Identification

Title

GCN - Strategic Opportunity Areas (Greater Manchester)

Alternative title(s)

Great Crested Newt - Strategic Opportunity Areas (Greater Manchester)

Abstract

This dataset identifies areas where the addition of new ponds would benefit Great Crested Newt populations. The core areas contain a pond density of 2+ ponds and are located within a 1km square where great crested newt presence has been predicted. Fringe areas contain a pond density of 1 and are located within a 1km square where great crested newt presence has been predicted or are within a 250m of a Core Area. Higher scores are associated with darker colouration and represent a greater presence of suitable habitat features: grassland density 25 - 75% woodland density 5 - 75% Distance from rivers >1000m Soil pH 6.5 to 7.5 Phosphorus 30 to 40 These suitable habitat features have been given a score of ‘1’. Arable land (density 50 - 100%) and Heather (density 33.33 - 100%) have been given a score of ‘-1’. Roads (7.5m), rivers (7.5m) and Environment Agency Flood Zone 2 have been excluded. © Natural England, 2022 Based upon LCM2015 © NERC (CEH) 2011. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown Copyright 2007. Contains data supplied by Natural Environment Research Council © NERC (Centre for Ecology & Hydrology) and © Natural England. Soils Data © Cranfield University (NSRI) and for the Controller of HMSO 2019. Based upon LCM2007 © NERC (CEH) 2011. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown Copyright 2007. © third party licensors. Contains, or is derived from, information supplied by the Ordnance Survey and Rural Payments Agency. © Crown copyright and database rights 2019. © Greater Manchester Local Record Centre, hosted by Tameside MBC. Crown copyright and database rights 2020, Ordnance Survey Licence No LA100022697 © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2018. All rights reserved. Some features of this map are based on digital spatial data from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, © NERC (CEH). © Crown copyright and database rights 2018 Ordnance Survey 100024198. Contains, or is derived from, information supplied by Ordnance Survey. © Crown copyright and database rights 2020 Ordnance Survey 100022021. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right, 2020

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://naturalengland-defra.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/gcn-strategic-opportunity-areas-greater-manchester

protocol: WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

name: ArcGIS Open Dataset record page

description: ArcGIS Open Dataset record page

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/great-crested-newts-district-level-licensing-schemes

protocol: WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

name: Online guidance

description: Online guidance

Unique resource identifier

code

f7932e02-0396-41dc-8106-f7dcd5e539d3

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

biota

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

OpenData

Keyword set

keyword value

Species distribution

Habitats and biotopes

originating controlled vocabulary

title

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-2.73

East bounding longitude

-1.97

North bounding latitude

53.67

South bounding latitude

53.32

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2020-07-21

End position

2099-12-31

Dataset reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2022-04-04

date type

publication

effective date

2022-05-19

Frequency of update

notPlanned

Quality and validity

Lineage

Data used to generate this derived data set includes the 2015 CEH Land Cover map (woodland, grassland, Heather and arable classifications), NE / CEH Natural Capital (pH and Phosphorous), OS MasterMap (pond locations that have been converted by NE into pond densities), Natural England GCN Class Licence Survey Returns, NE GCN eDNA Pond Surveys 2017, 2018, 2019, Environment Agency Floodzone 2, OS Open Roads and OS Open Rivers, OS Boundary Line District Boundarie, Great Crested Newt data was provided by the Greater Manchester Local Record Centre (GMLRC, www.gmwildlife.org.uk). Soil pH: Henrys, P.A.; Keith, A.M.; Robinson, D.A.; Emmett, B.A. (2012). Model estimates of topsoil pH and bulk density [Countryside Survey]. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre Soil Phosphorus: Henrys, P.A.; Keith, A.M.; Robinson, D.A.; Emmett, B.A. (2012). Model estimates of topsoil nutrients [Countryside Survey]. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre DOI for LCM2015 25m raster data for Great Britain: Rowland, C.S.; Morton, R.D.; Carrasco, L.; McShane, G.; O’Neil, A.W.; Wood, C.M. (2017) Land Cover Map 2015 (25m raster, GB). NERC Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/bb15e200-9349-403c-bda9-b430093807c7

Conformity

Data format

name of format

Open format | Shapefile (SHP)

version of format

10.2.2

Constraints related to access and use

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

Natural England

email address

data.services@naturalengland.org.uk

web address

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/natural-england

description: Natural England Website

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

Natural England

email address

data.services@naturalengland.org.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2022-06-08

Metadata language

eng