Habitat Summary

BGS Register Summary

Number of BGS sites

116

Total BGS site area (ha)

4,256.33

Habitat Summary

Habitat	# Parcels	Baseline Size	Baseline HUs	Improvements Size
Areas (ha)	2218	3,833.46	15,790.70	3,647.77
Hedgerows (km)	484	104.67	1,003.94	114.32
Watercourses (km)	138	36.93	314.25	24.37

Baseline Habitats (click any habitat cell for more detail) ▼

Areas ▼

Habitat	Distinctiveness	# parcels	Area (ha)	HUs
Arable field margins cultivated annually	Medium	12	1.99	7.96
Arable field margins game bird mix	Medium	6	3.79	15.16
Arable field margins pollen and nectar	Medium	2	1.66	6.64
Arable field margins tussocky	Medium	23	12.37	49.48
Artificial unvegetated, unsealed surface	V.Low	24	4.08	0.00
Bare ground	Low	11	16.19	34.60
Blackthorn scrub	Medium	10	0.74	5.32
Blanket bog	V.High	2	111.50	1,834.00
Bracken	Low	2	0.16	0.32
Bramble scrub	Medium	35	4.11	16.44
Cereal crops	Low	335	1,203.44	2,406.88
Developed land; sealed surface	V.Low	33	8.29	0.00
Fens (upland and lowland)	V.High	6	13.68	173.92
Floodplain wetland mosaic and CFGM	High	18	81.52	565.38
Gorse scrub	Medium	6	1.23	8.68
Hawthorn scrub	Medium	2	0.02	0.08
Horticulture	Low	27	51.19	102.38
Intensive orchards	Low	2	4.08	8.16
Lowland beech and yew woodland	High	1	0.07	0.42
Lowland calcareous grassland	High	2	4.50	27.00
Lowland dry acid grassland	V.High	1	2.48	39.68
Lowland meadows	V.High	3	13.09	104.72
Lowland mixed deciduous woodland	High	71	141.42	1,565.88
Mixed scrub	Medium	101	38.60	272.16
Modified grassland	Low	610	1,010.33	2,949.76
Non-cereal crops	Low	69	122.01	244.02
Open Mosaic Habitats on Previously Developed Land	High	5	5.66	46.92
Other Scot's Pine woodland	Medium	2	2.35	9.40
Other coniferous woodland	Low	7	6.71	25.50
Other lowland acid grassland	Medium	4	5.50	22.00
Other neutral grassland	Medium	307	411.76	2,486.88
Other woodland; broadleaved	Medium	84	90.58	524.92
Other woodland; mixed	Medium	16	18.33	96.36
Ponds (Priority Habitat)	High	10	0.53	5.34
Ponds (non-priority habitat)	Medium	94	12.53	105.68
Purple moor grass and rush pastures	V.High	2	9.29	151.28
Reedbeds	High	1	1.68	20.16
Reservoirs	Medium	1	3.38	13.52
Ruderal/Ephemeral	Low	6	2.10	4.20
Rural tree	Medium	102	11.85	136.20
Saltmarshes and saline reedbeds	High	4	0.72	12.96
Tall forbs	Low	12	3.33	7.30
Temporary grass and clover leys	Low	61	137.81	275.62
Temporary lakes ponds and pools (H3170)	High	1	0.06	0.72
Traditional orchards	High	5	6.88	50.58
Upland Heathland	High	1	13.70	82.20
Upland acid grassland	Medium	6	38.60	304.28
Upland hay meadows	V.High	1	4.99	39.92
Urban tree	Medium	1	0.44	5.28
Vegetated garden	Low	2	0.28	0.56
Watercourse footprint	V.low	5	1.32	0.00
Wet woodland	High	14	23.98	163.14
Willow scrub	Medium	7	2.90	19.84
Winter stubble	Low	21	94.73	189.46
Wood-pasture and parkland	V.High	6	68.93	551.44
undefined	N/A	16	0.00	0.00

Hedgerows ▼

Habitat	Distinctiveness	# parcels	Area (ha)	HUs
Ecologically valuable line of trees	Medium	11	2.20	22.28
Ecologically valuable line of trees - associated with bank or ditch	Medium	3	2.98	16.40
Line of Trees	Low	40	4.97	18.50
Line of Trees - Associated with bank or ditch	Low	1	0.36	1.44
Native Hedgerow	Low	173	36.11	166.62
Native hedgerow - associated with bank or ditch	Medium	24	3.61	37.88
Native hedgerow with trees	Medium	44	9.83	91.40
Native hedgerow with trees - associated with bank or ditch	High	23	7.25	101.28
Non-native and ornamental hedgerow	V.Low	4	0.38	0.38
Species-rich native hedgerow	Medium	65	13.58	151.60
Species-rich native hedgerow - associated with bank or ditch	High	25	4.88	79.08
Species-rich native hedgerow with trees	High	45	12.43	184.92
Species-rich native hedgerow with trees - associated with bank or ditch	V.High	26	6.09	132.16

Watercourses ▼

Habitat	Distinctiveness	# parcels	Area (ha)	HUs
Culvert	Low	8	0.42	0.84
Ditches	Medium	62	16.01	74.96
Other rivers and streams	High	64	17.98	199.05
Priority habitat	V.High	4	2.52	39.40

Improvement Habitats (click any habitat cell for more detail) ▼

Areas ▼

Habitat	Distinctiveness	# parcels	Area (ha)	HUs
Arable field margins game bird mix	Medium	3	1.70	0.00
Artificial unvegetated, unsealed surface	V.Low	1	0.05	0.00
Blanket bog	V.High	2	111.50	0.00
Developed land; sealed surface	V.Low	3	0.35	0.00
Fens (upland and lowland)	V.High	5	13.59	0.00
Floodplain wetland mosaic and CFGM	High	40	127.34	12.99
Hawthorn scrub	Medium	22	0.22	1.85
Lowland Heathland	High	4	26.33	73.01
Lowland calcareous grassland	High	12	21.01	30.40
Lowland dry acid grassland	V.High	2	10.10	0.00
Lowland meadows	V.High	140	364.27	342.15
Lowland mixed deciduous woodland	High	61	129.54	5.78
Mixed scrub	Medium	440	442.54	1,590.55
Modified grassland	Low	16	13.25	13.54
Open Mosaic Habitats on Previously Developed Land	High	18	20.94	5.48
Open mosaic habitats on previously developed land	High	2	12.21	103.14
Other Neutral Grassland	Medium	1	7.24	60.84
Other Scot's Pine woodland	Medium	1	1.32	0.00
Other coniferous woodland	Low	2	0.28	0.38
Other lowland acid grassland	Medium	10	15.59	0.00
Other neutral grassland	Medium	616	1,790.71	9,734.62
Other woodland; broadleaved	Medium	133	179.94	484.15
Other woodland; mixed	Medium	11	23.31	27.23
Ponds (Priority Habitat)	High	85	13.92	91.55
Ponds (non-priority habitat)	Medium	97	30.07	217.96
Purple moor grass and rush pastures	V.High	1	8.96	0.00
Reedbeds	High	4	3.78	16.51
Ruderal/Ephemeral	Low	2	1.21	1.08
Rural tree	Medium	128	16.96	53.57
Tall forbs	Low	3	1.38	0.00
Temporary lakes ponds and pools (H3170)	High	4	0.11	0.49
Traditional Orchards	High	1	0.96	5.65
Traditional orchards	High	35	68.17	343.31
Upland Heathland	High	1	13.70	0.00
Upland acid grassland	Medium	4	21.66	0.00
Upland hay meadows	V.High	1	4.99	0.00
Watercourse footprint	V.low	1	0.05	0.00
Wet woodland	High	24	30.58	47.02
Willow scrub	Medium	8	11.61	0.00
Wood-pasture and parkland	V.High	13	106.33	0.00
undefined	N/A	1	0.00	0.00

Hedgerows ▼

Habitat	Distinctiveness	# parcels	Area (ha)	HUs
Ecologically valuable line of trees - associated with bank or ditch	Medium	2	2.43	0.00
Line of Trees	Low	17	2.01	0.61
Line of Trees - Associated with bank or ditch	Low	1	0.36	0.00
Native Hedgerow	Low	34	7.91	0.80
Native hedgerow with trees	Medium	12	2.14	0.00
Native hedgerow with trees - associated with bank or ditch	High	1	0.24	0.00
Species-rich native hedgerow	Medium	120	26.78	206.45
Species-rich native hedgerow - associated with bank or ditch	High	13	2.76	17.02
Species-rich native hedgerow with trees	High	196	58.92	695.61
Species-rich native hedgerow with trees - associated with bank or ditch	V.High	43	10.76	43.79

Watercourses ▼

Habitat	Distinctiveness	# parcels	Area (ha)	HUs
Culvert	Low	1	0.03	0.05
Ditches	Medium	53	13.82	19.82
Other rivers and streams	High	34	8.28	0.00
Priority habitat	V.High	4	2.23	3.25