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Table 45: Natura 2000 objectives with specifications for operational area 2 in the lower Weser estuary and indication of potential measure effects following a simple valuation system (++, +, 0, -, --), template (source: simplified after NLWKN, SUBV 2012)
Table 46: Natura 2000 objectives with specifications for operational area 3 in the lower Weser estuary and indication of potential measures effects following a simple valuation system (++, +, 0, --, -), template (source: simplified after NLWKN, SUBV 2012)
Table 47: Natura 2000-objectives with specifications for entire investigation area of the Integrated Management Plan Weser and indication of measure effects following a simple valuation system (++, +, 0, --, -), template (source: simplified after NLWKN, SUBV 2012)
Table 48: Natura 2000 objectives for operational areas 1 – 6 according to Integrated Management Plan Elbe (AG Elbe , 2012)
Table 49: Conservation objectives defined for the Zeeschelde (Flanders, Belgium) on the species level
Table 50: Habitat and species management objectives and management delivery for 2012-2014 (HMS 2011a)
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How can public acceptance for management actions be increased?
How can the Ecosystem Services Approach be used to support management decisions?
How can we assure accessibility to an inland estuarine port without affecting the habitats and safety against flooding?
How can we prevent excessive degradation or loss of tidal marshes?
How does habitat management affect the supply of ecosystem services?
What are the key areas of conflicts or synergies in TIDE estuaries?
What are the restoration opportunities for side branch systems and river banks (e.g. left side branch Weser)?
What factors determine the distribution of suspended sediments in an estuary?
What measures are successful for the dissipation of tidal energy?
What monitoring is required to support and assess management decisions?
What parameters should be used to define and evaluate measure targets?
What tool is available to help manage multiple users of a resource in an integrated way (i.e. achieving more holistic management)?
Which aspects do I have to take into account in order to make a measure a success?
Which measures are suitable to achieve specific ecological targets?
Which measures are suitable to achieve specific morphological and hydrological targets?
Which measures are suitable to identify, protect or develop valuable submerged habitats e.g. mussel beds and Sabellaria reefs?
Which measures are suitable to improve the physical characteristics and chemical water quality?
Which measures are suitable to provide ecosystem services and benefits?
Which synergistic effects and conflicts can be expected by planning and implementing a certain measure?
“Working with nature”: What are the opportunities for sediment management in estuaries?
Management measures analysis and comparison
Table of content
- 1. Aim of the study
- 2. Work organisation
- 2a. Transnational Working Group Measures (TWG Measures)
- 2b. Regional Working Groups
- 3. Working steps and methods
- 3a. Measure collection and compilation of basic information
- 3b. Analysis approach development
- 3c. Consistency check of analysis results
- 3d. Develop concepts for cross estuary comparison of measures
- 3e. Deduce recommendations for estuary managers
- 4. Pilot projects
- 5. Results of measure collection and analysis
- 5a. Measure collection and basic info compilation
- 5b. Measure analysis
- 6. Specific issues of cross estuary comparison of measures
- 6a. Managed re-alignment measures (APA)
- 6b. Measures influencing sedimentation processes (HPA)
- 7. Summary and conclusions
- 7a. Procedure
- 7b. Results
- 8. Recommendations
- 9. References
- 10. Annex
- 10a. Composition of Regional Working Groups identifying main pressures and resulting deficits for the estuary zone using Environmenta
- 10b. Templates for evaluation of measures in terms of WFD aims: Identification of pressures and explanation of resulting deficits for
- 10c. Templates for evaluation of measures in terms of Natura 2000 aims: Conservation objectives for relevant operational areas based
- 10d. List of collected measure examples from Weser, Elbe, Humber and Scheldt with indication of development targets
- 10e. Assignment of collected measure examples from Weser, Elbe, Humber and Scheldt to measure categories
- 10f. Overview maps on measure titles and locations
- 10g. Assignment of collected measure examples from Weser, Elbe, Humber and Scheldt to measure types
10c. Templates for evaluation of measures in terms of Natura 2000 aims: Conservation objectives for relevant operational areas based on the Integrated Management Plan Weser (IBP Weser)
Table 44: Natura 2000 objectives with specifications for operational area 1 in the outer Weser estuary and indication of potential measure effects following a simple valuation system (++, +, 0, -, --), template (source: simplified after NLWKN, SUBV 2012)| Operational area 1: Meso-/polyhaline zone in the outer Weser (Weser-km 65 - 85) | ||||
| Specifications for operational area 1 | Effect of measure xyz on conservation objectives | Short explanation | ||
| positive effects | no effect | negative effects | ||
| Conservation and development of specific estuarine habitats and (tidal) floodplains and their dynamic changes | ||||
| Conservation and development of typical habitats of operational area 1 (e.g. mudflats, reed, salt marshes, extensively used and salt- influenced grasslands) in a dimension, spatial distribution and interconnection ensuring long-term appearance of typical species | ||||
| Development, enlargement and upgrade of shallow water zones with moderate current climate (e.g. Wurster Arm) | ||||
| Development of passable shore structures | ||||
| Conservation and development of habitats for viable populations and estuary and (tidal) floodplain specific species as well as species after Annex II Habitats Directive and bird species after Birds Directive | ||||
| Conservation and development of undisturbed resting and moulting areas for migratory bird populations (high diversity, many individuals) considering all necessary functions | ||||
| Conservation of adequate habitat quality and undisturbed resting areas for Harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) in order to realise a long term stable population | ||||
| Conservation of adaption and feeding grounds for Twaite shads (Alosa fallax) and Lampreys, especially during main migration phases | ||||
| Development of preferential conditions for settlement of Seagrass, eulittoral and sublittoral mussel beds (Mytilus edulis) and Sabellaria-reefs with associated fauna | ||||
| Conservation of typical breeding bird communities and associated habitats (breeding birds of salt marshes, extensively used, salt- influenced grasslands and reeds) | ||||
| Conservation of site specific requirements and area percentages of aquatic structures as habitats for typical benthic invertebrate fauna | ||||
| Conservation and development of favorable conditions on estuary grassland in order to promote long term establishment of Bulbous Foxtail. | ||||
| Preservation and development of the Weser estuary mouth as passable migration and feeding area for Harbors porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) | ||||
Table 45: Natura 2000 objectives with specifications for operational area 2 in the lower Weser estuary and indication of potential measure effects following a simple valuation system (++, +, 0, -, --), template (source: simplified after NLWKN, SUBV 2012)
| Operational area 2: Oligohaline zone in the lower Weser (Weser-km 40 - 65) | ||||
| Specifications for operational area 2 | Effect of measure xyz on conservation objectives? | Short explanation | ||
| positive effect | no effect | negative effect | ||
| Conservation and development of specific estuarine habitats and (tidal) floodplains and their dynamic changes | ||||
| Development, enlargement and upgrade of shallow water zones with moderate current climate | ||||
| Development of passable shore structures | ||||
| Conservation and development of typical habitats of operational area 2 (e.g. mudflats, reeds, extensively used and salt-influenced grasslands, tidal floodplains) in a dimension, spatial distribution and interconnection ensuring long-term appearance of typical species | ||||
| Conservation and development of habitats for viable populations and estuary and (tidal) floodplain specific species as well as species after Annex II Habitats Directive and bird species after Birds Directive | ||||
| Conservation and development of undisturbed resting and moulting areas for migratory bird populations (high diversity, many individuals) considering all necessary functions | ||||
| Conservation of typical breeding bird communities and associated habitats (breeding birds of extensively used, salt- influenced grasslands and reeds) | ||||
| Preservation and development of nursery ground function for Twaite shad (e.g. preferential water quality for juveniles and larvae) | ||||
| Preservation and development of undisturbed resting and moulding areas for Pied avocet | ||||
| Conservation and development of well-structured bordering waters and shore areas with wood, typical shore vegetation and reeds as hunting and feeding ground for Pond bat (Myotis dasycneme) (e.g. creek systems on Tegeler Plate, on Einswarder Plate, shallow water zone Kleinensieler Plate….), | ||||
| Conservation of site specific requirements and area percentages of aquatic structures as habitats for typical benthic invertebrate fauna | ||||
| Conservation and development of favorable conditions on estuary grassland in order to promote long term establishment of Bulbous foxtail | ||||
| Conservation of wide, salt-influenced reeds representing habitats for specialized invertebrate fauna (e.g. typical Auchenorrhyncha species) | ||||
Table 46: Natura 2000 objectives with specifications for operational area 3 in the lower Weser estuary and indication of potential measures effects following a simple valuation system (++, +, 0, --, -), template (source: simplified after NLWKN, SUBV 2012)
| Operational area 3: Freshwater zone in the lower Weser (Weser km 12 - 32) | ||||
| Specifications for operational area 3 | Effect of measure xyz on conservation objectives | Short explanation | ||
| positive effect | no effect | negative effect | ||
| Conservation and development of specific estuarine habitats and (tidal) floodplains and their dynamic changes | ||||
| Development, enlargement and upgrade of shallow water zones with moderate current climate | ||||
| Development of passable shore structures | ||||
| Conservation and development of typical habitats of operational area 3 (e.g. river flats, reeds and typical shore vegetation not being affected by neophytes, tidal floodplains and extensively used grasslands) in a dimension, spatial distribution and interconnection ensuring long-term appearance of typical species | ||||
| Conservation and development of tidal floodplains at the upper tidal border | ||||
| Conservation and development of habitats for viable populations and estuary and (tidal) floodplain specific species as well as species after Annex II Habitats Directive and bird species after Birds Directive | ||||
| Conservation of typical breeding bird communities and associated habitats (breeding birds of grasslands, reeds and tidal floodplains) | ||||
| Conservation and development of undisturbed resting and moulting areas for migratory bird populations (high diversity, many individuals) considering all necessary functions | ||||
| Conservation and development of well-structured bordering waters and shore areas with wood, typical shore vegetation and reeds as hunting and feeding ground for Pond bat (Myotis dasycneme) | ||||
| Preservation and development of spawning ground function for Twaite shad (e.g. by avoiding disturbances during spawning season) | ||||
| Conservation and development of spawning ground function for Smelt (Osmerus eperlanus) (e.g. by avoiding disturbances during spawning season) | ||||
Table 47: Natura 2000-objectives with specifications for entire investigation area of the Integrated Management Plan Weser and indication of measure effects following a simple valuation system (++, +, 0, --, -), template (source: simplified after NLWKN, SUBV 2012)
Specifications for entire investigation area of IBP Weser |
Effect of measure xyz on conservation objectives? | ||
| positive effect | no effect | negative effect | |
| Conservation and development of specific functions and processes of estuaries and (tidal) floodplains to reach favourable abiotic conditions and typical hydromorphological structures | |||
| Conservation and development of favourable water structures and water bed dynamics |
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| Development of evenly distributed and reduced current energy and tidal parameters |
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| Conservation and development of favourable gradients of specific aspects regarding estuaries and (tidal) floodplains (e.g. salinity, sediments, current conditions, tidal range, close-to-nature zonation of shore vegetation); refers to inner estuary and to area between estuary and floodplain within fresh water zone. |
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| Improvement of water and sediment quality | |||
| Conservation and development of specific estuarine habitats and (tidal) floodplains and their dynamic changes | |||
| Conservation and development of habitats and communities which strongly depend on the natural dynamics of morphological processes (e.g. mudflats, shallow waters, creeks… ) |
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| Development of balanced area percentages regarding mudflats, shallow waters, shallow and deep sublitoral |
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| Conservation and development of tidal floodplains with typical vegetation structures and biocoenosis and favourable tidal and flooding dynamics; especially floodplain enlargement |
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| Conservation and development of habitats for viable populations and estuary and (tidal) floodplain specific species as well as species of Annex II Habitats Directive and bird species of Birds Directive | |||
| Conservation of habitat functions for breeding and migrant birds especially as feeding grounds (also for bordering or networked areas) |
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| Conservation and development of habitat requirements for migratory fish stocks and cyclostomata within present territories and networked areas |
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| Conservation and development of habitat requirements for autochthon fish communities with typical age composition and typical percentage of estuarine species and diadromous migratory fish species |
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| Conservation and development of long-term viable populations of typical fish species and cyclostomata (estuarine and diadromous guilds) |
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| Reaching of favourable water quality for reproduction, larval development and viability of typical fish communities of different salinity zones |
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| Conservation and development / reestablishment of passability of the tidal river Weser and its tributaries for migratory fish and benthic invertebrates |
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Table 48: Natura 2000 objectives for operational areas 1 – 6 according to Integrated Management Plan Elbe (AG Elbe , 2012)
| Operational area | Natura 2000-conservation objective |
| 1 | Prevention of further increase and/or reduction of tidal range (energy) |
| Conservation and development of primarily floodplain/alluvial forest (*91E0) | |
| Conservation and improvement of alluvial meadows of river valleys (6440) and lowland and hay meadows (6510) | |
| Conservation of the primarily Elbe Water Dropwort (Oenanthe conioides) with species specific dynamic, development of further habitats to improve the habitat network | |
| Conservation and development of spawn and growth habitats for asp, ensuring the habitat potential for the twaite shad | |
| Conservation and development of the transition functionality between the Middle Elbe and the Estuary downstream for migratory fish species of Annex II BHD | |
| 2 | Reestablishment of natural sediment- and tidal-dynamics |
| Development of alluvial forests and species-rich aggregates of tidal reeds and tall herb communities | |
| Development of a network of step-stone habitats for the Elbe Water Dropwort | |
| Conservation and development of adequate rest-habitats for migratory fish and lamprey species along their route | |
| Conservation of relevant functions for bird protection, esp. in the nature protected areas Westerweiden for roosting goose and Holzhafen for roosting ducks. | |
| Strengthening the NATURA 2000 network, particularly the construction of an ecological valuable bypass to avoid the port of Hamburg. | |
| 3 | Improvement of the hydro morphological habitat conditions of the habitat type Estuaries, if possible conservation and improvement of estuary typical dynamics |
| Conservation and development of tidal reeds, hydrophilous tall herb fringe communities (6430) and floodplain/alluvial forest (*91E0) esp. on islands. | |
| Conservation, reestablishment and development of meadows with vegetation typical for the Elbe region, like lowland hay meadows (6510) with respect to their avifaunistical function. | |
| Conservation and partly reestablishment of the primarily Elbe Water Dropwort (Oenanthe conioides) populations with typical dynamics, esp. on the island of Neßsand and Hanskalbsand, as well as Hahnöfersand, development of additional habitats for the improvement of the habitat network. | |
| Conservation and reestablishment of the outstanding relevance of the functional zone for the reproduction of the twaite shad. | |
| Conservation, partly reestablishment and development of the brooding function esp. for the species on extensive used meadows, large-scale reeds and grassland-ditch complexes of the marshes and the associated habitats. | |
| Conservation and development of the resting function esp. for Nordic goose and swans, as well as for waders (Limikolen) on the widespread, low disturbed grasslands. | |
| Conservation of the resting occurrence of ducks, gulls and sea swallows | |
| 4 | Improvement of the hydro morphological habitat conditions of the habitat type Estuaries, if possible conservation and improvement of estuary typical dynamics |
| Conservation and development of tidal reeds, hydrophilous tall herb fringe communities (6430) and floodplain/alluvial forest (*91E0). | |
| Conservation, reestablishment and development of meadows with vegetation typical for the Elbe region, like lowland hay meadows (6510) with respect to their avifaunistical function. | |
| Conservation and partly reestablishment of the primarily Elbe Water Dropwort (Oenanthe conioides) populations with typical dynamics additional to the main occurrence in the functional zones 1 and 3, development of additional habitats for the improvement of the habitat network. | |
| Conservation and reestablishment of the importance of the functional zone 4 for the reproduction of the twaite shad in connection with the functional zone 3. | |
| Conservation, partly reestablishment and development of the brooding function esp. for the species on extensive used meadows, large-scale reeds and grassland-ditch complexes of the marshes and the associated habitats. | |
| Conservation and development of the resting function esp. for Nordic goose and swans, as well as for waders (Limikolen) on the widespread, low disturbed grasslands. | |
| 5 | Improvement of the hydro morphological habitat conditions of the habitat type Estuaries, if possible conservation and improvement of estuary typical dynamics |
| 5 | Conservation and development of tidal reeds, hydrophilous tall herb fringe communities (6430) and floodplain/alluvial forest (*91E0). |
| 5 | Conservation, reestablishment and development of meadows with vegetation typical for the Elbe region, like lowland hay meadows (6510) with respect to their avifaunistical function. |
| 5 | Conservation and partly reestablishment of the primarily Elbe Water Dropwort (Oenanthe conioides) populations with typical dynamics additional to the main occurrence in the functional zones 1 and 3, development of additional habitats for the improvement of the habitat network. |
| 5 | Conservation and reestablishment of the importance of the functional zone 4 for the reproduction of the twaite shad in connection with the functional zone 3. |
| 5 | Conservation, partly reestablishment and development of the brooding function esp. for the species on extensive used meadows, large-scale reeds and grassland-ditch complexes of the marshes and the associated habitats. |
| 5 | Conservation and development of the resting function esp. for Nordic goose and swans, as well as for waders (Limikolen) on the widespread, low disturbed grasslands. |
| 6 | Conservation of the near-natural hydro morphological habitat conditions of the habitat type Estuaries (11309, if possible conservation and improvement of estuary typical dynamics |
| 6 | Conservation and development of broad mudflats and near-natural land-water intersection with tidal-creeks, tidal reeds and hydrophilous tall herb fringe communities (6430), reestablishment of tidal influence in the “Sommerpolder Belum” |
| 6 | Conservation, reestablishment and development of meadows with vegetation typical for the Elbe region, like lowland hay meadows (6510) with respect to their avifaunistical function. |
| 6 | Conservation of the function as growth habitat for the twaite shad. |
| 6 | Stabilizing of the population of gull-billed tern and common tern. |
| 6 | Conservation, partly reestablishment and development of the brooding function esp. for the species on extensive used meadows, large-scale reeds and grassland-ditch complexes of the marshes and the associated habitats. |
| 6 | Conservation and development of the resting function esp. for Nordic goose and swans, as well as for waders (Limikolen) on the widespread, low disturbed grasslands. |
Table 49: Conservation objectives defined for the Zeeschelde (Flanders, Belgium) on the species level
| Category | Species with extra attention concerning conservation | Scientific name |
| Mammals | Pond bat | Myotis dasycneme |
| Beaver | Castor fiber | |
| Otter | Lutra lutra | |
| Eurasian harvest mouse | Micromys minutus | |
| Common Noctule | Nyctalus noctula | |
| Nathusius's pipistrelle | Pipistrellus nathusii | |
| Daubenton's bat | Myotis daubentonii | |
| Harbor seal | Phoca vitulina | |
| Eurasian water shrew | Neomys fodiens | |
| Amphibians and reptiles | Great Crested Newt | Triturus cristatus |
| Natterjack Toad | Bufo calamita | |
| Fishes | Misgurnus fossilis | Misgurnus fossilis |
| European river lamprey | Lampetra fluviatilis | |
| Allis shad | Alosa alosa | |
| Twait Shad | Alosa fallax | |
| European eel | Anguilla anguilla | |
| European bitterling | Cyprinus amarus | |
| Spined loach | Cobitis taenia | |
| European bullhead | Cottus gobio | |
| Wels catfish | Silurus glanis | |
| Trout | Salmo trutta | |
| Invertebrates | Large White-faced Darter | Leucorrhina pectoralis |
| Vertigo angustior | Vertigo angustior | |
| Desmoulin's whorl snail | Vertigo moulinsiana | |
| Breeding birds | Corn Crake | Crex crex |
| Fish Eagle | Haliaeetus albicilla | |
| Bluethroat | Luscinia svecica | |
| Western Marsh Harrier | Circus aeruginosus | |
| Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | |
| Eurasian Bittern | Botarus stellaris | |
| Little Bittern | Ixobrychus minutus | |
| Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
| Montagu's Harrier | Circus pygargus | |
| Red-backed Shrike | Lanius collurio | |
| Little Egret | Ergetta garzetta | |
| Baillon's Crake | Porzana pusilla | |
| Pied Avocet | Recurvirostra avosetta | |
| Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
| Eurasian Spoonbill | Platalea leucordia | |
| White Stork | Ciconia ciconia | |
| Spotted Crake | Porzana porzana | |
| Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | |
| Red Kite | Milvus milvus | |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
| Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | |
| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | |
| European Honey Buzzard | Pernis apivorus | |
| Black Woodpecker | Dryocopus mertius | |
| Mediterranean Gull | Larus melanocephalus | |
| Mute Swan | Cygnus olor | |
| Gadwall | Anas strepera | |
| Tufted Duck | Aythya fuligula | |
| Kentish Plover | Charadrius alexandrines | |
| Common Redshank | Tringa tetanus | |
| Sedge Warbler | Acrocephalus schoenobaenus | |
| Bearded Reedling | Panurus biarmicus | |
| Common Shelduck | Tadorna tadorna | |
| Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | |
| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | |
| Little Ringed Plover | Charadrius dubius | |
| Black-headed Gull | Larus ridibundus | |
| Sand Martin | Riparia riparia | |
| Eurasian Oystercatcher | Haematopus ostralegis | |
| Northern Shoveler | Anas clypeta | |
| Great Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus arundinaceus | |
| Whinchat | Saxicola rubetra | |
| Savi's Warbler | Locustella luscinioides | |
| Northern Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe | |
| Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago | |
| Common House Martin | Delichon urbica | |
| Common Nightingale | Luscinia megarhynchos | |
| Eurasian Skylark | Alauda arvensis | |
| Meadow Pipit | Anthus pratensis | |
| Corn Bunting | Miliaria calandra | |
| Reed Bunting | Emberiza schoeniclus | |
| Eurasian Golden Oriole | Oriolus oriolus | |
| Garganey | Anas querquedula | |
| Eurasian Penduline Tit | Remiz pendulinusa | |
| Little Grebe | Trachybaptus ruficollis | |
| Great Crested Grebe | Podiceps cristatus | |
| Black-necked Grebe | Podiceps nigricollis | |
| Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | |
| European Stonechat | Saxicola torquata | |
| Common Grasshopper Warbler | Locustella naevia | |
| Common Pochard | Aythya ferina | |
| Migratory and wintering birds (Zeeschelde and Blokkersdijk) | Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo |
| Common Shelduck | Tadorna tadorna | |
| Grey Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
| Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticulata | |
| Dunlin | Calidris alpine | |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | |
| Common Goldeneye | Bucephala clangula | |
| Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficolis | |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
| Slender-billed Curlew | Numenius tenuirostris | |
| Lesser White-fronted Goose | Anser erythropus | |
| Little Gull | Larus minutus | |
| Little Tern | Sterna albifrons | |
| Great Crested Grebe | Podiceps cristatus | |
| Black-necked Grebe | Podiceps nigricollis | |
| European Golden Plover | Pluvialis apricaria | |
| Greylag Goose | Anser anser | |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
| Great Black-backed Gull | Larus marinus | |
| Sandwich Tern | Sterna sandvicensis | |
| Common Merganser | Mergus merganser | |
| Velvet Scoter | Melanitta fusca | |
| Great Egret | Egretta alba | |
| Great Northern Loon | Gavia immer | |
| Ruff | Philomachus pugnax | |
| Northern Lapwing | Vanellus vanellus | |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus | |
| Little Ringed Plover | Charadrius dubius | |
| Pink-footed Goose | Anser brachyrhynchus | |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
| Tundra Swan | Cygnus columbianus | |
| Pied Avocet | recurvirostra avocetta | |
| Mute Swan | Cygnus olor | |
| Black-headed Gull | Larus ridibundus | |
| Greater White-fronted Goose | Anser albifrons | |
| Gadwall | Anas strepera | |
| Horned Grebe | Podiceps auritus | |
| Tufted Duck | Aythya fuligula | |
| Eurasian Spoonbill | Platalea leucorodia | |
| Eurasian Coot | Fulica atra | |
| Red-breasted Merganser | Mergus serrator | |
| Smew | Mergus albellus | |
| Arctic Tern | Sterna paradisaea | |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| Black-throated Loon | Gavia arctica | |
| Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | |
| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
| Eurasian Bittern | Botarus stellaris | |
| Red-necked Grebe | Podiceps grisegena | |
| Red-breasted Goose | Branta ruficolis | |
| Red-throated Loon | Gavia stellate | |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | |
| Brant Goose | Branta bernica | |
| Eurasian Oystercatcher | Haematopus ostralegus | |
| Northern Shoveler | Anas clypeata | |
| Eurasian Wigeon | Anas Penelope | |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenarea interpres | |
| Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | |
| Common Gull | Larus canus | |
| Common Pochard | Aythya farina | |
| Bean Goose | Anser fabalis rossicus | |
| Greater Scaup | Aythya marila | |
| Common Redshank | Tringa tetanus | |
| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
| Common Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
| Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago | |
| Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | |
| Whooper Swan | Cygnus Cygnus | |
| Eurasian Teal | Anas crecca | |
| White-headed Duck | Oxyura leucocephala | |
| Ferruginous Duck | Aythya nyroca | |
| Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata | |
| Fish Eagle | Haliaeetus albicilla | |
| Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatorola | |
| Spotted Redshank | Tringa erythropus | |
| Black Tern | Chlidonias niger | |
| Common Scoter | Melanitta nigra |
Table 50: Habitat and species management objectives and management delivery for 2012-2014 (HMS 2011a)
| Objective | Action |
| HSM1. Habitat management: To identify and deliver habitat management to meet the conservation objectives | Humber managed realignment projects (Link to ongoing management: Flood defence & Development and maintenance) HSM1.1: Share best practice on realignment sites. |
| HSM1.2: Support and encourage, where possible, a long term rolling programme of realignment site delivery. | |
| HSM1.3: Facilitate dialogue between organisations undertaking realignment to develop larger more cost effective realignment sites |
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| HSM1.4: To agree the process to designate realignment sites and include them in the Humber designations |
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| HSM1.5: To disseminate progress on the realignment projects to the wider estuary community |
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| HSM1.6: To use information gained from HMS recreational disturbance study to design public access to realignment sites |
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| Stewardship HSM1.7: Natural England works with landowners and farmers to encourage and deliver HLS targets. However, the Humber habitats and species are not included in the target statement for the area. Lobby for Higher Level Stewardship targeting for the management of the features connected with the Humber Estuary EMS and important associated features such as high tide roosting and feeding areas and wintering birds e.g. wet grasslands/grazing marsh, winter stubbles. Work with other sectors e.g. archaeology, to ensure targets are multi- objective. |
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| Intertidal and land management HSM1.8: Organisations involved in grazing projects to communicate progress to Humber Estuary community through the HMS to share best practice and to consider a whole estuary approach. |
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| HSM1.9: Establish a HERAG & HAG sub-group and scope options for a project to summarise historic and current intertidal and HTR management to identify management required for habitats to be or remain in favourable condition e.g. equipment share, flying flock, composting scheme. | |
| HSM1.10: Identify funding sources to support land management projects. | |
| HSM1.11: Identify mechanisms to make management for biodiversity economically viable and explore options such as biodiversity offsetting |
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| HSM1.12: Encourage cooperative working for land management to provide opportunities for Humber designated species e.g. Breeding Little Tern |
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| HSM1.13: Identify approaches on other estuaries (worldwide) to identify innovative solutions | |
| HSM1.14: Awareness raising and engagement with landowners, farmers and associated organisations e.g. FWAG | |
| HSM1.15: Promote exemplar sites and share best practice e.g. Alkborough | |
| Invasive species HSM1.16: Monitor and put appropriate management in place for invasive species e.g. Himalayan balsam, Japanese Knotweed, Japanese mitten crab |
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| HMS2. SPA birds: To identify and deliver management for SPA birds to meet the conservation objectives including the management of high tide roosting and feeding areas | Understanding bird population fluctuations to identify management actions HSM2.1: To determine actions required to understand bird fluctuations in order to put management measures in place. To engage and consult with HERAG and HAG as part of the process. |
| HSM2.2: Study to be undertaken tounderstand national changes in bird numbers. | |
| High tide roosts HSM2.3: Update to Natural England Report on high tide roosts |
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| HSM2.4: Identify important sites and key areas for HTR enhancement and creation. | |
| HSM2.5: Identify critical areas for SPA functioning which require designation such as managed realignment sites and high tide roosts. | |
| HSM 2.6 To develop a mitigation strategy for the creation and management of high tide roosting and feeding areas in the South Humber Gateway area | |
| HSM3. Sub-tidal: To identify and deliver management for the sub-tidal to meet the conservation objectives | HSM 3.1: NE sub-tidal report to be completed and evaluated to understand habitat resource and importance, gaps in information and threats and opportunities |
| HSM 3.2: Draft possible objectives and identify mechanisms to take actions forward |
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| HSM4. Grey seals: To identify and delivery management for the grey seals to meet the requirements of the conservation objectives | HSM4.1: Support continued wardening of the seal population during the seal season |
| HSM4.2: Gather evidence on disturbance to the grey seal population, especially on the outer bank |
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| HSM4.3: Develop appropriate management measures on access to the grey seal population, particularly relating to photographers |
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| HSM5. Lamprey: To identify and delivery management for the river and sea lamprey to meet the requirements of the conservation objectives | HSM5.1: To obtain funding to undertake monitoring of lamprey. Annual adult sea lamprey spawning monitoring funded by Environment Agency from 2003 through to 2017. Rivers surveyed – Swale, Ure, Nidd, Wharfe, Swale. NE seeking funding for river lamprey monitoring. Environment Agency may be able to carry out some adult river lamprey monitoring internally in 2011/12. |
10b. Templates for evaluation of measures in terms of WFD aims: Identification of pressures and explanation of resulting deficits for 10d. List of collected measure examples from Weser, Elbe, Humber and Scheldt with indication of development targets
Important to know
Reports / Measures / Tools
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Management issues
How and by which management measures can tidal amplification be reduced?How can public acceptance for management actions be increased?
How can the Ecosystem Services Approach be used to support management decisions?
How can we assure accessibility to an inland estuarine port without affecting the habitats and safety against flooding?
How can we prevent excessive degradation or loss of tidal marshes?
How does habitat management affect the supply of ecosystem services?
What are the key areas of conflicts or synergies in TIDE estuaries?
What are the restoration opportunities for side branch systems and river banks (e.g. left side branch Weser)?
What factors determine the distribution of suspended sediments in an estuary?
What measures are successful for the dissipation of tidal energy?
What monitoring is required to support and assess management decisions?
What parameters should be used to define and evaluate measure targets?
What tool is available to help manage multiple users of a resource in an integrated way (i.e. achieving more holistic management)?
Which aspects do I have to take into account in order to make a measure a success?
Which measures are suitable to achieve specific ecological targets?
Which measures are suitable to achieve specific morphological and hydrological targets?
Which measures are suitable to identify, protect or develop valuable submerged habitats e.g. mussel beds and Sabellaria reefs?
Which measures are suitable to improve the physical characteristics and chemical water quality?
Which measures are suitable to provide ecosystem services and benefits?
Which synergistic effects and conflicts can be expected by planning and implementing a certain measure?
“Working with nature”: What are the opportunities for sediment management in estuaries?