Contents

Location aerial view    Detailed aerial view

Preamble                                                                                                          

1.    Vision Statement                                                                                                

2.    Policy Statements                                                                                  

3.    General Description                                                                                          

3.1     General information
3.1.1    Location and site boundaries
3.1.2    Land tenure
3.1.3    Management infrastructure
3.1.4    Site infrastructure
3.1.5    Map coverage
3.1.6    Photographic coverage
3.1.7    Compartments
3.2     Environmental information
3.2.1        Physical
3.2.1.1     Climate
3.2.1.2     Hydrology
3.2.1.3     Geology
3.2.1.4     Geomorphology
3.2.1.5     Soils

3.2.2     Biological
3.2.2.1     Flora
3.2.2.2     Fauna
3.2.3    Cultural
3.2.3.1     Archaeology
3.2.3.2     Land use (past and present)
3.2.3.3     Past management
Grassland
Implications
Waterways
Other
3.2.4    Ecological relationships and implications for management
3.3     Current public use and interest
3.3.1    Public interest
3.3.2    Tourism and recreation
3.3.3    Current interpretation provision
3.3.4    Current educational use
3.3.5    Current research use
3.4     Landscape

4    Features of interest                                                                                       

4.1    Nature conservation status of the site
4.1.1    Current status
4.1.1.1  Site descriptions
4.1.2    Site definition and boundaries of nature conservation area
4.1.3    Biodiversity Action Plan species and habitats
4.2     Identification of nature conservation features
4.2.1    Proposed list of features for this management plan
4.3 Evaluation of features
4.3.1    Evaluation
4.3.1.1     Size
4.3.1.2     Diversity
4.3.1.3     Naturalness
4.3.1.4     Fragility
4.3.1.5     Rarity
4.3.1.6     Typicalness
4.3.1.7     Recorded history
4.3.1.8     Position in an ecological unit
4.3.1.9     Potential for improvement
4.3.1.10 Intrinsic appeal
4.3.1.11 Public access
4.3.1.12  Education
4.3.1.13  Interpretation
4.3.1.14  Research/study
4.4 Ideal management objectives
4.5 Factors influencing management
4.5.1    Natural trends
4.5.2    External factors
4.5.3    Man induced trends
4.5.4    Internal man induced factors
4.5.5    Obligations
4.5.6    Legal constraints
4.5.7    Management constraints
4.5.8    Results of surveys and implications for management
4.5.9    Impact assessment
4.6 Rationale, operational and management options
4.6.1    Rationale
4.6.2    Identification of operational objectives
4.6.3    Selection of management options and guiding principles for management work

5    Features, Objectives and Prescriptions

5.1     Features, Objectives and Prescriptions
5.2     Work schedule
5.2.1    Annual work plan with details of work to be done at different times of the year
5.2.2    Work programme over a 6 year period
5.3    Monitoring
5.3.1    Project recording systems
5.3.2    Progress reports
5.3.3    Plan review

References                                                                                       

Appendix 1 Maps 1,  2,  3,  4,  5,  6.

Appendix 2 Nature conservation Designation with Map of area covered by SINC status.

Appendix 3  Wildlife and Visitor Surveys: HWT 1998 survey,   Survey of Trees   Visitor Survey

Appendix 4  Lists of Flora and Fauna: Flora,   Tree Preservation OrdersMammals and Other Wildlife, BirdsInsects   Moth Survey 2004    Moth Night Survey 2005 Report    Moth night Species 

Appendix 5 Previous management plans: Habitat Restoration 2001   Habitat restoration 2003

Appendix 6 Maps of: 1.Conservation Management and  2. Nature Conservation Features  Features Legend

Appendix 7 Excerpts from Hampshire Biodiversity Action Plan  Plan Excerpt  Species List

Appendix 8 pipelines: Gas, Water and Sewage 

Appendix 9 Safety Plan


Other information referred to in text

HWT survey of  Invertebrates at Brook Meadow
Survey of the River Ems at Brook Meadow (Invertebrates)