THAMES VALLEY ENVIRONMENTAL RECORDS CENTRE

Sharing wildlife information in Berkshire and Oxfordshire

  

TVERC Project Work

TVERC have carried out numerous projects for a variety of organisations. The extensive information that TVERC holds on species, habitats and sites can be utilised for such projects while the expertise of TVERC staff in habitat survey, geology and survey for certain species has been utilised beyond our core work of Local Wildlife Site survey. TVERC also works with other Local Records Centres to undertake projects on a regional basis in the South East.

Projects have included

  • Conservation Target Areas in Oxfordshire and Berkshire and co-ordinating their development through the South East of England as Biodiversity Opportunity Area.
  • Habitat mapping - habitats have been mapped across Berkshire and mainly within Conservation Target Areas and designated sites in Oxfordshire. Funding from Berkshire Unitary Authorities and Oxfordshire County Council.
  • Habitat Inventory Updates - updating grassland, wetland and heathland habitat inventories for Natural England.
  • Butterfly Conservation Target Areas in the North WessexDowns AONB (for North WessexDowns AONB).
  • Mapping of West Berkshire Open Spaces for West Berkshire Council.
  • Monitoring of grassland sites in Oxfordshire (for The Grasslands Trust).
  • Monitoring surveys of sites managed by Cherwell District Council.
  • Reading Biodiversity and People Network Map for Reading Council.
  • Crayfish Surveys in the Upper Thames Tributaries for the Environment Agency.
  • Grassland Survey in the LowerWindrushValley for the LowerWindrushValley Project.
  • Survey and review of Sites of Local Importance for Nature Conservation for Oxford City Council.
  • Woodland Resource Mapping in South East England.
  • Assembling GIS Datasets for the South East Regional Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment for Natural England.
  • Development of a Local Geodiversity Action Plan for Berkshire.
  • Identification of small ancient woodland areas, not included in the national inventory, in Wokingham District for Wokingham Borough Council and Windsor and Maidenhead for the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead.
  • Funding and input into the development of a standard habitat mapping tool for ESRI and Mapinfo GIS programs in co-operation with other South east Records Centres with additional funding from Natural England.
 

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