APPENDIX 4 Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation Selection Criteria The criteria below define those sites which are considered to be of particular importance for nature conservation within Hampshire. These sites are in addition to the statutorily designated sites and are referred to as Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation (SINCs). Woodland 1A Ancient¹ semi-natural² woodlands. 1B Other woodland where there is a significant element of ancient semi-natural woodland surviving. 1C Other semi-natural woodland if; (i) unused. (ii) they comprise important community types of restricted distribution in the County, such as yew woods and alder swamp woods. 1D Pasture woodland and wooded commons, not included in any of the above, which are of considerable biological and historical interest. ¹ Ancient - refers to woodlands which have developed particular ecological characteristics as a result of their long continuity. Those identified to date which are over 2ha are included on the Hampshire Inventory of Ancient Woodlands (Provisional). ² Semi-natural - modified types of vegetation in which the dominant and constant species are accepted natives to Britain and that locality, and the structure of the community conforms to the range of natural vegetation types. Neutral/acid/calcareous grassland 2A Agriculturally unimproved grasslands³. 2B Semi-improved grasslands which retain a significant element of unimproved grassland. 2C Unused. 2D Grasslands which have become impoverished through inappropriate management but which retain sufficient elements of relic unimproved grassland to enable recovery. 3 Agriculturally unimproved grassland - grassland that is composed of a mixed assemblage of indigenous species in essentially semi-natural communities which has been allowed to develop without the major use of herbicides or inorganic fertilisers. Heathland 3A Areas of heathland vegetation; including matrices of dwarf shrub, acid grassland, valley mires and scrub. 3B Areas of heathland which are afforested or have succeeded to woodland if; (i) they retain significant remnants of heathland vegetation which would enable their recovery, or (ii) they are contiguous with, or form an integral part of an open area of heathland. Coastal habitats 4A Semi-natural coastal and estuarine habitats, including saltmarsh, intertidal mudflats, sand dunes, shingle, brackish ponds, grazing marsh and maritime grasslands. APPENDIX 4 Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation Wetlands 5A Areas of open freshwater (e.g. lakes, ponds, canals, rivers, streams and ditches) which support outstanding assemblages of floating/submerged/emergent plant species, invertebrates, birds or amphibians. 5B Fens, flushes, seepages, springs, inundation grasslands etc. that support a flora and fauna characteristic of unimproved and waterlogged (seasonal or permanent) conditions. Species 6A Sites which support one or more notable species4. 6B Sites which regularly support a significant population of a species which has a restricted distribution or has substantially declined in population or range. Such sites may be used seasonally or for only one part of a species life- cycle. 6C Sites which support an outstanding assemblage of species. 4 Notable species include Red Data Book species, Nationally Scarce species, species covered under Schedules 1, 5 and 8 of the Wildlife & Countryside Act 1981, Annex 1 of the EC Bird Directive 79/409 and Annex II & 1V of the EC Directive 92/43/EEC 'The Habitats Directive', and those covered by the Bern, Bonn and Ramsar Conventions. Notable species will also include species which are considered 'County Rare' or 'County Scarce'. County Rare = those species recorded in 1% or less tetrads in Hampshire or either of the two vice-counties (11 & 12) separately. County Scarce = 4% or less tetrads. Social value 7A Sites of nature conservation interest which occur in areas otherwise deficient in such interest, and/or are known to be of particularly high value to local communities e.g. community wildlife sites. Sites selected under this criteria will be rigorously confined to those which, if lost, would result in a considerable and demonstrable loss to the local community which would be very difficult/impossible to replace. Because of the widespread distribution of sites of nature conservation interest in Hampshire, and the high threshold used to define critical importance, only a limited number of sites are likely to meet this criteria. Geology and geomorphology 8A Sites which have been designated as Regionally Important Geological/Geomorphological Sites (RIGS) Regionally Important Geological/Geomorphological Sites are sites of regional importance excluding SSSIs. RIGS are analogous to biological non-statutory sites. Schedule of Sites REF NAME SITE SINC AREA (Ha) CRITERIA SU39202550 ORCHARD COPSE 2.98 1A SU39402660 MILLERS COPSE 8.97 1A SU39703430 TURNPIKE COPSE 3.56 1A SU39703460 BUSHY COPSE 7.64 1A SU39703510 WHITEBERRY COPSE 10.93 1A SU39802790 FARLEY DOWN 2.34 2A/D SU39902650 GUDGE COPSE 6.00 1A SU40003420 HOOPSHAVERS COPSE 4.46 1A SU40203490 LONG COPSE 10.18 1A SU40502450 AMPFIELD WOOD 158.13 1B/2A SU40902520 HOME FARM ROW 2.52 1A SU41302930 LITTLE WEST WOOD 3.01 1A APPENDIX 4 Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation SU41502930 PITT DOWN 24.13 2A SU41802410 UPPER RATLAKE FARM (NORTHERN MEADOW) 2.49 2A SU41803210 OWER WOOD 5.47 1A SU41902380 PETTY PRIEST COPSE 3.59 1A SU42202370 KENT’S COPSE 3.36 1A SU42302350 BAILEY’S PADDOCK/ ROUNDRIDGE MEAD 4.60 2A SU42302770 PAGE’S COPSE 9.22 1A SU42303160 PRIVET COPSE 1.35 1A SU42402600 HURSLEY PARK WOOD 3.28 1A SU42502360 SNOW’S COPSE MEADOW 4.93 2A SU42503000 WEST WOOD/ CRAB WOOD COMPLEX 250.59 1B SU42902650 NAN TRODD’S DOWN 2.96 2A SU42902790 GROVELANDS COPSE 9.24 1A SU43002360 GULLY FIELD LADWELL 2.17 2A SU43102350 BARN COPSE 2.46 1A SU43502340 LONG MEADOW LADWELL 9.08 2A SU43502690 JUNIPER BANK, NAN TRODD’S HILL 15.09 1Cii SU43503190 GARSTONS WOODS 4.01 1A SU43602320 STROWDEN’S COPSE BELT 3.39 1A SU44102950 CRAB WOOD FARM WOODLAND 0.31 1A SU44302350 WELLS ROW 16.92 1A SU44303250 NORTHWOOD PARK WOODS 17.00 1A SU45202330 GREAT MOORLANDS COPSE COMPLEX 69.39 1A SU45302650 YEW HILL 15.96 2A SU45402240 OTTERBOURNE COMMON 1.74 2A SU45502260 OTTERBOURNE HILL COMMON 4.69 1D SU45502290 LONG MEAD 1.14 2A SU45503450 WORTHY COPSE 5.66 1A SU45503530 THE GALLOPS, WORTHY DOWN 3.58 2A SU45603510 WORTHY GROVE 14.75 1A SU45702950 ROYAL WINCHESTER GOLF COURSE (TEG DOWN) 76.32 2A SU45802230 OTTERBOURNE WOOD 36.69 1A SU46203180 FLOWERDOWN, LITTLETON 4.79 2A SU46502360 OAKWOOD COPSE 3.83 1A SU46702380 SPARROWGROVE COPSE 5.60 1A SU46702760 BUSHFIELD CAMP A 10.67 2D SU47002500 SHAWFORD DOWN 20.89 2A SU47503960 THE OLD HOUSE MEADOW 0.58 2A SU48302260 TAYLOR’S COPSE 4.06 1A SU48303350 KINGSWORTHY CUTTING 0.67 2A SU48304380 BLIND END COPSE 2.10 1A SU48502660 HOCKLEY GOLF COURSE 79.11 2A SU48602170 MAIN RD MEADOW, COLDEN COMMON 0.93 2A SU48802160 BLACKNELLS BRICKWORKS 1.95 2A SU48902150 COLDEN COMMON WOOD & BLACKNELLS COPSE 11.39 1A SU48904340 NORTON COPSE 8.04 1A SU49002240 PARK COPSE 33.17 1B APPENDIX 4 Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation SU49202370 GABRIEL’S COPSE 11.12 1A SU49302110 FISHERS POND WOOD 6.40 1A SU49302420 COCKSCOMB HILL RESERVOIR 2.92 2A SU49303640 WALLERS ASH RAILWAY TUNNEL 7.95 2A SU49402480 TWYFORD WATERWORKS MEADOWS 2.29 2A SU49503160 EASTON DOWN 0.93 2A SU49602760 DEACON HILL 14.93 2A SU49704390 NORTON WOOD 6.88 1A SU49802230 OTTER COPSE 0.90 1A SU49802390 COCKSCOOMBE HILL COPSE 4.18 1A SU49902480 HAZELY COPSE 4.17 1A SU50002410 ROUNDBUSHES COPSE 2.07 1A SU50004200 UPPER CRANBOURNE/ HUNTON DOWN FARMS 261.88 6A SU50101980 PARK HILLS WOOD 32.67 1A SU50102150 COWLEAZE COPSE 10.97 1A SU50104340 CRANBOURNE WOOD 4.08 1A SU50202260 BOYES’ COPSE 2.12 1A SU50301640 SNAKEMOOR FARM MEADOW 1.45 2A SU50302200 HORSHAM COPSE / WEST COPSE 8.87 1B SU50502150 HURST WOOD/POUND COPSE 5.00 1A SU50502930 MAGDALEN HILL DOWN 9.82 2A SU50504360 FREEFOLK BEECH BREAK 1.04 2A SU50601550 FORD LAKE MEADOW B 0.48 2A SU50603610 BURNT WOOD 7.07 1A SU50603750 BAZELEY COPSE 10.31 1A SU50701550 FORD LAKE MEADOW A 0.38 2A SU50701780 DURLEY COPSE 9.24 1B SU50702630 MORESTEAD DOWN 5.19 2A SU50703220 THE OLD RECTORY MEADOW, EASTON 3.32 2A/5B SU50803250 R.ITCHEN MEADOW, EASTON LANE 7.66 5B SU51002780 CHILCOMB WOOD & DOWNLAND 6.91 1A/2A SU51302240 GREAT & LITTLE CONEY PARK WOODS 5.14 1A SU51501750 PARKER’S COPSE/FIR PLANTATION/GREENWOOD 55.49 1B SU51602050 DEEPS COPSE/DEEPS BUSHES COPSE 13.22 1A SU51701410 MEADOW ON R.HAMBLE, WANGFIELD LANE 1.32 2A SU51801390 WANGFIELD COPSE 8.62 1A SU51904350 MICHELDEVER OIL TERMINAL 5.24 2A SU52001610 DURLEY MILL COPSE 0.66 1A SU52003550 SHRONER WOOD 29.61 1A SU52101100 HANGMANS COPSE 4.12 1A SU52101230 TRULLMILL COPSE/ PINKMEAD COPSE 11.86 1A SU52102030 UPHAM COPSE 5.73 1A SU52102150 SLADFORDS AND LEYBUSHES COPSES 21.50 1A SU52201940 ALMA MEADOWS (SOUTH) 0.26 1A APPENDIX 4 Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation SU52201970 LOWER UPHAM MEADOW 1.42 2A SU52301950 ALMA MEADOWS (NORTH) 0.96 2A SU52302200 AUSTIN’S COPSE 11.70 1A SU52401490 MOUNT FOLLY COPSE (2) 1.13 1A/D SU52401540 BROKES GULLY SOUTH 2.25 1A SU52403180 BEECH HILL 30.73 1A/1B SU52500940 GULL COPPICE 7.69 1A SU52501460 LITTLE GOLD COPSE 2.77 1D SU52502700 LONGWOOD WARREN 6.78 2A SU52601000 GLASSFIELD COPSE MEADOW 2.96 1A/2A SU52601130 SUTTONS COPSE 6.73 1A SU52601470 MOUNT FOLLY COPSE (1) 2.38 1D SU52602040 CAWTES COPSE 3.49 1A SU52700900 WHITELEY MEADOW 3 2.91 2A SU52701380 CURDRIDGE CHURCH MEADOW 0.95 2A SU52701480 CALCOT PLANTATION 1.39 1D SU52702470