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Woodland Opportunity Map - Red Squirrel Areas
Resource ID
9232ad66-162d-489a-a9a1-701e3b254ce0
Title
Woodland Opportunity Map - Red Squirrel Areas
Date
Feb. 18, 2025, midnight, Publication Date
Abstract
Red squirrels are a Protected Species (Schedule 5, Wildlife & Countryside Act, 1981) and are classified as Endangered in Wales. They are now restricted to a small number of isolated populations, predominately in mid and north Wales where they occur in both coniferous and broadleaved woodland as well as mixed forests, parks and gardens. Within these areas the population is stable due to local reinforcement programmes and management prescriptions to control the non-native grey squirrel, the primary cause of the decline in red squirrel in the UK. Woodland creation schemes in areas identified as important for red squirrel should take into account measures which maintain the habitat in favour of red squirrels. Further information is available in GN002.
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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: 263714.03125
  • x1: 309901.71875
  • y0: 241123.625
  • y1: 362625.53125
Spatial Reference System Identifier
EPSG:27700
Keywords
no keywords
Category
None
Regions
Global