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Many of these Local Biodiversity Action Plans are now out-of-date
For up-to-date information please visit The Biodiversity Action Reporting System (BARS)

Plans | Local Biodiversity Action Plans | Biodiversity Action Plan for Worcestershire

Local Biodiversity Action Plan

Biodiversity Action Plan for Worcestershire

Geographic Coverage

Plan nameBiodiversity Action Plan for Worcestershire
Plan coverageWorcestershire
Website/Online Documents
Region / CountryWest Midlands

Partners involved

Abbey Forestry
Arable Farmers Conservation Group
Bishops Wood Environmental Education Centre
Botanical Society of the British Isles
British Dragonfly Society
British Trust for Conservation Volunteers
British Trust for Ornithology
British Waterways
Butterfly Conservation
Country Landowners and Business Association
Countryside Agency (Now Natural England)
Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Droitwich Canal Trust
Environment Agency
Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group
Forest Enterprise
Forestry Commission
Game & Wildlife Conservancy Trust
Grassland Forum for Worcestershire
Highways Agency
Kemerton Estate
Malvern Hills Conservators
National Farmers Union
National Trust
Natural England
Npower
Pershore and Hindlip College
Plantlife
Royal Forestry Society
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
Severn Trent Water
The Woodland Trust
Timber Growers Association
University College Worcester
Woodland Forum for Herefordshire and Worcestershire
Worcestershire Bat Group
Worcestershire Biological Records Centre
Worcestershire County Council
Worcestershire Flora Project
Worcestershire Reptile and Amphibian Group
Worcestershire Wildlife Trust

Funding

SourcePurposeAmountDuration
Natural England, 3000001/10/1999 to 01/09/2002
Npower, 3000001/10/1999 to 01/09/2002
Worcestershire County Council, 3000001/10/1999 to 01/09/2002

Stage and status of initiative

StageStatusDateReview date
Action planPublishedFeb1999
ImplementationBAP manager appointedOct 1999
Information collation / auditRDBPublishedNov1998
Introductory documentBiodiversity Challenge - Worcestershire publishedMarch 1997

Species for which action plans have been prepared

GroupSpecies
AmphibiansGreat Crested Newt (Triturus cristatus)
BeetlesViolet Click Beetle (Limoniscus violaceus)
BeetlesStag Beetle (Lucanus cervus)
BirdsMarsh Warbler (Acrocephalus palustris)
ButterfliesHigh Brown Fritillary (Argynnis adippe)
CrustaceansFreshwater White-clawed Crayfish (Austropotamobius pallipes)
FishAllis Shad (Alosa alosa)
FishTwaite Shad (Alosa fallax)
FliesHornet robberfly (Asilus crabroniformis)
Local speciesAdder
Local speciesBlack Poplar
Local speciesBrown Hairstreak Butterfly
Local speciesClub-tailed Dragonfly
Local speciesNightingale
Local speciesSlow Worm
Local speciesTrue Service Tree
MammalsWater Vole (Arvicola terrestris)
MammalsBarbastelle Bat (Barbastella barbastellus)
MammalsOtter (Lutra lutra)
MammalsDormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius)
MammalsBechstein`s Bat (Myotis bechsteinii)
MammalsPipistrelle Bat (Pipistrellus pipistrellus)
MammalsLesser Horseshoe Bat (Rhinolophus hipposideros)
Vascular plantsEarly Gentian (Gentianella anglica)

Habitats for which action plans have been prepared

GroupHabitat
Broad HabitatsArable and horticulture
Broad HabitatsBoundary and linear features
Broad HabitatsBroadleaved, mixed and yew woodland
Broad HabitatsBuilt up areas and gardens
Broad HabitatsFen, marsh and swamp
Broad HabitatsNeutral grassland
Broad HabitatsRivers and streams
Broad HabitatsStanding open water and canals
Local habitatLowland Wet Grassland
Local habitatTraditional Orchards
Priority HabitatsAncient and/or species-rich hedgerows
Priority HabitatsLowland calcareous grassland
Priority HabitatsLowland dry acid grassland
Priority HabitatsLowland heathland
Priority HabitatsLowland meadows
Priority HabitatsLowland wood-pasture and parkland
Priority HabitatsReedbeds
Priority HabitatsWet woodland
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