This dataset identifies areas where the addition of new ponds would benefit Great Crested Newt populations defined as strategic opportunity areas (SOAs). These England-wide dataset incorporates the SOAs for all regional areas. The attribute “Strategy_Area_Name” defines these areas..The details below describe how the SOAs are scored for each region
The core areas contain a pond density of 2+ ponds and are located within a 25m square where great crested newt presence has been predicted. Fringe areas contain a pond density of 1 and are located within a 25m square where great crested newt presence has been predicted or are within a 250m of a Core Area. Typically urban areas greater than 2ha (+400m buffer), roads (7.5m buffer), and rivers (+7.5m) have been excluded unless otherwise stated..
All scores are summed, scores ≤ 0 are not displayed. Higher scores are associated with darker colouration and represent a greater presence of suitable habitat features (density refers to the coverage of a habitat type with 250m of any 25m grid square):
Cambridgeshire (Urban buffer reduced to 250m)
Density of arable land 0-50% +1
Density of coniferous woodland 10-25% +1
Density of deciduous woodland 10-100% +1
Distance from deciduous woodland 0-100m +1
Density of grassland 25-75% +1
Nearest pond 0-125m +1
pH 6.5-7.5 +1
Distance from rivers 150-1000m +1
Cheshire
Soil pH 6.5 – 7.25 +1
Nearest Pond <100m +1
River distance 100 – 1000m +1
Density of grassland 10 – 70% +1
Distance to deciduous woodland <100m +1
Density of deciduous woodland 10 - 70% +1
Soil Phosphorus 35 – 45 +1
Drainage Clay/Loamy +1
Arable density 50 – 100% -1
Cumbria
grassland density 10 - 66% +1
distrance from woodland < 100m +1
Elevation 50 - 300m +1
Nearest pond 125m +1
urban density 50 - 100% -1
Derbyshire (Environment Agency Flood Zone 2 have been excluded)
Soil pH 6.5 – 7.5 +1
Elevation < 200m +1
Grassland density 25 – 75% +1
Distance to woodland < 100m +1
Woodland density 10 -50% +1
Distance to nearest pond < 100m +1
Drainage classed as ‘Impeded’ or ‘Naturally Wet’ +1
Arable density 50 - 100% -1
Dorset (Environment Agency Flood Zone 2 have been excluded)
pH 6-7 +1
Distance from grassland <100m +1
Density of grassland 5-67% +1
Distance from woodland <100m +1
Density of woodland 5-67% +1
Shannon-Weaver diversity -2 to -0.8 +1
Distance from arable land 1000m +1
Soil pH 6.5 to 7.5 Phosphorus 30 to 40 +1
Arable land (density 50 - 100%) -1
Heather (density 33.33 - 100%). -1
Hertfordshire (Environment Agency Flood Zone 2 have been excluded)
grassland density 5 - 50% +1
distrance from woodland < 100m +1
distance to nearest pond 0 - 150m +1
distance from rivers 50 - 1500m +1
pH 6.75 – 7.25 +1
arable density 50-100% -1
urban density 40-100% -1
Kent
Distance from rivers 100-1000m +1
Soil pH 6.5 - 7.5 +1
Soil phosphorus <40 g kg-1 +1
Density of arable land 0-33.3% +1
Density of grassland 20-66.6% +1
Distance to trees 0-100m +1
Soil Drainage (Free draining/slightly impeded) -1
Density of urban s 33.3-100% -2
Lancashire
Arable density 0 - 33% +1
Grassland density (including fen) 10-75% +1
Distance from grassland (including fen) 0-100m +1
Woodland density 10-33% +1
Distance from woodland 0-100m +1
Distance from rivers 100-1000m +1
Elevation 0-150m +1
pH 6.75-7.5 +1
Leicestershire (Environment Agency Flood Zone 2 have been excluded)
grassland density 25 - 75% +1
distrance from woodland < 100m +1
woodland density 15 – 75% +1
arable density 0 – 25% +1
Distance from rivers <1500m +1
pH 6.75 – 7.25 +1
Norfolk and Suffolk (Environment Agency Flood Zone 2 have been excluded)
Distance from a River 200 -2000m +1
Soil pH 6.5 – 7.5 +1
Soil Phosphorus 35 -45 mg kg-1 +1
Arable Density < 33% +1
Distance from Grassland <100m +1
Grassland Density 10 -40% +1
Distance from Woodland < 100m +1
North East Yorkshire
Soil pH 6.75-7.25 +1
Density of grassland 10-80% +1
Density of woodland 10-50% +1
Nearest pond <125m +1
Soil drainage is 'Impeded' +1
Distance from rivers 350m +1
Density of grassland 10 - 60% +1
Nearest pond 0 - 500m +1
Presence of coniferous woodland -2
Presence of heather -2
Presence of acid grassland -2
South and East Yorkshire
pH 6.75-7.5 +1
Density of grassland 10-66% +1
Distance from woodland 750m -1
Somerset (Environment Agency Flood Zone 2 have been excluded)
grassland density 10 - 60% +1
woodland density 5 - 60% +1
arable density 0 - 50% +1
Soil Type – Sand -1
Swindon & Wiltshire (Environment Agency Flood Zone 2 have been excluded)
grassland density 25% - 75% +1
distance to woodland 0 - 100m +1
arable density 0 - 50% +1
within 100m - 1500m of a river +1
soil pH 6.5 – 8 +1
West of England (Environment Agency Flood Zone 2 have been excluded)
grassland density 10 - 60% +1
woodland density 5 - 60% +1
arable density 0 - 50% +1
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