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Plans | Local Biodiversity Action Plans | A local Biodiversity Action Plan for Swansea

Local Biodiversity Action Plan

A local Biodiversity Action Plan for Swansea

Geographic Coverage

Plan nameA Local Biodiversity Action Plan for Swansea
Plan coverageSwansea (also included in GLAMBAG area)
Region / CountryWales

Species for which action plans have been prepared

GroupSpecies
AmphibiansGreat Crested Newt (Triturus cristatus)
AntsBlack bog ant (Formica candida)
Bees/waspsShrill Carder Bee (Bombus sylvarum)
BeetlesDune tiger Beetle (Cicindela maritima)
Beetlesa Reed Beetle (Donacia aquatica)
Beetlesa Ground Beetle (Pterostichus kugelanni)
BirdsSkylark (Alauda arvensis)
BirdsNightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus)
BirdsLinnet (Carduelis cannabina)
BirdsReed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
BirdsCommon Scoter (Melanitta nigra)
BirdsSpotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata)
BirdsTree Sparrow (Passer montanus)
BirdsBullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)
ButterfliesMarsh Fritillary (Eurodryas aurinia)
Damsel/dragonfliesSouthern Damselfly (Coenagrion mercuriale)
FishAllis Shad (Alosa alosa)
FishTwaite Shad (Alosa fallax)
FishBasking Shark (Cetorhinus maximus)
FliesHornet robberfly (Asilus crabroniformis)
FliesDotted Bee-Fly (Bombylius discolor)
LiverwortsPetalwort (Petalophyllum ralfsii)
Local speciesA Click Beetle (Dicronychus equiseti)
Local speciesA Ground Beetle (Nebria complanata)
Local speciesA Jumping spider (Marpissa radiata)
Local speciesA polychaete worm (Ophelia bicornis)
Local speciesA Spider (Baryphyma gowerense)
Local speciesBadger (Meles meles)
Local speciesBarn Owl (Tyto alba)
Local speciesChestnut coloured carpet moth (Thera cognata)
Local speciesChough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax)
Local speciesCurlew (Numenius arquata)
Local speciesDartford Warbler (Sylvia undata)
Local speciesDingy skipper (Erynnis tages)
Local speciesEarly sand-grass (Mibora minima)
Local speciesFlatfish
Local speciesGoldilocks aster (Aster linosyris)
Local speciesHake and Cod fishes
Local speciesHarvest Mouse (Micromys minutus)
Local speciesKingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
Local speciesLapwing (Vanellus vanellus)
Local speciesMarbled white (Melanargia galathea)
Local speciesMarine Turtles (Cheloniidae)
Local speciesNit grass (Gastridium ventricosum)
Local speciesOther Sharks and Monkfish
Local speciesRed Kite (Milvus milvus)
Local speciesScarce burnished brass moth (Diachrysia chryson)
Local speciesSea stock (Mattriola sinuata)
Local speciesSilver washed fritillary (Argynnis paphia)
Local speciesSlender cotton grass (Eriophorum gracile)
Local speciesSmall blue (Cupido minimus)
Local speciesSmall dolphins
Local speciesSmall pearl-bordered fritillary (Boleria selene)
Local speciesSmall rest-harrow (Ononis reclinata)
Local speciesViper's-grass (Scorozonera humilis)
Local speciesWhite letter hairstreak (Satyrium w-album)
Local speciesYellow whitlow-grass (Draba azoides)
MammalsWater Vole (Arvicola terrestris)
MammalsBarbastelle Bat (Barbastella barbastellus)
MammalsGrouped plan for baleen whales
MammalsGrouped plan for toothed whales
MammalsBrown Hare (Lepus europaeus)
MammalsOtter (Lutra lutra)
MammalsDormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius)
MammalsBechstein`s Bat (Myotis bechsteinii)
MammalsHarbour Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena)
MammalsPipistrelle Bat (Pipistrellus pipistrellus)
MammalsGreater Horseshoe Bat (Rhinolophus ferrumequinum)
MammalsLesser Horseshoe Bat (Rhinolophus hipposideros)
MolluscsNative Oyster (Ostrea edulis)
MolluscsNarrow-mouthed whorl snail (Vertigo angustior)
MossesSlender Green Feather-moss (Hamatocaulis vernicosus)
MothsWhite-spotted Pinion (Cosmia diffinis)
MothsNarrow-bordered Bee Hawk-moth (Hemaris tityus)
MothsWaved Carpet (Hydrelia sylvata)
MothsButtoned Snout (Hypena rostralis)
MothsSilky Wave (Idaea dilutaria)
MothsDouble Line (Mythimna turca)
MothsPale Shining Brown (Polia bombycina)
MothsArgent and sable (Rheumaptera hastata)
MothsWhite-line snout (Schrankia taenialis)
Mothssquare-spotted clay (Xestia rhomboidea)
MothsSword-Grass (Xylena exsoleta)
Vascular plantsWild Asparagus (Asparagus officinalis ssp. prostratus)
Vascular plantsDeptford Pink (Dianthus armeria)
Vascular plantsPurple Ramping-fumitory (Fumaria purpurea)
Vascular plantsRed Hemp-nettle (Galeopsis angustifolia)
Vascular plantsDune Gentian (Gentianella uliginosa)
Vascular plantsLimonium binervosum agg.
Vascular plantsFen Orchid (Liparis loeselii)
Vascular plantsPennyroyal (Mentha pulegium)
Vascular plantsThree-lobed Water-crowfoot (Ranunculus tripartitus)
Vascular plantsShore Dock (Rumex rupestris)
Vascular plantsShepherd’s Needle (Scandix pecten-veneris)
Vascular plantsSmall-flowered Catchfly (Silene gallica)

Habitats for which action plans have been prepared

GroupHabitat
Broad HabitatsAcid grasslands
Broad HabitatsArable and horticulture
Broad HabitatsBogs
Broad HabitatsBoundary and linear features
Broad HabitatsBroadleaved, mixed and yew woodland
Broad HabitatsCalcareous grassland
Broad HabitatsDwarf shrub heath
Broad HabitatsFen, marsh and swamp
Broad HabitatsLittoral sediment
Broad HabitatsNeutral grassland
Broad HabitatsStanding open water and canals
Broad HabitatsSupralittoral rock
Broad HabitatsSupralittoral sediment
Local habitatCaves (intertidal and sublittoral)
Local habitatIntertidal & subtidal piddocks in peat and clay
Local habitatKelp forests
Local habitatLowland mixed deciduous woodland
Local habitatSeagrass beds
Local habitatSubtidal sands and gravels
Local habitatUnderboulder communities
Priority HabitatsBlanket bog
Priority HabitatsCereal field margins
Priority HabitatsCoastal saltmarsh
Priority HabitatsCoastal sand dunes
Priority HabitatsCoastal vegetated shingle
Priority HabitatsEutrophic standing waters
Priority HabitatsFens
Priority HabitatsLowland beech and yew woodland
Priority HabitatsLowland calcareous grassland
Priority HabitatsLowland dry acid grassland
Priority HabitatsLowland heathland
Priority HabitatsLowland meadows
Priority HabitatsLowland wood-pasture and parkland
Priority HabitatsMaritime cliff and slopes
Priority HabitatsMesotrophic lakes
Priority HabitatsMudflats
Priority HabitatsPurple moor grass and rush pastures
Priority HabitatsReedbeds
Priority HabitatsSabellaria alveolata reefs
Priority HabitatsSeagrass beds
Priority HabitatsSheltered muddy gravels
Priority HabitatsUpland oakwood
Priority HabitatsWet woodland
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