Description of the goods or services required
Production of Conservation Management Plans for Cosmeston Country Park and Porthkerry Park.
In order to assist the Vale of Glamorgan Council and the staff based at the Country Parks it is proposed that a detailed 15-year conservation management plan is drawn up for each park that helps to determine the future management, resilience and monitoring of the habitats and species which are present or which could or should be found at the parks. At Cosmeston the plan will include neighbouring Vale of Glamorgan Council land due to be added to the Country Park at the cessation of a tenancy. The Medieval Village will be excluded from the proposed management plan.
In drawing up the plans the successful consultant will be expected to work very closely with the staff at the parks who have considerable knowledge of the wildlife in the parks and the need to understand the interactions between visitors and wildlife.
A draft management plan for each site will be subject to a public consultation following approval by the officers of the Vale of Glamorgan Council and the Vale Nature Partnership.
Therefore, we wish to engage an external provider/expert to undertake the following:
1. Produce an agreed 15 year management plan for each site that considers the following objectives:
i. To maintain and enhance biodiversity
ii. To maintain and enhance the amenity value of the Park
iii. To create more species diverse habitats and species resilience.
iv. To determine the management regimes needed to maintain the
diversity of habitats.
v. Identify the presence of Invasive Non Native Species and their
eradication, if at all possible.
2. A data search from SEWBReC with a 1.5km buffer around the site will be provided to the successful consultancy.
3. Develop an annual work programme that can be carried out by staff,
Volunteers, contractors and others as required.
4. Estimate the costs of implementing the management plan – overall costs for the whole time period and annual costs.
5. Develop monitoring protocols that can indicate successful habitat and species management and determine the carrying capacity for the population densities for translocated species.
Particular issues to be addressed as part of this plan.
1) The reintroduction of grazing and/or hay cropping on sites which are heavily used by dog walkers.
2) Opposition to fencing by recreational users – seen as a restriction of access especially at Cosmeston.
3) Equipment access to management of meadows and grassland areas for conservation in some parts of the park.
4) Opportunities from proposed increases in the area of the parks but with no budget allocation.
5) Woodland management, tree planting and natural regeneration
6) Hedgerow management – reliance on contractors
7) Lack of public understanding of the management objectives
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