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Camilty Wind Farm
NVC
Code
NVC Type
Area
(ha)
Survey
Polygons
community
was found
in
Annex 1
Biotope
UK
BAP
Priority
habitat
Scottish
Biodiversity
List
SEPA
GWDTE’s
community
S9
U4a
Carex rostrata
swamp
Festuca ovina-
Agrostis capillaris-
Galium saxatile
grassland, typical
sub-community
1.26 11, 25 - Fens - N
1.04 23 - - - Y
U4b
Festuca ovina-
Agrostis capillaris-
Galium saxatile
grassland, Holcus
lanatus-Trifolium
repens subcommunity
0.37 3, 7, 19, 21,
22, 27
- - - N
U4JE
Festuca ovina-
Galium saxatile
grassland, Juncus
effusus non-NVC
sub-community
0.32 3, 7, 18, 21,
22
- - - N
European Protected Species
11.3.28 This section of the chapter describes the results of the surveys to assess the likely presence
of European Protected Species (EPS). The UK and Scottish governments have a
responsibility to maintain populations of such species in favourable conservation status).
Otter Survey
Legal Protection
11.3.29 Otters are protected through inclusion in Annex IV of the EC Habitats Directive as translated
into UK law by the Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) Regulations 1994 (as amended) as
an EPS. This species is further highlighted as a priority species within the UKBAP and listed
within the West Lothian LBAP (2004).
Desk Study
11.3.30 The NBN gateway held records of otter in the vicinity of the Camilty site where the A70
spans the upper reaches of the Crosswood Burn (2002), and a more historical record from
1991 for the Linhouse Water, of which the Crosswood Burn is a tributary, to the northeast of
the Camilty site. No records were available from consultees.
Field Survey Results
11.3.31 Crosswood Burn is considered to be of sufficient size and quality to support fish such as
brown trout (Salmo trutta), and use of the Crosswood Burn by otter was confirmed by the
detection of a fresh otter spraint (dropping) underneath the A70 road bridge during the
Ecological Sensitivity Appraisal site visit in February 2011. During this visit an otter spraint
March 2013 11-20 ES Chapter 11
Terrestrial Ecology
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