North West England Priority Butterfly Conservation Area 2009

This data supported prioritisation of England Woodland Grant Scheme (EWGS) Woodland Improvement Grant (WIG) from 2009 in the North West of England.

The area outlined contains populations of some of Britain's rarest and most vulnerable butterfly species.

The EWGS WIG grant aid was designed to support habitat restoration work for the benefit of indigenous butterflies which are threatened with extinction.

The data set encompasses all the key populations in the South Cumbria Low Fells and Morecambe Bay Limestone area at the time of was published.

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Descriptr = Name of the priority area Attribution Statement: Contains OS data © Crown copyright [and database right] [year].