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North West England Priority Butterfly Conservation Area 2009

Publisher
Forestry Commission
Updated
25 July 2025
Topic
Not set

Summary

This data supported prioritisation of England Woodland Grant Scheme (EWGS) Woodland Improvement Grant (WIG) from 2009 in the North West of England.

The area outlined contains populations of some of Britain's rarest and most vulnerable butterfly species.

The EWGS WIG grant aid was designed to support habitat restoration work for the benefit of indigenous butterflies which are threatened with extinction.

The data set encompasses all the key populations in the South Cumbria Low Fells and Morecambe Bay Limestone area at the time of was published.

Attributes:

Descriptr = Name of the priority area Attribution statement: Contains OS data © Crown copyright [and database right] [year].

Data links

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External version on Defra Data Services Platform 25/7/2025

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Additional information

Source Metadata
XML, HTML
Date added
25 July 2025
Harvest GUID
c593d6da-ba1e-4311-8661-7b84f0fc8370
Extent (Latitude)
54.426657° to 54.126617°
Extent (Longitude)
-3.252931° to -2.527941°
Spatial reference system
http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/27700
Dataset reference date (creation)
2009-01-01
Dataset reference date (revision)
2009-01-01
Frequency of update
notPlanned
Access constraints
There are no public access constraints to this data. Use of this data is subject to the licence identified.
Responsible party
Forestry Commission (pointOfContact)
ISO 19139 resource type
dataset
Metadata language
eng

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Licence information

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