Adding a habitat

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  1. Select ‘view’ next to the project of interest on the ‘home’ page or the Mapping tab at the top of the screen

  2. Under the ‘Habitat and features table’ you will see a ‘Add a Habitat’ button. Click on it to add a Habitat. 

  3. Add a name for your Habitat. if you have a specific site code or reference number add this to the box below

  4. Select habitat type from one of the predefined lists below. These categories have been populated from;

    1. Natural England Biodiversity Matrix 3.0

    2. Natural England small sites matrix

    3. UKHab Habitat Classification  

  5. Add your habitat polygon by clicking the ‘draw a polygon’ button to the top right of the map. You can identify this by hovering over it;

    • Click on the map to draw the habitat polygon and create a perimeter. Double click to close the polygon 

      • If you wish to make adjustments use the ‘Modify the selected feature’ and select the polygon

    • The spatial ref: and area are automatically populated

    • Note: You can only add one site polygon. Adding another with result in an error message and a request to delete the previous entry 

  6. Add a ‘creation date’ typically the opening of the project or completion of the works

  7. Add biodiversity information i.e. the height of vegetation, target height and percentage of vegetation cover for a specific habitat

  8. Add mitigation measures you have taken and the ideology behind the creation of the habitat. 

  9. Add management and maintenance requirements for the site and pertinent information to understand how the site continues to operate and function. 

  10. Upload images of the site, habitats and biodiversity spotted

  11. Click ‘Submit’ once you have filled out all the relevant information. Once the site record has been submitted it will appear on the ‘project page’ page where you can ‘edit’, ‘view’ or download the QR code for the entry

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