Barnsley Biodiversity Action Plan. Post-15 BAP. Updated to 2023

 Biodiversity

 Action

 Plan

1. Western Moors:  Upland Heathland, Blanket Bog, Purple Moor Grass and Rush Pasture, River

2. Whitley Edge: Lowland Heathland, Purple Moor Grass and Rush Pasture, unimproved acid grassland, - a heath/acid grassland matrix.

3. Broadstone Reservoir: Reservoir, Lowland Heathland, River, unimproved acid grassland, - a heath/acid grassland matrix

4. Ingbirchworth Reservoir: Reservoir, Lowland Heathland, unimproved acid grassland, River,

5. Royd Moor Reservoir: Reservoir, Lowland Heathland, unimproved acid grassland, Lowland Mixed Deciduous Woodland,

6. Scout Dike Reservoir: Reservoir, Lowland Heathland, Purple Moor Grass and Rush Pasture, River.  

7. Small Shaw and High Bank: Lowland Heathland, part of a much larger set of habitats of heath and acid grassland

8. Hartcliff Hill: Lowland Heathland, Mixed Deciduous Woodland, acid grassland and marshy grassland, scrub – mosaic, Rivers

9. Brock Holes: Lowland Heathland, acid grassland and marshy grassland, scrub – mosaic, springs/streams

10.Hollin and Spring Woods: Ancient woodland, Lowland Mixed Deciduous Woodland, Rivers,

11.Gunthwaite Dam and Clough Wood: Ancient woodland, Lowland Mixed Deciduous Woodland, Wet Woodland, Ponds, Rivers,

12.Margery Wood: Ancient woodland, Lowland Mixed Deciduous Woodland, Ponds,

13.North Wood: Ancient woodland Lowland Mixed Deciduous Woodland, Wet Woodland,

14.Royd, Vicar, Lindley and Coates Great Wood: Ancient woodland, Lowland Mixed Deciduous Woodland,

15.Black Moor Common: Mixed Deciduous Woodland, Lowland Dry Acidic Grassland, Lowland Heathland, Scrub – nearby river corridor

16.Silkstone Fall Wood: Ancient woodland (partly planted), Lowland Mixed Deciduous Woodland, Ponds,  

17.Daking Brook: River, -stream with White-clawed Crayfish

18.Mag Wood Meadow: Lowland Meadow / Neutral grassland

20.Hugset Wood: Ancient woodland, Mixed Deciduous Woodland,

21.Falthwaite and Lowe Wood: Ancient woodland, Lowland Mixed Deciduous Woodland, Ponds, River, grassland

22.Stainborough Park: Wood Pasture and Parkland, Lowland Dry Acidic Grassland, Ponds, Veteran Trees

23.Rockley Woods: Ancient woodland, Lowland Mixed Deciduous Woodland, Wet Woodland, Rivers, Ponds

24.Worsbrough Reservoir: Reservoir, Wet Woodland, Reedbed, River, Mixed Deciduous Woodland. Hedgerow, Meadow (Neutral Grassland)

25.Barnsley Canal at Wilthorpe: Floodplain Grazing Marsh, Ponds, Lowland Meadows/Neutral Grassland, Lowland Dry Acidic Grassland, Rivers, Wet woodland

26.Cliff Wood: Lowland Mixed Deciduous Woodland, Rivers, Ponds,

27.Carlton Marsh: Ponds, Neutral Grassland, Swamp, Reedbed

28.Stairfoot Disused Railway: Lowland Mixed Deciduous Woodland, Ponds, Rivers., grasslands, scrub

29.Wombwell Wood: Ancient woodland, Lowland Mixed Deciduous Woodland, Ponds. Remnants of heath.

30.Short Wood and Hay Green: Ancient woodland, Lowland Mixed Deciduous Woodland, Wet Woodland, Lowland Meadow, semi-improved neutral grassland, with a species-poor hedgerow.

31.Sunny Bank, Horse Carr and Storrs Wood: Ancient woodland, Lowland Mixed Deciduous Woodland, some unimproved neutral grassland.

32.Hood Green Pastures: Lowland Dry Acidic Grassland (NVC U4+U5), Hedgerow.  

33.Redbrook Pastures: Lowland Meadows / neutral grassland. Two fields with clearly visible traces of ridge and furrow. Pred

34.West Haigh Wood: Ancient woodland, Lowland Mixed Deciduous Woodland, Wet Woodland, Lowland Heathland (small amount),

35.Edderthorpe Ings: Ponds,  marshy and neutral grassland, marginal and swamp habitats and small areas of scrub and woodland.

36.Broomhill Flash: Floodplain and Grazing Marsh, Ponds,

37.Gipsy Marsh: Ponds, Lowland Meadow,

38.Old Moor and Wath Ings: Floodplain and Grazing Marsh, Lowland Meadows, Reedbeds,

39.Bolton-on-Dearne Wetland: Floodplain and Grazing Marsh, Ponds

40.Forge Rocher and Tin Mill Rocher: Ancient woodland, Lowland Mixed Deciduous Woodland, Ponds, Rivers,

41.Wharncliffe Chase and Wood: Ancient woodland, Lowland Mixed Deciduous Woodland, Lowland Dry Acid Grassland, Ponds, Rivers,

42.West Wood: Ancient woodland, Lowland Mixed Deciduous Woodland, Rivers,

43.Sowell Pond: Pond,

44.Black Lane: Hedgerow

45.Skiers Spring Wood: Ancient woodland, Lowland Mixed Deciduous woodland

46.Elsecar Reservoir: Reservoir, Wet Woodland (willow carr, swamp), River, modified neutral grassland

47.Hoyland Bank Wood: Ancient woodland, Lowland Mixed Deciduous Woodland, Wet Woodland, Ponds, River,

48.Bretton Park: Lake, Wood Pasture and Parkland, Lowland Mixed Deciduous Woodland, Ponds,  

49.Barnsley Canal: Reedbeds, Hedgerows

50.Wogden Foot: Open Mosaic on Previously Developed Land. A mix of acidic, neutral and calcareous grassland habitats

51.Barrow Colliery Site: Open Mosaic Habitats on Previously Developed Land, Lowland Mixed Deciduous Woodland

52.Brierley Meadows: Lowland Dry Acidic Grassland

53.Kendal Scrub Green: Lowland Meadows, Hedgerows, Scrub, adjacent to wooded wildlife corridor

54.Old Mill Lane Culvert Bat Roost: Standing water, River, Lowland Mixed Deciduous Woodland,

55.Parkhill Nature Reserve: Lowland Mixed Deciduous Woodland, Ponds,

56.Potter Holes Plantation: Lowland Mixed Deciduous Woodland

57.Swaithe Flood Meadows: river corridor habitats

58.Wool Greaves Meadows: Lowland Meadows, Lowland Dry Acid Grassland, Hedgerows

59.Glow Worm Site, Thurgoland

60 Rabbit Ings

61 Romticle Viaduct and Thurgoland Tunnel [bat roosts]

62 Mapplewell Tip: open Mosaic on Previous Developed Land

63 Elsecar Colliery

Habitats within Local Wildlife Sites.