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o Common cudweed Filago vulgaris; and o Hoary cinquefoil Potentilla argentea.
• Invasive species
o Hottentot-fig Carpobrotus edulis; o Canadian waterweed Elodea canadensis; o Indian balsam Impatiens glandulifera; and o Japanese rose Rosa rugosa.
27. A desk-top review of biological data records and the results of the ecological surveys undertaken for the cable route (EAOW, 2012b) indicates that there are suitable habitats within the onshore cable route area for:
• Water vole (with five key areas for water voles identified during water vole surveys); • Reptiles (with grass snake Natrix natrix, slow-worm Anguis fragilis and common lizard Lacerta vivapara recorded in presence/absence surveys and potential for adder Vipera berus);
• Bats (commuting and foraging activity recorded during surveys, but no roosts recorded);
• Badger (including 34 separate badger setts of varying status); • Great crested newts (with six water bodies with confirmed presence in the great crested newt survey);
• Invertebrates, in particular, the saltmarsh adjacent to the Deben was identified as being of particular importance; and
• Otters: records for otter were found within 2km of the cable route (EAOW, 2012a) and several spraints recorded during otter surveys.
No holts or couches were
identified, but otters are highly mobile and potentially will commute and forage through the majority of the features surveyed).
28.
Records reviewed also indicated the presence of dormouse and some suitable habitat for dormouse. However, hedgerow and woodland identified along the cable route was generally considered to be of poor quality and no evidence of dormouse was recorded during targeted surveys (EAOW, 2012b).
Evidence Plan
East Anglia THREE & East Anglia FOUR Offshore Windfarms