To ensure this plan is successful and to help value the conservation work over the plan period the following surveys and monitoring will be carried out.

Compartment	Survey or monitoring task	Status (Nov 2008)	Method	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
All SSSI areas	Monitor status of Natural England's conservation objectives
3, 9, 10, 11, 12, 16	All species butterfly transect	Active every year since 2006, plus some older records exist.	A 1.5km transect walked Apr-Sep. Data input into Transect Walker.
10, 12	Single species butterfly transect: small blue Cupido minimus	Active	A 1km transect through suitable habitat, walked May/June. Data input into Transect Walker.
All heath & grassland compartments	Butterfly re-introduction programme: silver-studded blue Plebeius argus	Working group established	Survey ant populations, suitability of heath, possible donor sites, consult with Natural England and Butterfly Conservation.
All	Bryophyte survey	A recent (2008) application by the Nature Conservation Bureau to the ALSF fund has been successful and a full survey will be undertaken in 2010.
All	a) Data collection and analysis b) Set up a montitoring protocol	Funding application to the ALSF successful.	All the biological records for Greenham and Crookham Common from the past 15 or so years will be collected, collated and converted to digitised lists.
All HLS areas	Grassland and heathland Monitoring	Set up by ALSF funded project above	Set up monitoring of all the prescriptions of the HLS including lowland heathland, semi-natural grassland and broadleaf woodland. (This will be set up by an ecologist as part of a successful ALSF
All open areas of heathland	Bracken monitoring		A snapshot of bracken extent every 2 years to ensure it is not dominating and to identify where areas require treatment. Maintain small areas for cover within the heath and woodland edge.
Various	Nightjar survey	Has run every June/July since 1978	A group of surveyors records churring & flight activity across the whole site simultaneously.
All	Dragonfly and damselfly survey	Running annually	A thorough search of larval cases, sightings and larvae is undertaken by an ecologist every year and a report produced.
All	Cricket and grasshopper survey	Running annually	A systematic search, mainly using 'song' detected using a bat detector is undertaken every year and a report produced.
All	Bird ringing	Running annually	The Newbury District Ornithological Club (NDOC) and bird ringer Nigel Cleere monitor nest boxes, a bird feeding station and specific targeted birds on the common.
All	Amphibian survey	Running annually	Ponds surveyed to record toads, frogs and the 3 newts - great crested, smooth and palmate.
All	Reptile survey	Running ad hoc	Informal survey looking through heath and under refugia to record lizards, adders, grass snakes and slow worms.
All heathland compartments	Produce heathland mowing and scraping rotation work plan with map by 2009		Use GIS layer and notes provided by Natural England for central lozenges (compartments 9, 10, 11 and 12) as well as other large banks of dominant and dengerate gorse.
Various	Orchid protection measures		Stem the disappearance of early flowers by protecting as soon as they appear. Survey and protection of early spring flowering plants (bee orchid, green winged orchid).
All	Heritage Management Plan		Survey and record HER monuments along with those not currently listed on HER records (e.g. hydrants, fuel tanks).
Various	Ponds management plan		A survey and report on all the seasonal and permanent water features on the common.
All	Fixed point photography	To be established.	Set up fixed points based on agreed rationale. Number and record GPS locations and orientation. Permanently mark each location on site. Photograph at each location annually at the same time(s) of year and store images for reference and ecological surveillance.
Various	Snails, slugs and worms survey	To be established.
All	Exotic species		Informal monitoring of extent, to identify potential problems and take action as necessary