Statement of Biodiversity Priorities
for Trent and Belvoir Vales
The LNRS consists of a Statement of Biodiversity Priorities, which use local knowledge and expertise to describe Greater Lincolnshire and its natural environment and identify local people's priorities and potential opportunities for recovering and improving biodiversity.
The Statement includes 58 priorities and 184 actions across the following themes:
- Woodland and Trees
- Grassland and Heathland
- Freshwater Wetlands
- Coastal and Estuarine
- Rivers and Streams
- Lowland Fen and Raised Bog
- Farmland
- Nature in Built Environments
- Landscape Scale and Ecological Networks
- Species
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Priorities & Measures
The Trent and Belvoir Vales NCA is an undulating, rural and mainly arable landscape through which the River Trent flows, draining from the upper Trent valleys into the Humberhead Levels NCA. The part of the character area which lies in Lincolnshire is mainly the floodplain on its eastern side, leading up to the foot of the Lincolnshire Edge escarpment. It is a mixed farming landscape with floodplain grazing marsh and arable agriculture, characterised by large fields enclosed by hawthorn-hedgerows or dykes.
The sandlands which form part of this area are also important, and lead into the Northern Lincolnshire Edge with Coversands NCA. There are also small areas of heathland. The River Trent flows through the NCA from Nottingham to Gainsborough. It continues to be tidal upstream, until it reaches Cromwell Lock in Nottinghamshire. The character area also includes the middle reaches of the River Witham.
The area is also marked by sand and gravel extraction, some of which has created important wildlife sites as part of their restoration.
Mapping Explanatory Notes
The attached document describes principles and caveats used in the development of the LNRS which should be considered when using the Statement of Biodiversity Priorities and the Local Habitat Map.