North Somerset Levels and Moors Partnership Project 7 th November - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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North Somerset Levels and Moors Partnership Project 7 th November 2018 Reg. Charity no. 280422 Who Are Avon Wildlife Trust Over 30 nature reserves One of 47 Wildlife Trusts. Each Wildlife Trust is an independent charity which is 17,600+

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7th November 2018

North Somerset Levels and Moors Partnership Project

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Who Are Avon Wildlife Trust

  • One of 47 Wildlife Trusts. Each Wildlife

Trust is an independent charity which is deeply-rooted within the local communities from which it was formed.

  • Avon Wildlife Trust was established in

1980 We are a team of around 40, governed by an elected board of Trustees.

Over 30 nature

reserves 17,600+ members 535 volunteers

giving 5,500 hours per month

1,100 hectares of land for wildlife

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  • Create ecological networks on a landscape scale
  • Inspire people and communities to care about nature
  • Champion the value of nature

Our Vision

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Significance of North Somerset Levels & Moors

  • Extensive area of

Coastal and Floodplain Grazing Marsh BAP habitat

  • 7950ha on NSL&M
  • 3.5% National Resource
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Threats and Issues

  • Built development
  • Changes in farming and land ownership
  • Water management
  • Climate change
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Local Delivery Partnership

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Aims of NSLM Partnership

Priorities:

  • Biodiversity
  • Ditches- both SSSI and non designated
  • Restoration of grassland for breeding waders
  • Flooding
  • Areas of North Somerset streams at risk of flooding
  • Water quality
  • Excess nutrient input in some SSSI ditches
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Grant Scheme 2017/18

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Ditch restoration

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Ditch reprofiling and culvert repairs

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Bankside scrub clearance and pollarding

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Events and community engagement

  • Two workshops a year are promoted to over 150

Landowners across the levels.

  • Attended North Somerset Show
  • Website, magazine articles.
  • Parish council meetings
  • Supported local conservation group YACWAG.
  • Over 80 Volunteer days annually on practical conservation

tasks in NSLM.

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Funding Successes 2017/18

  • Biffa awarded the Trust 46K to carry out habitat

restoration work in the Gordano Valley and

  • Banister Charitable Trust awarded the Trust 20K to carry
  • ut work on Puxton Moor SSSI.
  • This additional 66K strengthens the project’s landscape

scale delivery objectives and funds further staff time working in the area.

  • 60K Water Environment Grant (WEG) for a feasibility

study for a multi-functional constructed wetland at Nailsea

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BIFFA: Gordano Lapwing Project

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Thank you