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 10 - 60%
woodland density 5 - 60%
arable density 0 - 50%
These suitable habitat features have been given a score of ‘1’.
Soil Type - Sand has been given a score of ‘-1’.
Urban areas greater than 2ha (+400m buffer), roads (7.5m), rivers (7.5m) and Environment Agency Flood Zone 2 have been excluded. Attribution statement: © Natural England, 2022
Based upon LCM2015 © NERC (CEH) 2011. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown Copyright 2007.
Based upon LCM2015 © NERC (CEH) 2017. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown Copyright 2007, Licence number 100017572.
Soils Data © Cranfield University (NSRI) and for the Controller of HMSO 2018
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.
Contains data supplied by © Bristol Regional Environmental Records Centre, 2019
© Somerset County Council Crown copyright and database rights 2015 Ordnance Survey licence number 100038382
© North Somerset Council 2019, Ordnance Survey Licence Number 100023397
© South Gloucestershire Council, 2019, Ordnance Survey Licence Number 100023410
© 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