Special Area of Conservation (SAC) Monitoring: Woodland Habitat at four SACs in North and Mid Wales (2007)

The four Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) surveyed were Coedydd Derw a Safleoedd Ystlumod Meirion/Meirionnydd Oak woods and Bat Sites; Rhinog; Migneint-Arenig-Dduallt and Cwm Doethie Mynydd Mallaen. The Annex 1 habitats surveyed were old sessile oak woods with Ilex and Blechnum (Habitat 91AO); alluvial forests with Alnus glutinosa and Fraxinus excelsior (Alno-Padion, Alnion incanae, Salicion albae) (Habitat 91EO); Tilio-Acerion forests of slopes, screes and ravines (Habitat 9180), and bog woodland (Habitat 91DO). The project was completed in two phases, a survey phase and a monitoring phase. The survey phase of the contract had two main objectives: first, to assess the condition of Annex I woodland habitat within individual management compartments and second, to identify and map hot-spots for lichens and bryophytes. The monitoring phase had a single principal objective: to establish, permanently mark and record 28 sampling plots in areas identified by CCW; these plots will form the basis of long-term monitoring on the sites.

Identification

Identifier
NRW_DS115640
Alternative Title
  • Monitro ACAoedd: Cynefin Coetiroedd mewn pedair ACA yng Ngogledd a Chanolbarth Cymru (2007)
Metadata Language
English
Lineage

Survey phase methodology broadly followed that set out in Kirby et al. (2002) and the Common Standards Monitoring Guidance for Woodland Habitats (JNCC, 2004). Within each management compartment, the condition of the woodland was assessed against a suite of attributes and targets provided by the former Countryside Council for Wales (CCW) and the stand was assigned to either a favourable or unfavourable condition class. As a rule, at least ten sample points were recorded in woodland blocks over 10 hectares and at least twenty were recorded in blocks over 30 hectares. Once fieldwork for the survey phase was completed, all data was recorded on to Excel spreadsheets. These were hot-linked to MapInfo tables recording stopping points, hot-spots and negative attributes. On completion of the survey phase of the contract, the draft survey maps were submitted to CCW who used the data to inform the choice of areas in which to establish monitoring plots. The principal objective of the monitoring phase of the contract was to establish, permanently mark and record 28 sampling plots in areas identified by CCW. These plots will form the basis of long-term monitoring on the site and provide more detailed and objective information on the small areas of woodland they encompass than the broader brush survey phase of the contract.
Dataset Reference Date (Publication)
2007-03-31
Owner
  Natural Resources Wales (NRW)
Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales
http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en
Originator
  Cynefin Environmental Consultants Limited
Unit 1, New York Cottages, Penmaenmawr, Conwy, LL34 6NP
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GWYNEDD - GWYNEDD
Geographic Extent
CONWY - CONWY
Geographic Extent
SIR CEREDIGION - CEREDIGION
Geographic Extent
SIR GAERFYRDDIN - CARMARTHENSHIRE
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    [A] The final report in Microsoft Word and Adobe PDF formats. [B] Raw data workbook in excel format [C] A series of GIS layers in MapInfo format.

 

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Dataset
Conformity
Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
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Lineage

Survey phase methodology broadly followed that set out in Kirby et al. (2002) and the Common Standards Monitoring Guidance for Woodland Habitats (JNCC, 2004). Within each management compartment, the condition of the woodland was assessed against a suite of attributes and targets provided by the former Countryside Council for Wales (CCW) and the stand was assigned to either a favourable or unfavourable condition class. As a rule, at least ten sample points were recorded in woodland blocks over 10 hectares and at least twenty were recorded in blocks over 30 hectares. Once fieldwork for the survey phase was completed, all data was recorded on to Excel spreadsheets. These were hot-linked to MapInfo tables recording stopping points, hot-spots and negative attributes. On completion of the survey phase of the contract, the draft survey maps were submitted to CCW who used the data to inform the choice of areas in which to establish monitoring plots. The principal objective of the monitoring phase of the contract was to establish, permanently mark and record 28 sampling plots in areas identified by CCW. These plots will form the basis of long-term monitoring on the site and provide more detailed and objective information on the small areas of woodland they encompass than the broader brush survey phase of the contract.
 

Keywords

Keywords

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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Theme

Citation

Date (Publication)
2008-06-01
Code
geonetwork.thesaurus.external.theme.httpinspireeceuropaeutheme-theme

Keywords

NRW Thesaurus
  • Sessile Oak
  • quercus petraea
  • residual alluvial forest
  • bog woodland
  • Special Areas of Conservation (SAC) - SAC monitoring
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Theme

Citation

Date (Publication)
2023-12-31
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geonetwork.thesaurus.local.theme.converted_nrw-keywords
 

Spatial Reference System

Code
British National Grid (EPSG::27700)
 

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NRW Related Title

Condition assessment of annex 1 woodland habitats at four SAC's in North and Mid Wales
 

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© CNC/NRW 2007 There are no use restrictions on this data. Recipients may re-use, reproduce, disseminate this data free of charge in any format or medium, provided they do so accurately, acknowledging both the source and NRW's copyright, and do not use it in a misleading context. It is the recipient's responsibility to ensure the data is fit for the intended purpose, that dissemination or publishing does not result in duplication, and that it is fairly interpreted. Advice on interpretation should be sought where required. To avoid re-using old data, users should periodically obtain the latest version from the original source.
 
 
 

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4f4c4942-4343-5764-6473-313135363430 XML
Metadata Language
English
Parent Identifier
Condition monitoring of Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) in Wales

NRW_DS110194
Resource type
Dataset
Metadata Date
2024-05-31T09:22:27.077Z
Metadata Standard Name
NRW
Metadata Standard Version

1.0

pointOfContact
  Natural Resources Wales (NRW)
Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales
http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en
 
 

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