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Woodland Opportunity Map - Potential Habitat for Great Crested Newts
Resource ID
545ea3aa-f861-430f-a7be-02a42e2bec5f
Title
Woodland Opportunity Map - Potential Habitat for Great Crested Newts
Date
Feb. 18, 2025, midnight, Publication Date
Abstract
Great crested newts are a European protected species, and deliberate killing injuring or disturbing individuals or damaging or destroying their breeding site and resting places is an offence. This dataset shows distribution of great crested newt (GCN) records collated from surveys, monitoring reports, and licence returns. Habitat suitability has then been modelled to indicate those areas of highest GCN density and potential presence. This dataset shows both designated sites and 6 previously identified Nationally Important Sites with a 1km buffer, as well as sites where there is a high potential of GCN presence, with 250m buffers. New woodland creation can be beneficial to GCNs in providing shelter and foraging. The areas shown in this datalayer indicate where advice on the design of woodland creation is required from NRW. See GN002 for more information and contacts.
Edition
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Responsible
Alex.Owen.Harris
Point of Contact
Harris
alex.harris@gov.wales
Purpose
This dataset has been created for the Woodland Opportunity Map (WOM) only, and may not reflect the most current dataset.
Maintenance Frequency
None
Type
vector
Restrictions
None
License
Open Government Licence for Public Sector Information
Language
en
Temporal Extent
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Supplemental Information
Data Quality
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Extent
  • x0: 219050.0
  • x1: 352800.0
  • y0: 165456.6875
  • y1: 394650.0
Spatial Reference System Identifier
EPSG:27700
Keywords
no keywords
Category
None
Regions
Global