APPENDIX 5.3

APPENDIX 6.1

Table 6.1. Plant species found at the site of the proposed development, Grand Canal Dock, December 2004 and January 2005 Agrostis stolonifera Creeping bent Anagallis arvensis Scarlet pimpernel Artemsia vulgaris Mugwort Bellis perennis Daisy Brassica sp. Cabbage sp. Buddleja davidii Butterfly bush Capsella bursa-pastoris Shepherd’s purse Cerastium fontanum Common mouse ear Chenopodium album Fat hen Cirsium arvense Field thistle Cirsium vulgare Spear thistle Clematis vitalba Traveller’s joy Conyza canadensis Canadian fleabane Dactylis glomerata Cocksfoot Elytrigia repens Couch grass Epilobium montanum Broadleaved willowherb Euphorbia peplus Petty spurge Festuca sp. Fescue sp. Galium aparine Robin-run-the-hedge Geranium robertianum Herb Robert Holcus lanatus Yorkshire fog Hordeum murinum Wall barley Lapsana communis Nipplewort Leucanthemum vulgare Ox-eye daisy Lolium multiflorum Italian ryegrass Lolium perenne Perennial ryegrass Lupinus arboreus Tree lupin Melilotus sp. Melilot exact sp. unidentified Mercurialis annua Annual dog’s mercury Papaver rhoeas Common poppy Plantago lanceolata Ribwort plantain Plantago major Broadleaved plantain Poa annua Annual meadow grass Polygonum aviculare Knotgrass Ranunculus repens Creeping buttercup Reseda luteola Weld Rubus fruticosus Bramble Rumex obtusifolius Broad dock Salix caprea Goat willow Salix cinerea Grey willow Scrophularia nodosa Figwort Senecio jacobaea Ragwort

Senecio squalidus Oxford ragwort Senecio vulgaris Groundsel Sonchus asper Prickly sow thistle Sonchus oleraceus Smooth sow thistle Spergularia marina Lesser sea spurrey Stellaria media Chickweed Sysimbrium officinale Hedge mustard Taraxacum offinicales agg. Dandelion Trifolium dubium Lesser trefoil Trifolium pratense Red clover Trifolium repens White clover Tripleurospermum inodorum Scentless mayweed Tussilago farfara Coltsfoot Urtica dioica Nettle Vicia sepium Bush vetch

Table 6.2: Bird species recorded on, and in the vicinity of, the site of the proposed development, Grand Canal Dock December 2004 and January 2005 Anthus pratensis Meadow pipit Apus apus (likely to occur in summer) Swift Carduelis chloris Greenfinch Columba livia Feral pigeon Corvus frugilegus Rook Corvus monedula Jackdaw Falco tinnunculus Kestrel Fringilla coelebs Chaffinch Motacilla alba yarrellii Pied wagtail Parus caeruleus Blue tit Parus major Great tit Pica pica Magpie Sturnus vulgaris Starling Troglodytes troglodytes Wren Turdus merula Blackbird

Table 6.3: Bird species observed flying overhead which are associated with aquatic or marine habitats adjacent to the site of the proposed development at Grand Canal Dock, December 2004 and January 2005 Phalacrocorax carbo Cormorant Cygnus olor Mute Swan Larus ridibundus Black headed gull Larus canus Common gull Larus argentatus Herring gull Branta bernicla Brent goose

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Figure 6.1: Map of habitats in and surrounding Grand Canal Dock site, January 2005. Blue cross hatching indicates lowland river (FW2) and canal (FW3) habitats. Solid brown indicates recolonising bare ground habitat (ED3) (the main habitat on the site proposed for development), red zig-zag indicates stonewall (BL1). Orange hatching indicates built over land (BL3).

Plate 6.1: Recolonising bare ground (ED3) habitat at Grand Canal Dock Site, January 2005

APPENDIX 6.2