| Site Blames: | Site Blames: | Deadwater Valley Local Nature Reserve (LNR) and |
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| Bordon Inclosure (Bl) | |||||
| Owned by | or Leased to; | Whitehill Town Council (WTC) |
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| Managed | by: | Deadwater Valley Trust (DVT) |
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| Sizeoft(iegffgs: | LNR = 38 Hectares | ||||
| Bl = 24 Hectares |
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| Backgiuund: | This report covers the period 1stApril 2022to 31stMarch | ||||
| 2023. | |||||
| The Deadwater Valley is a designated Local Nature |
Reserve | ||||
| which has been managed by DVT since its inception |
in | 1989. | |||
| Designated and expanded over the years and either |
owned | by | |||
| WTC or leased from East Hampshire District Council |
(EHDC) | or | |||
| Hampshire County Council (HCC) by WTC but managed |
day- | ||||
| to-day in its entirety by DVT Rangers and volunteers. |
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| Bordon Inclosure is an expanse of largely wooded area |
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| previously used as a MoD land holding. Since being |
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| designated a Suitable Alternative Natural Greenspace |
(SANG) | ||||
| in January 2016it has been managed on behalf ofthe |
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| leaseholders, Whitehill Town Council, by DVT. The area is an |
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| alternative to nearby SPAs and SACs at Broxhead Common |
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| and IGngsley Common. |
| Site Inputs | ||||
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| Inputs | Amount | |||
| Total Annual | Management | received | (LNR) | E 50,275 |
| Total Annual | Management | received | (Bl) | E44,609 |
| Total additional funding received (e.g.grants, donations) |
6 5,748 (includes van sale) |
| Sites | Additional Detail and quantities |
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| LNR and | gordon Inclosure | {Bl) | (ifrequired) | ||||||||
| Built Environment | |||||||||||
| LNR —6Green Loop waymarkers and 1sign. |
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| Bl-21 waymarkers, 2 metal artworks, 1stone artwork, |
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| 2wooden artworks, 2Green Loop waymarkers | and | 1 | |||||||||
| sign. | |||||||||||
| Car"park."(w'itli height'b'a'rrLers) | -' .I | LNR —10unmarked bays inc 2 disabled bays. Bl-6 marked bays inc 2 disabled bays. |
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| .'B'oai'dwalks, Bridge's,SCon'ciete waits& l 'drainage cub(arts etc', -.' „'.."..'«,,'I „', |
LNR-2 boardwalk, 12bridges, 1brick structure. Bl —3 boardwalks, 4bridges, 2 brick structures. |
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| Furniture | LNR —3benches/seating, 8pedestrian and 4 |
field | gates, | ||||||||
| 13chicanes/barriers, 3 stiles, 12 'D' signs, 4 |
litter bins. | ||||||||||
| Bl-9 benches/seating, 1table, 5 pedestrian |
and 3 | field | |||||||||
| gates, 7 litter and 7dog bins. | |||||||||||
| Homes for Nature | LNR -various bird and bat boxes, vertical log |
piles. | |||||||||
| Bl —various bird and bat boxes, vertical log piles. |
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| Play' areas | Bl —1natural play area. |
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| Pond dipping | platform | LNR —3at Knoxs Pond. | |||||||||
| Signag'e/ | Interpretation / Noticeboards |
LNR —13noticeboards. | |||||||||
| Bl —7 noticeboards. | |||||||||||
| Usage | |||||||||||
| Friends group | Friends of Deadwater group. |
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| Livestock, | sheep, | cattle, | conservation | Y(LNR | 5 cattle grazed the Ancient Meadow for 6weeks (17'" | ||||||
| grazing ' |
only) | Jan to16' March). | |||||||||
| Other (specify) | gordon Inclosure 'Weekend Warriors' volunteers |
meet | |||||||||
| monthly plus regular Monday and Thursday |
volunteers | ||||||||||
| assist the rangers in habitat management. |
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| Categories / Designations | |||||||||||
| 'Conseivation | designation | / status | LNR- Local Nature Reserve and Site of Importance |
for | |||||||
| Nature Conservation (SINC). |
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| Bl —SANG and SINC. |
| Natural | Environments | ||||||||||
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| Site | Quantity | Qualiity | Size Actively | Additional | Detail | ||||||
| or Y/N | Poor (P),Fair | lllla naged | (ifrequired) | ||||||||
| (F), Good (G) | (ha/m) | ||||||||||
| Amenity grassland | (ha) | ||||||||||
| Other grassland | (ha) | 2ha approx | Acid grassland. | ||||||||
| Mesotrophic | grassland. | ||||||||||
| Hedgeiows | (metres) | ||||||||||
| Wetlarids | (ha) | N | |||||||||
| Rivers / streams | N | ||||||||||
| (metres) | |||||||||||
| Woodland | (ha) | 34.7ha | Scots Pine dominated | coniferous | |||||||
| plantation | with secondary | broadleaf | |||||||||
| woodland. | |||||||||||
| Scrub (ha) | 11.6ha | ||||||||||
| 0th'ei habitat - | specify | G | 0.625ha | Existing heathland. | |||||||
| G | 7ha | Remnant | heathland. | ||||||||
| F | Widespread | Bare Ground. | |||||||||
| F | 0.01ha | 2 ponds. (1 | in play area). | ||||||||
| F | 2 ephemeral | ponds. | |||||||||
| F | Ditches. | ||||||||||
| SUDS (yes/n'o) | ',!' ' | N |
| Site | Quantity | Additional Detail |
Additional Detail |
Additional Detail |
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| or Y/N | (ifrequired) | |||||||||||
| Built | Environment | |||||||||||
| sit(if rk:/,StulptureS | nur) | '~ | 9Sentinels. 20Waymarkers. | |||||||||
| Car par)c (no.}r I | 100marked bays inc |
Sdisabled bays. |
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| concrete weirs, dr'airiage | culverts (no.) | 2 wooden bridges |
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| Fu'rniture„(no'. | ):2 | Swooden benches | ||||||||||
| Hejlsi fgci 'Ele's'(rio.') Homesfoi Nature(no. I |
I::,, '), '; |
'- g | N | 4 Bird boxes installed | by DVT. Approx 30bird | boxes | ||||||
| (various species) installed by Ecological Planning |
Ik | |||||||||||
| Research Ltd (EPR).Approx 30Bat |
boxes installed | by | ||||||||||
| EPR.1bat bunker. 1 | bat maternity | roost. | ||||||||||
| 1bug hotel installed | by DVT. | |||||||||||
| Outdoor classroom/fofest | school area | Concrete foundation | for Bird Viewing Hide. | |||||||||
| (no.) | ||||||||||||
| Paths (km) | 6,2 km ofsigned main paths. with | a further approx. Skm | ||||||||||
| of minor cross paths/desire lines. |
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| Play ar'ea's (no.) | 1(large) | |||||||||||
| Pond, dippiYig | platform | ('no.) | N | |||||||||
| Sigriagg/ Interpretation | / | Notic'e | Y | 11various | ||||||||
| boards (no.) | ||||||||||||
| Visitor cen'tre | / community | building | Hogmoor Cafe. Toilet | block. 'Beehive' community | facility | |||||||
| (no.) | but not managed by |
DVT | ||||||||||
| Usage | ||||||||||||
| Ffierids gro' up | (y/n) | N | ||||||||||
| Livestock, sheep, | cattle, | co'nservation | N | |||||||||
| grasing (y/n) | ||||||||||||
| Othef'(specify) | 'Hogmoor Heroes' is |
a volunteer group meeting monthly |
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| plus regular Monday | and Thursday | volunteers | to | assist | ||||||||
| the rangers in habitat |
management. | |||||||||||
| Categories / Designations | ||||||||||||
| Gkeen Flag (y/n) | N | Judging was performed on 1"March 2023 and |
awaiting | |||||||||
| final decision | ||||||||||||
| Conservation | designation | / | status | Y | SANG and SINC. |
| Fauna | Estimate | Stdtus | Does species | Ifyea„ is | Addfffonal | info | |
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| (examples | population | e.g. migrant | require active | species incl. | e.g. Locally | ||
| provided— | size | /breeding/wintering | management? | in LTSite | Significance/priority | ||
| please | / foraging | (Y/N) | Siodiversity | species/newly | |||
| add/delete | as | Statement? | established | ||||
| necessary) | |||||||
| Yi)bojlfark | y | reeding | |||||
| Badggr | Breeding | Badger sett | on-site | ||||
| Foraging | |||||||
| Suktzsrd | Breeding pair | ||||||
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| Kestrel, | |||||||
| Sparftttshatg(t | Y | ||||||
| Fireciest | |||||||
| Goldcrest | |||||||
| Crossblll | |||||||
| Bullfinch | |||||||
| Ch)(fehpff | |||||||
| Mdgi)d | |||||||
| Grayling | |||||||
| Clouded Yellow | N | ||||||
| Small Copper | Y |
| Flora (examples | Estimated | Estimated | Estimated | Does species require | Does species require | additional | additional | Info | ||
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| prmtldad —please | population | active management? | e.g. Local | / National | significance | |||||
| add/delete as |
size | (y/N) | ||||||||
| necessary) | ||||||||||
| Coral-necklace (((/m EXES ' |
Small | N | ntroduced | from Devon via tank tracks. | ||||||
| veitick'hiram)'. | ||||||||||
| Bird' s-',fmm )(foTif =,'. |
Small | N | ||||||||
| (tastuk cbmic d/" s)'r |
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| ¹athei'(Odd~a, ."' vulgarly) '',"i;,;,~ |
Small | On-going Heather |
surveys suggest that is increasing. |
the density of | ||||||
| Croks-leaved He'll)l |
Small | |||||||||
| (Erfca fatralig) -,, | ||||||||||
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| B)T)larry (vase)((tum | Small | |||||||||
| myHilliis) . ' —. | ||||||||||
| Note any alien /invasive | plants onsi | le | and actions for management | |||||||
| SeeAppendix 1for list of |
examples. | Add more linesif need be. | ||||||||
| Species on dte (examples | Level ofinvasion | Action: Elimination | (E); control (c); | |||||||
| provided —please add/delete | as | th/rdespread | (yy) or Isolated (I) | No measures | (No) | |||||
| necessary) | ||||||||||
| BudNe}qISA((()pja dt(Ãdfl) | C | |||||||||
| Na'yir Eealand ~yweed | C.Chemical | Sprayed. On-going | ||||||||
| (Crassuhthelmsii) | monitoring. | |||||||||
| Cotondastor(Cotorieastor ~.4, ri horizontglls |
C | |||||||||
| Cherry Laurel . | C | |||||||||
| (Prunes igurocerasus) | ||||||||||
| Iihadodendron (?rhododendron |
C | |||||||||
| pout)curri) |
| Example alien / invasive plants Amelichcn Rum Cherty'(Prurnusserotinaj. ,:.:, „~-...', , - 'Arne rjgan'Qgk ca~ha (Ly~sichLtum"ajjtefrcahum j '", 'Bd (Nja(B~eja Jgg.. " .", , -".i, i ;Can+lkI(~f, b'ale (Copy~a co(Laden'sls'j "' 'L. ;. „'-,."; lab'terpene ' oary~+coW'ron~nculo/desj " |
Example alien / invasive plants Amelichcn Rum Cherty'(Prurnusserotinaj. ,:.:, „~-...', , - 'Arne rjgan'Qgk ca~ha (Ly~sichLtum"ajjtefrcahum j '", 'Bd (Nja(B~eja Jgg.. " .", , -".i, i ;Can+lkI(~f, b'ale (Copy~a co(Laden'sls'j "' 'L. ;. „'-,."; lab'terpene ' oary~+coW'ron~nculo/desj " |
Example alien / invasive plants Amelichcn Rum Cherty'(Prurnusserotinaj. ,:.:, „~-...', , - 'Arne rjgan'Qgk ca~ha (Ly~sichLtum"ajjtefrcahum j '", 'Bd (Nja(B~eja Jgg.. " .", , -".i, i ;Can+lkI(~f, b'ale (Copy~a co(Laden'sls'j "' 'L. ;. „'-,."; lab'terpene ' oary~+coW'ron~nculo/desj " |
. 'tcMi&c(M..Z" -,c '1~i"j;rt, i " '„(ll~Z'".~":~j ' |
. 'tcMi&c(M..Z" -,c '1~i"j;rt, i " '„(ll~Z'".~":~j ' |
. 'tcMi&c(M..Z" -,c '1~i"j;rt, i " '„(ll~Z'".~":~j ' |
.r„-"„'5-i(i' -',v~gl |
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| e(ant liogweed jke~ei'm mqri hysiiiariymj |
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| H(malayan balsam llmjiatreri sit(ariduliferaj |
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| japanese knotweed (Fq(hrp(a jajmnicaj |
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| Least duckweed (Lem'na m'inutaj |
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| Loggepole pine (Ptrnus contorlpj | ||||||
| (few Zealand pygmyrb'edd (Crassuid heliiisllj |
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| parrots Feather (tv(jrltjjpfjjr/(urn oquaticumj |
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| Pirri-pirri bur (Acaena novae-zeiandiaej |
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| Rhodadendron (Phytop'jIjhoroj (iilioctodendron |
pontlcumj | |||||
| Shalliin (Baii(ther(a shplionj | ||||||
| Sycamore (Acerpseudo plotan usj | ||||||
| Water fern (Aziillafij(culoidea j |
| ~Reel 4 | H/I | |||||
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| Grants | ||||||
| Service Contract | 163,484.67 | 50,275.00 | 44,609.54 | 68,600.13 | ||
| Home Start | 187.50 | 187.50 | ||||
| Donations | 3,524.09 | 2,899.09 | 625.00 | |||
| Fund Raising | 537.83 | 537.83 | ||||
| Sale ofGoods/Services | 2,242.52 | 1,500.00 | 742.52 | |||
| 169,976.61 | 53,89942 | 46,734.54 | 69,342.65 | |||
| pram nm |
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| Labour | 110,452.92 | 40,184.79 | 38,433.37 | 31,834.76 | ||
| Rent | 5,250.00 | 1,750.01 | 1,750.01 | 1,749.98 | ||
| Telephone | 613.08 | 244.36 | 184.36 | 184.36 | ||
| Insurance | 3,500.31 | 1,689.75 | 1,689.75 | 120.81 | ||
| Deice Expenses | 1,294.36 | 547.92 | 426.43 | 320.01 | ||
| Photocopies | 119.88 | 60.00 | 59.88 | |||
| Travel | 227.02 | 130.83 | 96.19 | |||
| Site Maintenance 6Tools | 27,158.61 | 8,322.18 | 4,435.03 | 14,401.40 | ||
| Vehicle | 17,557.96 | 1,942.86 | 12,724.55 | 2,890.55 | ||
| Training | 670.40 | 35.00 | 372.00 | 263.40 | ||
| Protective Clothing | 1,551.13 | 319.32 | 175.48 | 1,056.33 | ||
| Volunteers | 126.09 | 39.07 | 59.51 | 27.51 | ||
| Occupational | Health | 790.00 | 395.00 | 395.00 | ||
| 169,311.76 | 55,661.09 | 60,406.56 | 53,244.11 | |||
| Nett Receipts/Payments | 664.85 | — | 1,761.67 | 13,672.02 | 16,098.54 | |
| Brought Pwd | from 2021 | 180,752.90 | 129,503.13 | 34,568.15 | 16,681.62 | |
| 181,417.75 | 127,741.46 | 20,896.13 | 32,780.16 | |||
| Transfer to Savings | 100,000.00 | |||||
| 6alance @Bank | 81,417.75 |