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Open
Water
Water
lying beyond the limits of swamp or emergent
vegetation, although it may contain submerged
or floating vegetation. It includes all water
bodies from farm ponds to lakes and
reservoirs.
Associated
notable species
| Birds |
Kingfisher,
redshank. |
| Amphibians
and Reptiles |
Great-crested
Newt, palmate newt, grass snake. |
| Dragonflies |
Emperor,
migrant hawker, ruddy darter, red-eyed
damselfly, focal dragonflies. |
| Invertebrates |
White-clawed
crayfish, two nationally notable snails,
seven nationally notable beetles, two
nationally notable flies. |
| Mammals |
Otter,
water shrew, water vole, various bats. |
| Plants |
Floating
water plantain, mare’s-tail, mudwort,
spiked water-milfoil, water purslane,
grass wrack pondweed. |
Text
courtesy of the Staffordshire Biodiversity
Action Plan and Staffordshire Wildlife Trust (SWT).
The action plan can be viewed in its entirety
on the SWT website: www.wildlifetrust.org.uk/staffs/
© Staffordshire Biodiversity Action Plan (SBAP)
steering group.
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