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Beech HBIC Ecological Data Search Beech Parish Council HBIC 1st Floor Elizabeth ll Court West, The Castle, Winchester SO23 8UD. Tel (01962) 832327 k www.hants.gov.uk/hbic Our ref: 7576 Your ref: Ref EHDC Date: 24 April 2018 sharing Dear Mr Ransley, RE: ECOLOGICAL DATA SEARCH: BEECH PARISH Thank you for contacting us on 10 April 2018 expressing your interest in the above data search. Please find attached: information 1. A map showing Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation (SINCs) and sites that appear on the Hampshire Ancient Woodland Inventory within Beech Parish. There are no other statutory designated sites within your search area other than those shown on the map attached. 2. A table listing the SINCs within your area of interest and their qualifying about criteria. 3. A table detailing any protected and notable species currently on the HBIC database found within the vicinity of your see details on tab ‘Bespoke’ search area, please contact HBIC if further details are required for any of these records. 4. A table detailing any invasive non-native species currently on the HBIC database found within the vicinity of your see details on tab ‘Bespoke’ Hampshire’s search area. Please contact HBIC if further details are required for any of these records. 5. A map showing Priority Habitat information within your see details on tab ‘Bespoke’ area of interest. Click here for the legend 6. A map showing Broad Habitat information within your see details on tab ‘Bespoke’ area of interest. Click here for the legend wildlife Please note the following points: The attached maps contain some areas with no designation. This may be due to the fact that we currently do not hold any ecological survey The Hampshire Biodiversity Information Centre Partnership includes Basingstoke & Deane Borough Council, Botanical Society of the British Isles, Butterfly Conservation, East Hampshire District Council, Eastleigh Borough Council, Natural England, Environment Agency, Fareham Borough Council, Hampshire Bat Group, Hampshire County Council, Hampshire Ornithological Society, Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust, Hart District Council, Havant Borough Council, New Forest District Council, New Forest National Park Authority, Rushmoor Borough Council, Portsmouth City Council, South Downs National Park Authority, Southampton City Council, Test Valley Borough Council and Winchester City Council. information on these areas of land. It should not be taken to mean that there is no ecological interest present. The boundaries for statutory sites have been provided to HBIC, by Natural England, as digital data. The digital data is indicative not definitive. Paper maps produced by Natural England at the time the sites were designated show the official site boundaries. To view the designation criteria for Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation in Hampshire please follow this link: Criteria for SINCs in Hampshire HBIC do not currently hold species information for certain taxonomic groups. The main datasets which have been included are listed at the top of any species list provided. If you need to confirm how comprehensive the provided records are, please contact HBIC. The Hampshire Inventory of Ancient Woodland is a provisional inventory that was published in 1995 by Hampshire County Council on behalf of sharing English Nature (as Natural England were previously known). Sites that appear on the Inventory are over 2 hectares and include ancient semi- natural woodland and ancient replanted woodland. The location of species records are based on Ordnance Survey National Grid References, click here to view an explanatory note on this system. The data supplied to you is subject to our Data Users Declaration (click to information view) which you read and agreed to when you submitted your data request form. Our Hampshire County Recorders (click here to view details) would be very grateful for copies of any species records you make in Hampshire, just add your sightings directly onto Living record www.Livingrecord.net where they will be picked up. about The caveats and statuses of each Priority Habitat are explained in the comments and notes in ‘Table 1 Priority Habitats in Hampshire’ on page 7 in the Annual Monitoring Report. An invoice for £0 will be forwarded to you in due course. This includes £0 to cover the cost of the data re-use licence plus £0 VAT. Hampshire’s If you require any further information or have any additional queries, please do not hesitate to contact me. Yours sincerely wildlife Ecologist direct line: / email: The Hampshire Biodiversity Information Centre Partnership includes Basingstoke & Deane Borough Council, Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland, Butterfly Conservation, East Hampshire District Council, Eastleigh Borough Council, Natural England, Environment Agency, Fareham Borough Council, Hampshire Bat Group, Hampshire County Council, Hampshire Ornothological Society, Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust, Hart District Council, Havant Borough Council, New Forest District Council, New Forest National Park Authority, Portsmouth City Council, Rushmoor Borough Council, South Downs National Park Authority, Southampton City Council, Test Valley Borough Council and Winchester City Council. Hampshire Biodiversity Information Centre Details of Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation (SINCs) within the search area: Please see Criteria for SINCs in Hampshire for more information on Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation in Hampshire. Map Central Grid SINC Species supported that meet Section 6 of SINC Area Label Status SINC Ref SINC Name Ref. Criteria Selection Criteria (ha) 1 SINC EH0098 Miller's Wood SU68403980 1A 1.75 2 SINC EH0108 Bushy Lease Wood SU68803830 1B 81.54 3 SINC EH0109 Binney Copse SU68804070 1A 12.64 4 SINC EH0117 Chawton Park Wood SU69003730 1B 208.30 5 SINC EH0120 North Wood, Shaldon SU69104040 1A 19.45 6 SINC EH0122 Thedden Copse SU69203980 1B 40.52 7 SINC EH0125 Warren Farm Down SU69354055 2B 1.03 8 SINC EH0140 Great Wood, Alton SU69803980 1B 11.47 9 SINC EH0150 Ackender Wood/Alexandra Wood SU70003840 1B 24.30 10 SINC EH0151 Hungry Copse SU70003940 1A 6.41 11 SINC EH0157 Chawton Park Row 1 SU70203780 1B 0.69 12 SINC EH0162 Will Hall Farm, Area 5 SU70303890 2A 0.47 13 SINC EH0582 B3006 South-West Side SU70403890 6A Cephalanthera damasonium (White Helleborine) [s41] 0.24 sharing information about Hampshire’s wildlife The Hampshire Biodiversity Information Centre Partnership includes local authorities, government agencies, wildlife charities and biological recording groups. Page 1 of 1 Hampshire Biodiversity Information Centre ​Page 1 of 18 Protected and Notable Species Records Search Area: ​Within Beech Parish Date: ​24/04/2018 HBIC Ref: ​7576 See this Legislation Explanatory Document for a document explaining notable species statuses and legislation. HBIC has its own extensive database of habitat and higher plant data for the County. In addition, HBIC hold copies of datasets belonging to partner organisations. Through data exchange agreements with these organisations HBIC is provided with regular database updates and can supply species information on their behalf. HBIC currently holds copies of the following datasets: • Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland’s (BSBI) vascular plant database for Hampshire • British Bryological Society (Mosses, Liverworts, Hornworts) • Butterfly Conservation’s butterfly and moth database for Hampshire • Hampshire Ornithological Society (HOS) bird records • Hampshire Bat Group (HBG) Records of bat roost visits and sightings • Survey data administered by the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust (HIWWT): o Monitoring Survey for the Nail Fungus Poronia punctata o Alien and Native Crayfish • Data administered by the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust on behalf of: o Hampshire Amphibian and Reptile Recording Network (HARRN) o Hampshire Mammal Group (HMG) • Hampshire records from The Bees, Wasps and Ants Recording Society (BWARS) • Hampshire records from National Stag Beetle Surveys and ‘Great Stag Hunts’ run by the Peoples Trust for Endangered Species (PTES) • Hampshire Odonata records from The Dragonfly Recording Network, maintained by the British Dragonfly Society (BDS) • Spider and Fungi records gleaned from collections housed and curated by the Hampshire Cultural Trust (HCT) • Independent Hampshire Entomologist’s records • Earthworm Society of Britain's records It is important that these species recording groups (where relevant to the data provided) are acknowledged in any document produced by the data requester where data is incorporated into the document, as a matter of course. The following are protected and notable species records from the datasets listed on the previous page, within the search area recorded in the last 15 years. For plants this has been extended to 30 years, for bats there is no time restriction: Common First Last No. of Max Taxon Name Status Grid Ref. GR_Blurred Location Name Year Year Records Count Amphibians & Reptiles NERC_s41 SU7038 Anguis fragilis Slow-worm Alton West 2003 2003 1 1 WCA_s5s91(t) Bufo bufo Common Toad NERC_s41 SU6840 Bentworth Lodge 2003 2003 1 1 SU7038 Alton West 2002 2002 1 1 Birds BOCC_Red Acanthis cabaret Lesser Redpoll SU6837 Chawton Park Wood 2011 2012 3 3 NERC_s41 SU6837 Chawton Park Wood 2014 2014 0 1 SU6838 Beech 2011 2011 1 1 SU6937 HDS Chawton Park Farm 2016 2016 0 1 SU7038 Ne Alton 2011 2011 1 1 Acrocephalus Reed Warbler HBAP SU7038 Ne Alton 2015 2015 0 1 scirpaceus BOCC_Red Alauda arvensis Skylark NERC_s41 SU7038 Ne Alton 2010 2010 1
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