B.A.P. 2018 Summary Action Plan Target Cost & Actions Details of Action Ref Status Develop sluicing and pumping plans No set up cost for this action. Waters will £2,000.00 at Hobhole Pumping Station and be sluiced through the existing door at Eel Cowbridge Sluice, to better utilise the Hobhole Pumping Station. Dark Moon Phase through the S1 autumn Eel migratory periods. will be incurred by the utilisation of pump attendants working overtime at the European station to operate the sluice doors. Installation of three new Owl/Kestrel Three boxes have been purchased last £1,500.00 boxes. year and are in stock at the depot. Cost will be in delivering material to site and installing. & Check, clean and maintain existing 18 existing owl boxes to be cleaned out. £1,700.00 S4 boxes. Top compartment to the lined with 6mm Owls pea gravel and the main lower compartment to be lined with 100mm of Kestrels Barn bark chippings. Update records and GiS layers. Environment Officers time only, which is - covered in the Environment Expenditure Estimate for 2018. Continue with current channel Action achieved by continuing with current maintenance practices to safeguard channel maintenance practices i.e. flail NIL vole habitat. mowing and weed cutting financed from S7 the weed control budget. Vole Continue with mink control plan. Set out mink traps at given locations £500.00 within the district. Monitor with Otter cam and Environment Officers time only, which is - S10 survey locations with known sightings covered in the Environment Expenditure of Otters. Estimate for 2018. Otters Develop sites for artificial nesting Hire magnetic mounted drill to drill holes £500.00 holes in existing sheet piles at into sheet piles. S13 pumping stations. Kingfishers Create one compost heap at a given Tractor and trailer load of cut reeds to be £600.00 location. carted to a chosen site and piled up to S16 create a compost heap. Grass Snakes Identify areas where a fringe of Meet with foreman to discuss appropriate NIL locations, agree and leave then uncut in reeds 5km long along IDB H1 2018 cutting season. watercourses can be maintained. Reed Beds
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
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