Map of the Month - September 2024

September 2024’s Map of the Month shows a tree planting suitability assessment of Churchdale, on Mulgrave Estate!

NEYEDC was approached by Richard Baines, Wold Ecology (Welcome to Wold Ecology | Wold Ecology Ltd), to undertake work to inform tree planting at the Mulgrave Estate (you can read more about the work here). We took detailed NVC habitat maps of 39 compartments at Churchdale, digitised them, and classified their suitability as potential tree planting sites based on the NVC habitats. Tree planting schemes are increasing, but it is important that they take into account the location of rare and priority habitats where tree planting could lead to the loss or degradation of such habitats. The NVC habitats were also translated into UKHab format so Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) calculations can be made.