While Merseyside BioBank manages aspects of the information that informs the Local Site process in North Merseyside. The top copies of documentation including guidance and the citations themselves are held on the North Merseyside Local Sites Partnership page here: https://northmerseysidelsp.org.uk/ Local Wildlife Site and Local Geological Site information is also provided as part of our...
North Merseyside Local Wildlife Sites
North Merseyside Local Wildlife Sites In North Merseyside, Local Wildlife Sites (LWS), are places that are of particular importance to biodiversity in the local area. LWS are not legally protected like Sites of Special Scientific Interest or other ‘statutory’ sites but once identified they are adopted into the Local Plan of a local authority and...
Local Sites: Critical to Nature Recovery
There are more Local Wildlife Sites in England than any other kind of terrestrial wildlife designation. They exist equally in our most rural and urban areas and unlike Local Nature Reserves they are designated purely on their importance for biodiversity and exist on the basis that they protect what is most important in the local...