| Skip navigation | Home Page | Complaints procedure | Feedback form
Do it On-Line | A to Z | About Us | Contact Us | Jobs |

Welcome To Wirral

Nature Reserves (Conservation)

Wirral's Nature Conservation covers the following areas: Local Nature Reserves, Sites of Special Scientific Interest, Sensitive Marine Area, International Sites (Natura 2000 & Ramsar), Sites of local Biological Importance, Geological Sites and Biodiversity.

Nature Reserves (Conservation) - LNR Location Map

Local Nature Reserves (LNR's)

Related LNR Information

 

Nature Reserves (Conservation) - SSSI Location Map

Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI's)

Sensitive Marine Areas

The Dee Estuary and North Wirral Foreshore are designated as one of 27 Sensitive Marine Areas.

Sensitive Marine Areas (SMAs) are non-statutory marine areas that are nationally important and notable for their marine animal and plant communities or which provide ecological support to adjacent statutory sites. They are identified by English Nature, with a further aim of raising awareness and disseminating information to be taken into account in estuarine and coastal management planning. These areas rely on the co-operation of users and local communities for sustainable management, with the help of grant aid.

Natura 2000 sites

These are a network of European sites, designated under the Habitats Directive and the Birds Directive. On Wirral they include the Dee Estuary and the Mersey Estuary. Visit the DEFRA site for more information.

Ramsar Sites

The Dee Estuary and the Mersey Estuary are 'Ramsar' Sites. Visit the Ramsar website for more information.

Sites of Biological Importance (SBI's)

There are about 70 Sites of Biological Importance (SBI's) on Wirral. These have no statutory protection, but are listed on the Unitary Development Plan, and are therefore taken into account in the planning process.

Here is a list of the Sites of Biological Importance

1 - Royal Liverpool Golf Course, Hoylake
2 - Grange Hill, West Kirby
3 - Caldy Hill, West Kirby
4 - Stapledon Wood, West Kirby
5 - Newton Common, West Kirby
6 - Caldy Golf Course
7 - Caldy Hospital Grounds
8 - Irby Common
9 - Irby Quarry
10 - Irby Pond
11 - Harrock Wood, Irby
12 - Backford Road Pond, Irby
13 - Park, Frankby
14 - Roberts Wood, Thurstaston
15 - Wirral Way (Caldy to Heswall)
16 - Wirral Way (Heswall to Borough Boundary)
17 - Dungeon Pond, Thurstaston
18 - The Dungeon, Thurstaston
19 - Pipers Lane, Heswall
20 -Quarry Road East, Heswall
21 - The Beacons, Heswall
22 - Wittering Lane, Heswall
23 - The Dales Heswall
24 -Gayton Wood
25 - Gayton Hall Wood
26 - Backwood Hall Farm, Gayton
27 - Raby Ponds
28 - Benty Heath Lane Ponds, Raby
29 - Willaston Copse, Raby
30 - Barnston Dale
31 - Murrayfield Hospital, Thingwall
32 - Manor Wood, Thornton Hough
33 - Thornton Hough Ponds
34 - Stanley Wood, Landican Lane, Storeton
35 - Rake Hey Covert Pond, Brimstage
36 - Gorse Covert and Nicolson’s Plantation, Arrowe Park
37 - Limbo Lane pond, Irby
38 - Arrowe Brook Farm Ponds, Greasby
39 - Greasby Copse and Ponds
40 - Storeton Wood, Higher Bebington
41 - Old Sewage Works, Clatterbridge
42 - Willow Farm Ponds, Thornton Common Road
43 - Raby Mere The Marfords, Brookhurst
44 - Bromborough Golf Course Pond
45 - Hargrave House Farm ponds, Brookhurst
46 - Plymyard Dale, Brookhurst
47 - Lowfields, Eastham
48 - Holm Hill, West Kirby
49 - Eastham Woods and Long Plantation, Eastham
50 - Old Hall Road Bromborough
51 - Woodslee Pond, Bromborough
52 - Alma Street Goods Yard, New Ferry
53 - New Ferry Shore
54 - Burrell Road, Prenton
55 - Wirral Ladies Golf Course, Noctorum
56 - Bidston Hill
57 - New Brighton Foreshore
58 - Wallasey Golf Course and Leasowe Gun Site
59 - Old Birket, Leasowe
60 - Leasowe Pond
61 - Bidston Marsh
62 - Sandbrook Lane Pond, Upton
63 - Paulsfield Drive Woodland, Overchurch
64 - Overchurch Park Woodland, Upton
65 - Leasowe Common
66 - Meols Field Pasture Farm pond, Moreton
67 - Upton Bridge Wood, Upton
68 - Colley’s Farm, Thurstaston

Sites of Local Importance for Earth Science

These have a similar level of protection as SBI's

1 - Red and Yellow Noses, New Brighton
2 - Grange Hill, West Kirby
3 - Irby Quarry
4 - Mill Road, Brombprough
5 - Hilbre Point

Red Rocks, Hoylake

6 - Hilbre(Main Island, Middle Eye, Little Eye and Tanskey Rocks), Hoylake/West Kirby
7 - Caldy Hill, Thurstaston
8 - Thurstaston Hill and Telegraph Road cutting
9 - Dee Cliffs, Caldy
10 - Storeton Hill, Bebington
11 - Bidston Hill
12 - The Beacons, Heswall

See Also