Habitat Action Plans 5 - 8
Links with Corn Bunting, Harvest Mouse, Brown Hare, Grey Partridge, Tree Sparrow, Linnet, Barn Owl.
Links with Eel, Grass Snake, Lapwing,Barn Owl, Little Ringed Plover, Skylark, Water Vole.
Links with Brown Hare, Bumblebee, Lapwing, Barn Owl, Glow Worm, Grey Partridge, Skylark, Linnet.
Farmers have been providing headland strips
for wildlife as a result of DEFRA initiatives.
for wildlife as a result of DEFRA initiatives.
In Barnsley there are 13 of these important sites in the Dearne Valley of which 6 are listed in the NHS Register. Wilthorpe Marsh and Wombwell Ings are examples.
76 sites of neutral grassland are listed in Barnsley. Pye Flatts near Silkstone is notified as an SSSI.
Links with Ancient/Veteran Trees, Badger, Grass Snake, Song Thrush, Linnet, Corn Bunting, White-Letter Hairstreak, Brown Hare, Great Crested Newt, Grey Partridge, Tree Sparrow, Bats,Barn Owl, Bluebell, Glow Worm.
Records exist for 21 hedgerows but only one, Black Lane Tankersley is on the NHS Register.
8. Meadows
7. Lowland Fen
6.Arable Field Margins
5. Hedgerows