Mark Iley

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Mark Iley Biodiversity Coordinator 01621
862975 marki_at_essexwt.org.uk www.essexbiodiversity.
org.uk
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• The (new) Pincey brook, Hatfield Broad Oak

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Pincey Valley60 ha, 2 UK and 2 Essex BAP
habitats with at least 20 UK BAP species
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BIG projects

• Pincey Valley grew out of our need to find
  larger landscape scale projects
• We identified several potential landscape scale
  projects and have progressed this one
• Enthusiastic landowner, HLS delivered by Natural
  England on a non SSSI site
• EA funded, planned and undertook ground works
• EBP sourced funding partner and will manage HLS
  delivery with landowner
• Massive wildlife, landscape and public benefit

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What EBP is

• A very strong and committed 10 year partnership
• Essex County Council, Essex Wildlife Trust and
  Natural England with local authorities and
  businesses funding to deliver a successful
  project meeting county, regional and national
  objectives
• Delivering excellent value for money
• A wide and inclusive partnership
• No other county in this region has been able to
  achieve this

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What EBP does

• Take forward the Essex Biodiversity Action Plan
  (EBAP)
• We offer a complete biodiversity service aimed
  primarily at local authorities, parish councils
  and community groups, but where there are wider
  benefits we include businesses and private
  landowners
• Deliver benefits for wildlife and people
  throughout Essex

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What EBP does

• Offer ecological and habitat mangement advice
• Kickstart projects
• Project manage habitat work
• Provide funding from our project budget
• Draw in additional funding
• Help public bodies fulfil their biodiversity duty
  under the NERC Act

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What EBP does

• Raising the profile of biodiversity and
  benefiting our partners by raising their media
  profile and generating good publicity

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What EBP does

• We are the hub of communication and biodiversity
  information in the county
• We link local actions with the region and
  nationally

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What EBP does

• We continue support planners with current
  biodiversity information and best practice
  through our planning website http//www.wildlifean
  dplanningessex.org.uk/
• Integrating Biodiversity into Development -
• a guide for planners, developers and those
  considering building works

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• Not easy - we dont own or control any land
  but lots of sites need our input huge amount of
  enthusiasm in Essex to get things done
• Two staff with 17 years joint experience of
  conservation work in Essex
• Have a budget of 20K annually to spend on
  projects and match fund partners
• Great network we can draw on the expertise and
  resources of the organisations in the steering
  group and the partnership

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• We work in every Local Authority area in Essex
• wherever the opportunity arises and
  Biodiversity Action Plan species and
• habitats occur

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• There is plenty of work to do!

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• Restoration at Tiptree heath and now restoration
  at Inworth Grange Quarry fantastic potential
  for heathland/acid grassland creation
• Finalised restoration plans with ECC, Barden
  Aggregates and the landowner
• Advising Barden Aggregates on best practice
  restoration
• This model could be repeated on a number of
  Essex mineral sites

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dormouse
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• Supporting Essex Suffolk Dormouse Group
  training volunteers
• HMP Chelmsford constructing boxes
• Supporting monitoring feeding into national
  programme
• Partners Basildon DC, Essex Suffolk Water,
  Essex Wildlife Trust
• Funding woodland management to support dormouse
• Published dormouse distribution in Essex

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Hornet robberfly
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SMalachite beetle
Scarlet malachite beetle Funding habitat
management supporting Langley and Clavering
Parish Councils
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Heathland restoration at Layer Breton Kick
start management with machinery and
expertise Sympathetic landowner, BTCV and local
residents Opportunity with Essex Suffolk Water
pipeline
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Orchards
Traditional Essex apple varieties
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County wide survey of old orchardsvolunteer
inputregional partnershippublished findings
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School orchards
30 school orchard created across Essex
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• Old orchard restoration, Southminster Maldon DC

Initial funding and project management BAP
habitat safeguarded A genuine community
resource Enthusiastic volunteers active and
learning
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Bardfeild oxlip
5000 Oxlips at Great Bardfield, Braintree DC
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Bardfeild oxlip
EBP expertise with HLF funding and EWT Parish
Council and volunteer input Bardfield Primary
school hundreds of pupils have participated
their village their heritage
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• Captive breeding of Purple emperor butterfly

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• Kick-started project with funding and planning
• Approval from Natural England and involvement of
  Forestry Commission
• Expertise from Tropical Wings, a commercial
  partner and Essex Lepidoptera panel, a voluntary
  partner
• Biodiversity improvement to Marks Hall a
  commercial partner and important visitor
  attraction in Braintree District
• Historical/cultural links to John Ray
• National publicity for everyone

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• Uttlesford District
• Only 12 Black poplar remaining
• cuttings collected for propagation

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Mersea reedbed

• Safeguarding St. Peters Well reedbed
• Project management for a partner
• organisation West Mersea TC
• Meeting SSSI targets
• Meeting obligations under the NERC Act

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Sea hogs fennel and Fishers estuarine
moth Project management for a partner
organisation Essex Wildlife Trust Partnership
funding from Harwich Haven Match funding from
EBP Ongoing monitoring
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Skippers aerial
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• Wetland creation at Colchester Zoo

Provision of advice and expertise to a
commercial partner Habitat creation in the Roman
River Living Landscape area complimenting
existing habitat Accessible for visitors
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• Gore Pond, Writtle, Chelmsford BC
• Habitat restoration on behalf of residents and
  parish council
• Frog population and public amenity value

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• Wetland design at Wat Tyler Country Park with
  Basildon District Council

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• Reedbed and ditch complex at Burnham riverside
  park, Maldon DC
• Funded by EA and EBP
• EBP coordinated project with Maldon DC
  colleagues and a specialist contractor
• Benefiting protected BAP species - water voles
  on site
• Enabling public access and enjoyment

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EBP and FC identified additional Ancient woodland
clusters in Essex. Local Wildlife sites with
ancient woodland will receive additional
financial support through English Woodland Grant
Scheme
Grafham
North Beds
Haverhill
Greensand Ridge
Marston Vale
Saffron Walden
South Suffolk
Welwyn
Braintree
Tendring
Danbury
Broxbourne
Dacorum
East of England Ancient woodland clusters for
restoration
Cobbins Abridge
South Essex
Thames Chase
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• Distribution of cetaceans in Essex waters
• So successful we now expanded into a joint
  project with Suffolk and Norfolk.
• Results collated by SeaWatch
• Volunteer input, public interest and publicity

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American signal crayfish
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• Mapping crayfish distribution
• EA and EBP funding
• Training events
• Published findings

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Native white clawed crayfish
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• Advising landowners who want to make the right
  decisions for wildlife
• Stow Maries - First World war airfield Maldon DC

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• Grassland enhancement at
• ECC Cudmore Grove Country Park
• Funded by EBP
• Carrillion, a commercial partner volunteers on a
  country park
• Biodiversity enhancement on a public site

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• Heathland restoration at Chigwell Row, Epping
  Forest DC

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• Essex Biodiversity Project is leading
• on six living landscapes
• Cobbins Brook Epping Forest DC
• Langley Manuden Uttlesford DC
• Pincey Valley Uttlesford DC
• Stanway Complex Colchester BC
• Hazeleigh Woods Maldon DC
• Oxlip Woods, Rowney Uttlesford DC

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• We input into Local Development Frameworks and
  consultations like the EA Shoreline Management
  Plan
• Local BAP forums and groups are thriving and we
  are involved in
• Basildon Wildlife Countryside Forum
• Braintree Wildlife Advisory Group
• Chelmsford Biodiversity Forum
• ECC Country parks
• Epping Forest Biodiversity Partnership
• Harlow Biodiversity Partnership
• Thurrock Biodiversity Action Group
• Uttlesford Nature Conservation Working Group

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• Bustard Green grazing project, Uttlesford DC
• Cooperation of local residents
• Sourced funding from Viridor
• Habitat management
• Advice and expertise to support a Local Wildlife
  Site
• Educational days for local schools

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• This is a great time to be involved, there is so
  much to do in Essex
• Access to public funding
• Widespread public support and interest
• Progressive attitudes amongst landowners and
  land managers
• public bodies duty under the NERC Act
• Nature conservation is well organised and
  professional

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• Essex Biodiversity Project is the delivery
  mechanism for biodiversity work in Essex
• expertise
• experience
• network linking the local and the regional
• profile with a reputation for tangible
  outputs for biodiversity and our partners

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Nature conservation is too important
What are we able to do together? Biodiversity
matters and doing nothing is not an option
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Mark Iley Biodiversity Coordinator 01621
862975 marki_at_essexwt.org.uk www.essexbiodiversity.
org.uk