document may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means (whether electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording or otherwise), without the prior written permission of The South Wales Wildlife Sites Partnership 2 Guidelines for the Selection of Wildlife Sites in South Wales ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Many organisations and individuals have contributed to the development of this project, some significantly so. For the initial start of the project and the production of the document, ‘The Criteria for the Selection of Wildlife Sites in Gwent, Glamorgan and Carmarthenshire’, David Clements and Richard Pryce are especially thanked for all their hard work and input into the report’s development. In addition Clare Burrows (CCW), Alison Jones (Caerphilly County Ecologist), Jerry Lewis (Monmouthshire County Council), Linda Moore (Cardiff County Ecologist), Jon Winder (Gwent Wildlife Trust) and Richard Wistow (Rhondda Cynon Taff County Ecologist) were especially generous in sharing their time, expertise and experience.