The UK SPA network: its scope and content The UK SPA network: its scope and content Volume 3: Site accounts Editors D.A. Stroud, D. Chambers, S. Cook, N. Buxton, B. Fraser, P. Clement, P. Lewis, I. McLean, H. Baker & S. Whitehead with the assistance of S. Brocklehurst, A.F. Brown, S. Buckton, N. Burton, N. Clark, C. Easton, R. Johnston, C. Hall, N. Hodgetts, A. Law, J. Kirby, J. Miles, B. Miller, M.A. Ogilvie, J. Robinson, H. Riley, T. Salmon, R. Saunders, A. Sim, P. Stuttard, M.L. Tasker, R. West, R. Weyl, P. Whitfield, R. Woodburn & J. Young Joint Nature Conservation Committee Monkstone House City Road Peterborough PE1 1JY UK ISBN 1 86107 531 6 © JNCC 2001 Contents Volume 3: Site accounts Appendix 7 Site accounts, maps, and lists 1 A7.1 Site maps (Figures A7.1–A7.23) 2 A7.2 Site lists (Tables A7.1–A7.3) 26 A7.3 Site accounts 45 G Northern Ireland 46 G Wales 66 G England/Wales 84 G England 89 G England/Scotland 215 G Scotland 218 Appendix 8 Phased, extended and subsumed SPAs 389 A8.1 ‘Subsumed’ sites 389 A8.2 Extended sites 390 A8.3 Phased sites 390 v vi Appendix 7 Site accounts, maps, and lists 1 2 Appendix 7: Site accounts A7.1 Site maps The distribution of the overall UK SPA network is shown in Figure A7.1. Figure A7.2 shows the location of regional maps in more detail. Figures A7.3–A7.23 show actual boundaries for classified SPAs or, for those sites still to be classified, a circle indicates the approximate size of the proposed SPA. Table A7.1 gives the numbers allocated to each SPA in the regional maps. Site maps – list of figures Figure number Map description Page Figure A7.1. Distribution of all UK Special Protection Areas 3 Figure A7.2. Location of regional maps (Figures A7.3-A7.23) that show the locations and extent of Special Protection Areas in the UK 4 Figure A7.3. Distribution of Special Protection Areas in the Isles of Scilly and west Cornwall 5 Figure A7.4. Distribution of Special Protection Areas in east Cornwall and Devon 6 Figure A7.5. Distribution of Special Protection Areas in the south of England 7 Figure A7.6. Distribution of Special Protection Areas in the south-east of England 8 Figure A7.7. Distribution of Special Protection Areas in south Wales, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire 9 Figure A7.8. Distribution of Special Protection Areas in Kent, Essex and Suffolk 10 Figure A7.9. Distribution of Special Protection Areas in south-west Wales 11 Figure A7.10. Distribution of Special Protection Areas in central and north Wales 12 Figure A7.11. Distribution of Special Protection Areas in the east of England 13 Figure A7.12. Distribution of Special Protection Areas in north-east England 14 Figure A7.13. Distribution of Special Protection Areas in north-west England 15 Figure A7.14. Distribution of Special Protection Areas in Northern Ireland 16 Figure A7.15. Distribution of Special Protection Areas in northern England and southern Scotland 17 Figure A7.16. Distribution of Special Protection Areas in south-west Scotland 18 Figure A7.17. Distribution of Special Protection Areas in eastern Scotland 19 Figure A7.18. Distribution of Special Protection Areas in the southern islands of the Outer Hebrides (Western Isles) 20 Figure A7.19. Distribution of Special Protection Areas in western Scotland 21 Figure A7.20. Distribution of Special Protection Areas in northern Scotland 22 Figure A7.21. Distribution of Special Protection Areas in the northern islands of the Outer Hebrides (Western Isles) 23 Figure A7.22. Distribution of Special Protection Areas in the Orkney Islands 24 Figure A7.23. Distribution of Special Protection Areas in the Shetland Islands 25 A7.1 Site maps 3 Figure A7.1 Distribution of all UK Special Protection Areas. 4 Appendix 7: Site accounts Figure A7.2 Location of regional maps (Figures A7.3–A7.23) that show the locations and extent of Special Protection Areas in the UK. A7.1 Site maps 5 Figure A7.3 Distribution of Special Protection Areas in the Isles of Scilly and west Cornwall. Where definitive areas are not yet available for sites, these have been estimated in categories shown in the key. Site codes are given in Table A7.1. 6 Appendix 7: Site accounts Figure A7.4 Distribution of Special Protection Areas in east Cornwall and Devon. Site codes are given in Table A7.1. A7.1 Site maps 7 Figure A7.5 Distribution of Special Protection Areas in the south of England. Where definitive areas are not yet available for sites, these have been estimated in categories shown in the key. Site codes are given in Table A7.1. 8 Appendix 7: Site accounts Figure A7.6 Distribution of Special Protection Areas in the south-east of England. Site codes are given in Table A7.1. A7.1 Site maps 9 Figure A7.7 Distribution of Special Protection Areas in south Wales, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire. Site codes are given in Table A7.1. 10 Appendix 7: Site accounts Figure A7.8 Distribution of Special Protection Areas in Kent, Essex and Suffolk. Where definitive areas are not yet available for sites, these have been estimated in categories shown in the key. Site codes are given in Table A7.1. A7.1 Site maps 11 Figure A7.9 Distribution of Special Protection Areas in south-west Wales. Site codes are given in Table A7.1. 12 Appendix 7: Site accounts Figure A7.10 Distribution of Special Protection Areas in central and north Wales. Where definitive areas are not yet available for sites, these have been estimated in categories shown in the key. Site codes are given in Table A7.1. A7.1 Site maps 13 Figure A7.11 Distribution of Special Protection Areas in the east of England. Where definitive areas are not yet available for sites, these have been estimated in categories shown in the key. Site codes are given in Table A7.1. 14 Appendix 7: Site accounts Figure A7.12 Distribution of Special Protection Areas in north-east England. Site codes are given in Table A7.1. A7.1 Site maps 15 Figure A7.13 Distribution of Special Protection Areas in north-west England. Where definitive areas are not yet available for sites, these have been estimated in categories shown in the key. Site codes are given in Table A7.1. 16 Appendix 7: Site accounts Figure A7.14 Distribution of Special Protection Areas in Northern Ireland. Where definitive areas are not yet available for sites, these have been estimated in categories shown in the key. Site codes are given in Table A7.1. A7.1 Site maps 17 Figure A7.15 Distribution of Special Protection Areas in northern England and southern Scotland. Where definitive areas are not yet available for sites, these have been estimated in categories shown in the key. Site codes are given in Table A7.1. 18 Appendix 7: Site accounts Figure A7.16 Distribution of Special Protection Areas in south-west Scotland. Where definitive areas are not yet available for sites, these have been estimated in categories shown in the key. Site codes are given in Table A7.1. A7.1 Site maps 19 Figure A7.17 Distribution of Special Protection Areas in eastern Scotland. Where definitive areas are not yet available for sites, these have been estimated in categories shown in the key. Site codes are given in Table A7.1. 20 Appendix 7: Site accounts Figure A7.18 Distribution of Special Protection Areas in the southern islands of the Outer Hebrides (Western Isles). Site codes are given in Table A7.1. A7.1 Site maps 21 Figure A7.19 Distribution of Special Protection Areas in western Scotland. Where definitive areas are not yet available for sites, these have been estimated in categories shown in the key. Site codes are given in Table A7.1. 22 Appendix 7: Site accounts Figure A7.20 Distribution of Special Protection Areas in northern Scotland. Where definitive areas are not yet available for sites, these have been estimated in categories shown in the key. Site codes are given in Table A7.1. A7.1 Site maps 23 Figure A7.21 Distribution of Special Protection Areas in the northern islands of the Outer Hebrides (Western Isles). Site codes are given in Table A7.1. 24 Appendix 7: Site accounts Figure A7.22 Distribution of Special Protection Areas in the Orkney Islands. Site codes are given in Table A7.1. A7.1 Site maps 25 Figure A7.23 Distribution of Special Protection Areas in the Shetland Islands. Where definitive areas are not yet available for sites, these have been estimated in categories shown in the key. Site codes are given in Table A7.1. 26 Appendix 7: Site accounts A7.2 Site lists Table A7.1 Names and EU site codes of SPAs in the UK SPA network. The order number relates also to identifying numbers shown in Figures A7.3–A7.23. Map code Name EU SPA Code Country 1 Isles of Scilly UK9020288 England 2 Marazion Marsh UK9020289 England 3 Tamar Estuaries Complex UK9010141 England 4 Exe Estuary UK9010081 England 5 East Devon Heaths UK9010121 England 6 Chesil Beach and The Fleet UK9010091 England 7 Dorset Heathlands UK9010101 England 8 Poole Harbour UK9010111 England 9 Avon Valley UK9011091 England 10 Solent and Southampton Water UK9011061 England 11 Pagham Harbour UK9012041 England 12 Somerset Levels and Moors UK9010031 England 13 New Forest UK9011031 England 14 Porton Down UK9011101 England 15 Portsmouth Harbour UK9011051 England 16 Chichester and Langstone Harbours UK9011011 England 17 Wealden Heaths (Phases 1 and 2)1 UK9012131 England 18 Arun Valley UK9020281 England 19 Ashdown Forest UK9012181 England 20 Dungeness to Pett Level UK9012091 England 21 Castlemartin Coast UK9014061 Wales 22 Burry Inlet UK9015011 Wales 23 Severn Estuary UK9015022 England/Wales 24 Chew Valley Lake UK9010041 England 25 Salisbury Plain UK9011102 England 26 Thames Basin Heaths UK9012141 England 27 South West London Waterbodies UK9012171 England 28 Lee Valley UK9012111 England 29 Thames Estuary and Marshes UK9012021 England 30 Medway Estuary and Marshes UK9012031 England 31 Crouch and Roach Estuaries (Mid-Essex Coast UK9009244 England Phase 3) 32 Benfleet and Southend Marshes UK9009171 England 33 The Swale UK9012011 England 34 Foulness (Mid-Essex Coast Phase 5) UK9009246 England 35 Stodmarsh UK9012121 England 1 Wealden Heaths (Phases 1 and 2) comprises the legal entities of Thursley, Hankley and Frensham Commons (Wealden Heaths Phase 1) and Wealden Heaths Phase 2.