Conserving Bogs
Monitoring and Site Assessment
Yorkshire Peat Partnership works monitoring form
4.1 Site Name: Recorder:
Date: Weather conditions:
Time:
A. Grip Blocking with Peat Dams Record following using GPS mappers for dams on or within 5m of transect dams: Dam intact No signs of erosion around dam Water retained to base of previous dam Excess water dispersed without erosion Grip surface revegetating Species re-vegetating grip surface
YES/NO YES/NO YES/NO YES/NO % cover % cover
B. Grip / Gully Blocking with Timber / Heather Bale Dams Record following using GPS mappers for dams on or within 5m of transect dams: Dam intact No signs of erosion around dam Water retained to base of previous dam Sediment retained to base of previous dam Water surface revegetating Sediment surface revegetating % of water surface revegetated (viewed from above) % of sediment surface revegetating (viewed from above) Species re-vegetating gully surface (Table 1)
YES/NO YES/NO YES/NO YES/NO YES/NO YES/NO % cover % cover % cover
C. Reprofiling Record following using GPS mappers in 2m x 2m quadrats for reprofiled areas on or within 5m of transect: Reprofiled area intact (assess whole patch) YES/NO Signs of erosion to reprofiled area (assess whole patch) YES/NO Reprofiled area revegetating (assess whole patch) YES/NO % of quadrat area revegetated (viewed from above) % cover Number of grass nurse plants per quadrat No. % cover of grass nurse in quadrat (viewed from above) % cover Species re-vegetating in quadrat area (Table 1) % cover
D. Bare Peat Treated Areas Record following using GPS mappers in 2m x 2m quadrats for bare peat on or within 5m of transect: Bare peat area revegetating (assess whole patch) YES/NO % of bare peat area revegetated (assess whole patch) % cover Number of grass nurse plants per quadrat No. % cover of grass nurse per quadrat % cover Species re-vegetating quadrat surface (Table 1) % cover
Fig 4.1 An example of a site recording form used to assess changes following restoration works. This very same information is recorded using a drop down list on a handheld GPS device. This makes recording variables faster and more accurate.
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