Rocks LBAP - Dartmoor

Rocks (including tors, clitter slopes,
quarries, caves, mines and buildings) - Dartmoor


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Key factors

Extent/Distribution

Not appropriate for this habitat

Threats

no information currently available

Action Plan Objectives

Objective 1

Identify, maintain and enhance all existing rock exposures and natural landforms that are important for understanding the origin and geological development of Dartmoor and its landscape.

Dartmoor targets

A Complete the Dartmoor RIGS survey by 2001.
B Develop and implement management plans for priority earth heritage sites
by 2005.
C Establish a geological database on GIS (integrated with wildlife and archaeological data) by 2001.
D Create opportunities for geology and wildlife wherever possible during
mineral working and restoration.

Objective 2

Encourage appreciation of the Dartmoor landscape and its geology, and an understanding of its links with scenery, tourism and mining, through education
and interpretation targeted at the public, educational establishments, the minerals industry and other bodies.

Dartmoor targets

A Produce an interpretation strategy for earth heritage sites on Dartmoor by 2001.
B Include appropriate Dartmoor sites in the Educational Register of Geological Sites in Devon by 2001.
C Develop two pilot educational schemes by 2001.

Objective 3

Protect the processes of natural evolution of the Dartmoor landscape, including
drainage patterns, slope development and peat formation.

Dartmoor target

A Ensure that the impact of human activity on natural geomorphological processes is minimised through the planning process and other consultations (including agriculture and forestry). Identify, maintain and enhance all existing
rock exposures and natural landforms that are important for understanding the origin and geological development of Dartmoor and its landscape.

Objective 4

Encourage surveys of old mine workings and spoil tips, promote appropriate protection measures and responsible use and, where necessary, their positive conservation management.

Dartmoor targets

A Include existing information on mining features and their associated geological and wildlife interest (particularly bats and metal-tolerant plants) on GIS database.
B Assess need for further survey work by 2001 and carry out by 2005.
C Draw up and implement integrated conservation management proposals for old mine sites where necessary by 2005.
D Produce and disseminate a Guidance Note for Geological Fieldwork on Dartmoor (including mineral collecting), which refers to potential biological and archaeological
importance by 2001.

Objective 5

Ensure that there is a Cave Conservation Plan for caves in the Buckfastleigh area
which safeguards the remaining cave sediments, formations, fossils and
wildlife including the cave shrimp Niphargellus glenniei.

Dartmoor targets

A Complete a survey of cave invertebrate populations at Buckfastleigh by 2001.
B Produce and implement an integrated Cave Conservation Plan for Buckfastleigh Caves SSSI by 2001.

Objective 6

Maintain the biodiversity of tors and clitter slopes, quarries, caves, mines and buildings and ensure the continuing existence of rare species, especially of the flax-leaved St John’s-wort and breeding birds such as the peregrine and ring ouzel.

Dartmoor targets

(see also Species Action Plans for Flax-leaved St. John’s wort, Ring Ouzel, Bats, and Mosses, Ferns and Lichens)

A Identify location of key species and any management requirements by 2001.
B Ensure that there is appropriate management for all vulnerable sites and species by 2005.

Objective 7

Maintain, and where possible, improve air quality across Dartmoor.

Dartmoor targets

- see Species Action Plan for Mosses, Lichens and Ferns.

Objective 8

Halt the decline of all bat species especially the greater and lesser horseshoe bat.

Dartmoor targets

- see Species Action Plan for Bats.

Objective 9

Increase the number of barn owls breeding on Dartmoor, by providing adequate roosting and feeding sites.

Dartmoor targets

A Collate information on location and numbers of barn owls on
Dartmoor by 2001.
B Ensure that there is no net loss of important habitat and nesting sites.
C Aim to increase available number of nest sites by 50%, and secure appropriate management within at least 10 ha around key sites by 2010.

Action Plan Targets

see above

Current Action