Maintain and enhance heathland
communities
1
Habitat management option A3 active management
- Promote
extension of existing heath by:-
- Creation
of disturbed earth regimes near to actively growing fronds.
- Control
of Bracken enchroachment at edges and in heathland areas.
-
Experimentally try to propagate Heather seedlings.
- Protect
seedlings from Rabbits.
- Review
the success or otherwise of these measures and amend the policy as
required.
- Promote
regular (every 3 or 5 years) surveys of the heathland.
- Protect
the habitat from expanding LBB gull colonies.
- Promote
surveys of the invertebrates.
2
Study and research option C2 specialist facility
- Promote
research to understand pressures on habitat type and relationships
with other species of plants and animals.
3
General Access Option E2 Restricted
- Except
where footpaths cross the areas no,public access is allowed.
- Access
by researchers & reserve staff allowed for survey, management
and study purposes.