SITES

	Greatham, Teesside, UK
	West Site, Billingham, UK
	Grimsby, Humberside, UK
	Calais, France
Habitats on Calais Site Invertebrates Birds Biodiversity Management
	Huelva, Spain
	Scarlino, Italy
	Teluk Kalung, Malaysia
	Umbogintwini, South Africa
	Lake Charles, USA
	Burnie, Tasmania

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Calais, France

Recommendations for Future Biodiversity Management

• Further surveys of the flora and fauna should be carried out on, and around, the Tioxide site. More information on invertebrates is required and detailed bird surveys, especially during the spring and autumn migration periods would be very useful. The geographical location of the Tioxide site suggests that it could be a valuable resting and feeding area for migrant landbirds.
• Birds of European conservation concern, such as Turtle Dove, Crested Lark and Nightingale, that are already known from the site, should be encouraged, their habitats conserved and managed if required.
• The sea buckthorn areas should be conserved since this is a protected habitat in Europe.
• The botanical diversity of the created ‘dunes’ should be increased. Consideration should be given to introducing wild plant species that are present in the undeveloped dune systems along other parts of the Channel Coast. These plants need not be rare or uncommon and could include species such as wild pansy (Viola trocolor subsp. curtisii), sea spurge (Euphorbia paralias), storksbill (Erodium cicutarium), creeping willow (Salix repens), grass-of-Parnassus (Parnassia palustris), autumn gentian (Gentianella amarella) and yellow horned-poppy (Galaucium flavum)
• Any ‘dunes’ created in the future should be planned ecologically and planted with the appropriate grasses and forbs. Consideration should also be given to designing any new sand dunes so that they are attractive habitats for appropriate species of invertebrates, reptiles and birds.
• Consideration should be given to identify projects for managing the site for suitable rare or uncommon species, or even introducing uncommon species onto the site. Such projects invariably attract very positive publicity to the company (see projects at Huelva and Teesside).
• All introductions of flora and fauna to the site should be discussed prior to implementation with the appropriate conservation organisations.