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Representation ID: 12882

Received: 29/09/2021

Respondent: Mr Richard Roberts

Proposed housing area WAH242 surrounding Calderfields Farm, adjacent to the Arboretum, is very beneficial to wildlife. [Redacted-sensitive information] fed in these fields nearly on a daily basis.

In the autumn and winter months and leading up to spring large flocks of [Redacted-sensitive information] also use these fields on a daily basis. [Redacted-sensitive information] inhabit the treeline and hedge between the Arboretum and the fields and the fruiting hedge between the two fields. [Redacted-sensitive information] are occasionally seen, visiting from the nearby fields by the Rushall Canal.

This hedge acts as a useful food source in the autumn and a roosting sight for [Redacted-sensitive information]. Birds are RSPB Red Listed species (Birds of Conservation Concern 4 (BOCC 4)) and are categorised as sharply declining and of major concern. Indeed we have noticed falling numbers of these species over the last 20 years as it is.

The hedge between the two fields at Calderfields Farm smothered with hawthorn berries. September 2021.