AAAppendixAppendix 4: Individual Site Record Sheets (Local Wildlife Sites Review: North Kesteven Surveys 2009-2010) Local Wildlife Sites Review / 2009-10 / Report for North Kesteven District Council 45 Grid Square SK85 ............................................................................................................... 48 Beckingham Ranges ...................................................................................................... 49 Stapleford Moor .............................................................................................................. 59 Stapleford Wood ............................................................................................................. 68 Grid Square SK86 ............................................................................................................... 86 Fox Holt .......................................................................................................................... 87 Hawdin’s Wood .............................................................................................................. 91 Whisby Stocking ............................................................................................................. 98 Grid Square SK87 ............................................................................................................. 103 Strunch Hill Wood ......................................................................................................... 104 Donkey Close Meadow ................................................................................................ 111 Grid Square SK95 ............................................................................................................. 117 Old Wood, Leadenham ................................................................................................ 118 Mill Farm Orchards, Welbourn...................................................................................... 123 Reeve’s Plantation ....................................................................................................... 127 Grid Square SK96 ............................................................................................................. 129 Whisby Pits Complex ................................................................................................... 130 Mr Nevile's Pits East, Whisby Pits Complex ................................................................. 133 Ski World, Whisby Pits Complex .................................................................................. 139 Jet Ski Lake, Whisby Pits Complex .............................................................................. 144 Compartment 19 East, Whisby Pits Complex ............................................................... 149 Pike Drain, Whisby ....................................................................................................... 153 Teal's Poplar Plantation West, Whisby Pits Complex ................................................... 159 Teal’s Lake, Whisby Pits Complex ............................................................................... 165 Birch Lake .................................................................................................................... 171 Pillwort Gorse ............................................................................................................... 173 Butterley’s Pit, Whisby Pits Complex ............................................................................ 175 Fischer’s Tip, Whisby Pits Complex ............................................................................. 181 Fischer's Fishponds, Whisby Pits Complex .................................................................. 186 Little Meadow Close ..................................................................................................... 191 Waddington Pasture ..................................................................................................... 195 Black's Hillside, Waddington ........................................................................................ 201 Waddington Grassland (Viking Way) ............................................................................ 206 Grid Square SK97 ............................................................................................................. 212 Local Wildlife Sites Review / 2009-10 / Report for North Kesteven District Council 46 Ash Lound and Brick Kiln Holt ...................................................................................... 213 Wiseholme Holt ............................................................................................................ 220 Skellingthorpe Pump Drain ........................................................................................... 225 Pyewipe Junction ......................................................................................................... 230 Grid Square TF03 ............................................................................................................. 234 Haceby Little Wood ...................................................................................................... 235 Haceby Great Wood ..................................................................................................... 239 Newton Wood ............................................................................................................... 244 Walcot Grassland ......................................................................................................... 249 Grid Square TF04 ............................................................................................................. 253 North Rauceby Medieval Village .................................................................................. 254 Rauceby Quarry ........................................................................................................... 258 Meadow East of Rauceby Warren ................................................................................ 262 Aswarby Thorns ........................................................................................................... 266 Sleaford Ballast Pit ....................................................................................................... 270 Grid SquSquareare TF06 ............................................................................................................. 274 Cliff Farm Footpaths ..................................................................................................... 275 Waneham Bridge Meadow ........................................................................................... 283 Long Holt East .............................................................................................................. 288 Potterhanworth Wood West ......................................................................................... 292 Top Barff ...................................................................................................................... 299 Burnt Wood .................................................................................................................. 304 Bottom Barff ................................................................................................................. 311 Oak Holt, Blankney ....................................................................................................... 316 Grid Square TF14 ............................................................................................................. 320 Beacon Hill Railway Cutting ......................................................................................... 321 Evedon Wood ............................................................................................................... 327 Cobbler’s Lock, Sedge and Reed Beds ........................................................................ 334 Grid Square TF15 ............................................................................................................. 340 Martin Wood ................................................................................................................. 341 North Kyme Common (Northern Section) ..................................................................... 347 North Kyme Common (Southern Section) .................................................................... 352 Grid Square TF16 ............................................................................................................. 359 Blankney Wood ............................................................................................................ 360 Local Wildlife Sites Review / 2009-10 / Report for North Kesteven District Council 47 Grid Square SK85 Local Wildlife Sites Review / 2009-10 / Report for North Kesteven District Council 48 Site Summary Site Name Beckingham Ranges Grid ref. SK878554 Area (ha.) 430 Parish Stapleford District North Kesteven Existing Entry Level Environmental Stewardship (ELS) Status County Wildlife Site (CWS) The boundary differs slightly from that of the SNCI (see map) Site of Nature Conservation Importance (SNCI) Selection NG1: Semi-natural neutral grassland at least 0.1 ha. in extent , or linear Criteria Met areas at least 50m long, with a minimum species index score of 8 Comment: The site also qualifies under a number of other criteria (Sta2 & Sw2) but neutral grassland is the dominant habitat across the site. Species 24 species from Table