Somerset’s Local Habitat Map

Overview

Please read the following information before you look at the Local Habitat Map.

• There is a Local Habitat Map User Guide to explain how to use the map.
• The map should be viewed alongside the written Statement of Biodiversity Priorities – the map and the statement together make up the Somerset Local Nature Recovery Strategy.
• The map shows Areas of Particular Importance for Biodiversity (APIB), Areas that Could Become of Particular Importance for Biodiversity (ACBI), and Mapped Measures.
• The mapping has been produced using the latest and best available data sets. However, specific actions will always need to be sense checked in relation to actual conditions on site, such as ground, soil and topography, to ensure that the right habitat is being created in the right place.
• The inclusion of a location in the map does not require the landowner or other agencies to provide the potential measures listed or prevent other legitimate land uses from taking place.
• The map may be difficult to view on a phone; we would recommend viewing it on a bigger screen.

View the map

By continuing to the map, you are agreeing to the above terms and conditions.

Who the data is provided by

Local Wildlife Site and information and species data ©SERC, is kindly provided by the Somerset Environmental Records Centre (SERC) under licence, as View only.

The data cannot be copied, republished or used to inform commercial or statutory processes. Commercial use’ includes using the data to inform ecological appraisals, but also where there is any cost recovery, for example, funded projects or local planning processes, such as neighbourhood plan development.

Users should contact SERC to access the data, ensuring it is the most up-to-date, has relevant context, and has been correctly licenced for the agreed purpose or use.

Dependent on the intended use, SERC has created a number of cost-effective products to suit individual needs and to make the data as accessible as possible. However, as SERC is not publicly funded, charges for access to these products and the data will apply.

For more information, go to Somerset Environmental Records Centre and click on ‘Request data’.