Tees Valley Biodiversity Partnership

The Tees Valley Biodiversity Partnership held their 2009 Annual Gathering on 9th September at the Teesmouth Field Centre, followed by a tour of Saltholme RSPB Reserve by Assistant Reserves Manager Toby Collett.

The meeting was kindly sponsored by the Tees Valley Joint Strategy Unit.

Below is the programme of the day and copies of PowerPoint presentations of some the speakers.

Programme

I love NI197

Jeremy Garside – Tees Valley Wildlife Trust

Securing a future for the lost meadows of eastern Cleveland
Helen Herring -  Wildflower Ark

From EYE to ERIC – Working towards a regional biological records centre
Naomi Hewitt  – EYE Project

Biodiversity – from regional policy to local delivery
Malcolm Steele – Joint Strategy Unit

Newts and recycling – An example of a risk management project in Redcar and Cleveland
Jo Fearey – Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council

Urban cowslips – a successful example of urban meadow creation  in Albert Park, Middlesbrough
Francine Marshall – Middlesbrough Council

Tees Valley Pondscape – following a summer of pond survey, pond creation and management sites are planned for this winter
Rachel Jackson – Tees Valley Wildlife Trust

Defra are updating this page on their website on a regular basis, so if you are involved with Local Wildlife Sites you may wish to bookmark the link.

Local Sites (previously known as Sites of Nature Conservation Importance) are vital to conserving our biodiversity. This new page has been created as a reference point for Local Wildlife Sites. It includes the national framework, links to Defra resources and updates on what is happening on Local Wildlife Sites in the Tees Valley. Visit here

The Wildflower Ark is spending the summer surveying the lost meadows of eastern Cleveland. To help ensure they don’t miss any old meadows and pastures in their survey they are inviting people to help them in their hunt.

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Needs You!

We need your help to find the sites of ponds are and the wildlife they support. By carrying out the simple Northumbrian Water pond survey on a pond in your neighbourhood, school or garden, your records will give us a snap shot of our ponds in North East England. Tell us more about ponds in your locality and help protect the animals and plants that live there for the future. The information collected will be held by the EYE (Exploring your Environment) project and be shared with wildlife organisations to conserve ponds and the wildlife that depends on them. The Tees Valley Biodiversity partnership will be using the survey results to provide information into the Tees Valley Pond habitat action plan.

Download the survey form here

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