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Targets |
| Code |
Text |
Status |
Assessment date |
Latest progress report |
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| SHR UHE T01 |
Re-create 25 ha of upland heathland in areas where it has been lost due to agricultural improvement or afforestation by 2005, with particular emphasis on linking isolated blocks of heathland |
Progress unknown |
04/02/2009 |
No report |
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| SHR UHE T02 |
Increase dwarf-shrubs to at least 25% cover on 100 ha in areas where they have been reduced or eliminated due to inapropriate management, by 2010 |
Progress unknown |
30/09/2008 |
A site visit on 30/09/2008 to the heathland creation plot on Clee Hill Quarry found heather plants doing very well with some up to 20cm in height and flowering / seeding. Cover is still not up to 25% and not likely to be so for several years but this positive result for heathland creation here could be extended to other areas of the site. |
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| SHR UHE T03 |
Improve the condition of at least 50% of upland heathland outside SSSIs through re-introducing appropriate management (including sustainable levels of grazing), by 2005 |
Progress unknown |
04/02/2009 |
No report |
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| SHR UHE T04 |
Achieve favourable condition of all upland heathland by 2010 |
Some progress (on schedule) |
20/11/2007 |
Extensive bracken control, low intensity grazing and heather cutting / burning takes place annually on Long Mynd under ESA agreement. Detailed monitoring shows that cuts and burns are regenerating well under current stock levels and bracken control is effective in the short term. Damage to heather through heavy grazing has massivley decreased and is now only restricted to a few localised areas. There is a clear improvement in the condition and structure of the heath vegetation.
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Actions |
| Code |
Text |
Start/End date |
Contacts
(lead shown bold) |
Status |
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| SHR HEA HC 05 |
Liaise with forestry landholders to restore heathland from coniferous woodland. |
01/11/2002 - ongoing |
Forestry Commission England,
Shropshire Council |
Underway (behind schedule) |
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| SHR UHE CA 02 |
Promote the use of demonstration sites to inform landowners of best practice. |
01/11/2002 - ongoing |
Natural England,
Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group,
National Trust,
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds,
Shropshire Council,
Shropshire Wildlife Trust |
Abandoned |
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| SHR UHE FR 01 |
Promote the creation and recreation of heathland adjacent to areas of fragmented heath through mechanisms such as the ESA schemes |
01/11/2002 - ongoing |
Natural England,
Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group,
Shropshire Council |
Abandoned |
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| SHR UHE HC 01 |
Seek to achieve heathland restoration and recreation by full implementation of the ‘Back to Purple’ project |
01/11/2002 - 31/12/2010 |
Forestry Commission England,
Shropshire Wildlife Trust |
Underway (on schedule) |
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| SHR UHE HS 02 |
Develop appropriate environmental objectives, uptake targets, tiers and prescriptions for the protection and improvement in condition of upland heaths and associated moorland habitats within the Shropshire ESAs. |
01/11/2002 - 31/12/2010 |
Natural England,
Shropshire Council |
Abandoned |
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| SHR UHE HS 03 |
Ensure that all SSSIs supporting upland heathland are under appropriate management. |
01/11/2002 - ongoing |
Natural England,
Shropshire Council |
Abandoned |
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| SHR UHE HS 04 |
Ensure application of best practice techniques in the management of upland heath to maintain or restore species and structural diversity (e.g. burning and cutting of heather, control of bracken). |
01/11/2002 - ongoing |
National Trust,
Natural England,
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds,
Shropshire Council |
Underway (on schedule) |
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| SHR UHE HS 05 |
Monitor grazing levels and where appropriate inform DEFRA of overgrazing to enable investigation under The Environmental Conditions of the Livestock Subsidy Schemes. |
01/11/2002 - ongoing |
Natural England,
National Trust,
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds |
Underway (on schedule) |
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| SHR UHE SU 01 |
Implement a program to monitor the management of upland heaths to ensure best practice and species safeguard. |
01/11/2002 - ongoing |
Shropshire Wildlife Trust,
National Trust,
Shropshire Council |
Underway (on schedule) |
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| SHR UHE SU 02 |
Monitor population levels of important upland heathland birds such as merlin, red grouse, ring ouzel, curlew, snipe. |
01/11/2002 - ongoing |
Natural England,
National Trust,
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds,
Shropshire Ornithological Society |
Underway (on schedule) |
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