SA 3 - Control of grey squirrel and deer
- Code
- SA 3
- Supporting action
- Control of grey squirrel and deer
- Description
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Increased landscape management of deer and grey squirrel, allowing woodland to naturally regenerate, protect newly planted trees, improve woodland shrub and floral layers. Management of these species will also protect agricultural crops.
- Links to additional information and guidance
- Priority
- Ancient woodlands are more extensive, and existing ones are well-managed and restored
- Priority description
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Ancient woodlands are sites which have been continuously wooded since before 1600. Two types of ancient woodland exist: Ancient Semi-Natural Woods and Plantation on Ancient Woodland Sites (PAWS). The former are sites that have largely developed naturally and been continuously wooded since 1600, and the latter were previously ancient woodland sites that were cleared and have since been replanted or interplanted, often with commercial species, but which retain some of their former complexity. Approximately half of Herefordshire’s woodlands are recorded as ancient woodlands; however, many of these are isolated from each other and should therefore be reconnected to create a strong network of ancient woodlands.
- Mapped
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No