Identification

Title

Woodland predation shadow for waders

Alternative title(s)

Abstract

The data describes the potential area of impact of ‘significant’ areas of woodland upon breeding wading birds due to the predation shadow associated with the woodland. The purpose is to support users of the ‘Guidance to help inform when an upland breeding wader survey is needed and when woodland creation is likely to appropriate’ (Defra/FC/NE, 11 August 2022). Note: To provide a balance of stability and flexibility this interim guidance will be in place for one year. The guidance will be reviewed and then republished by August 2023. National Forest Inventory (NFI) woodland was selected, aggregated together based on size and distance criteria, and then buffered by 500m to produce this layer. The definition of woodland included in the NFI is as follows: A minimum area of 0.5 ha under stands of growing trees greater than 20m in width, with a canopy cover of at least 20% comprised of trees at least 5 metres in height or having the potential to achieve this. This definition relates to land use, rather than land cover, so newly established woodland, integral open space and felled areas within existing woodland that are awaiting restocking are included as woodland. Woodland was considered ‘significant’ if it formed a contiguous block of more than 5 ha which also meets the above NFI definition. Separate areas of woodland are considered contiguous where there is a separation of 20 metres or less. The data covers the area in scope of the wader guidance - Northumberland, Durham, Cumbria, Yorkshire, Lancashire, North York Moors and the Peak District. Attribution statement: Contains OS data © Crown copyright [and database right] [year].

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://data-forestry.opendata.arcgis.com/

protocol: http

name: Woodland predation shadow for waders

description: Forestry Commission Open Data Site

Unique resource identifier

code

a1fdf1f9-c208-4b1d-8c64-2ab00476df18

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/27700

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

environment

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Birds

GB

Woodland

environment

Keyword set

keyword value

Habitats and biotopes

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Keyword set

keyword value

bird species

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-01-13

Keyword set

keyword value

wildlife protection

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-01-13

Keyword set

keyword value

forestry

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-01-13

Keyword set

keyword value

environment

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-01-13

Keyword set

keyword value

breeding bird

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-01-13

Keyword set

keyword value

species

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-01-13

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-5.916267

East bounding longitude

1.647997

North bounding latitude

56.065458

South bounding latitude

51.196836

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2022-10-21

End position

2022-10-21

Dataset reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2022-10-21

date type

revision

effective date

2022-10-21

Frequency of update

unknown

Quality and validity

Lineage

Produced using the 2020 National Forest Inventory (NFI) map as a bespoke dataset by the Evidence and Analysis team, Forestry Commission, in support of the publication of the ‘Guidance to help inform when an upland breeding wader survey is needed and when woodland creation is likely to appropriate’ (Defra/FC/NE, 11 August 2022). NFI woodland was selected, aggregated together based on size and distance criteria, and then buffered by 500m to produce this layer.

Conformity

Data format

name of format

Open format | Shapefile (SHP)

version of format

1998

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

Contains Forestry Commission information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

There are no public access constraints to this data. Use of this data is subject to the licence identified.

Constraint set

Use constraints

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

There are no public access constraints to this data. Use of this data is subject to the licence identified.

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

Forestry Commission

email address

mapping.geodata@forestry.gov.uk

web address

http://www.forestry.gov.uk/

description: Forestry Commission England Website

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

Forestry Commission

email address

mapping.geodata@forestry.gov.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2024-01-17

Metadata language