This dataset identifies areas where the addition of new ponds would benefit Great Crested Newt populations.

The core areas contain a pond density of 2+ ponds and are located within a 1km square where great crested newt presence has been predicted.

Fringe areas contain a pond density of 1 and are located within a 1km square where great crested newt presence has been predicted or are within a 250m of a Core Area.

Higher scores are associated with darker colouration and represent a greater presence of suitable habitat features:

pH 6-7 Distance from grassland <100m Density of grassland 5-67% Distance from woodland <100m Density of woodland 5-67% Shannon-Weaver diversity -2 to -0.8 These suitable habitat features have been given a score of ‘1’.

Distance from arable land <250m Has been given a score of ‘-1’.

Urban areas > 2ha (+400m buffer), roads (7.5m), rivers (7.5m) and Environment Agency Flood Zone 2 have been excluded.

This dataset identifies areas where the addition of new ponds would benefit Great Crested Newt populations.

The core areas contain a pond density of 2+ ponds and are located within a 1km square where great crested newt presence has been predicted.

Fringe areas contain a pond density of 1 and are located within a 1km square where great crested newt presence has been predicted or are within a 250m of a Core Area.

Higher scores are associated with darker colouration and represent a greater presence of suitable habitat features:

grassland density 10 - 50% woodland density 10 - 60% Distance from rivers <1500m Shannon Weaver Diversity -1.5 to -0.6 These suitable habitat features have been given a score of ‘1’.

Arable land (density 50 - 100%) has been given a score of ‘-1’.

Urban areas greater than 2ha (+400m buffer), roads (7.5m), rivers (7.5m) and Environment Agency Flood Zone 2 have been excluded.

This dataset identifies areas where the addition of new ponds would benefit Great Crested Newt populations. The core areas contain a pond density of 2+ ponds and are located within a 1km square where great crested newt presence has been predicted. Fringe areas contain a pond density of 1 and are located within a 1km square where great crested newt presence has been predicted or are within a 250m of a Core Area. Higher scores are associated with darker colouration and represent a greater presence of suitable habitat features: 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 or Variable; -1) Density of urban areas (33.3-100%; -2) All scores are summed, Urban areas > 2ha (+400m buffer), roads (7.5m) and rivers (7.5m) have been excluded.

This dataset identifies areas where the addition of new ponds would benefit Great Crested Newt populations. The core areas contain a pond density of 2+ ponds and are located within a 1km square where great crested newt presence has been predicted. Fringe areas contain a pond density of 1 and are located within a 1km square where great crested newt presence has been predicted or are within a 250m of a Core Area. Higher scores are associated with darker colouration and represent a greater presence of suitable habitat features: grassland (+250m buffer), woodland (+250m buffer), within 100m-2500m range of a river, with a pH >6.5 and Phospherous >40. These suitable habitat features have been given a score of ‘1’. Arable land and Suburban areas have been given a score of ‘-1’. Urban areas greater than 2ha (+400m buffer), roads (7.5m buffer), rivers (+7.5m), Special Protection Areas (+500m), Special Areas of Conservation (+100m) and Ramsars (+100m) have been excluded.

This dataset identifies areas where the addition of new ponds would benefit Great Crested Newt populations.

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.

Higher scores are associated with darker colouration and represent a greater presence of suitable habitat features:

grassland density 10 - 60% woodland density 5 - 60% arable density 0 - 50%

These suitable habitat features have been given a score of ‘1’.

Soil Type - Sand has been given a score of ‘-1’.

Urban areas greater than 2ha (+400m buffer), roads (7.5m), rivers (7.5m) and Environment Agency Flood Zone 2 have been excluded.

This dataset identifies areas where the addition of new ponds would benefit Great Crested Newt populations.

The core areas contain a pond density of 2+ ponds and are located within a 1km square where great crested newt presence has been predicted.

Fringe areas contain a pond density of 1 and are located within a 1km square where great crested newt presence has been predicted or are within a 250m of a Core Area.

Higher scores are associated with darker colouration and represent a greater presence of suitable habitat features:

grassland density 10% - 50% distance to deciduous woodland 0 - 200m coniferous woodland density 0% - 25% within 500m - 2000m of a river These suitable habitat features have been given a score of ‘1’.

arable density 33.33% - 100% heather density 33.33% - 100% distance to nearest pond > 750m These habitat features have been given a score of ‘-1’.

New allocations (+250m buffer), roads (7.5m), rivers (7.5m) and Environment Agency Flood Zone 2 have been excluded.

This dataset identifies areas where the addition of new ponds would benefit Great Crested Newt populations.

The core areas contain a pond density of 2+ ponds and are located within a 1km square where great crested newt presence has been predicted.

Fringe areas contain a pond density of 1 and are located within a 1km square where great crested newt presence has been predicted or are within a 250m of a Core Area.

Higher scores are associated with darker colouration and represent a greater presence of suitable habitat features:

pH 6-7 Distance from grassland <100m Density of grassland 5-67% Distance from woodland <100m Density of woodland 5-67% Shannon-Weaver diversity -2 to -0.8 These suitable habitat features have been given a score of ‘1’.

Distance from arable land <250m Has been given a score of ‘-1’.

Urban areas > 2ha (+400m buffer), roads (7.5m), rivers (7.5m) and Environment Agency Flood Zone 2 have been excluded. Attribution statement: © Natural England, 2020 Based upon LCM2015 © NERC (CEH) 2011. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown Copyright 2007. Based upon LCM2015 © NERC (CEH) 2017. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown Copyright 2007, Licence number 100017572. Contains data supplied by Natural Environment Research Council © NERC (Centre for Ecology & Hydrology) and © Natural England. Soils Data © Cranfield University (NSRI) and for the Controller of HMSO 2019. Based upon LCM2007 © NERC (CEH) 2011. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown Copyright 2007. © third party licensors. Contains, or is derived from, information supplied by the Ordnance Survey and Rural Payments Agency. © Crown copyright and database rights 2019. © Dorset Environmental Records Centre 2019. Contains data supplied by: © Bournemouth Borough Council 2019 Ordnance Survey 100019829 © Christchurch and East Dorset 2019 Ordnance Survey 100024319 © North Dorset Council 2019 Ordnance Survey LA100013415 © Poole Council 2019 Ordnance Survey 100024248 © Purbeck District Council 2019, Ordnance Survey LA100022058 © West Dorset District Council 2019, Ordnance Survey 100024307 Contains, or is derived from, information supplied by Ordnance Survey. © Crown copyright and database rights 2020 Ordnance Survey 100022021. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right, 2020

This dataset identifies areas where the addition of new ponds would benefit Great Crested Newt populations.

The core areas contain a pond density of 2+ ponds and are located within a 1km square where great crested newt presence has been predicted.

Fringe areas contain a pond density of 1 and are located within a 1km square where great crested newt presence has been predicted or are within a 250m of a Core Area.

Higher scores are associated with darker colouration and represent a greater presence of suitable habitat features:

Distance from a River 200 -2000m Soil pH 6.5 – 7.5 Soil Phosphorus 35 -45 mg kg-1 Arable Density < 33% Distance from Grassland <100m Grassland Density 10 -40% Distance from Woodland < 100m

These suitable habitat features have been given a score of ‘1’.

Urban areas > 2ha (+400m buffer), roads (7.5m), rivers (7.5m) and Environment Agency Flood Zone 2 have been excluded.

This dataset identifies areas where the addition of new ponds would benefit Great Crested Newt populations.

The core areas contain a pond density of 2+ ponds (within 250m a radius) and are located within a 25x25m grid square where great crested newt presence has been predicted.

Fringe areas contain a pond density of <2 and are located within a 25x25m grid square where great crested newt presence has been predicted or are within a 250m of a Core Area.

Higher scores are associated with darker colouration and represent a greater presence of suitable habitat features:

Arable density 0 - 33% Grassland density (including fen) 10-75% Distance from grassland (including fen) 0-100m Woodland density 10-33% Distance from woodland 0-100m Distance from rivers 100-1000m Elevation 0-150m pH 6.75-7.5

These suitable habitat features have been given a score of ‘1’.

Urban areas greater than 2ha (+400m buffer), roads (7.5m) and rivers (7.5m) have been excluded.

This dataset identifies areas where the addition of new ponds would benefit Great Crested Newt populations.

The core areas contain a pond density of 2+ ponds and are located within a 1km square where great crested newt presence has been predicted.

Fringe areas contain a pond density of 1 and are located within a 1km square where great crested newt presence has been predicted or are within a 250m of a Core Area.

Higher scores are associated with darker colouration and represent a greater presence of suitable habitat features:

pH 6.75-7.25 Density of grassland 10-80% Density of woodland 10-50% Nearest pond <125m Where drainage is 'Impeded' These suitable habitat features have been given a score of ‘1’.

Distance from rivers <100m Density of arable land 50 - 100% Has been given a score of ‘-1’.

Urban areas > 2ha (+400m buffer), roads (7.5m) and rivers (7.5m) have been excluded.

This dataset identifies areas where the addition of new ponds would benefit Great Crested Newt populations.

The core areas contain a pond density of 2+ ponds within 250m and are located within a 25m square where great crested newt presence has been predicted.

Fringe areas contain a pond density of 1 within 250m and are located within a 25km square where great crested newt presence has been predicted or are within a 250m of a Core Area.

Higher scores are associated with darker colouration and represent a greater presence of suitable habitat features:

The following suitable habitat features have been given a score of ‘1’: grassland density 10 - 66% distance from arable >125m distrance from woodland < 100m Elevation 100 - 300m Nearest pond < 100m pH 6 – 7 distance from rivers 100-500m

The following unsuitable habitat features have been given a score of ‘-1’: urban density 50 - 100%

Urban areas greater than 2ha (+400m buffer), roads (7.5m) and rivers (7.5m) have been excluded.

This dataset identifies areas where the addition of new ponds would benefit Great Crested Newt populations.

The core areas contain a pond density of 2+ ponds (within 250m) and are located within a 25x25m square where great crested newt presence has been predicted.

Fringe areas contain a pond density of 1 and are located within a 25x25m square where great crested newt presence has been predicted or are within a 250m of a Core Area.

Higher scores are associated with darker colouration and represent a greater presence of suitable habitat features:

Density of arable land 0-50% Density of coniferous woodland 10-25% Density of deciduous woodland 10-100% Distance from deciduous woodland 0-100m Density of grassland 25-75% Nearest pond 0-125m pH 6.5-7.5 Distance from rivers 150-1000m

These suitable habitat features have been given a score of ‘1’.

All scores are summed, scores ≤ 0 are not displayed Urban areas > 2ha (+250m buffer), roads (7.5m) and rivers (7.5m) have been excluded.

This dataset identifies areas where the addition of new ponds would benefit Great Crested Newt populations.

The core areas contain a pond density of 2+ (i.e. there are 2+ ponds within 250m of any 25m square) where great crested newt presence has been predicted.

Fringe areas contain a pond density of <2 (i.e. there are fewer than 2 ponds within 250m of any 25m square) where great crested newt presence has been predicted or are within a 250m of a Core Area.

Higher scores are associated with darker colouration and represent a greater presence of suitable habitat features:

distance from rivers 50 - 1000m arable density 50 - 100% urban denity 40 - 100% grassland density 5 - 50% distrance from woodland < 100m distance to nearest pond 0 - 150m

These suitable habitat features have been given a score of ‘1’.

distance from rivers 50 - 1000m grassland density 5 - 50% distrance from woodland < 100m distance to nearest pond 0 - 150m

These suitable habitat features have been given a score of ‘-1’.

arable density 50 - 100% urban denity 40 - 100% Urban areas greater than 2ha (+400m buffer), roads (7.5m), rivers (7.5m) and Environment Agency Flood Zone 2 have been excluded.

This dataset identifies areas where the addition of new ponds would benefit Great Crested Newt populations.

The core areas contain a pond density of 2+ ponds and are located within a 1km square where great crested newt presence has been predicted.

Fringe areas contain a pond density of 1 and are located within a 1km square where great crested newt presence has been predicted or are within a 250m of a Core Area.

Higher scores are associated with darker colouration and represent a greater presence of suitable habitat features:

Elevation 0 - 400m Density of woodland 10 - 60% Density of grassland 10 - 60% pH 6.25 - 7.5 Soil drainage classed as 'Naturally wet' or 'Drainage impeded' These suitable habitat features have been given a score of ‘1’.

Density of arable land 33 - 100% Has been given a score of -1

Presence of heather Have been given a score of -2

Urban areas greater than 2ha (+400m buffer), roads (7.5m) and rivers (7.5m).

This dataset identifies areas where the addition of new ponds would benefit Great Crested Newt populations.

The core areas contain a pond density of 2+ ponds and are located within a 1km square where great crested newt presence has been predicted.

Fringe areas contain a pond density of 1 and are located within a 1km square where great crested newt presence has been predicted or are within a 250m of a Core Area.

Higher scores are associated with darker colouration and represent a greater presence of suitable habitat features:

grassland density 25% - 75% distance to woodland 0 - 100m arable density 0 - 50% within 100m - 1500m of a river a pH 6.5 - 8. These suitable habitat features have been given a score of ‘1’.

Urban areas greater than 2ha (+400m buffer), roads (7.5m), rivers (7.5m) and Environment Agency Flood Zone 2 have been excluded.

This dataset identifies areas where the addition of new ponds would benefit Great Crested Newt populations. The core areas contain a pond density of 2+ ponds and are located within a 1km square where great crested newt presence has been predicted. Fringe areas contain a pond density of 1 and are located within a 1km square where great crested newt presence has been predicted or are within a 250m of a Core Area. Higher scores are associated with darker colouration and represent a greater presence of suitable habitat features such as grassland (+250m buffer), woodland (+250m buffer), and within 100m-1000m range of a river. These suitable habitat features have been given a score of ‘1’ and where more of these features overlap, there is a higher score. Arable land is also included but has been given a score of ‘-1’. Urban areas greater than 2ha (+400m buffer), roads (7.5m buffer) and rivers (+7.5m) have been excluded. Attribution Statement: © Natural England [year], reproduced with the permission of Natural England, http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/copyright/. © Crown Copyright and database rights [year]. Based upon LCM2007 © NERC (CEH) [Year]. © Crown Copyright [year], Licence number 100017572. © third party licensors. Contains, or is derived from, information supplied by Ordnance Survey. © Crown copyright and database rights [year] Ordnance Survey 100022021.

This dataset identifies areas where the addition of new ponds would benefit Great Crested Newt populations.

The core areas contain a pond density of 2+ ponds and are located within a 1km square where great crested newt presence has been predicted.

Fringe areas contain a pond density of 1 and are located within a 1km square where great crested newt presence has been predicted or are within a 250m of a Core Area.

Higher scores are associated with darker colouration and represent a greater presence of suitable habitat features:

grassland density 10 - 60% woodland density 5 - 60% arable density 0 - 50%

These suitable habitat features have been given a score of ‘1’.

Soil Type - Sand has been given a score of ‘-1’.

Urban areas greater than 2ha (+400m buffer), roads (7.5m), rivers (7.5m) and Environment Agency Flood Zone 2 have been excluded. Attribution statement: © Natural England, 2022 Based upon LCM2015 © NERC (CEH) 2011. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown Copyright 2007. Based upon LCM2015 © NERC (CEH) 2017. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown Copyright 2007, Licence number 100017572. Soils Data © Cranfield University (NSRI) and for the Controller of HMSO 2018 Based upon LCM2007 © NERC (CEH) 2011. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown Copyright 2007. © third party licensors. Contains, or is derived from, information supplied by the Ordnance Survey and Rural Payments Agency. © Crown copyright and database rights 2019. Contains data supplied by © Bristol Regional Environmental Records Centre, 2019 © Somerset County Council Crown copyright and database rights 2015 Ordnance Survey licence number 100038382 © North Somerset Council 2019, Ordnance Survey Licence Number 100023397 © South Gloucestershire Council, 2019, Ordnance Survey Licence Number 100023410 © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2018. All rights reserved. Some features of this map are based on digital spatial data from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, © NERC (CEH). © Crown copyright and database rights 2018 Ordnance Survey 100024198 Contains, or is derived from, information supplied by Ordnance Survey. © Crown copyright and database rights 2020 Ordnance Survey 100022021. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right, 2020

This dataset identifies areas where the addition of new ponds would benefit Great Crested Newt populations.

The core areas contain a pond density of 2+ ponds and are located within a 25x25m square where great crested newt presence has been predicted.

Fringe areas contain a pond density of 1 and are located within a 25x25m square where great crested newt presence has been predicted or are within a 250m of a Core Area.

Higher scores are associated with darker colouration and represent a greater presence of suitable habitat features:

Distance from rivers 100 - 1250m Elevation 0 - 200m Distance from deciduous woodland 0 - 100m Density of arable 0 - 33% Distance from urban > 350m Density of grassland 10 - 60% Nearest pond 0 - 500m

These suitable habitat features have been given a score of ‘1’.

Presence of coniferous woodland Presence of heather Presence of acid grassland

Have been given a score of -2

Urban areas greater than 2ha (+400m buffer), roads (7.5m) and rivers (7.5m)

This dataset identifies areas where the addition of new ponds would benefit Great Crested Newt populations.

The core areas contain a pond density of 2+ ponds and are located within a 1km square where great crested newt presence has been predicted.

Fringe areas contain a pond density of 1 and are located within a 1km square where great crested newt presence has been predicted or are within a 250m of a Core Area.

Higher scores are associated with darker colouration and represent a greater presence of suitable habitat features:

grassland density 10% - 50% distance to deciduous woodland 0 - 200m coniferous woodland density 0% - 25% within 500m - 2000m of a river These suitable habitat features have been given a score of ‘1’.

arable density 33.33% - 100% heather density 33.33% - 100% distance to nearest pond > 750m These habitat features have been given a score of ‘-1’.

Urban areas greater than 2ha (+400m buffer), roads (7.5m), rivers (7.5m) and Environment Agency Flood Zone 2 have been excluded.

This dataset identifies areas where the addition of new ponds would benefit Great Crested Newt populations.

The core areas contain a pond density of 2+ ponds and are located within a 1km square where great crested newt presence has been predicted.

Fringe areas contain a pond density of 1 and are located within a 1km square where great crested newt presence has been predicted or are within a 250m of a Core Area.

Higher scores are associated with darker colouration and represent a greater presence of suitable habitat features:

pH 6.75-7.5 Density of grassland 10-66% Distance from woodland <100m Shannon-Weaver diversity -1.5 to -0.6 Where drainage is classed as Impeded, Naturally Wet or Water These suitable habitat features have been given a score of ‘1’.

Density of arable 50-100% Has been given a score of ‘-1’.

Land classification is Acid Grassland or Bog Has been given a score of ‘-2’.

Urban areas > 2ha (+400m buffer), roads (7.5m) and rivers (7.5m) have been excluded.