Upper Wye Gorge SSSI

Condition of Features

Feature name	Condition date	Condition status	Comment
Assemblages of breeding birds - Mixed: Scrub, Woodland	06/09/2012	Unfavourable - Recovering	This baseline feature condition has been calculated from the historic unit-specific conditions. The condition assigned to the feature is the least favourable of the unit-specific conditions previously recorded for the feature. The status date is the assessment date of the lowest ranking assessment.
FM - Pleistocene Vertebrata	16/05/2012	Unfavourable - Recovering	This baseline feature condition has been calculated from the historic unit-specific conditions. The condition assigned to the feature is the least favourable of the unit-specific conditions previously recorded for the feature. The status date is the assessment date of the lowest ranking assessment.
Hibernating populations of bats - Barbastelle, Bechstein's bat, Greater Horseshoe bat, Lesser Horseshoe bat and mixed assemblages	06/09/2012	Unfavourable - Recovering	This baseline feature condition has been calculated from the historic unit-specific conditions. The condition assigned to the feature is the least favourable of the unit-specific conditions previously recorded for the feature. The status date is the assessment date of the lowest ranking assessment.
Invert. assemblage A211 heartwood decay	06/09/2012	Unfavourable - Recovering	This baseline feature condition has been calculated from the historic unit-specific conditions. The condition assigned to the feature is the least favourable of the unit-specific conditions previously recorded for the feature. The status date is the assessment date of the lowest ranking assessment.
Invert. assemblage A212 bark and sapwood decay	06/09/2012	Unfavourable - Recovering	This baseline feature condition has been calculated from the historic unit-specific conditions. The condition assigned to the feature is the least favourable of the unit-specific conditions previously recorded for the feature. The status date is the assessment date of the lowest ranking assessment.
Invert. assemblage A213 fungal fruiting body	06/09/2012	Unfavourable - Recovering	This baseline feature condition has been calculated from the historic unit-specific conditions. The condition assigned to the feature is the least favourable of the unit-specific conditions previously recorded for the feature. The status date is the assessment date of the lowest ranking assessment.
Invert. assemblage F3 shaded field and ground layer	06/09/2012	Unfavourable - Recovering	This baseline feature condition has been calculated from the historic unit-specific conditions. The condition assigned to the feature is the least favourable of the unit-specific conditions previously recorded for the feature. The status date is the assessment date of the lowest ranking assessment.
Invert. assemblage W114 stream & river margin	06/09/2012	Unfavourable - Recovering	This baseline feature condition has been calculated from the historic unit-specific conditions. The condition assigned to the feature is the least favourable of the unit-specific conditions previously recorded for the feature. The status date is the assessment date of the lowest ranking assessment.
Invert. assemblage W122 riparian sand	06/09/2012	Unfavourable - Recovering	This baseline feature condition has been calculated from the historic unit-specific conditions. The condition assigned to the feature is the least favourable of the unit-specific conditions previously recorded for the feature. The status date is the assessment date of the lowest ranking assessment.
Lowland beech and yew woodland	06/09/2012	Unfavourable - Recovering	This baseline feature condition has been calculated from the historic unit-specific conditions. The condition assigned to the feature is the least favourable of the unit-specific conditions previously recorded for the feature. The status date is the assessment date of the lowest ranking assessment.
Lowland mixed deciduous woodland	23/08/2012	Unfavourable - Recovering	This baseline feature condition has been calculated from the historic unit-specific conditions. The condition assigned to the feature is the least favourable of the unit-specific conditions previously recorded for the feature. The status date is the assessment date of the lowest ranking assessment.
Lowland wood-pasture and parkland	28/05/2012	Favourable	This baseline feature condition has been calculated from the historic unit-specific conditions. The condition assigned to the feature is the least favourable of the unit-specific conditions previously recorded for the feature. The status date is the assessment date of the lowest ranking assessment.
Population of RDB plant - Sorbus anglica, Whitebeam	28/05/2012	Favourable	This baseline feature condition has been calculated from the historic unit-specific conditions. The condition assigned to the feature is the least favourable of the unit-specific conditions previously recorded for the feature. The status date is the assessment date of the lowest ranking assessment.
Population of RDB plant - Sorbus eminens, Whitebeam	28/05/2012	Favourable	This baseline feature condition has been calculated from the historic unit-specific conditions. The condition assigned to the feature is the least favourable of the unit-specific conditions previously recorded for the feature. The status date is the assessment date of the lowest ranking assessment.
Vascular plant assemblage	26/06/2012	Unfavourable - Recovering	This baseline feature condition has been calculated from the historic unit-specific conditions. The condition assigned to the feature is the least favourable of the unit-specific conditions previously recorded for the feature. The status date is the assessment date of the lowest ranking assessment.

Condition of Units

Habitat name	Responsible officer	Feature name	Unit Id	Area (ha)	NNR overlapping area (ha)	Assessment date	Assessment description	Comment
BROADLEAVED, MIXED AND YEW WOODLAND - Lowland	West Midlands Area Team	003	1019608	1.2722	0.00	11/02/2013	Favourable	Only woodland feature assessed.Very small unit - may be advisable to combine into adjacent unit 13
BROADLEAVED, MIXED AND YEW WOODLAND - Lowland	West Midlands Area Team	004	1019609	0.7715	0.00	11/02/2013	Favourable	Only woodland feature assessed.small unit a former quarry which might be better incorporating into adjacent unit 13 as open space.
BROADLEAVED, MIXED AND YEW WOODLAND - Lowland	West Midlands Area Team	005	1019617	3.2514	0.00	12/02/2013	Favourable	Only woodland feature assessed.
BROADLEAVED, MIXED AND YEW WOODLAND - Lowland	West Midlands Area Team	006	1019618	5.6632	0.00	12/02/2013	Unfavourable - Recovering	Only woodland feature assessed.Lack of open space, dense canopy, age structure and natural regeneration - mostly effects of historical management.
BROADLEAVED, MIXED AND YEW WOODLAND - Lowland	West Midlands Area Team	007	1013477	49.3297	0.00	11/02/2013	Favourable	Only woodland feature assessed.This unit contains additional valuable habitats e.g. wood-pasture and open space and also newly-restored grassland adjacent where ocnifers felled. FCT could be adapted to included wood-pasture and new grassland could be added to unit.
BROADLEAVED, MIXED AND YEW WOODLAND - Lowland	West Midlands Area Team	008	1013472	2.4501	0.00	12/02/2013	Unfavourable - Recovering	Only woodland feature assessed.Lack of open space, limited age structure and cover of understorey. Possibly deer browsing, in addition.Possibly minimum intervention management
BROADLEAVED, MIXED AND YEW WOODLAND - Lowland	West Midlands Area Team	009	1013473	6.6025	0.00	11/02/2013	Favourable	Open space low in general (but also thought to be minimum intervention.
BROADLEAVED, MIXED AND YEW WOODLAND - Lowland	West Midlands Area Team	010	1019612	21.5469	0.00	12/02/2013	Unfavourable - Recovering	Only woodland feature assessed.Age structure, open space and limited regeneration.Some management included in current FDP but mostly minimum intervention woodland.
BROADLEAVED, MIXED AND YEW WOODLAND - Lowland	West Midlands Area Team	011	1019611	15.5322	0.00	12/02/2013	Unfavourable - Recovering	Only woodland feature assessed.Lack of age structure, open space and limited regeneration.Elements included in current FDP but mostly minimum intervention woodland.
BROADLEAVED, MIXED AND YEW WOODLAND - Lowland	West Midlands Area Team	012	1013474	7.9418	0.00	11/02/2013	Unfavourable - Recovering	Only woodland feature assessed.Lack of open space and effects of deer browsing
BROADLEAVED, MIXED AND YEW WOODLAND - Lowland	West Midlands Area Team	013	1019616	62.6986	0.00	11/02/2013	Unfavourable - Recovering	Only woodland and VPA features assessed.Woodland limited open space, poor age structure and effects of deer browsing.
BROADLEAVED, MIXED AND YEW WOODLAND - Lowland	West Midlands Area Team	014	1019613	13.1081	0.00	12/02/2013	Favourable	Only woodland feature assessed.This unit favourable although few stops and small extent covered.
BROADLEAVED, MIXED AND YEW WOODLAND - Lowland	West Midlands Area Team	015	1019614	17.6771	16.36	11/02/2013	Unfavourable - Recovering	Only woodland feature assessed.Minimum intervention woodland used for long-time woodland research ? cannot predict outcomes.Only limited natural regen evident but also deer browsing.
BROADLEAVED, MIXED AND YEW WOODLAND - Lowland	West Midlands Area Team	016	1019615	44.9016	28.90	11/02/2013	Unfavourable - Recovering	Only woodland feature assessed.Limited natual regen but also signs of deer browsing.