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Plans | Local Biodiversity Action Plans | Action for Wildlife - The Durham Biodiversity Plan

Local Biodiversity Action Plan

Action for Wildlife - The Durham Biodiversity Plan

Geographic Coverage

Plan nameAction for Wildlife - The Durham Biodiversity Plan
Plan coverageDurham County, Darlington, Gateshead, Sunderland, South Tyneside
Website/Online Documents
Region / CountryNorth East

Partners involved

Darlington Borough Council
Defra Rural Development Service
Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Durham County Council
Durham Wildlife trust
Environment Agency
Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council
Natural England
Northumbrian Water
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council
Sunderland City Council
Tyne Tees FWAG

Funding

SourcePurposeAmountDuration
Natural England, 700001/04/2002 to 01/03/2002
Durham County Council, 500001/04/2002 to 01/03/2002
Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council, 500001/04/2002 to 01/03/2002
Darlington Borough Council, 500001/04/2002 to 01/03/2002
City of Sunderland, 01/04/2002 to 01/03/2002
South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council, 500001/04/2002 to 01/03/2002
Northumbrian Water, 500001/04/2002 to 01/03/2002
Durham Wildlife trust, 100001/04/2002 to 01/03/2002

Stage and status of initiative

StageStatusDateReview date
Action planPublished01/01/1999
Information collation / auditPublished for Durham01/12/1995
Introductory documentIntroductory guide published01/05/1997

Species for which action plans have been prepared

GroupSpecies
AmphibiansGreat Crested Newt (Triturus cristatus)
BirdsSkylark (Alauda arvensis)
BirdsNightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus)
BirdsLinnet (Carduelis cannabina)
BirdsReed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
BirdsCorn Bunting (Miliaria calandra)
BirdsSpotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata)
BirdsTree Sparrow (Passer montanus)
BirdsGrey Partridge (Perdix perdix)
BirdsBullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)
BirdsRoseate Tern (Sterna dougallii)
BirdsBlack Grouse (Tetrao tetrix)
BirdsSong Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
CrustaceansFreshwater White-clawed Crayfish (Austropotamobius pallipes)
FishBasking Shark (Cetorhinus maximus)
FishGrouped plan for commercial marine fish
FishCommon Skate (Raja batis)
Local species Dark-red helleborine
Local speciesAdder
Local speciesAnomodon longifolius
Local speciesBadger
Local speciesbarn owl
Local speciesbats generic plan
Local speciesBlack poplar
Local speciesCistus forester moth
Local speciescommon frog
Local speciesCommon lizard
Local speciesCommon toad
Local speciesCurlew
Local speciesdark green fritillary
Local speciesdingy skipper
Local speciesDryopteris submontana
Local speciesgeneric fungi
Local speciesgeneric lichens
Local speciesGeneric plan - coastal lichens
Local speciesGlow worm
Local speciesGolden plover
Local speciesGrass snake
Local speciesGreen hairstreak
Local speciesGreen-winged orchid
Local speciesGymnocarpium robertianum
Local speciesHellicella italia
Local speciesHen harrier
Local speciesHolly fern
Local speciesHoney bee
Local speciesLady's mantles (generic plan)
Local specieslampreys (generic plan)
Local speciesLapwing
Local speciesLeiostyla anglica
Local speciesLimax cineroniger
Local speciesMay lily
Local speciesmerlin
Local speciesNorthern brown argus
Local speciesNorthern buckler fern
Local speciespalmate newt
Local speciesPine marten statement
Local speciespolecat statement
Local speciesRock pipit
Local speciesRoyal fern
Local speciesSlow worm
Local speciesSmall pearl-bordered
Local speciessmooth newt
Local speciesSpring gentian
Local specieswhite-letter haristreak
Local speciesWood barley
MammalsWater Vole (Arvicola terrestris)
MammalsGrouped plan for baleen whales
MammalsGrouped plan for small dolphins
MammalsGrouped plan for toothed whales
MammalsBrown Hare (Lepus europaeus)
MammalsOtter (Lutra lutra)
MammalsHarbour Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena)
MammalsPipistrelle Bat (Pipistrellus pipistrellus)
MammalsRed Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris)
MolluscsRound-mouthed whorl snail (Vertigo genesii)
Vascular plantsJuniper (Juniperus communis)
Vascular plantsYellow Marsh Saxifrage (Saxifraga hirculus)

Habitats for which action plans have been prepared

GroupHabitat
Broad HabitatsAcid grasslands
Broad HabitatsArable and horticulture
Broad HabitatsCalcareous grassland
Broad HabitatsConiferous woodland
Broad HabitatsDwarf shrub heath
Broad HabitatsFen, marsh and swamp
Broad HabitatsImproved grassland
Broad HabitatsInshore sublittoral sediment
Broad HabitatsLittoral rock
Broad HabitatsRivers and streams
Local habitatBuilt environment
Local habitatCoastal gills
Local habitatCoastal grasslands
Local habitatGardens & allotments
Local habitathedgerows
Local habitatKelp beds
Local habitatparks and ammentity grasslands
Local habitatStrandline
Local habitatTransport corridors
Local habitatUrban habitats
Local habitatWrecks and reefs
Priority HabitatsAncient and/or species-rich hedgerows
Priority HabitatsBlanket bog
Priority HabitatsCoastal saltmarsh
Priority HabitatsCoastal sand dunes
Priority HabitatsCoastal vegetated shingle
Priority HabitatsEutrophic standing waters
Priority HabitatsLowland calcareous grassland
Priority HabitatsLowland heathland
Priority HabitatsLowland meadows
Priority HabitatsMaritime cliff and slopes
Priority HabitatsMesotrophic lakes
Priority HabitatsMudflats
Priority HabitatsReedbeds
Priority HabitatsSublittoral sands and gravels
Priority HabitatsUpland calcareous grassland
Priority HabitatsUpland hay meadows
Priority HabitatsUpland mixed ashwoods
Priority HabitatsUpland oakwood
Priority HabitatsWet woodland
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