Land at MonktonBNG offset site

Site description

The land at Monkton BNG site is an 8.7 ha farm situated in the village of Monkton, around half way between Herne Bay and Sandwich. The surrounding landscape is largely agricultural, and the farm itself is crisscrossed by a network of streams and ditches that extend into the surrounding land.

The site stretches between the residential area of Monkton and the train line, meaning it has potential to reduce the train's noise pollution to the local village and provide a visual enhancement for the landscape for both local residents and rail users.

Monkton Chalk Pit Local Wildlife Site lies approximately 447m north of the land, a mosaic of habitats that is an important haven for wildlife in the surrounding intensively farmed landscape. It is home to 14 chalk grassland indicator species and six orchids including the rare anthropomorphic man orchid.

Currently managed as an arable farm, the Monkton BNG habitat bank has potential to become another "stepping stone" for wildlife in the farmed landscape. It will be transitioned to low-input neutral grassland, which will help to improve water quality by reducing the amount of nutrient runoff into the site's streams and ditches. Floral diversity will be encouraged in the grassland, and the development of scrubby patches will provide habitat for birds, invertebrates, and reptiles. Ditches will be managed to enhance biodiversity, so that they will better support aquatic plants and invertebrate communities.

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Habitat Transitions