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Special Areas of Conservation
Published date 2026-04-24Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) UK SAC network summary Special Areas of Conservation in the UK as of 24 April 2026CountryNumber of sitesArea ha1England2421,068,550England / Scotland3112,766Englan...
List of SPAs
Published date 2026-04-24Special Protection Areas (SPAs): List of sites England Site nameSite codeCountryArea (Ha)*StatusAbberton ReservoirUK9009141E718Classified SPAAlde-Ore EstuaryUK9009112E2,404Classified SPAArun ValleyUK9...
Common Standards Monitoring
Published date 2026-04-24Common Standards Monitoring Statement An inter-agency working group comprising JNCC and the four country nature conservation bodies (Natural England, Natural Resources Scotland, Scottish Natural Herit...
UKBI - Agri-environment schemes
Published date 2026-04-24Area of land in agri-environment schemes Assessment of change Area of land under higher-level/targeted agri-environment schemesAssessmentTime periodResultLong term1992 to 2022ImprovingShort term2017 t...
UKBI - Invasive species
Published date 2025-12-31Pressure from invasive species Assessment of change Assessment of change of the cumulative net total number of invasive non-native species established in or along 10% or more of Great Britain’s land a...
LR.FLR.Lic.YG Yellow and grey lichens on supralittoral rock
Published date 2015-03Vertical to gently sloping bedrock and stable boulders in the supralittoral (or splash zone) of the majority of rocky shores are typically characterised by a diverse maritime community of yellow and g...
LR.LLR.FVS Fucoids in variable salinity
Published date 2015-03Blankets of fucoid seaweeds dominating sheltered to extremely sheltered rocky shores with variable salinity. The wrack Pelvetia canaliculata (PelVS) occurs on the upper shore, with the wrack Fucus spi...
LR.FLR.Lic.Ver.Ver Verrucaria maura on very exposed to very sheltered upper littoral fringe rock
Published date 2015-03Upper littoral fringe bedrock, boulders and stable cobbles on very exposed to very sheltered shores which have a blanket covering of the black lichen Verrucaria maura. The winkle Littorina saxatilis i...
IR.MIR.KR.LhypTX.Pk Laminaria hyperborea park and foliose red seaweeds on tide-swept lower infralittoral mixed substrata
Published date 2015-03Exposed to moderately wave-exposed, tide-swept, Infralittoral mixed substrata with Laminaria hyperborea park characterised by an under-storey and stipe flora of foliose seaweeds such as Phycodrys rube...
LS.LCS Littoral coarse sediment
Published date 2015-03Littoral coarse sediments include shores of mobile pebbles, cobbles and gravel, sometimes with varying amounts of coarse sand. The sediment is highly mobile and subject to high degrees of drying betwe...