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IWBOA: Upper Medina Valley
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Opportunity area description
River valley south of Newport as far as Chale Green.
Joint Character Area/Landscape descriptive unit
Isle of Wight Joint Character Area: Intensive arable land, sandstone hill and gravel ridges.
Landscape types
Rolling arable farmland, with scattered woodland in a wide valley.
Geology (bedrock)
Mudstone, sandstone, and ferruginous sands.
Geology (superficial)
Extensive alluvium and peat deposits.
Topography (landform)
Narrow stream heavily modified by river engineering crosses a wide sandstone vale. Irrigation storage reservoirs have been constructed in several places.
Biodiversity ( BAP habitat, Designated sites UK BAP Species)
SSSIs : The Wilderness, Cridmore Bay
SINCs: Billingham Manor Farm, Sibdown Farm Copse, Gatcombe Withybed, River Medina: Shide to Blackwater
BAP habitat
UK BAP Species
Water vole; Cornflower; Skylark; Yellowhammer; Linnet; Woodland Bats
Access
Footpaths cross the area, but no access along the length of the river.
Targets – main opportunities
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