Habitats

DERC Habitat Inventories

During the past fifteen years DERC has been working on a series of grassland inventories for the county. Much of this work has been carried out through the Sites of Nature Conservation Interest project and based on Phase 1 information gathered in the field.

All inventories are under continual review and should not be used in isolation, they are a statement of our best knowledge at that time.

Inventories have been completed for:

  • Chalk Grassland (Edwards, 1998)
  • Limestone Grassland (Edwards, 2000)
  • Neutral grassland (Edwards, 2002)
  • Acid grassland (Edwards, 2002)
Brands Bog Dorset
Chapmans Pool Dorset Coast
Charnel Ledges Dorset Coast
Vegetated Shingle Beach

BAP Priority Habitat Inventories

From 2001-2004 DERC took part in a pilot project to investigate protocols for developing Habitat inventories for Priority Habitat Types. The habitat data is available via DERC or can be viewed with the associated metadata on Nature on the Map on the Natural England website.

BAP Priority Habitat Inventories have been developed for:

  • Lowland Mixed Deciduous Woodland
  • Lowland Beech and Yew Woodland
  • Wet Woodland
  • Lowland Wood Pasture and Parkland
  • Lowland Dry Acid Grassland
  • Lowland Calcareous Grassland
  • Purple Moor-grass and Rush Pasture
  • Lowland Meadows
  • Lowland Heathland
  • Coastal Saltmarsh
  • Coastal Vegetated Shingle
  • Sabellaria spinulosa reefs
  • Sabellaria alveolata reefs

Contact

For further information on DERCs involvement in the project please contact:

Bryan Edwards derc@dorsetcouncil.gov.uk 01305 228520