Author: Adrian (G1UBL)
Directory Changes
A number of new references have been added to the GxFF Directory
- GFF-0511 The Flashes of Wigan and Lee NNR, Greater Manchester
- GFF-0512 Drigg Coast SAC, Cumbria
- GFF-0513 Lewes Brookes RSPB, Sussex
- GIFF-0085 Bann Estuary SAC, Co Londonderry
- GMFF-0149 Fannyside RSPB, North Lanarkshire
Additional changes to existing references
- GFF-0310 becomes Mid Essex Coast SPA – Blackwater Estuary NNR/Od Hall Marshes RSPB to reflect inclusion of RSPB reserve
- GFF-0508 Radipole Lake RSPB is deleted as it was a duplicate of GFF-0104
GxFF Directory changes
A number of new references have been added to the Directory:
- GFF-0508 Radipole Lake RSPB, Weymouth, Dorset (Deleted as duplicate 12/2022)
- GFF-0509 Hornsea Mere SAC, Yorkshire
- GFF-0510 Wild Ennerdale NNR, Cumbria
- GMFF-0148 Coll RSPB, Inner Hebrides
- GWFF-0111 Coedwigoedd Penrhyn Creuddyn/ Creuddyn Peninsula Woods SAC , West Wales and Valleys
Brass Monkey Award – Winter 22/23
GFF- Directory Updates
Updates have been made to 3 references in the GFF Directory
- GFF-0315 Becomes Dorset Heathlands SPA – Upton/Canford Heath Reserves, to better clarify the area covered. It also takes in heaths in Corfe and Alder Hills area, which are also part of the SPA. A further reference will be created to cover those heaths to the North East that are distant from this area.
- GFF 0239 Fyfield Down NNR and GFF 0122 Kingston Great Common NNR have been deleted from the directory , as a result of losing their NNR status. Kingston Common can still be activated as part of the overarching New Forest reference.
GxFF Directory Changes
A number of new references have been added to the GxFF Directory
- GFF-0506 Snape RSPB, Suffolk
- GFF-0507 Isley Marsh RSPB, Devon
- GIFF-0084 Lough Neagh RAMSAR/SPA inc Portmore Lough RSPB (excludes Island Reserves, covered by GIFF-0030)
- GMFF-0145 Mingulay and Berneray SPA
- GMFF-0146 Eoligary, Barra SPA, Outer Hebrides
- GMFF-0147 Coll SPA, Inner Hebrides
Team GxFF
The GxFF team are delighted to welcome Ray M0DHP as Awards Manager and Bob M0BOB as Events Organiser, both are active members of the GxFF community and will be a great addition to the team. Thanks once again go to Mike M0MCY and Denise 2E0LSO for their contribution to GxFF in those two roles over the last year.
GWFF Directory Changes
Three new references and two updates have been made to the GWFF Directory
New Reference
- GWFF-0108 Sugar Loaf Woodlands SAC, Monmouthshire
- GWFF-0109 Caeau Mynwydd Mawr SAC, Camarthenshire
- GWFF-0110 Llangorse Lake/Lyn Syfaddan SAC, Powys
Updates
- GWFF-0005 Becomes Carmel NNR/SAC to recognise inclusion of the Cernydd Carmel SAC
- GWFF-0036 Becomes Craig-y-Cilau NNR/Usk Bat Sites SAC, to recognise the expansion of the reference to take in the wider SAC area. (Please ensure if operating at the Southern end of the reference, that you are not in the adjoining GWFF-0098 Cwm Clydach NNR/SAC)
GxFF Directory Updates
3 new references have been added
- GIFF-0083 Copeland Islands SPA, Co Down
- GMFF-0144 Airds Moss SAC, East Ayrshire
- GWFF-0107 Cors Ddyga RSPB, Anglesey
GFF Directory Updates
A further five new references have been added to the GFF Directory. With the exception of Purbeck Heaths NNR, where we are working to define how a new reference for the “super reserve” would work with the existing NNR references, all UK NNRs should now have been allocated a reference.
New References
- GFF-0501 Malham Tarn NNR/RAMSAR , North Yorkshire
- GFF-0502 New House Farm Malham NNR, Nort Yorkshire (working farm, access limited)
- GFF-0503 St Aidan’s RSPB, Leeds, West Yorkshire
- GFF-0504 Upper Nene Valley Gravel Pits SPA/RAMSAR, Northants
- GFF-0505 Rex Graham Reserves SAC, Suffolk