ECOLOGICAL RECORDS SEARCH FOR DOGLOITCH WOOD, DUNN WOOD AND SOOTHILL BRICK WORKS, CHIDSWELL

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1 West Yorkshire Ecology Registry of Deeds Newstead Road Wakefield WF1 2DE Tel/Fax: ECOLOGICAL RECORDS SEARCH FOR DOGLOITCH WOOD, DUNN WOOD AND SOOTHILL BRICK WORKS, CHIDSWELL Ref No: K342 EB Date: 1 st July 2011 Prepared For Jeff Keenlyside Kirklees Council Strategic Investment Service 1st Floor Civic Centre 3 Market Street Huddersfield HD1 2JR West Yorkshire Joint Services are provided by a Joint Committee of the Metropolitan

2 Table of Contents 1 Introduction Species Sensitive Species Records Badgers Habitats UK Priority Habitats Designated sites Internationally Designated site Special Protection Areas Special Areas of Conservation Nationally Designated Sites Sites of Special Scientific Interest Locally Designated Sites Sites of Scientific Interest Local Nature Reserves Leeds Nature Areas Wakefield Nature Areas Kirklees Sites of Wildlife Significance Regionally Important Geological Sites...9 List of Tables Table 1 Species records...1 List of Figures Figure 1 Species and Designated Sites...10 Figure 2 UK Priority Habitats...11 List of Appendices Appendix A Explanation of Species Designations.. i

3 1 1 Introduction This report provides a summary of the protected and notable species, habitats and designated sites information held by West Yorkshire Ecology (WYE) within 2km of Dogloitch Wood, Dunn Wood and Soothill Brick Works Sites of Wildlife Significance. The information within this report is supplied subject to WYE s Terms and Conditions, which can be viewed on the WYE website ( 2 Species West Yorkshire Ecology holds the following records within your defined search area. Table 1 Species records Grid Reference Date Record Type Designations Amphibian Common Toad Bufo bufo SE /03/1994 field record SE /07/1999 under debris Sch5_sect9.5b; UKBAP; Sch5_sect9.5b; UKBAP; Common Frog Rana temporaria SE /03/1995 field record Sch5_sect9.5b; SE /03/1995 caught Sch5_sect9.5b; SE /03/1995 field record Sch5_sect9.5b; SE /03/1994 field record Sch5_sect9.5b; SE /03/2002 None Sch5_sect9.5b; Bird Goshawk Accipiter gentilis SE field record Sch1_part1 Skylark Alauda arvensis SE field record BoCC:Red; UKBAP; Pintail Anas acuta SE /09/1987 field record Sch1_part2; BoCC:Amber Shoveler Anas clypeata SE /09/1985 field record BoCC:Amber Teal Anas crecca SE /01/1988 field record BoCC:Amber SE field record BoCC:Amber

4 2 Grid Reference Date Record Type Designations SE /11/1988 field record BoCC:Amber SE January March 1985 field record BoCC:Amber Wigeon Anas penelope SE /09/1987 field record BoCC:Amber SE /12/1987 field record BoCC:Amber SE field record BoCC:Amber SE /01/1987 field record BoCC:Amber SE /12/1985 field record BoCC:Amber Mallard Anas platyrhynchos SE field record BoCC:Amber SE field record BoCC:Amber Gadwall Anas strepera SE /02/1985 field record BoCC:Amber Greylag Goose Anser anser SE /12/1987 field record Sch1_part2; BoCC:Amber SE /01/1987 field record Sch1_part2; BoCC:Amber Swift Apus apus SE field record BoCC:Amber; SE field record BoCC:Amber; SE field record BoCC:Amber; SE /08/1985 field record BoCC:Amber; Short-Eared Owl Asio flammeus ; Pochard Aythya ferina SE /08/1985 field record BoCC:Amber Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula SE field record BoCC:Amber SE field record BoCC:Amber Scaup Aythya marila SE field record SE /11/1988 field record Sch1_part1; BoCC:Red; UKBAP Sch1_part1; BoCC:Red; UKBAP Brent Goose Branta bernicla SE field record BoCC:Amber Canada Goose Branta canadensis SE June August 1985 field record Sch9_part1 SE field record Sch9_part1 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis SE /11/1985 field record BoCC:Amber

5 3 Grid Reference Date Record Type Designations Goldeneye Bucephala clangula SE field record Sch1_part2; BoCC:Amber SE January March 1987 field record Sch1_part2; BoCC:Amber SE /04/1987 field record Sch1_part2; BoCC:Amber SE November December 1987 field record Sch1_part2; BoCC:Amber SE field record Sch1_part2; BoCC:Amber SE January May 1988 field record Sch1_part2; BoCC:Amber Dunlin Calidris alpina SE field record BoCC:Red; SE field record BoCC:Red; Twite Carduelis flavirostris SE /10/1985 field record BoCC:Red; UKBAP; Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius SE Spring 1985 field record Sch1_part1 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula SE /08/1988 field record BoCC:Amber Black Tern Chlidonias niger SE /05/1988 field record Sch1_part1; BoCC:Amber Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus SE /04/1985 field record BoCC:Red; Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus SE /10/1985 field record Sch1_part1; BoCC:Amber House Martin Delichon urbica SE /08/1985 field record BoCC:Amber; Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus SE /10/1985 field record Merlin Falco columbarius SE field record SE field record BoCC:Amber; UKBAP; Sch1_part1; BoCC:Amber; Sch1_part1; BoCC:Amber; Peregrine Falco peregrinus SE /08/1985 field record Sch1_part1; Hobby Falco subbuteo SE /05/1988 field record Sch1_part1 SE field record Sch1_part1 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica SE field record BoCC:Amber; UKBAP

6 4 Grid Reference Date Record Type Designations Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus Swallow Hirundo rustica SE /04/1988 field record BoCC:Amber; Herring Gull Larus argentatus SE /11/1988 field record BoCC:Red; UKBAP SE /02/1988 field record BoCC:Red; UKBAP SE field record BoCC:Red; UKBAP Common Gull Larus canus SE /05/1985 field record BoCC:Amber SE field record BoCC:Amber Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus SE /04/1988 field record BoCC:Amber SE field record BoCC:Amber SE March August 1988 field record BoCC:Amber Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides SE /02/1987 field record BoCC:Amber SE /12/1987 field record BoCC:Amber SE field record BoCC:Amber SE /01/1987 field record BoCC:Amber Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus SE field record BoCC:Amber Great Black-Backed Gull Larus marinus SE January February 1988 field record BoCC:Amber SE November December 1988 field record BoCC:Amber SE /01/1987 field record BoCC:Amber SE /11/1987 field record BoCC:Amber Black-Headed Gull Larus ridibundus SE /01/1985 field record BoCC:Amber SE September November 1988 field record BoCC:Amber SE January March 1988 field record BoCC:Amber Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus SE /02/1988 field record BoCC:Amber Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca SE /12/1988 field record Sch1_part1; BoCC:Amber Common Scoter Melanitta nigra SE field record Sch1_part1; BoCC:Red; UKBAP

7 5 Grid Reference Date Record Type Designations SE /11/1985 field record Sch1_part1; BoCC:Red; UKBAP Smew Mergus albellus SE field record BoCC:Amber Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava SE field record Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata SE field record Curlew Numenius arquata SE field record SE /02/1988 field record BoCC:Red; UKBAP; BoCC:Red; UKBAP; BoCC:Amber; UKBAP; BoCC:Amber; UKBAP; Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis SE /09/1985 field record Sch9_part1 Osprey Pandion haliaetus SE /09/1985 field record Sch1_part1; BoCC:Amber Marsh Tit Parus palustris SE field record BoCC:Red; UKBAP Green Woodpecker Picus viridis SE /10/1987 field record BoCC:Amber Grey Plover SE Pluvialis squatarola September field record November 1988 BoCC:Amber Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus SE field record Sch1_part1; BoCC:Amber Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta SE field record Sch1_part1; BoCC:Amber Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus SE field record BoCC:Red; UKBAP Common Tern Sterna hirundo SE field record BoCC:Amber SE /05/1985 field record BoCC:Amber Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea SE /05/1987 field record BoCC:Amber SE /05/1988 field record BoCC:Amber Whitethroat Sylvia communis

8 6 Grid Reference Date Record Type Designations Shelduck Tadorna tadorna SE field record BoCC:Amber SE /05/1987 field record BoCC:Amber SE /07/1987 field record BoCC:Amber Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus SE /08/1988 field record BoCC:Amber Greenshank Tringa nebularia SE /04/1988 field record Sch1_part1 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus SE /05/1988 field record Sch1_part1; BoCC:Amber Redshank Tringa totanus SE /08/1985 field record BoCC:Amber Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus SE field record BoCC:Red; UKBAP; Terrestrial Mammal Water Vole Arvicola terrestris SE /05/2009 field record Sch5; UKBAP; SE /05/2009 field record Sch5; UKBAP; SE /09/2009 field record Sch5; UKBAP; SE /08/2000 field record Sch5; UKBAP; SE /08/2000 field record Sch5; UKBAP; SE /08/2000 field record Sch5; UKBAP; SE /09/2009 field record Sch5; UKBAP; SE /09/2009 field record Sch5; UKBAP; SE /05/2009 field record Sch5; UKBAP; SE /08/2000 dung/ droppings/ frass/ pellet, etc. Sch5; UKBAP; SE /05/2009 burrow/ nesthole, occupied Sch5; UKBAP; SE /09/1995 field record Sch5; UKBAP; SE /09/1995 field record Sch5; UKBAP; SE /09/1995 field record Sch5; UKBAP; Brown Hare Lepus europaeus SE /07/1992 field record UKBAP; Noctule Nyctalus noctula SE /08/2010 field record Sch5; UKBAP; SE /08/2010 field record Sch5; UKBAP; Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus SE /08/2005 aural bat detector Sch5; SE /08/2010 Roost Sch5; SE /08/2010 Roost Sch5;

9 7 Grid Reference Date Record Type Designations Pipistrelle Bat species Pipistrellus sp. SE /07/2007 Roost Sch5 SE field record Sch5 SE /03/2004 Roost Sch5 SE /06/2007 Casualty Sch5 SE /07/2007 Roost (excluded) Sch5 Vesper Bat species Vespertilionidae SE Roost Sch5 SE /09/2006 Injured Sch5 SE /06/2003 Injured Sch5 SE field record Sch5 SE /07/2005 Roost Sch5 SE /01/2005 Roost (hibernacula) Sch5 SE in building Sch5 SE Roost (hibernacula) Sch5 SE Roost Sch5 SE in building Sch5 SE /08/2006 in building Sch5 2.1 SENSITIVE SPECIES RECORDS Badgers There is known badger activity in this area. Badgers are protected under the Protection of Badgers Act 1992 and offences can result from both reckless and deliberate damage, disturbance or destruction. 3 Habitats 3.1 UK PRIORITY HABITATS Natural England (English Nature) creates, maintains and publishes priority habitat inventories across the UK. These have been reproduced on Figure 2 with permission from Natural England. The terms of use for Natural England s Information and Data can be found at the following web site: The habitats identified within the search area are wet woodland, ancient and semi-natural woodland and ancient replanted woodland.

10 8 4 Designated sites 4.1 INTERNATIONALLY DESIGNATED SITE Special Protection Areas There are no Special Protection Areas within your search area Special Areas of Conservation There are no Special Areas of Conservation within your search area. 4.2 NATIONALLY DESIGNATED SITES Sites of Special Scientific Interest There are no Sites of Special Scientific Interest within the search area. 4.3 LOCALLY DESIGNATED SITES Sites of Scientific Interest There are no second tier sites (SSI) occurring within the search area Local Nature Reserves There are no Local Nature Reserves (LNR) within your search area Leeds Nature Areas Leeds Nature Areas (LNA) are sites of local or district-wide importance for the enjoyment, study or conservation of wildlife, geological features and landforms, but there is seldom detailed ecological information on record for them. Sites recorded include: Ardsley Reservoir Haigh Hill Spring Wood Haigh Wood Jude s Pond Wakefield Nature Areas There are no Wakefield Nature Areas (WNA) within your search area Kirklees Sites of Wildlife Significance Kirklees Sites of Wildlife Significance (SWS) are sites of local or district-wide importance for the enjoyment, study or conservation of wildlife, geological features and landforms, but there is seldom detailed ecological information on record for them. Sites recorded include: Dogloitch Wood Dunn Wood

11 9 Scargill Wood Soothill Brick Works Regionally Important Geological Sites There are no Regionally Important Geological Sites (RIGS) within your search area.

12 10 Figure 1 Species and Designated Sites

13 Legend Species Search Radius of Dogloitch Wood, 2km Dunn Wood & Soothill Brick Works District Boundary Amphibian Bird Terrestrial mammal Kirklees - Site of Wildlife Significance Soothill Soothill Brick Brick Works Works Haigh Haigh Wood Wood Ardsley Ardsley Reservoir Reservoir Scargill Scargill Wood Wood Judes Judes Pond Pond Dunn Dunn Wood Wood Haigh Haigh Hill Hill Spring Spring Wood Wood Dogloitch Dogloitch Wood Wood Leeds Nature Area Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown copyright. No further copies may be made. Reproduced from the Ordnance Survey digital mapping with the permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of Her Majesty's Stationery Office. (c) Crown copyright FIGURE 1: SPECIES & DESIGNATED SITES Scale 1: At Size A4 metres Registry of Deeds, Newstead Road, Wakefield, WF1 2DE Page: 10 Ph/Fax: ecology@wyjs.org.uk Licence No LA , WYE

14 11 Figure 2 UK Priority Habitats

15 Habitats 2km Radius Search Area *Wet woodland Dogloitch Wood, Dunn Wood & Soothill Brick Works *Ancient & semi-natural woodland *Ancient replanted woodland District Boundary Legend * Natural England [2011], reproduced with the permission of Natural England Dogloitch Dogloitch Wood Wood Dunn Dunn Wood Wood Soothill Soothill Brick Brick Works Works Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown copyright. No further copies may be made. Reproduced from the Ordnance Survey digital mapping with the permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of Her Majesty's Stationery Office. (c) Crown copyright FIGURE 2: UK PRIORITY HABITATS Scale 1: At Size A4 metres Registry of Deeds, Newstead Road, Wakefield, WF1 2DE Page: 11 Ph/Fax: ecology@wyjs.org.uk Licence No LA , WYE

16 i Appendix A. Explanation of Species Designations Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 main designations cited Abbreviation Full Name Description Sch1_part1 Schedule 1, Part 1 Sch1_part2 Schedule 1, Part 2 Birds which are protected by special penalties at all times Birds which are protected by special penalties during the close season Sch5 Schedule 5 Animals which are protected Sch5_sect9.1 Schedule 5, Section 9(1) Sch5_sect9.5 Schedule 5, Section 9(5) Animals which are protected from killing and/or taking Animals which are protected from sale Sch8 Schedule 8 Plants which are fully protected Sch8_sect Schedule 8, Plants which are 13.2 Sections protected from (sale only) 13(2a+2b) sale only Sch9_part1 Schedule 9, Part 1 Sch9_part2 Schedule 9, Part 2 Animals which are established in the wild. Plants which are established in the wild. Offences include, but not limited to disturb any specially protected bird while it is building its nest; disturb any specially protected bird while it is near a nest containing eggs or young; or disturb the young of any of these birds before they are wholly independent. intentional or reckless killing, injuring, taking; damage to, destruction of, obstruction of access to any structure or place used by a scheduled animal for shelter or protection; and disturbance of animal occupying such a structure or place. intentional killing, injuring and/or taking NB: certain species are only partly protected by this section. Check primary legislation for details. selling, offering for sale, possessing or transporting for the purpose of sale (live or dead animal, part or derivative); and advertising for buying or selling such things pick, uproot, trade in, or possess (for the purposes of trade). selling, offering for sale, possessing or transporting for the purpose of sale, any plant (live or dead, part or derivative) + advertising for buying or selling such things the release of animals and planting of plants listed in Schedule 9. the above offences can be made legal through the granting of licences by the appropriate authorities. NB: Tyto alba refers to captive bred only. Biodiversity Action Plans Abbreviation UKBAP Bradford BAP Calderdale BAP Kirklees BAP Leeds BAP Wakefield BAP Full Name UK Biodiversity Action Plan West Yorkshire Priority Species List Bradford Biodiversity Action Plan Calderdale Biodiversity Action Plan Kirklees Biodiversity Action Plan Leeds Biodiversity Action Plan Wakefield Biodiversity Action Plan Birds of Conservation Concern (BOCC) 2009 List Red Amber Description High conservation concern Medium conservation concern

17 ii Red Data Book Categories (Based on ICUN Guidelines) Abbreviation EX EW CR VU NT LC DD NE Full Name Extinct Extinct in the Wild Critically Endangered Vulnerable Near Threatened Least Concern Data Deficient Not Evaluated Nationally Notable Invertebrates: Abbreviation Full Name Description NR Nationally Rare found in 15 or fewer hectads Notable or NS Nationally Notable or found in between 16 and 100 hectads Nationally Scarce Notable A Nationally Notable A found in 16 to 30 hectads Notable B Nationally Notable B found in between 31 and 100 hectads References Biodiversity Reporting and Information Group, (2007) Report on the Species and Habitat Review, UK Biodiversity Partnership. Bratton, J.H. (ed), (1991) British Red Data Books: 3. Invertebrates other than insects. JNCC, Peterborough. BTO, et al (2009) The Birds of Conservation Concern 3. British Trust for Ornithology. Calderdale Biodiversity Action Plan Technical Group (2008) Calderdale Local Biodiversity Plan: Review of Species and habitats, Calderdale Biodiversity Action Plan Technical Group, Calderdale. Cheffings, C. and Farrell, L. (Editors), (2005) The Vascular Plant Red Data List for Great Britain, ISSN City of Bradford MDC, (2003), A Local Biodiversity Action Plan for the Bradford District (Draft), City of Bradford MDC, Bradford. IUCN, (2004) Guidelines for using the IUCN. Red List categories and criteria. IUCN,. Gland and Cambridge J. C. Lavin & G.T.D. Wilmore (1994), The West Yorkshire Plant Atlas, City of Bradford Metropolitan Council, Bradford. Kirklees Metropolitan Council (2008) Kirklees Biodiversity Action Plan, Kirklees Metropolitan Council, Kirklees. Leeds BAP Steering Group, (2000) Biodiversity Action Plan For Leeds, Leeds City Council, Leeds. Shirt, D. B. (Ed.), (1987) British Red Data Books : 2 : Insects. Peterborough: NCC. Wakefield Biodiversity Group, (2001) Wakefield District Local Biodiversity Report, Wakefield. Wakefield MDC, West Yorkshire Biodiversity Action Partnership (2009), West Yorkshire Priority Species List, West Yorkshire Ecology, Wakefield.