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Coastal lagoons (High)
Artificial saltmarshes and saline reedbeds (Low)
Saltmarshes and saline reedbeds (High)
Arable field margins cultivated annually (Medium)
Arable field margins game bird mix (Medium)
Arable field margins pollen and nectar (Medium)
Arable field margins tussocky (Medium)
Cereal crops (Low)
Horticulture (Low)
Intensive orchards (Low)
Non-cereal crops (Low)
Temporary grass and clover leys (Low)
Winter stubble (Low)
Bracken (Low)
Floodplain wetland mosaic and CFGM (High)
Lowland calcareous grassland (High)
Lowland dry acid grassland (Very High)
Lowland meadows (Very High)
Modified grassland (Low)
Other lowland acid grassland (Medium)
Other neutral grassland (Medium)
Tall herb communities (H6430) (High)
Traditional orchards (High)
Upland acid grassland (Medium)
Upland calcareous grassland (High)
Upland hay meadows (Very High)
Blackthorn scrub (Medium)
Bramble scrub (Medium)
Dunes with sea buckthorn (H2160) (High)
Gorse scrub (Medium)
Hawthorn scrub (Medium)
Hazel scrub (Medium)
Lowland heathland (High)
Mixed scrub (Medium)
Mountain heaths and willow scrub (Very High)
Other sea buckthorn scrub (Low)
Rhododendron scrub (Low)
Upland heathland (High)
Willow scrub (Medium)
Rural tree (Medium)
Urban tree (Medium)
Artificial features of hard structures (Low)
Artificial hard structures (Low)
Artificial hard structures with integrated greening of grey infrastructure (IGGI) (Medium)
Artificial littoral biogenic reefs (Low)
Artificial littoral coarse sediment (Low)
Artificial littoral mixed sediments (Low)
Artificial littoral mud (Low)
Artificial littoral muddy sand (Low)
Artificial littoral sand (Low)
Artificial littoral seagrass (Low)
Features of littoral sediment (High)
Littoral biogenic reefs - Mussels (High)
Littoral biogenic reefs - Sabellaria (High)
Littoral coarse sediment (Medium)
Littoral mixed sediments (High)
Littoral mud (High)
Littoral muddy sand (High)
Littoral sand (Medium)
Littoral seagrass (High)
Littoral seagrass on peat, clay or chalk (Very High)
Aquifer fed naturally fluctuating water bodies (Very High)
High alkalinity lakes (High)
Low alkalinity lakes (High)
Marl lakes (High)
Moderate alkalinity lakes (High)
Ornamental lake or pond (Low)
Peat lakes (High)
Ponds (non-priority habitat) (Medium)
Ponds (priority habitat) (High)
Reservoirs (Medium)
Temporary lakes ponds and pools (H3170) (High)
Features of littoral rock (High)
Features of littoral rock - on peat, clay or chalk (Very High)
High energy littoral rock (High)
High energy littoral rock - on peat, clay or chalk (Very High)
Low energy littoral rock (High)
Low energy littoral rock - on peat, clay or chalk (Very High)
Moderate energy littoral rock (High)
Moderate energy littoral rock - on peat, clay or chalk (Very High)
Calaminarian grasslands (Very High)
Coastal sand dunes (High)
Coastal vegetated shingle (High)
Inland rock outcrop and scree habitats (High)
Limestone pavement (Very High)
Maritime cliff and slopes (High)
Other inland rock and scree (Medium)
Ruderal/Ephemeral (Low)
Tall forbs (Low)
Actively worked sand pit quarry or open cast mine (Low)
Allotments (Low)
Artificial unvegetated, unsealed surface (Very Low)
Bare ground (Low)
Biodiverse green roof (Medium)
Bioswale (Low)
Built linear features (Very Low)
Cemeteries and churchyards (Medium)
Developed land; sealed surface (Very Low)
Facade-bound green wall (Low)
Ground based green wall (Low)
Ground level planters (Low)
Intensive green roof (Low)
Introduced shrub (Low)
Open mosaic habitats on previously developed land (High)
Other green roof (Low)
Rain garden (Low)
Sustainable drainage system (Low)
Unvegetated garden (Very Low)
Vacant or derelict land (Low)
Vegetated garden (Low)
Watercourse footprint (Very Low)
Blanket bog (Very High)
Depressions on peat substrates (H7150) (Very High)
Fens (upland and lowland) (Very High)
Lowland raised bog (Very High)
Oceanic valley mire[1] (D2.1) (Very High)
Purple moor grass and rush pastures (Very High)
Reedbeds (High)
Transition mires and quaking bogs (H7140) (Very High)
Felled (High)
Felled (High)
Lowland beech and yew woodland (High)
Lowland mixed deciduous woodland (High)
Native pine woodlands (High)
Other Scot's pine woodland (Medium)
Other coniferous woodland (Low)
Other woodland; broadleaved (Medium)
Other woodland; mixed (Medium)
Upland birchwoods (High)
Upland mixed ashwoods (High)
Upland oakwood (High)
Wet woodland (High)
Wood-pasture and parkland (Very High)
Ecologically valuable line of trees (Medium)
Ecologically valuable line of trees - associated with bank or ditch (Medium)
Line of trees (Low)
Line of trees - associated with bank or ditch (Low)
Native hedgerow (Low)
Native hedgerow - associated with bank or ditch (Medium)
Native hedgerow with trees (Medium)
Native hedgerow with trees - associated with bank or ditch (High)
Non-native and ornamental hedgerow (Very Low)
Species-rich native hedgerow (Medium)
Species-rich native hedgerow - associated with bank or ditch (High)
Species-rich native hedgerow with trees (High)
Species-rich native hedgerow with trees - associated with bank or ditch (Very High)
Canals (Medium)
Culvert (Low)
Ditches (Medium)
Other rivers and streams (High)
Priority habitat (Very High)
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