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Environment Agency Midlands Region Wetland Sites Of
LA - M icllanAs <? X En v ir o n m e n t A g e n c y ENVIRONMENT AGENCY MIDLANDS REGION WETLAND SITES OF SPECIAL SCIENTIFIC INTEREST REGIONAL MONITORING STRATEGY John Davys Groundwater Resources Olton Court July 1999 E n v i r o n m e n t A g e n c y NATIONAL LIBRARY & INFORMATION SERVICE ANGLIAN REGION Kingfisher House. Goldhay Way. Orton Goldhay, Peterborough PE2 5ZR 1 INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................................... 3 1.) The Agency's Role in Wetland Conservation and Management....................................................3 1.2 Wetland SSSIs in the Midlands Region............................................................................................ 4 1.3 The Threat to Wetlands....................................................................................................................... 4 1.4 Monitoring & Management of Wetlands...........................................................................................4 1.5 Scope of the Report..............................................................................................................................4 1.6 Structure of the Report.......................................................................................................................5 2 SELECTION OF SITES....................................................................................................................... 7 2.1 Definition of a Wetland Site................................................................................................................7 -
Premises, Sites Etc Within 30 Miles of Harrington Museum Used for Military Purposes in the 20Th Century
Premises, Sites etc within 30 miles of Harrington Museum used for Military Purposes in the 20th Century The following listing attempts to identify those premises and sites that were used for military purposes during the 20th Century. The listing is very much a works in progress document so if you are aware of any other sites or premises within 30 miles of Harrington, Northamptonshire, then we would very much appreciate receiving details of them. Similarly if you spot any errors, or have further information on those premises/sites that are listed then we would be pleased to hear from you. Please use the reporting sheets at the end of this document and send or email to the Carpetbagger Aviation Museum, Sunnyvale Farm, Harrington, Northampton, NN6 9PF, [email protected] We hope that you find this document of interest. Village/ Town Name of Location / Address Distance to Period used Use Premises Museum Abthorpe SP 646 464 34.8 km World War 2 ANTI AIRCRAFT SEARCHLIGHT BATTERY Northamptonshire The site of a World War II searchlight battery. The site is known to have had a generator and Nissen huts. It was probably constructed between 1939 and 1945 but the site had been destroyed by the time of the Defence of Britain survey. Ailsworth Manor House Cambridgeshire World War 2 HOME GUARD STORE A Company of the 2nd (Peterborough) Battalion Northamptonshire Home Guard used two rooms and a cellar for a company store at the Manor House at Ailsworth Alconbury RAF Alconbury TL 211 767 44.3 km 1938 - 1995 AIRFIELD Huntingdonshire It was previously named 'RAF Abbots Ripton' from 1938 to 9 September 1942 while under RAF Bomber Command control. -
Reusable Templates for the Extraction of Knowledge
Reusable templates for the extraction of knowledge by Paul J Palmer A Doctoral Thesis Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of Doctor of Philosophy of Loughborough University © Paul J Palmer 2020 November 2020 Abstract ‘Big Data’ is typically noted to contain undesirable imperfections that are usually described using terminology such as ‘messy’, ‘untidy’ or ‘ragged’ requiring ‘cleaning’ as preparation for analysis. Once the data has been cleaned, a vast amount of literature exists exploring how best to proceed. The use of this pejorative terminology implies that it is imperfect data hindering analysis, rather than recognising that the encapsulated knowledge is presented in an inconvenient state for the chosen analytical tools, which in turn leads to a presumption about the unsuitability of desktop computers for this task. As there is no universally accep- ted definition of ‘Big Data’ this inconvenient starting state is described hereas‘nascent data’ as it carries no baggage associated with popular usage. This leads to the primary research question: Can an empirical theory of the knowledge extraction process be developed that guides the creation of tools that gather, transform and analyse nascent data? A secondary pragmatic question follows naturally from the first: Will data stakeholders use these tools? This thesis challenges the typical viewpoint and develops a theory of data with an under- pinning mathematical representation that is used to describe the transformation of data through abstract states to facilitate manipulation and analysis. Starting from inconvenient ‘nascent data’ which is seen here as the true start of the knowledge extraction process, data are transformed to two further abstract states: data sensu lato used to describe informally defined data; and data sensu stricto, where the data are all consistently defined, in a process which imbues data with properties that support manipulation and analysis. -
Volume 111 • 2017
THE LEICESTER LITERARY & PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY Founded in 1835 TRANSACTIONS OF THE LEICESTER LITERARY www.leicesterlitandphil.org.uk & PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL President: Professor A Yarrington PhD FRSA FSA FRSE VOLUME 111 2017 Life Vice Presidents Sir David Attenborough OM CH CVO CBE FRS FZS FSA Dr TD Ford OBE BSc PhD FGS Professor MA Khan BSc PhD FGS FRAS FRSA Mrs HAE Lewis JP MA Vice Presidents Mrs Joan Beeson BSc Mrs Ann Fuchs Mr Michael Taylor BA Dip TP MA MRTPI IHBC Mr Kanti Chhapi Dip Arch FRIBA Hon Secretary: Mr John Heard 4 Harrow Place, Leicester LE2 3AP Hon Membership Secretaries: Mr David Beeson & Mrs Joan Beeson BSc The Hollies, Main Street, Frolesworth, Leics LE17 5EG Hon Programme Secretaries: Dr Geoffrey Lewis MA MD FRCA & Mrs Hilary Lewis JP MA 3 Shirley Road, Leicester LE2 3LL Hon Treasurer: Mr Michael Kirk OBE FCA Elms Cottage, 46 Shirley Road, Leicester LE2 3LJ Hon Editor of Transactions: Dr Geoffrey Lewis MA MD FRCA 3 Shirley Road, Leicester LE2 3LL Publicity Officer: Dr Diana Thurston BSc MSc PhD FGS Linden House, Loddington Lane, Tilton on the Hill, Leics LE7 9DE Assistant Hon Publicity Officer: Mrs Ann Fuchs The Elwells, Bennetts Hill, Dunton Bassett, Leics LE17 5JJ Independent Examiners: Mr Keith Smithson FCIB MIMgt FRSA Mr Peter Fuchs MA Website Editor: Dr Craig Vear BA PCGE PhD Email [email protected] Members of Council MARBLE MOVEMENT MEMORY AND THE MUSEUM IN SOUTH ASIA: SOUTH ASIA Professor PJ Boylan BSc PhD FGS FMA FBIM FRSA • Professor John Fothergill MSc PhD CEng FIEEE FIEE FInstP -
Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment of Shale Gas in the UK
Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment of Shale Gas in the UK A thesis submitted to The University of Manchester for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Faculty of Science and Engineering 2017 Jasmin Cooper School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science Table of Contents List of Tables 7 List of Figures 9 Abbreviations 10 Abstract 12 Declaration 13 Copyright Statement 13 Acknowledgements 14 Chapter 1: Introduction 15 1. Background 15 1.1. Shale gas and how it is extracted 15 1.2. Conventional gas and shale gas 19 1.3. Energy mix in the UK 22 1.4. UK shale gas 24 2. Aims and objectives 25 3. Thesis structure 26 4. Methodology 27 4.1. Goal and scope definition 27 4.2. Identification of sustainability issues and definition of indicators 29 4.3. Identification of electricity generation options 30 4.4. Definition of scenarios 31 4.5. Life cycle sustainability assessment 31 4.5.1. Environmental sustainability assessment 31 4.5.2. Economic sustainability assessment 33 4.5.3. Social sustainability assessment 34 4.5.4. Multi-criteria decision analysis 36 4.5.5. Data quality assessment 36 4.6. Conclusions and recommendations 37 References 39 Chapter 2: Shale gas: A review of the economic, environmental and social 48 sustainability Abstract 49 1. Introduction 50 2. Economic aspects 54 2.1. The US experience 54 2.1.1. Direct impacts 54 2.1.2. Indirect impacts 57 2.2. Other regions 58 3. Environmental aspects 61 3.1. Air emissions and impacts 61 3.1.1. GHG and climate change 61 3.1.2. -
FIELDFARE – March 2017 RUTLAND NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY
rnhs FIELDFARE – March 2017 RUTLAND NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY Photo, Dave Cotter. Diary dates, 3 Spring is very confusing this year. One day it’s like summer, and then the next it’s back to winter again. Flowers are convinced that spring is here: banks of violets Weather, 5 are appearing, both blue and white, with celandines, primroses, speedwell and Amphibians and reptiles, 5 even wood anemones showing their faces to the sun – and wind and rain – creating a colourful carpet in woodland. The first chiff-chaff has arrived. Hares have also Birds, 6 decided that it’s time to get together again, boxing parties being seen from the end Botany, 10 of February, and where hares have been remarkably scarce, groups of up to 11 in one field have appeared. Whatever the weather, those hormones just can’t be Butterflies, 10 suppressed! Moths, 11 Let’s make spring and summer 2017 a good season for wildlife. Plant galls, 11 As a start, in order to commemorate 50 years of RNHS we, together with the Orthoptera, 11 Leicestershire Bat Group, have funded bat boxes for the Nathusius’ pipistrelles Other insects & invertebrates,12 in Burley Wood; and will have them erected with the very kind assistance of the Rutland Water Osprey team in good time for the bats’ return later this spring. We Mammals, 13 can achieve much more when we cooperate with other conservation groups. We Bats, 13 are also supporting Paul Bennett, our Moth Recorder, by providing funding for a moth trap to assist with collecting records this summer. AGM minutes, 14 Less happily the wonderful signs on the verges courtesy of RCC have been less RNHS contacts, 15 than effective in protecting the verges. -
The Rove Beetles of Leicestershire and Rutland
LEICESTERSHIRE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY The Rove Beetles (Staphylinidae) of Leicestershire and Rutland Part 1: Sub-families Paederinae, Pseudopsinae and Staphylininae Derek A. Lott Creophilus maxillosus (Graham Calow) LESOPS 24 (2011) ISSN 0957 – 1019 Correspondence: 5 Welland Road, Barrow upon Soar, LE12 8NA VC55 Staphylinids Part 1 2 Introduction With over 56,000 described species in the world, the Staphylinidae are the largest family in the animal kingdom (Grebennikov & Newton, 2009). Around a quarter of the British beetles are rove beetles, so they represent an important component of biodiversity in Britain. However, because of perceived difficulties in their identification, they have not received the attention that they merit. This paper aims to play a part in redressing that imbalance by listing all reliable records from Leicestershire and Rutland for the different species and analysing which species have declined locally over 100 years of recording rove beetles and which have prospered. The subfamilies treated in this first part include the largest and most conspicuous species in the family. The geographical area covered is the vice county of Leicestershire and Rutland (VC55). Some records from adjacent banks of the River Soar that technically lie in Nottinghamshire are also included. These records can be distinguished by the use of Nottinghamshire parish names. Identification Staphylinidae can be easily recognised among beetles in the field by their short wing cases that leave five or six segments of the abdomen exposed and flexible. In fact they look more like earwigs than other beetles. For identification to species, all the members of the subfamilies in this part will be covered by the forthcoming Royal Entomological Society handbook to Staphylinidae parts 6 and 7 due for publication in 2011. -
Phase 1 Habitat Surveys
UPPINGHAM, RUTLAND EXTENDED PHASE 1 SURVEYS FOR RUTLAND COUNTY COUNCIL JULY 2009 UPPINGHAM, RUTLAND EXTENDED PHASE 1 HABITAT SURVEYS CONTENTS 0.0 Non-Technical Summary 1.0 Introduction 2.0 Legislation and Policy 3.0 Methodology 4.0 Generic Area Description 5.0 Compartment Results References Figure 01 – All compartments Figure 02 - Compartment 2: Phase 1 Habitat Survey Figure 03 - Compartment 3: Phase 1 Habitat Survey Figure 04 - Compartment 4: Phase 1 Habitat Survey Figure 05 - Compartment 5: Phase 1 Habitat Survey Figure 06 - Compartment 6: Phase 1 Habitat Survey Figure 07 - Compartment 7: Phase 1 Habitat Survey Appendix 1 – Survey Methods Appendix 2 – Target Notes Appendix 3 – SSSI Citation Appendix 4 – Background Data Maps Appendix 5 - Wildlife Corridors Appendix 6 – Glossary of Terms Report: R29.08 Uppingham Ref No: Author: LSC LTD Scientific Hilary R Ludlow MSc CBiol, check: CMLI, MIEEM, CEnv Presentation Zoe Lewis BA (Hons) check: Date: JULY 2009 Landscape Science Consultancy Ltd 2 L:\LSC\R29.08 Rutland County Council\Reports & Drafts\Uppingham\Uppingham Extended Phase 1 Survey FINAL July 2009.doc UPPINGHAM, RUTLAND EXTENDED PHASE 1 HABITAT SURVEYS 0.0 Non-Technical Summary Background to Phase 1 Habitat Survey Landscape Science Consultancy Ltd (LSC Ltd) was commissioned by Rutland County Council (RCC) to conduct Extended Phase 1 Habitat Surveys of compartments of land bordering the town of Uppingham, Rutland. The purpose of the surveys was to provide RCC with evidence on habitats and protected species within the compartments, as part of the Local Development Framework. The habitat surveys were conducted by LSC Ltd ecologists between April and May 2009 and followed best practice methodology. -
Heritage 217 Q1 2015
No. 217 1 January - 31 March 2015 Editorial Panel: Helen Ikin, Steve Woodward, Jim Graham. Hon. Sec. Sue Graham, 5 Lychgate Close, Cropston, Leicester. LE7 7HU. Tel: 0116-2366474 A View From The Armchair To live and grow up in a house with a lovely garden is a real privilege. For a naturalist it can provide hours of fun and a realisation that even in an area that we consider familiar there is still much to learn. My father built the house in Quorn in Leicestershire in the early 1950s after demolishing three small cottages that were initially on the site. My parents and sister moved into the house on its completion in 1955. I was born in the house a year later. My father was, and still is, a keen naturalist and during my childhood he held a ringing licence and ringed birds in our garden. Birds have now been ringed in the garden for 60 years and this has provided us with a wealth of information. The garden which is some 80 feet long and 40 feet wide, borders onto a mixed woodland called Kaye’s Plantation. I started bird ringing in 1974 and, after attaining my C-permit a short time later, started to use a mist net in the garden which added to the variety of birds ringed. Since we started we have caught some 57 species some of which have taken us by surprise including: Common Gull, Kingfisher, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker and Firecrest. The fourth Siskin I had ever caught in the garden in April 1976 IN THIS EDITION was wearing a Russian ring! It had been ringed near Liepaya in Latvia in October the previous year. -
Planning for Climate Change
www.itpower.co.uk Planning for Climate Change: Executive Summary May 2008 The Planning for Climate Change Project was initiated in December 2007 to provide evidence to underpin the preparation of future planning policy relating to climate change in seven local authority areas of Leicestershire and Rutland: Blaby District Council, Harborough District Council, Hinckley and Bosworth District Council, Melton Borough Council, North West District Council, Oadby and Wigston Borough Council and Rutland County Council. There are three key parts to the project: 1) Climate Change Assessment of Core Strategy Strategic Options 2) Renewable Energy Opportunities œ Quantification of the potential for renewable energy in each of the seven local authority areas 3) Energy Efficiency Recommendations for New Developments - An assessment of the extent that it may be technically and economically possible to expect new buildings to reduce their carbon dioxide emissions beyond the requirements of the Building Regulations. Climate Change Assessment of Development options Scientific evidence leaves us in no doubt that human activity is the primary driver of the observed changes in climate. The main human influence on global climate is emissions of the key greenhouse gases - carbon dioxide (CO2), methane and nitrous oxide. Energy use in buildings accounts for 40% of the UK‘s total greenhouse gas emissions1. Emissions resulting from personal transport also make an important contribution. Local planning policies offer the opportunity to reduce these emissions and to ensure opportunities for sustainable energy are maximised. Climate change is expected to result in more extreme weather events such as droughts and flooding including within the East Midlands region where by 2059 there could be up to 13% more rainfall in winter and 18% less rainfall in summer. -
Heritage 212 Q4 2013
No. 212 1 October - 31 December 2013 Editorial Panel: Helen Ikin, Steve Woodward, Jim Graham. Hon. Sec. Judy Johnson, 27 Sandalwood Road, Loughborough, Leics. LE11 3PR (01509-214711) Recording at Beacon Hill, Bradgate Park and Swithland Wood The Club has responded to requests from the owners of these sites to update wildlife records. At Beacon Hill, Mick Moffatt was interested in records for the restored grass/heathland. Some members undertook fieldwork there in 2013. SFW and HI made a detailed study of the grassland vegetation, using the National Vegetation Classification (NVC) recording method. A report on these surveys was compiled by SFW in Jan 2014. An electronic copy has been lodged at LRERC and is available to members upon request to SFW or HI. As he explained at the Recorders' Conference on 22 February, Peter Tyldesley at the Bradgate Park Trust is keen for the Club to be involved in biological surveys. HI and SFW are particularly interested in the bees, wasps and ants in Bradgate Park. They have also begun to investigate the ponds, streams and ditches for aquatic life. GLF has arranged for a moth trap to be run, more-or-less regularly, at the Deer Barn. He is also sampling the beetle fauna of the park. Once again, public events led by LNC IN THIS EDITION CLASSIFIED RECORDS Ÿ Mammals Page 2 Ÿ Birds Page 3 Ÿ Reptiles and Amphibians Page 5 Ÿ Fish (including Crayfish) Page 6 Bradgate Park© Sue Graham Ÿ Dragonflies & Damselflies Page 9 members have been scheduled in the BPT Ÿ Butterflies Page 10 programme of walks. -
Leicester and Leicestershire Strategic Growth Plan (Final Report)
Leicester and Leicestershire Strategic Growth Plan (Final Report) Sustainability Appraisal Report September, 2018 REVISION SCHEDULE Rev Date Details Prepared by Reviewed by Approved by 1 September Interim SA Report for Leicester and Ian McCluskey Ian McCluskey Alan Houghton 2017 Leicestershire Strategic Planning Group Principal Sustainability Principal Sustainability Regional Director (Alternatives assessment findings) Consultant Consultant Matthew Stopforth Planning Consultant 2 January, Draft SA Report Ian McCluskey Mark Fessey Alan Houghton 2018 Principal Sustainability Principal Consultant Regional Director Consultant 3 February 2nd, Final SA Report Ian McCluskey Mark Fessey Alan Houghton 2018 Principal Sustainability Principal Consultant Regional Director Consultant 4 September Updated SA Report for Strategic Planning Ian McCluskey Ian McCluskey Frank Hayes 12th Group review Principal Sustainability Principal Sustainability Associate Director 2018 Consultant Consultant 5 September Final SA Report Ian McCluskey Ian McCluskey Frank Hayes 26th Principal Sustainability Principal Sustainability Associate Director Consultant Consultant Table of contents 1 Introduction ...................................................................................................................................... 1 2 Scoping .............................................................................................................................................. 8 3 Description of the options ...............................................................................................................