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Durham Rare Plant Register 2016
County Durham Rare Plant Register 2016 JOHN L. DURKIN MSc. MCIEEM BSBI Recorder for County Durham 25 May Avenue. Winlaton Mill, Blaydon, NE21 6SF [email protected] www.durhamnature.co.uk Contents Introduction to the rare plants register Notes on plant distribution and protection The individual species accounts in alphabetical order Site Index First published 2010. This is the 2016, fourth edition of the “RPR”, dedicated to Keith Cunningham, who helped so much with the early databases and in many other ways. Improvements in this edition include- The new English Red List is incorporated into this edition. An additional 10% records, most of these more recent and more precise. Cover picture—Bird’s Eye Primrose at Widdybank Fell. Introduction Most counties are in the process of compiling a County Rare Plant Register, to assist in the study and conservation of their rare species. The process is made easier if the county has a published Flora and a strong Biological Records Centre, and Durham is fortunate to have Gordon Graham's Flora and the Durham Wildlife Trust’s “Recorder" system. We have also had a Biodiversity project, based at Rainton Meadows, which until 2013 carried out conservation projects to protect the rare species. It is hoped that the “RPR” will act as a stimulus for local botanists to make special efforts to improve the database by recording these species. The register will be used to increase our understanding of the status and distribution of the rare species, and to aid and promote their conservation. Species Covered Three groups of vascular plant species are included. -
Limestone Landscapes: a Geodiversity Audit and Action Plan for The
Limestone Landscapes - a geodiversity audit and action plan for the Durham Magnesian Limestone Plateau Geology and Landscape England Programme Open Report OR/09/007 BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOLOGY AND LANDSCAPE ENGLAND PROGRAMME OPEN REPORT OR/09/007 Limestone Landscapes - a geodiversity audit and action The National Grid and other Ordnance Survey data are used plan for the Durham Magnesian with the permission of the Con- troller of Her Majesty’s Station- ery Office. Limestone Plateau Licence No: 100017897/ 2009. Keywords geodiversity, Durham, Permian, D J D Lawrence Limestone, Landscape. National Grid Reference Editor SW corner 429800,521000 Centre point 438000,544000 A H Cooper NE corner 453400,568000 Front cover The Magnesian Limestone at Marsden Bay Bibliographical reference LAWRENCE, D J D. 2009. Limestone Landscapes - a geodiversity audit and action plan for the Durham Magnesian Limestone Plateau. British Geological Survey Open Report, OR/09/007. 114pp. Copyright in materials derived from the British Geological Survey’s work is owned by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and/or the authority that commissioned the work. You may not copy or adapt this publication without first obtaining permission. Contact the BGS Intellectual Property Rights Section, British Geological Sur- vey, Keyworth, E-mail [email protected]. You may quote extracts of a reasonable length without prior permission, provided a full acknowledgement is given of the source of the extract. Maps and diagrams in this book use topography based on Ord- nance -
1 the Vasculum
THE VASCULUM APRIL 1970 Vol. LV. No. 1. Price 7/6 per annum, post free. Edited by T. C. DUNN, B.Sc. THE POPLARS, CHESTER-LE-STREET BY THE WAY Secretaries of Societies and other contributors to " The Vasculum” are invited to send their notes to the Editor before 15th June, 1970. HARRISON MEMORIAL LECTURE Will all members please note that the Memorial Lecture will again coincide with the autumn meeting on October 24th. It will be given by Dr. Eggeling of the Nature Conservancy for Scotland. This year it will be at Darlington, with the Darlington and Teesdale Naturalists' Field Club kindly acting as host. Please keep this date clear. There must be a good turn out, for the lecturer is coming a long distance. POLLUTION With the establishment of the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution under the direction of that eminent ecologist Sir Eric Ashby, the Government has taken a step in the right direction. What is more, this is a standing commission, not one of the usual kind which reports and then goes out of existence. What can we hope from it? As far as we can judge, the commission forms the teeth of the anti- pollution machinery. It will be able to initiate research into limiting levels of pollution, to report on bad practices and even make statements on its own views. All this looks very impressive to naturalists who have been airing their views on such things for decades without seeing very much happen. If the Government is sincere in its intentions then we should see something to the betterment of our countryside very quickly. -
County Durham LTP3 HRA Screening 1 Introduction 3 1.1 Appropriate Assessment Process 3 1.2 Natura 2000 Sites 3
Contents County Durham LTP3 HRA Screening 1 Introduction 3 1.1 Appropriate Assessment Process 3 1.2 Natura 2000 Sites 3 2 Identification and Description of Natura 2000 Sites 5 3 Description of the Plan 15 3.1 LTP3 Strategy and Delivery Plan 20 4 Methodology: Broad Impact Types and Pathways 21 5 Screening Analysis of Draft LTP3 25 5.1 Goals and Objectives 25 5.2 Draft policies and related interventions in the three year programme 25 6 Assessment of Likely Significance 57 6.1 Assessment of Likely Significance 57 6.2 Other plans and projects 75 7 LTP3 Consultation: Amendments and Implications for HRA 77 Appendices 1 Component SSSIs of Natura 2000 Sites within 15km of County Durham 95 2 Summary of Favourable Conditions to be Maintained, Condition, Vulnerabilities and Threats of Natura 2000 Sites 108 3 Initial Issues Identification of Longer-term Programme 124 County Durham LTP3 HRA Screening Contents County Durham LTP3 HRA Screening Introduction 1 1 Introduction 1.0.1 Durham County Council is in the process of preparing its Local Transport Plan 3. In accordance with the Conservation (Natural Habitats, etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 and European Communities (1992) Council Directive 92/43/EEC on the Conservation of Natural Habitats and Wild Fauna and Flora, County Durham is required to undertake Screening for Appropriate Assessment of the draft Local Transport Plan. 1.1 Appropriate Assessment Process 1.1.1 Under the Habitat Regulations, Appropriate Assessment is an assessment of the potential effects of a proposed project or plan on one or more sites of international nature conservation importance. -
County Durham Plan Local Landscape Designations Review 2019 CONTENTS
County Durham Plan Local Landscape Designations Review 2019 CONTENTS County Durham Plan Local Landscape Designations Review 1 Introduction Page 1.1 Scope and purpose 3 1.2 Existing Landscape Designations 3 1.3 Historical development of landscape designations in County Durham 4 1.4 Other associated designations 11 1.5 Methodology 14 1.6 Mapping protocols 14 2 North Pennines 15 3 West Durham Coalfield 20 4 Pennine Dales Fringe 27 5 Wear Lowlands 31 6 East Durham Limestone Plateau 38 7 Tees Lowlands 44 8 Proposed Area of Higher Landscape Value 50 Appendices Appendix 1 Local Plan Policies 51 Appendix 2 Character Area Assessments 65 North Pennines 65 West Durham Coalfield 70 Pennine Dales Fringe 83 Wear Lowlands 85 East Durham Limestone Plateau 94 Tees Lowlands 100 1 CONTENTS 2 INTRODUCTION 1.0 Introduction 1.1 Scope and purpose 1.1.1 The Local Landscape Designations Review (LLDR) has been carried out to identify potential Areas of Higher Landscape Value for designation in the County Durham Plan. 1.2 Existing Landscape Designations National Landscape Designations 1.2.1 The western part of the County forms part of the North Pennines Are of Outstanding natural Beauty (AONB) which extends westwards and northwards into the counties of Cumbria and Northumberland. This is shown on Figure 1. Local Landscape Designations 1.2.2 Parts of the county are identified as Area of High Landscape Value (AHLV) or Areas of Landscape Value (ALV) in local plans. These are shown on Figure 1. Figure 1.1: National and Local Landscape Designations 1.2.3 The development of Local Plan AHLV are described below. -
Limestone Landscapes Partnership
LIMESTONE LANDSCAPES PARTNERSHIP LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION ACTION PLAN A SUBMISSION TO THE HERITAGE LOTTERY FUND LANDSCAPE PARTNERSHIP SCHEME STAGE 2 September 2010 This page left blank 2 Contents Executive Summary .............................................................................................. 5 Introduction ........................................................................................................... 7 Landscape as an integrating framework for delivery............................................. 7 Limestone Landscapes ......................................................................................... 9 Scheme Description ............................................................................................ 13 Gaps and Limitations .......................................................................................... 14 1.0 Understanding the Limestone Landscapes ............................................. 15 1.1 Landscape Character Assessment...................................................... 15 1.2 Context................................................................................................. 22 1.3 Limestone Landscapes Heritage ......................................................... 23 1.3.1 Biodiversity ..................................................................................... 24 1.3.2 Geodiversity ................................................................................... 27 1.3.3 Historic Environment ..................................................................... -
Learning, Access and Community Engagement Plan for the Limestone Landscape Partnership 5522/AP July 2010 2
1 Appendix A Strategy Review for the Durham Limestone Landscape Partnership LACE Plan 1.1 Leading the way – Regional Economic Strategy (2006-2016) The Regional Economic Strategy (RES) for the North East1 sets out how regional partners will deliver greater prosperity for the people of the North East between 2006 and 2016. The key targets are as follows: • Increasing GVA2 per head to 90% of the UK average by 2016 • Moving between 61,000 and 73,000 more people into employment • Creating between 18,500 and 22,000 net additional businesses The strategy aims to: Business • Encourage entrepreneurship and enterprise • Raise the aspirations of young people • Help people to develop and source the ideas, skills, tools and resources required to start up in business • Promote tourism and hospitality as one of the key areas of the North East’s economy People • Re-engage deprived communities in the wider economy by tackling the causes and effects of economic exclusion • Use cultural assets for learning and participation and engage people in volunteering as a way to enter work • Give people the incentive, information and access to clear progression routes to improve skill levels (including encouraging employed to develop workforce skills and improving the skills of young people) • Remove barriers to employment Place • Help tackle deprivation and increase participation • Promote the distinctive natural, heritage and cultural assets that are a vital part of the region’s quality of life In terms of the natural, heritage and cultural assets, there are four strategic priorities: Maximising the potential of our natural, heritage and cultural assets: These can help improve productivity and employment. -
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Durham E-Theses The biogeography of the magnesian limestone grassland ora of east Durham and Tyne & Wear Abbott, Heidi Jane How to cite: Abbott, Heidi Jane (1995) The biogeography of the magnesian limestone grassland ora of east Durham and Tyne & Wear, Durham theses, Durham University. Available at Durham E-Theses Online: http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/5120/ Use policy The full-text may be used and/or reproduced, and given to third parties in any format or medium, without prior permission or charge, for personal research or study, educational, or not-for-prot purposes provided that: • a full bibliographic reference is made to the original source • a link is made to the metadata record in Durham E-Theses • the full-text is not changed in any way The full-text must not be sold in any format or medium without the formal permission of the copyright holders. Please consult the full Durham E-Theses policy for further details. Academic Support Oce, Durham University, University Oce, Old Elvet, Durham DH1 3HP e-mail: [email protected] Tel: +44 0191 334 6107 http://etheses.dur.ac.uk 2 THE BIOGEOGRAPHY OF THE MAGNESIAN LIMESTONE GRASSLAND FLORA OF EAST DURHAM AND TYNE & WEAR HEIDI JANE ABBOTT A dissertation submitted in part fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Science in Ecology University of Durham September 1995 The copyright of this thesis rests with the author. No quotation from it should be published without his prior written consent and information derived from it should be acknowledged. 4» i4 8 MAR 199f ABSTRACT 1. -
Durham Rare Plant Register 2013 Covering VC66 and the Teesdale Part of VC65
Durham Rare Plant Register 2013 Covering VC66 and the Teesdale part of VC65 JOHN L. DURKIN MSc. MCIEEM BSBI Recorder for County Durham 25 May Avenue. Winlaton Mill, Blaydon, NE21 6SF [email protected] www.durhamnature.co.uk Contents Introduction to the rare plants register Notes on plant distribution and protection The individual species accounts in alphabetical order Site Index First published 2010. This is the 2013, third edition. Improvements in this edition include- An additional 10% records, most of these more recent and more precise. New colour coded maps produced from DMAP. This edition is “regionally aligned”, that is, several species which are county rare in Northumberland, but were narrowly rejected for the Durham first edition, are now included. Cover picture—Spring Gentian at Widdybank Fell. Introduction Many counties are in the process of compiling a County Rare Plant Register, to assist in the study and conservation of their rare species. The process is made easier if the county has a published Flora and a strong Biological Records Centre, and Durham is fortunate to have Gordon Graham's Flora and the Durham Wildlife Trust’s “Recorder" system. We have also had a Biodiversity project, based at Rainton Meadows, which until 2013 carried out conservation projects to protect the rare species. It is hoped that the “RPR” will act as a stimulus for local botanists to make special efforts to improve the database by recording these species. The register will be used to increase our understanding of the status and distribution of the rare species, and to aid and promote their conservation. -
Butterfly Conservation
NORTH EAST ENGLAND BRANCH BUTTERFLY CONSERVATION BUTTERFLY SUMMARY 2012 North East England Compiled by Roger Norman & Steve le Fleming Butterfly Conservation CONTENTS Page number Contents Page ................................................................... Inside front cover Recorders’ Review ........................................................................................ 3 Weather Summary ........................................................................................ 6 Species Accounts: 2012............................................................................... 8 Small Skipper (Thymelicus sylvestris) ........................................................ 8 Large Skipper (Ochlodes sylvanus) ............................................................ 9 Dingy Skipper (Erynnis tages) .................................................................. 10 Clouded Yellow (Colias croceus) .............................................................. 11 Brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni) ............................................................... 12 Large White (Pieris brassicae) ................................................................. 13 Small White (Pieris rapae) ........................................................................ 14 Green-veined White (Pieris napi) ............................................................. 15 Orange Tip (Anthocharis cardamines) ...................................................... 16 Green Hairstreak (Callophrys rubi) .......................................................... -
2015 Butterfly Summary Report
NORTH EAST ENGLAND BRANCH BUTTERFLY CONSERVATION BUTTERFLY SUMMARY 2015 North East England Compiled by Steve le Fleming, Ian Waller, Michael Perkins, Roger Norman, Keith Dover & Anne Donnelly Butterfly Conservation CONTENTS Page number Contents Page........................................................................ Inside front cover Recorders’ Review ............................................................................................. 3 Errata .................................................................................................................. 4 Weather Summary ............................................................................................. 5 Species Reports 2015 ........................................................................................ 7 Dingy Skipper Erynnis tages ........................................................................... 7 Small Skipper Thymelicus sylvestris ............................................................... 8 Essex Skipper Thymelicus lineola ................................................................... 9 Large Skipper Ochlodes sylvanus ................................................................. 11 Orange-tip Anthocharis cardamines .............................................................. 12 Large White Pieris brassicae ........................................................................ 13 Small White Pieris rapae ............................................................................... 14 Green-veined White Pieris napi.................................................................... -
William Armstrong and Sons, Consulting
Box ref Previous Title, subject, area etc Type of material Num Mineral(s) Beginn End Notes Ref ber/t etc ing date ype Date NEIMME/WA/1 Greenwich Hospital Estates NEIMME/WA/1/01 Clargill Mineral Veins - Ayle Colliery includes take notes , 1947 onwards; 1 file various 1947 1964 correspondence and plans NEIMME/WA/1/02 Ayle Common and Clargill [Ayle includes plans, copy leases, 1 file ganister, 1934 1964 Colliery] handwritten notes and coal, correspondence with colliery limestone company NEIMME/WA/1/03 A2/1 Ayle Common Coal [Low Byer includes correspondence with 1 file coal 1933 1964 Manor Mine and Ayle Burn Quarry] colliery company, annotated plans showing ganister, extracts of agreements (1934) and correspondence regarding verification of title NEIMME/WA/1/04 Alston - Black Burn - Gravel includes correspondence and plan 1 file sand, gravel 1960 1961 NEIMME/WA/1/05 Alston - Bayle Hill Mines includes correspondence and plan 1 file calamine, 1958 1958 coal NEIMME/WA/1/06 Alston - Middle Fell includes correspondence regarding 1 file calamine, 1958 1963 Eden Braes and lease. Also includes lead copy lease and plans NEIMME/WA/1/07 Alston - sales of surface mineral includes copy deed for Head Toll 1 file 1959 1974 reservations Cottage and correspondence regarding sale of estates NEIMME/WA/1/08 Alston - Yad Moss includes copy Take Note, 1 file various 1960 1964 correspondence regarding Take Note and plan NEIMME/WA/1/09 Alston Station Limestone - includes correspondence regarding 1 file limestone 1916 1953 Amalgamated Roadstone Corp Low Byer and Nentforce Quarries, copy lease and plans NEIMME/WA/1/10 Alston - River Nent Gravel includes copy leases, 1 file sand, gravel 1952 1963 correspondence regarding Blagill and Foreshield Quarries, meeting notes (1960, 1962) and plans NEIMME/WA/1/11 A1/1 Alston - Electricity Scheme correspondence regarding Rural 1 file 1927 1927 District Council lighting scheme.