The Purbeck Heaths NNR created several years ago covers or overlaps with four existing references with boundaries currently unclear. We’ve now produced a map to show how the new reserve interacts with existing boundaries.
One of the main areas of confusion surrounds GFF -0098 Arne NNR which sits outside of the Purbeck NNR, but also includes Arne RSPB which straddles both areas. For the sake of clarity, we have allocated all of the Arne RSPB area to GFF-0098 regardless of which NNR it sits in. We have also given Brownsea Island, which was not in a reference prior to the creation of the Purbeck Heaths NNR it’s own GFF reference
As a result the following reference has been added to the Directory
- GFF-0520 Purbeck Heaths NNR (Brownsea Island)
For clarity the following references have also been renamed
- GFF-0098 Purbeck Heaths NNR/Dorset Heathlands SPA – Arne Reedbeds NNR/RSPB
- GFF -0105 Purbeck Heaths NNR / Dorset Heathlands SPA (Studland & Godlingston)
- GFF-0234 Purbeck Heaths NNR / Dorset Heathlands SPA – (Stoborough Heath + RSPB)
- GFF-0235 Purbeck Heaths NNR / Dorset Heathlands SPA (Hartland Moor )
