Sherwood Forest (20797)
United Kingdom, Europe
Site overview
KBA status: confirmed
Year of last assessment: 2007
National site name: Sherwood Forest
Central coordinates: Latitude: 53.2107, Longitude: -1.0750
System: terrestrial
Area of KBA (km2): 71.689099
Protected area coverage (%): 22.46
KBA classification: Regional
Legacy site: Yes
Site details
Site description: Sherwood Forest is a Royal Forest in Nottinghamshire. Continuously forested since the end of the Ice Age, the wooded forest of today is a remnant of a much larger royal hunting forest.
Rationale for qualifying as KBA: This site qualifies as a Key Biodiversity Area of international significance that was identified using previously established criteria and thresholds for the identification of Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBAs) and for which available data indicate that it does not meet global KBA criteria and thresholds set out in the Global Standard.
Delineation rationale: First identified in 2007. Digitised onto 1:50,000 scale OS maps. Re-digitised 2017.
Habitats
Land use: fisheries/aquaculture | nature conservation and research | tourism/recreation
| IUCN Habitat | Coverage % | Habitat detail |
|---|---|---|
| Shrubland | 50 | |
| Forest | 50 |
Threats
| Threat level 1 | Threat level 2 | Threat level 3 | Timing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biological resource use | Logging & wood harvesting | Intentional use: large scale (species being assessed is the target) [harvest] | Ongoing |
| Pollution | Air-borne pollutants | Type Unknown/Unrecorded | Ongoing |
| Natural system modifications | Dams & water management/use | Abstraction of ground water (domestic use) | Ongoing |
| Residential & commercial development | Housing & urban areas | Ongoing | |
| Residential & commercial development | Commercial & industrial areas | Ongoing | |
| Residential & commercial development | Tourism & recreation areas | Ongoing | |
| Energy production & mining | Oil & gas drilling | Ongoing | |
| Energy production & mining | Renewable energy | Ongoing | |
| Human intrusions & disturbance | Recreational activities | Ongoing | |
| Human intrusions & disturbance | War, civil unrest & military exercises | Only in the past and unlikely to return | |
| Climate change & severe weather | Habitat shifting & alteration | Ongoing |