3.2: List
of recognised conservation features
The importance of the site and its key
features have been recognised at national and
international level. It is included as a grade 1 site in ‘A Nature Conservation Review’
(Ratcliffe) and the account is detailed below. Subsequently, the citations for national and
international designations are copied in full.
NCR then SSSI, NNR, SPA (review), SAC,
RAMSAR….all citation copied here !!!!!
3.3: Provisional
list of other conservation features
Status
International National Regional/Local
Feature: Landform/Habitats
Geomorphology GCR
Coastal waters SAC
Intertidal mud/sand flatsSAC
Unvegetated shingle ridges SSSI/NA
Pioneer saltmarsh SAC
Atlantic salt-meadow SAC
Mediterranean saltmarsh scrub
Communities SAC
Embryonic shifting dunes SAC
Shifting dunes with marramSAC
Fixed dunes with herbaceous vegetation SAC
Dunes with sea buckthorn scrub SAC
Humid dune slack SAC
Woodland LWT
Saline lagoon BAP
Coastal pasture BAP
Coastal reedbed BAP
NVC communities for SAC habitats are detailed in SAC citation.
Feature: Species
Plants
Marsh mallow BSBI
Spotted medick LWT
Brackish water crowfoot LWT
Beaked tassellweed LWT
Sea holly LWT
Sea bindweed LWT
Sea heath LWT
Rock-sea lavendar IUCN
Shrubby sea-blite BSBI
Danish scurvy-grass LWT
Sea buckthorn BSBI
Yellow-horned poppy LWT
White horehound BSBI
Long-bracted sedge LWT
Rush-leaved fescue BSBI
Curved hard-grass BSBI
Rue-leaved saxifrage LWT
Mosses (pending assesment)
International National Regional/Local
Lichens
Dimrella diluta NCC
Opegrapha cineraria NCC
Opegrapha demutata NCC
Placynthiella icmalae NCC
Trapelia involuta NCC
Ferns
Adders-tongue fern LWT
Birds: wintering/passage
Assemblage of non-breeding
wildfowl and waders >20,000 SPA
Knot SPA
Sanderling SPA
Grey plover SPA
Bar-tailed godwit SPA
Brent goose SPA
Red-throated diver WeBS, BOCC
Shelduck SPA/WeBS *
Teal SPA/WeBS *
Wigeon SPA/WeBS *
Oystercatcher SPA/WeBS *
Curlew SPA/WeBS *
Dunlin SPA/WeBS *
Redshank SPA/WeBS *
Common sandpiper WeBS
Hen harrier BOCC
Short-eared owl BOCC
Sandwich tern SPA
Shorelark =
Corn bunting BOCC
* Numbers important in context of Wash SPA
Birds: Breeding
Avocet RDB, W+C
Lapwing BAP, BOCC
Ringed plover SSSI
Little ringed plover RDB
Redshank RDB
Little tern SPA
Grey partridge BAP, BOCC
Turtle dove BAP, BOCC
Skylark BAP, BOCC
Song thrush BAP, BOCC
Spotted flycatcher BOCC
Linnet BOCC
Reed bunting BOCC
Redpoll BOCC
International National Regional/Local
Mammals
Pipistrelle bat (45/55) BAP
Nathusius pipistrelle bat W+C
Brown long-eared bat BAP
Water vole BAP
Water shrew LWT
Harvest mouse LWT
Brown hare BAP
Grey seal LWT
Common seal SAC *
Harbour porpoise BAP
* Important in context of the Wash SPA
Herpetofauna
Natterjack toad BAP, W+C
Creat crested newt BAP, W+C
Odonata
12 breeding sp. SSSI
Emperor JNCC/CEH
Black-tailed skimmer JNCC/CEH
Broad-bodied chaser JNCC/CEH
Ruddy darter JNCC/CEH
Orthoptera
Short-winged conehead BAP
Slender groundhopper LWT
Hemiptera
Trigonotylus psammaecolor Nb
Macrosteles sordidipennis Nb
Neuroptera
Wesmaelis balticus Nb
Lepidoptera: butterflies
Brown argus LWT
Green hairstreak LWT
International National Regional/Local
Lepidoptera (micros)
Coleophora deviella Nb
Agonopterix capreolella RDB1
Eulamprotes wilkella Nb
Gelechia hippophaella RDB3
Phalonidia minimana Nb
Archips oporana RDB1
Eana penziana Nb
Eucosma maritima RDB3
Cydia coniferana Nb
Crambus pratella Nb
Pediasia aridella Nb
Platytes alpinella RDB3
Eudonia delunella Nb
Sitochroa palealis Nb
Microstega hiyalinalis Nb
M pandalis Na
Gymnancyla canella Na
Ancylosis oblitella Nb
Euzophera cinerosella Nb
Homeosoma nebulella Nb
Lepidoptera (macros)
S emutaria Nb
Eupithecia valerianata Nb
E expallidata Nb
E millefoliata Nb
E extensaria RDB3
Perconia strigillaria Nb
Pelosia muscerda RDB3
Meganola albula Nb
Euxoa cursoria Nb
Agrotis cinerea Nb
A trux lunigera Nb
A ripae Nb
Actebia praecox Nb
Xestia rhomboidea Nb
Sideridis albicolon Nb
Mythimna litoralis Nb
Senta flammea Na
Cucculia asteris Nb
Apamea onlonga Nb
Photedes elymi Na
Photedes fluxa Nb
Archanara sparganii Nb
Chilodes maritimus Nb
Athetis pallustris RDB3
Earias clorana Nb
International National Regional/Local
Diptera
Ctenophora pectinicornis Nb
Tipula pseudovar Nb
Bolitophila glabrata Nb
Rymosia connexa RDB2
Stratiomys singularior Nb
Haematopota bigoti RDB3
Thereva valida RDB3
Pthiria pulicaria Nb
Platypalpus stigma Nb
Dioxyna bidentis Nb
Paroxyna absinthii Nb
Trupanea amoena RDB2
Melieria picta Nb
Tetanops myopinus Nb
Sapromyza obsoleta Nb
Salticella fasciata RDB2
Pherbellia dorsata Nb
Pherbellia grisescens Nb
Sciomyza aimplex Nb
Lonchaea britteni Nb
Meonura neglecta RDB3
Thaumatomyia rufa Nb
Gonia divisa RDB3
Sarcophila latifrons Nb
Parasarcophaga similis Nb
Phaonia fusca RDB3
Spilogona biseriata Nb
Lispe caesia Nb
Lispe loewi Nb
Dexiopsis lacustris Nb
Coenosia pulicaria Nb
Hymenoptera
Assemblage of >60 sp SSSI
Dolichovespula media Na
Ectemnius sexcinctus Nb
Nysson dimidiatus Nb
Philanthrus triangulum RDB2
Colletes halophilus Na
Specodes crassus Nb
Ammophila sabulosa LWT
International National Regional/Local
Coleoptera
Bledius tricornis Nb
Bembidion obliqum Nb
Bembidion ephippium Na
Demetrias monostigma Nb
Dicheirotrichus obsoletus Nb
Cleonus piger Nb
Panageus bipustulatus Nb
Pogonus littoralis Nb
Pogonus luridipennis RDB3
Ocypus fortunatarum Nb
Litodactylis leucogaster Nb
Phyllobius vespertinus Nb
Phyllobius canaliculatus Nb
Agabus conspersus Nb
Coelambus parallelogrammus Nb
Graptodytes granularis Nb
Rhantus saturalis Nb
Haliplus heydeni Nb
Haliplus mucronatus Na
Octhebius marinus Nb
Octhebius viridus Nb
Berosus signaticollis Nb
Enochrus bicolor Nb
Enochrus halophilus Na
Helophorous fulgidicollis Nb
Platydracus latebricola Nb
Sepedophilus testaceus Nb
Crypticus quisquilius Nb
Scaphidema metallicum Nb
Silpha obscura RDB2
Dolichosoma lineare Nb
Calathus ambiguus Nb
Haluiplus laminatus Nb
Gronops inaequalis RDB
Oxytelus piceus RDB
Hippodamia variegata Nb
Arachnida
Philodromus fallax Nb
Marpissa nivoyi Nb
Crustulina sticta Nb
Walckenaeria incisa Nb
Baryphyma maritimum Nb
Features selection
Confirmation of the importance of the listed features is derived from the following
sources.
SAC Special
area of Conservation (EC Habitats and species Directive). Gibraltar Point is
covered by the marine SAC, as part of the Wash, European Marine Site and the
terrestrial designation; Gibraltar Point and Saltfleetby- Theddlethorpe dunes.
SPA Special
Protection Area (EC Birds Directive).
SSSI Site
of Special Scientific Interest.
W+C Wildlife
and Countryside Act 1981
GCR Geological
conservation review
NCR Nature
Conservation Review
NCC Nature
Conservancy Council
NA Wash
Natural Area
RDB Red
data book
BAP Biodiversity
Action Plans; National BAP, Wash BAP, Lincolnshire BAP.
WeBS Wetland
Bird Survey
BOCC Birds
of Conservation Concern
BTO The
Atlas of breeding birds in Britain and Ireland
BSBI The
Atlas of British Flora
LNU The
Flora of Lincolnshire
ISR Invertebrate
Site Register
JNCC/CEH The
Atlas of dragonflies of Britain and Ireland. Joint Nature ConservationCommitte and
Centre for Ecology and Hydrology.
LWT Assessment
by Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust staff/Endangered species panel.
