Work programme: |
Multiple links - see below
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Action code: |
TAL0042 |
Text: |
Rye Harbour - A Shingle Community.
Create 5 hectares of reedbed and 50 new islands. This will help to meet Local Biodiversity Action Plan targets for reedbed and species such as Bittern, Water Vole, Medicinal Leech and several other rare and endangered species.
Encourage volunteer participation in management of the Nature Reserve.
Encourage specialist surveys of the shingle flora and fauna.
Extend the LNR program of events and activities, encouraging informal education and recreation.
Develop access for all, especially with tactile and auditory interpretation for the blind and hearing impaired.
Support the Rye Harbour Heritage Group that was recently established to record the rich history of the area. This includes shingle extraction and transport by sea and rail, concrete fabrication, fishing, Martello Towers, Blue Boulders, a Lifeboat Disaster, and war-time memories.
Support a youth project run by the local community, to record the village industrial and social heritage and the experiences of locals who worked in the aggregates industry (by sound recording, written and photographic media).
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Priority rating: |
Normal |
Status: |
Completed |
Start date: |
| 19 August 2005 |
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End date: |
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31 March 2007 |
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Organisations and contacts (Lead shown bold): |
| Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund (Ian Williamson) |
| Rye Harbour Nature Reserve (Barry Yates) |
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This work is being carried out in the following locations: |
East Sussex
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Rother
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South East
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Action species: |
Arvicola amphibius
(Water Vole)
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Botaurus stellaris
(Bittern)
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Tringa totanus
(Redshank)
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Vanellus vanellus
(Lapwing)
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Action habitats: |
| Coastal and floodplain grazing marsh |
| Reedbeds |
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Habitat goals: |
Habitat name |
Location |
Activity type |
Units |
Action goal |
Goal end date |
Current value |
Additional work in progress |
Assessment date |
| Coastal and floodplain grazing marsh |
Rother |
Restoration |
Hectares |
68 |
31/03/2007 |
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| Reedbeds |
Rother |
Expansion |
Hectares |
7.5 |
31/03/2007 |
7.5 |
0 |
26/05/2007 |
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Progress reports available: |
Organisation: |
Reporting period: |
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| Rye Harbour Nature Reserve |
19 August 2005 - 07 March 2007 |
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| Rye Harbour Nature Reserve |
19 August 2005 - 26 February 2007 |
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| Rye Harbour Nature Reserve |
19 August 2005 - 26 February 2007 |
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This action is part of the work programme for the following plans or targets: |
Plan type: |
LBAP partnership or national plan: |
LBAP plan name (and target code) or national published action code: |
| LBAP action plan |
Sussex BAP |
Coastal and Floodplain Grazing Marsh |
| LBAP action plan |
Sussex BAP |
Coastal Vegetated Shingle |
| LBAP action plan |
Sussex BAP |
Reedbed |
| LBAP action plan |
Sussex BAP |
Water Vole |
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