B.A.P. 2018 Summary Action Plan Target Ref Actions Details of Action Cost & Status European Eel S1 Develop sluicing and pumping plans at Hobhole Pumping Station and Cowbridge Sluice, to better utilise the Dark Moon Phase through the autumn Eel migratory periods. No set up cost for this action. Waters will be sluiced through the existing door at Hobhole Pumping Station. will be incurred by the utilisation of pump attendants working overtime at the station to operate the sluice doors. £2,000.00 Barn Owls & Kestrels S4 Installation of three new Owl/Kestrel boxes. Three boxes have been purchased last year and are in stock at the depot. Cost will be in delivering material to site and installing. £1,500.00 Check, clean and maintain existing boxes. 18 existing owl boxes to be cleaned out. Top compartment to the lined with 6mm pea gravel and the main lower compartment to be lined with 100mm of bark chippings. £1,700.00 Update records and GiS layers. Environment Officers time only, which is covered in the Environment Expenditure Estimate for 2018. - Vole S7 Continue with current channel maintenance practices to safeguard vole habitat. Action achieved by continuing with current channel maintenance practices i.e. flail mowing and weed cutting financed from the weed control budget. NIL Continue with mink control plan. Set out mink traps at given locations within the district. £500.00 Otters S10 Monitor with Otter cam and survey locations with known sightings of Otters. Environment Officers time only, which is covered in the Environment Expenditure Estimate for 2018. - Kingfishers S13 Develop sites for artificial nesting holes in existing sheet piles at pumping stations. Hire magnetic mounted drill to drill holes into sheet piles. £500.00 Grass Snakes S16 Create one compost heap at a given location. Tractor and trailer load of cut reeds to be carted to a chosen site and piled up to create a compost heap. £600.00 Reed Beds H1 Identify areas where a fringe of reeds 5km long along IDB watercourses can be maintained. Meet with foreman to discuss appropriate locations, agree and leave then uncut in 2018 cutting season. NIL
Lowland Calcareous Grassland H2 Habitat restoration by appropriate IDB bank & batter management. . Action to be met in conjunction with H1 above. NIL Native Woodland & Hedges H3 Contribute to planting 0.5km of new hedgerows within the Boards district. Purchase and plant 0.5km of thorn hedging. & guards £1,100.00 Labour £3,700.00 Total £4,800.00 Berms H4 Incorporate into the watercourse banks when drainage channels are being redesigned. This action with only be achieved if we are redesigning a watercourse and there is scope to incorporate a berm. - Watercourses H5 No net loss of watercourse within the district. Continue with current watercourse management practices. Restrict culverting possible. The culverting of watercourses within the district will continue to be monitored through the consenting process. - Invertebrate Shelter H6 Create one shelter for invertebrates such as spiders, beetles and solitary bee’s. Create one shelter for invertebrates such as spiders, beetles and solitary bee’s. £500.00 Total cost to implement Environment actions and targets for 2018 £12,100.00 The following section details some examples of the actions to be implemented across the district in 2018.