This is a baseline Phase 1 Habitat map (2021) of the North York Moors National Park. It can be used to inform the future management plan of the NYMNPA. The vision is for a map which can be updated and used as and when new schemes and/or interventions are completed on the ground.
Habitat Classes
The Phase 1 habitat classification and methodology, as published originally by the Nature Conservancy Council in 1990 and reprinted with minor revisions by JNCC, has been widely used throughout Britain for a diverse range of purposes. It has largely stood the test of time, and continues to be used as the standard 'phase 1' technique for habitat survey across the UK.
For a more detailed description of the Phase 1 classes, see Handbook for Phase 1 habitat survey - a technique for environmental audit Revised reprint 2010 © JNCC 1993, 2003, 2004, 2007(2), 2010 Chapter 2.