To conserve and enhance Titterstone Clee Hill and its surrounding environs, its heritage, history, flora and fauna, geology and substantial cultural remains

To make known to the people of Shropshire visitors to Shropshire and the nation at large the unique nature of Titterstone Clee and its features of special archaeological, geological, historical and natural historical interest

The Novers Limestone Quarry Project

Preliminary Report on Habitat

Potential For BAP species:

Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) is an internationally recognized program addressing threatened species and habitats , which is designed to protect and restore biological systems. The original impetus for these plans derives from the 1992 Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). As of 2006, 188 countries have ratified the CBD, but only a fraction of these have developed substantive BAP documents.

Plates 13-16, spring flowering species common at Novers: top left cowslip, top right speedwell, bottom lef wild violet and bottom right bluebells surrounding old coppice hazel

The principal elements of a BAP typically include :

Potential

BAP

Protected
  • Song thrush
  • Wood
  • white Polecat
  • Dingy skipper
  • Grizzled skipper
  • Dormouse
  • Bats
  • The lime kilns
  • tunnel
  • other

Associated quarrying structures are likely to be of significant importance for roosting and hibernating bats. There are a number of active badger sets scattered throughout the woodland

BAP species known to be present on the Novers site are,

  1. badger
  2. polecat
  3. bat
  4. songthrush
  5. mistle thrush