Sandbanks Which Are Slightly Covered By Sea Water All The Time (1110) Special Protection Areas Supporting Habitats Polygons (England)

Supporting habitats refer to the habitats that support the designated Special Protection Area (SPA) bird features and are shown to be important to a species or an assemblage of species for any period of time. A process of standardising Annex 1 sub-features corresponding to the EUNIS habitat classification hierarchy was developed, and a standard list of sub-features was then created and defined according to existing EUNIS habitat descriptions and associated biotopes. Subfeatures representing supporting habitats for SPAs are derived from the UK EUNIS level 3 seabed habitat map integrating data originating from surveys and EU SeaMap as part of the Development of a framework for Mapping European Seabed Habitats (MESH) project.