This section contains some examples of our work plus downloads relating to current projects.
Downloads and examples of our work
Hartley Wintney Consultation: Background Paper
The background paper outlines the key issues and provides a map and images of the commons.
Published: 14-12-2009Hartley Wintney Consultation: Leaflet
This leaflet provides information and background to the Hartley Wintney Consultation, outlining some of the key issues.
Published: 14-12-2009Hartley Wintney Consultation: Poster
Hart District Council invites you to have your say about the management of this site at a drop in day on January 9th 2010 between 10am and 4pm. Please use the link to the side to download a poster with further details.
Published: 11-11-2009Please see commons letter for further information
Published: 30-09-2009(a) Stimulation interest in managing commons - letter
We are currently working on a project with Natural England aimed at helping stimulate interest in the management of commons and greens which are no longer managed using traditional management or agricultural practices. This letter gives futher information to people wanting to complete our questionnaires on commons on greens which will help inform a series of fact sheets.
Published: 30-09-2009(a) Village Green Questionnaire
Please see Commons Letter for further information
Published: 30-09-2009This study was commissioned by Natural England to compare bird abundance and distribution during the night and the day. In particular the aim was to identify any areas of the northern shore of Poole Harbour which are used more at night than in the day.
Liley, D., Sharp, J., Underhill-Day, J. & Caldow, R.
Published: 15-09-2009Access and Nature Conservation Reconciliation: Supplementary Guidance for England
This report is a collation of available scientific research into the effects of access on nature conservation. The purpose of this report is to provide a scientific tool to help identify potential impacts of access and to enable measures to be put in place to secure the reconciliation of both access and nature conservation objectives.
Lowen, J., Liley, D., Underhill-Day, J., & Whitehouse, A.
Published: 17-06-2009Access to the countryside and bird conservation: priorities for research
This report, commissioned by Natural England, sets out the research priorities relating to disturbance to birds and the impacts of access. It highlights the need for a better understanding of access patterns and the need to better understand how to manage access to minimise impacts to birds.
Liley, D.
Published: 06-04-2009Drivetimes and housing around the Dorset Heaths
We have drivetime software, which as part of our GIS capabilities, allows us to plot drivetimes from different locations. The example here shows drivetimes and housing for the Dorset Heaths. The shading shows different drivetime isochrones from car parks that provide access to the heaths, up to 40 minutes drive. The bar chart shows the number of houses within each drivetime isochrone. The software is useful in exploring visitor catchments and working with postcode data from visitor surveys.
Joanna Sharp
Published: 08-01-2009Habitat Regulations Assessment: Breckland Core Strategy
This assessment is the result of close working with Breckland District Council, the RSPB and Natural England and draws on research conducted by Footpring Ecology and others.
Liley, D., Hoskin, R., Underhill-Day, J. & Tyldesley, D.
Published: 10-11-2008The effect of housing development and roads on the distribution of stone curlews in the Brecks
This research provides some of the evidence used to support the Appropriate Assessment of Breckland District's core strategy and explores the avoidance of housing and roads by stone curlews.
Sharp, J., Clarke, R. T., Liley, D. & Green, R. E.
Published: 10-11-2008This report was commissioned by the New Forest National Park Authority on behalf of a number of stakeholders. We explore how visitor numbers may change in the National Park in the future, as a result of an increase in hosuing surrounding the park. We also present spatial models of visitor numbers and relate these to the distribution of Annex 1 birds within the SPA.
Sharp, J., Lowen, J. & Liley, D.
Published: 17-10-2008This report, to Purbeck District Council, assembles the evidence of the nature conservation impacts of a settlement expansion for 2750 dwellings near Lytchett, in SE Dorset. The report informed Purbeck District Council's response to the Secretary of State on the proposed changes to the SW RSS.
White, J., Hoskin, R., Liley, D., Sharp, J., Underhill-Day, J. & Tyldesley, D.
Published: 02-10-2008



