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Great Crested Newt - Risk Zones (Cheshire)

Summary

This dataset identifies areas where the distribution of great crested newts (GCN) has been categorised into district zones relating to GCN occurrence and the level of impact development is likely to have on this species. Red zones contain key populations of GCN, which are important on a regional, national or international scale and include designated Sites of Special Scientific Interest for GCN. Amber zones contain main population centres for GCN and comprise important connecting habitat that aids natural dispersal. Green zones contain sparsely distributed GCN and are less likely to contain important pathways of connecting habitat for this species. White zones contain no GCN. However, as most of England forms the natural range of GCN, white zones are rare and will only be used when it is certain that there are no GCN.

Use limitation statement

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

Attribution statement

Attribution statement: © Natural England [year], reproduced with the permission of Natural England, http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/copyright/. © Crown Copyright and database rights [year]. Based upon LCM2015 © NERC (CEH) [year]. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown Copyright [year], Licence number 100017572. Contains data supplied by Natural Environment Research Council © NERC (Centre for Ecology & Hydrology). Contains, or is derived from, information supplied by Ordnance Survey. © Crown copyright and database rights [year] Ordnance Survey 100022021.

Technical information

Update frequency

notPlanned

Lineage

Data used to generate this derived data set includes the 2015 CEH Land Cover map (woodland, grassland, arable and urban land classifications), CEH Natural Capital (Soil pH and Soil Phosphorous), OS MasterMap (pond locations that have been converted by NE into pond densities), OS Open Rivers and OS Boundary Line (District Boundaries), Natural England GCN Class Licence Survey Returns, Cheshire East Council allocations and Cheshire West Council allocations. Great Crested Newt data was provided by the Cheshire and Wirral Amphibian and Reptile Group and Cheshire West and Chester Council. Great crested newt data, which is derived from Local Wildlife Sites, was also provided by the Cheshire Wildlife Trust. 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 Phosphorous: 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

Spatial information

Geographic extent

  • Latitude from: 52.83609 to 53.540437
  • Longitude from: -3.185707 to -1.999184
Metadata information

Language

English

Metadata identifier

bf712b4f-8973-424f-9f88-905b5c744224


Published by

Natural England


Dataset reference dates

Creation date

06 November 2018

Revision date

19 March 2024

Publication date

15 April 2019

Period

  • From: 06 November 2018
  • To: 06 November 2018

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Data and Supporting Information
Data services and download by area of interestLinkAction
Download data by area of interestN/AOpen link
ArcGIS Open Dataset record pageOpen link
Online guidanceOpen link
Great Crested Newt Risk Zones (Cheshire) ESRI REST Map Server EndpointOpen link
Great Crested Newt Risk Zones (Cheshire) ESRI REST Feature Server EndpointOpen link
Great Crested Newt Risk Zones (Cheshire) WMSCopy linkPreview
Great Crested Newt Risk Zones (Cheshire) WFSCopy linkN/A
OGC API - Features serviceCopy linkOpen link
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