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MALDON DISTRICT LOCAL WILDLIFE SITES REVIEW DECEMBER 2007

1. Introduction Ecology Services Ltd (EECOS) was commissioned by District Council in Autumn 2006 to review the Local Wildlife Site network for the District. This report summarises the results of the review and presents a proposed Local Wildlife Sites Register.

2. Identification of Wildlife Sites The Local Wildlife Site Selection Criteria have been used to re-assess the original suite of sites and also to evaluate other sites not previously selected, to generate a revised register of Local Wildlife Sites for .

The suite of sites has been amended from those identified in the report in 1991 for the following reasons:

1. Some sites have been de-selected on account of their decreased nature conservation value or failure to satisfactorily meet the revised selection criteria; 2. A few new, modified or previously overlooked sites have been identified and added to the register; 3. SSSIs have been removed from the system (see the final report for a detailed explanation of the reasons behind this); 4. Some sites have been amalgamated where they lie next to each other or are otherwise sufficiently connected.

A summary of the changes to the existing Local Wildlife Sites is included in Appendix 1.

A major change is that areas designated as Sites of Special Scientific Interest SSSI, included in the previous survey, are now no longer included in the Local Wildlife Site network, in line with national guidance. With regards to Maldon District, this removes: (old SINC identification numbers are given for ease of reference).

• W1 Common (33.3 ha) TL791068 • G11 Stamfords Farm TQ885980 – 21 hectare grazing marsh section to the south is now part of Crouch and Roach estuaries SSSI • G17 Sandbeach Meadows (30.0 ha) TM 021050 and TM 022057 • C1 River Crouch Marshes (282.9 ha) TQ 920970 • C2 Blackwater Estuary (822.1 ha) TL 940070 • C3 (17.9 ha) TM 045030

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Another deviation from past Local Wildlife Site Policy is in the inclusion of sites containing inter-tidal habitats. In the past Local Wildlife Site status has been restricted to terrestrial and freshwater habitats, but it was felt during this review that this excluded important wildlife sites that fall outside of the SSSI boundaries. Both mudflats and saltmarsh are national Biodiversity Action Plan priority habitats.

Site numbering has also been changed. Previously, sites were roughly grouped into habitat categories of Woodland, Grassland, Mosaic, Freshwater, Coastal or Heathland, with an appropriate letter code and sequential number. Given that this process was repeated across the 14 boroughs/districts in Essex, this means that the county had 14 “W1” SINCs i.e. the first woodland site in each local authority area. In order to make the county-wide system less complicated, a new system has been introduced whereby each site has a borough/district and number code, with all Maldon Sites now being prefixed “Ma” and with no indication of the habitat(s) present on the site. These numbers will be confirmed in the final site register

The proposed, revised list of Maldon Local Wildlife Sites is included in Appendix 2 of this document. This document should be read in conjunction with the “Draft Maldon Local Wildlife Sites Register”, which is made up of two documents. They contain descriptions and maps for all of the proposed Local Wildlife Sites, both existing and new. The maps show areas that are proposed as additions to the network in orange and areas that are proposed to be removed from the network in red. Land in the existing network is shown in green.

Four location maps (1-4) have also been prepared to enable the sites to be identified within the district.

3. Deletions A few sites are being proposed for withdrawal from the Local Wildlife Sites register. These are (old SINC identification numbers are given for ease of reference):

• G1 Gay Bowers/ Special Roadside Verge (500.0 metres) TL 804045 to TL 808047; Lesser Calamint is no longer present on this site and no habitat or species selection criteria are met; • G2 Maldon Special Roadside Verge (1500.0 metres) TL 813061 to TL 826064; only small amount of Lesser Calamint present (i.e. not a significant population, as required by the site selection criteria) and no habitat or species selection criteria are met;

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• G4 Wickham Place Meadows (2.6 ha) TL 825117; no longer of sufficiently quality now that grazing has ceased; • G5 River Blackwater Grasslands (26.0 ha) TL 826123; the majority of the site is now a golf course and the remainder is of insufficient quality; • G8 Bury Farm Field (4.5 ha) TL 845037; site ploughed and planted with poplars; • G9 Brookmead Grove Meadow (0.8 ha) TQ 846988; site planted with trees; • G14 Sun and Anchor Meadow (2.8 ha) TL 936031; site improved and used as campsite;

4. Additions A number of new sites are being proposed for addition to the Local Wildlife Sites register. These are: • River Chelmer TL 790093 to TL 838082; riverine habitat and valuable corridor; • Warren Golf Course Woodlands TL 793067, TL 794063 and TL 798068; good woodland habitat, some possibly ancient, adjacent to SSSI; good invertebrate populations; • Barn Field Wood TL 793072; good woodland habitat, adjacent to SSSI; • West Bowers Wood TL 800079; good, streamside woodland, possibly ancient; • Warren Pit TQ 805964; mosaic of grassland, scrub, and open habitats in former gravel pit together with adjacent semi-natural and possibly ancient woodland; • Wood Corner Grove TL 829060; streamside woodland habitat; • Langford Churchyard TL 837090; unimproved grassland with Lesser Calamint; • Hilly Fields, Maldon TL 845074; unimproved grassland; • Elms Farm Park TL 845080; riverside marsh, hedgerows, lake and rough grassland; • Braxted Park TL 852155; including W39 Pundicts Wood, M6 Mason’s Plantation and FW1 Braxted Park Lakes; mosaic of good habitat and landscape features; • Limbourne Creek TL 869049; coastal grassland and borrowdyke adjacent to SSSI; • Mundon Oaks TL 881026; collection of large, dead Oak trees; • Mundon Fleet TL 891020; coastal grassland and fleets; • Skinners Wick Decoy TL 932086; remnant decoy with emergent vegetation set in wet grassland; • Burnham Riverside Park TQ 943958 ; populations of Adder, Common Lizard and the BAP bumblebees Bombus sylvarum and B. humilis • Southminster Orchard Meadows TQ 952996; old orchard and associated grassland; • St Mary’s Churchyard, Tollesbury TL 956104; unimproved grassland with Lesser Calamint; • Tollesbury Managed Retreat TL 960114; consists of BAP habitats - saltmarsh and mudflats- and supports bird populations in association with adjacent SSSI; • Mill Farm Marshes TL 964088; arable reversion grassland regularly used by Brent Geese; • Fort TL 972012; sparsely vegetated acid grassland;

5. Amendments Several former sites have been significantly revised, affected by both additions and deletions of land. These are (old SINC identification numbers are given for ease of reference):

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• W7 The Wilderness TL812073; additional streamside vegetation to the south to be included together with a block to the west known as Jacobs Well; • W9 Charity Lane (Strawberry Hall Lane) TL 815012; approximately 300 metres of lane to the north added to link up to W6 Great Wood; • Mope Wood TL 837127; W18 Grove Wood, W20 Mope Wood and W21 Mope Wood North to be amalgamated into one site; • W24 Eastland Wood TL844107; addition of coniferous block at southern end shown in Ancient Woodland Inventory; • W27 Shut Heath Wood TL 852133; extended to include peripheral woodland habitat missed out in original survey; • W28 Captain’s Wood TL853108; recent house and garden deleted from within the wood • W29 Hall Wood TQ 854986; the adjacent W26 Hall Wood, West to be included in this site; • W30 Middle Wood TL 854101; extended to full area of woodland; • Braxted Park TL 852155; W39 Pundicts Wood, M6 Mason’s Plantation and FW1 Braxted Park Lakes to be amalgamated and extended • W46 Great Wood TL 909118; Little Wood to the west added; • Oaklands Park Complex TL 915154; W47 Oaklands Park Wood, W48 Green Lane, Paternoster Heath and G12 Oaklands Park Meadow to be amalgamated into one site and extended to include adjacent and linking woodland and scrub habitat; • W50 Long Wood TL 925155; additional of woodland block to the west added; • G15 Bradwell Cemetery TM 007069; more recent southern quarter, reverted from arable land, removed; • M2 Halt TQ835991; Extended along disused railway to east and west; • M3 Maldon Wick EWT Reserve TL 842057; Maldon Wick Meadow added • M4 Beeleigh Abbey TL 842077; Original site extended to include additional reedbeds and inter-tidal habitat downriver to Fullbridge; • M5 North Maldon Disused Railway TL 849080; Extended northwards along railway line as far as Wickham Bishops; • M7 Heybridge Strip TL 857077; northern section lost to development and so removed; • M8 Chigborough Lakes TL 877086; extended to include Lofts Farm gravel pit to the west and other lakes to the south; • M10 Goldsands Road Pits and Lakes TQ 962988; extended to include additional lakes and scrub to the west; • M11 Asheldham Pits TL 971015; additional block of habitat to the south; • M12 Bradwell Brook – Curry Farm TL 996057; wet woodland to southeast added;

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Maps are included in the “Draft Maldon Local Wildlife Sites Register” documents that demonstrate these amendments. Several other Sites have been subjected to more modest amendments, mostly associated with more accurate mapping of the boundaries through the use of more detailed base plans.

The following sites have had their names changed, either following extension or amalgamation or for improved accuracy:

• G6 Chelmer/Blackwater Meadows TL838087; changed to Langford Cut Meadows for reasons of clarity; • G10 Viaduct Meadow TL 847076; changed to Ironworks Meadow to reflect more recent usage; • M4 Beeleigh Abbey TL 842077; name changed to “River Chelmer Beeleigh to Fullbridge”, to reflect considerable extension; • M5 North Maldon Disused Railway TL 849080; name changed to Blackwater Rail Trail to reflect common usage; • M7 Heybridge Strip TL 857077; renamed “Heybridge Creek” in line with common usage; • FW2 Heybridge Lake TL 865070; renamed “Heybridge Gravel Pit” to better reflect its origins; • FW3 Reddings Lake; renamed “Stows Farm Lake” at the request of the landowner to reflect ownership.

6. Other Sites In addition to those sites selected as Local Wildlife Sites there were some that were considered but that did not meet the selection criteria largely, because of a lack of data and poor access. Future survey work may result in these sites fulfilling the selection criteria: • Mundon Lagoon • Mill End Pit, Bradwell • Grove Manor, Woodham Walter • Broomfield Pit, Asheldham • Stansgate Abbey Nature Reserve • Lodge Farm Burial Ground, Hazeleigh

The following sites were proposed during early consultation, surveyed and assessed, but failed to meet the site selection criteria. It is not felt that these sites are likely to qualify in the near future: seawall at South House Farm; Hoe Mill; Bradwell Power Station Nature

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Reserve; The Grove, Tolleshunt D’arcy; Nature Reserve; Great Crested Newt Pond; Oak tree near Goldhanger; Oak Tree Meadows; Delph Ditch, Promenade Park; Tillingham Hall; Little Totham Plains; Penny’s Brook, Little Totham; Lords Wood, Southminster.

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Appendix 1 – Summary of changes to existing Maldon District Local Wildlife Sites

W1. Woodham Walter Common SSSI, EWT (33.3 ha) TL 791068 Deleted because of SSSI status

W2. Wick/Fairwinds Woods (9.4 ha) TL 800098 Retained

W3. Hyde Woods (30.3 ha) TL 804040 Retained

W4. (26.0 ha) TL 805055 Retained

W5. Squeaking-gate Wood (7.8 ha) TL 806016 Retained

W6. Great Wood, Purleigh (7.8 ha) TL 812016 Retained; including grubbed area, as ancient woodland soil remains unmodified

W7. The Wilderness (3.9 ha) TL 812073 Retained and extended to include additional streamside vegetation and Jacobs Well

W8. Cank Wood (3.4 ha) TL 814009 Retained

W9. Charity Lane (Strawberry Hall Lane) (800.0 metres) TL 815012 Retained and extended northwards to join W6 Great Wood

W10. Hawes Wood (9.7 ha) TQ 818995 Retained

W11. Kent Wood (15.6 ha) TL 824030 Retained

W12. Parsonage Wood (8.8 ha) TL 824047 Retained

W13. Canney Wood (4.6 ha) TQ 828998 Retained

W14. Bog Wood (1.0 ha) TL 829068 Retained

W15. Sparkey Wood (18.1 ha) TL 831125 Retained

W16. Hazeleigh Hall Wood (32.9 ha) TL 834042 Retained

W17. Likely Wood (8.4 ha) TL 836112 Retained

W18. Grove Wood (1.9 ha) TL 836128 Retained; to be combined with W20 and W21

W19. Howe Wood (2.0 ha) TL 837012 Retained

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W20. Mope Wood (5.7 ha) TL 837127 Retained; to be combined with W18 and W21

W21. Mope Wood North (2.0 ha) TL 838129 Retained; to be combined with W18 and W20

W22. Pantile Wood (3.6 ha) TQ 839992 Retained; planted ancient woodland (PAW), ancient woodland soil remains

W23. Chantry Wood (42.9 ha) TL 842129 Retained; PAW, ancient woodland soil remains

W24. Eastland Wood (24.5 ha) TL 844107 Retained; PAW, ancient woodland soil remains; extension to south in area included in the ancient woodland inventory

W25. Maypole Wood (8.6 ha) TL847107 Retained; PAW, ancient woodland soil remains

W26. Hall Wood, West (6.2 ha) TQ 852987 Retained; to be combined with W29

W27. Shut Heath Wood (10.6 ha) TL 852133 Retained and extended to include additional woodland habitat

W28. Captain’s Wood (17.4 ha) TL 853108 Retained; PAW, ancient woodland soil remains; area of house and garden removed

W29. North Fambridge Hall Wood EWT reserve (3.2 ha) TQ 854986 Retained; to be combined with W26

W30. Middle Wood (4.2 ha) TL 854101 Retained; extended to include full woodland area

W31. West Hall Wood Complex (17.6 ha) TL 855139 Retained; part PAW, ancient woodland soil remains

W32. Heybridge Wood (12.1 ha) TL 856090 Retained; part PAW, ancient woodland soil remains

W33. Bog Grove (2.4 ha) TL 859111 Retained

W34. Strowling Wood (20.0 ha) TL 859139 Retained

W35. Kelvedon Hall Wood (12.5 ha) TL 860169 Retained; part PAW, ancient woodland soil remains

W36. Mountains Grove (11.0 ha) TL 861127 Retained; possible extensions in centre and to west

W37. South Wood (31.2 ha) TL 862104 Retained; part PAW, ancient woodland soil remains

W38. Spickets Wood (1.2 ha) TL 863117 Retained

W39. Pundicts Wood (2.0 ha) TL 866152 Retained as part of new “Braxted Park” site

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W40. Wood (12.9 ha) TL 867156 Retained; part PAW, ancient woodland soil remains

W41. Mundon Furze (11.9 ha) TL 869023 Retained; developed area at southern end removed

W42. Howbridges Wood (2.5 ha) TL 872157 Retained; part PAW, ancient woodland soil remains

W43. New Wood (2.0 ha) TL 873164 Retained

W44. High Hall Wood (3.1 ha) TL 906136 Retained

W45. Scotts Grove (2.4 ha) TL 908128 Retained

W46. Great Wood, (1.9 ha) TL 909118 Retained; Little Wood to the west added together with connecting old, species rich hedgerow

W47. Oaklands Park Wood (5.7 ha) TL 915154 Retained; to be combined with G12 and W48, extended and renamed Oaklands Park Complex

W48. Green Lane, Paternoster Heath (600.0 metres) TL 915156 Retained; to be combined with W47 and G12 and renamed Oaklands Park

W49. Wigborough Springs (3.4 ha) TL 924146 Retained

W50. Long Wood (6.3 ha) TL 925155 Retained; woodland block to west added

G1. Gay Bowers/Woodham Mortimer Special Roadside Verge (500.0 metres) TL 804045 to TL 808047 Deleted; Lesser Calamint no longer present and habitat of insufficient quality

G2. Maldon Special Roadside Verge (1500.0 metres) TL 813061 to TL 826064 Deleted; only very small amount of Lesser Calamint remains and habitat of insufficient quality

G3. Hawes Wood Meadow (5.2 ha) TQ 823994 Retained

G4. Wickham Place Meadows (2.6 ha) TL 825117 Deleted; habitat has deteriorated

G5. River Blackwater Plantation Grasslands (26.0 ha) TL 826123 Deleted; largest block is now a golf course, remainder of insufficient quality

G6. Chelmer/Blackwater Meadows (4.8 ha) TL 838087 Retained

G7. Farther Howe Green (0.9 ha) TL 842012 Retained

G8. Bury Farm Field (4.5 ha) TL 845037 Deleted; habitat ploughed and planted with poplars

G9. Brookmead Grove Meadow (0.8 ha) TQ 846988 Deleted; habitat improved and planted with trees

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G10. Viaduct Meadow (2.5 ha) TL 847076 Retained

G11. Stamfords Farm (54.5 ha) TQ 885980 Retained, southern SSSI section removed

G12. Oaklands Park Meadow (5.7 ha) TL 915155 Retained; combine with W47 and W48 and renamed “Oaklands Park”

G13. Oxley Meadow EWT Reserve (4.8 ha) TL 918149 Retained

G14. Sun and Anchor Meadow (2.8 ha) TL 936031 Deleted; habitat improved and used as campsite

G15. Bradwell Cemetery (0.7 ha) TM 007069 Retained, although habitat in decline; southern, former arable section removed

G16. Bridgwick Marshes (12.8 ha) TR 014995 Retained although signs of agricultural improvement

G17. Sandbeach Meadows SSSI (30.0 ha) TM 021050 and TM 022057 Deleted because of SSSI status

G18. Marsh House Seawall (3500.0 metres) TM 030053 to TM 027027 and TM 032060 to TM 033069 Retained; habitat has declined, but could be restored by improved management

G19. Ulting Lane Special Roadside Verge (1100.0 metres) TL 818090 to TL 829091 Retained

M1. Manor Road Complex (9.2 ha) TL 816080 Retained

M2. Stow Maries Halt EWT Reserve (2.4 ha) TQ 835991 Retained and extended to east and west

M3. Maldon Wick EWT Reserve (7.7 ha) TL 842057 Retained; Maldon Wick meadow added

M4. Beeleigh Abbey (2.8 ha) TL 842077 Retained and considerably extended; renamed “River Chelmer, Beeleigh to Fulbridge”

M5. North Maldon Disused Railway (2.0 ha) TL 849080 Retained, extended and included within new site “Elms Farm Park”

M6. Mason's Plantation (2.9 ha) TL 851160 Retained as part of new “Braxted Park” site

M7. Heybridge Strip (2.3 ha) TL 857077 Retained, northern section lost to car park; renamed “Heybridge Creek”

M8. Chigborough Lakes EWT Reserve (18.6 ha) TL 877086 Retained and extended to include Lofts Farm pit and other nearby lakes

M9. Nipsells Chase Scrub (9.7 ha) TL 909027

M10. Goldsands Road Pits and Lakes (11.9 ha) TQ 962988 Retained and extended to west

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Retained

M12. Bradwell Brook - Curry Farm (2.0 ha) TL 996057 Retained with addition of wet woodland to southeast

M13. Marshhouse Decoy Pond (4.8 ha) TM 019042 Retained

FW1. Braxted Park Lakes (9.3 ha) TL 852155 Retained as part of new “Braxted Park” site

FW2. Heybridge Hall Lake (48.5 ha) TL 865070 Retained and renamed “Heybridge Gravel Pit”

FW3. Reddings Lake (6.2 ha) TL 985035 Retained and renamed “Stowes Farm Lake”

C1. River Crouch Marshes SSSI (282.9 ha) TQ 920970 Deleted because of SSSI status

C2. Blackwater Estuary NCR site, NNR, SSSI (822.1 ha) TL 940070 Deleted because of SSSI status

C3. Dengie NCR site, part NNR, SSSI, EWT Reserve (17.9 ha) TM 045030 Deleted because of SSSI status

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Appendix 2 – Proposed List of Maldon District Local Wildlife Sites

Code Site Name Area (ha) Grid Ref. Ma1 River Chelmer (19.9 ha) TL 790093 to TL 838082 Ma2 Warren Golf Course Woodlands (5.1 ha) TL 793067, TL 794063 and TL 798068 Ma3 Barn Field Wood (1.8 ha) TL 793071 Ma4 West Bowers Wood (2.1 ha) TL 800079 Ma5 Wick/Fairwinds Woods (7.8 ha) TL 800098 Ma6 Hyde Woods (30.0 ha) TL 804040 Ma7 Thrift Wood (25.9 ha) TL 805055 Ma8 Warren Pit (26.2 ha) TQ 805964 Ma9 Squeaking-gate Wood (7.7 ha) TL 806016 Ma10 Great Wood, Purleigh (7.6 ha) TL 812016 Ma11 The Wilderness (6.9 ha) TL 812073 Ma12 Cank Wood (3.4 ha) TL 814009 Ma13 Charity Lane (Strawberry Hall Lane) (935.0 metres) TL 815012 Ma14 Manor Road Complex (9.3 ha) TL 816080 Ma15 Ulting Lane Special Roadside Verge (1050.0 metres) TL818090 to TL 828090 Ma16 Hawes Wood (9.3 ha) TQ 818995 Ma17 Hawes Wood Meadow (5.3 ha) TQ 823994 Ma18 Kent Wood (13.8 ha) TL 824030 Ma19 Parsonage Wood (8.1 ha) TL 824047 Ma20 Canney Wood (4.6 ha) TQ 828998 Ma21 Wood Corner Grove (1.0 ha) TL829060 Ma22 Bog Wood (1.2 ha) TL 829068 Ma23 Sparkey Wood (16.8 ha) TL 831125 Ma24 Hazeleigh Hall Wood (32.9 ha) TL 834042 Ma25 Blackwater Rail Trail (12.2 ha) TL849080 Ma26 Stow Maries Halt EWT Reserve (6.7 ha) TQ 835991 Ma27 Likely Wood (7.9 ha) TL 836112 Ma28 Howe Wood (2.0 ha) TL 837012 Ma29 Langford Churchyard (0.2 ha) TL 837090 Ma30 Mope Wood (8.6 ha) TL 837127 Ma31 Langford Cut Meadows (4.8 ha) TL 838087 Ma32 Pantile Wood (3.6 ha) TQ 839992 Ma33 Rookery Grove (2.2 ha) TL840025 Ma34 Farther Howe Green (0.8 ha) TL 842012 Ma35 Maldon Wick EWT Reserve (7.7 ha) TL 842057 Ma36 River Chelmer Beeleigh to Fullbridge (16.1 ha) TL 842077 Ma37 Chantry Wood (43.4 ha) TL 842129 Ma38 Eastland Wood (24.1 ha) TL 844107 Ma39 Hilly Fields (4.1 ha) TL 845074 Ma40 Elms Farm Park (2.0 ha) TL 846079 Ma41 Ironworks Meadow (2.1 ha) TL 847076 Ma42 Maypole Wood (8.6 ha) TL847107 Ma43 Shut Heath Wood (14.2 ha) TL 852133 Ma44 Braxted Park (136.6 ha) TL 852155 Ma45 Captains Wood (17.0 ha) TL 853108 Ma46 Middle Wood (6.9 ha) TL 854101 Ma47 North Fambridge Hall Wood EWT reserve (9.2 ha) TQ 854986 Ma48 West Hall Wood Complex (30.3 ha) TL 855139 Ma49 Heybridge Wood (12.1 ha) TL 856090 Ma50 Heybridge Creek (1.1 ha) TL 857077 ______EECOS, December 2007 12 Maldon District Local Wildlife Sites Review

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Ma51 Bog Grove (2.7 ha) TL 859111 Ma52 Strowling Wood (7.3 ha) TL 859139 Ma53 Kelvedon Hall Wood (14.2 ha) TL 860169 Ma54 Mountains Grove (11.9 ha) TL 861127 Ma55 South Wood (30.5 ha) TL 862104 Ma56 Spickets Wood (1.6 ha) TL 863117 Ma57 Heybridge Gravel Pit (51.2 ha) TL 865070 Ma58 Tiptree Wood (13.2 ha) TL 867156 Ma59 Mundon Furze (11.0 ha) TL 869023 Ma60 Limbourne Creek (6.2 ha ) TL 869049 Ma61 Howbridges Wood (2.5 ha) TL 872157 Ma62 New Wood (2.0 ha) TL 873164 Ma63 Chigborough Lakes EWT Reserve (18.6 ha) TL 877086 Ma64 Mundon Oaks (2.9 ha) TL 881026 Ma65 Stamfords Farm (73.5 ha) TQ 885980 Ma66 Mundon Fleet (18.8 ha) TL 891020 Ma67 High Hall Wood (3.0 ha) TL 906136 Ma68 Scotts Grove (2.2 ha) TL 908128 Ma69 Nipsells Chase Scrub (11.0 ha) TL 909027 Ma70 Great and Little Woods, Tolleshunt Major (2.8 ha) TL 909118 Ma71 Oaklands Park Complex (10.4 ha) TL 915154 Ma72 Oxley Meadow EWT Reserve (3.6 ha) TL 918149 Ma73 Wigborough Springs (3.9 ha) TL 924146 Ma74 Long Wood (7.9 ha) TL 925155 Ma75 Skinners Wick Decoy Marsh (8.8 ha) TL 932086 Ma76 Burnham Riverside Park (12.3 ha) TQ 943958 Ma77 Southminster Orchard Meadows (1.5 ha) TQ 953996 Ma78 St Mary’s Churchyard, Tollesbury (0.4 ha) TL 956104 Ma79 Tollesbury Managed Retreat (19.6 ha) TL 960114 Ma80 Goldsands Road Pits and Lakes (19.5 ha) TQ 962988 Ma81 Mill Farm Marshes (30.3 ha) TL 964088 Ma82 Asheldham Pits (14.3 ha) TL 971015 Ma83 Asheldham Camp (2 .6 ha) TL 972012 Ma84 Stows Farm Lake (7.2 ha) TL 985035 Ma85 Bradwell Brook - Curry Farm (3.9 ha) TL 996057 Ma86 Bradwell Cemetery (0.4 ha) TM 007069 Ma87 Bridgwick Marshes (12.3 ha) TR 014995 Ma88 Marshhouse Decoy Pond (4.5 ha) TM 019042 Ma89 Marsh House Seawall (2700.0 metres) TM 030053 to TM 027027 and TM 032060 to TM 033069

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