This spatial dataset is an output of the Natural England County & City Natural Capital Atlas project (July 2020). It shows variation in ecosystem service flow for habitats across England, based on indicators identified by NE in the 2018 Natural Capital Indicators project. The dataset comprises a hexagonal grid which summarises indicator values across the country (each unit = 5km²).

Natural Capital is an important aspect of current environmental policy and management. This dataset, in combination with the other project outputs, will support understanding of Natural Capital in England and serve as a valuable engagement tool to communicate concepts of the Natural Capital approach to a wide variety of stakeholders.

For full methodology and user guide see documents ‘NCAtlas_Devon’ and ‘NC-Mapping-User-Guidance’ at http://publications.naturalengland.org.uk/publication/6672365834731520.

For full metadata documentation see the data package download below.

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This dataset identifies areas where the addition of new ponds would benefit Great Crested Newt populations defined as strategic opportunity areas (SOAs). These England-wide dataset incorporates the SOAs for all regional areas. The attribute “Strategy_Area_Name” defines these areas..The details below describe how the SOAs are scored for each region The core areas contain a pond density of 2+ ponds and are located within a 25m square where great crested newt presence has been predicted. Fringe areas contain a pond density of 1 and are located within a 25m square where great crested newt presence has been predicted or are within a 250m of a Core Area. Typically urban areas greater than 2ha (+400m buffer), roads (7.5m buffer), and rivers (+7.5m) have been excluded unless otherwise stated.. All scores are summed, scores ≤ 0 are not displayed. Higher scores are associated with darker colouration and represent a greater presence of suitable habitat features (density refers to the coverage of a habitat type with 250m of any 25m grid square): Cambridgeshire (Urban buffer reduced to 250m) Density of arable land 0-50% +1 Density of coniferous woodland 10-25% +1 Density of deciduous woodland 10-100% +1 Distance from deciduous woodland 0-100m +1 Density of grassland 25-75% +1 Nearest pond 0-125m +1 pH 6.5-7.5 +1 Distance from rivers 150-1000m +1 Cheshire Soil pH 6.5 – 7.25 +1 Nearest Pond <100m +1 River distance 100 – 1000m +1 Density of grassland 10 – 70% +1 Distance to deciduous woodland <100m +1 Density of deciduous woodland 10 - 70% +1 Soil Phosphorus 35 – 45 +1 Drainage Clay/Loamy +1 Arable density 50 – 100% -1 Cumbria grassland density 10 - 66% +1 distrance from woodland < 100m +1 Elevation 50 - 300m +1 Nearest pond 125m +1 urban density 50 - 100% -1 Derbyshire (Environment Agency Flood Zone 2 have been excluded) Soil pH 6.5 – 7.5 +1 Elevation < 200m +1 Grassland density 25 – 75% +1 Distance to woodland < 100m +1 Woodland density 10 -50% +1 Distance to nearest pond < 100m +1 Drainage classed as ‘Impeded’ or ‘Naturally Wet’ +1 Arable density 50 - 100% -1 Dorset (Environment Agency Flood Zone 2 have been excluded) pH 6-7 +1 Distance from grassland <100m +1 Density of grassland 5-67% +1 Distance from woodland <100m +1 Density of woodland 5-67% +1 Shannon-Weaver diversity -2 to -0.8 +1 Distance from arable land 1000m +1 Soil pH 6.5 to 7.5 Phosphorus 30 to 40 +1 Arable land (density 50 - 100%) -1 Heather (density 33.33 - 100%). -1 Hertfordshire (Environment Agency Flood Zone 2 have been excluded) grassland density 5 - 50% +1 distrance from woodland < 100m +1 distance to nearest pond 0 - 150m +1 distance from rivers 50 - 1500m +1 pH 6.75 – 7.25 +1 arable density 50-100% -1 urban density 40-100% -1 Kent Distance from rivers 100-1000m +1 Soil pH 6.5 - 7.5 +1 Soil phosphorus <40 g kg-1 +1 Density of arable land 0-33.3% +1 Density of grassland 20-66.6% +1 Distance to trees 0-100m +1 Soil Drainage (Free draining/slightly impeded) -1 Density of urban s 33.3-100% -2 Lancashire Arable density 0 - 33% +1 Grassland density (including fen) 10-75% +1 Distance from grassland (including fen) 0-100m +1 Woodland density 10-33% +1 Distance from woodland 0-100m +1 Distance from rivers 100-1000m +1 Elevation 0-150m +1 pH 6.75-7.5 +1 Leicestershire (Environment Agency Flood Zone 2 have been excluded) grassland density 25 - 75% +1 distrance from woodland < 100m +1 woodland density 15 – 75% +1 arable density 0 – 25% +1 Distance from rivers <1500m +1 pH 6.75 – 7.25 +1 Norfolk and Suffolk (Environment Agency Flood Zone 2 have been excluded) Distance from a River 200 -2000m +1 Soil pH 6.5 – 7.5 +1 Soil Phosphorus 35 -45 mg kg-1 +1 Arable Density < 33% +1 Distance from Grassland <100m +1 Grassland Density 10 -40% +1 Distance from Woodland < 100m +1 North East Yorkshire Soil pH 6.75-7.25 +1 Density of grassland 10-80% +1 Density of woodland 10-50% +1 Nearest pond <125m +1 Soil drainage is 'Impeded' +1 Distance from rivers 350m +1 Density of grassland 10 - 60% +1 Nearest pond 0 - 500m +1 Presence of coniferous woodland -2 Presence of heather -2 Presence of acid grassland -2 South and East Yorkshire pH 6.75-7.5 +1 Density of grassland 10-66% +1 Distance from woodland 750m -1 Somerset (Environment Agency Flood Zone 2 have been excluded) grassland density 10 - 60% +1 woodland density 5 - 60% +1 arable density 0 - 50% +1 Soil Type – Sand -1 Swindon & Wiltshire (Environment Agency Flood Zone 2 have been excluded) grassland density 25% - 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