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SA 7 - Create a database of all ponds in Herefordshire

Code
SA 7
Supporting action
Create a database of all ponds in Herefordshire
Description
Identify, map and record condition of all ponds in Herefordshire to add to existing datasets such as the Priority Ponds dataset and the Ice Age Ponds Project dataset. A citizen science project could be set up to enable volunteers to record and survey ponds as well as work with partners and landowners to encourage pond data submission.
Priority
Freshwater habitats are expanded, restored and reconnected
Priority description
Herefordshire has greater than the national average density of ponds, as well as a diverse range of other freshwater habitats. These are vital places for wildlife and provide freshwater resilience to the landscape, which will be increasingly important as climate change impacts are experienced. It will also be important to ensure the ponds are kept in as natural a state as possible. With many ponds starting to be more actively gardened this can lead to an increase in introduced species and unnatural nutrient loads impacting the potential biodiversity and species that could depend on them. Expanding, restoring and reconnecting these habitats will be crucial to maintaining resilience and benefitting both species and people.
Mapped
No