Herefordshire Biodiversity Partnership

Female adder
  • Female adder
  • Photo: Nigel Hand

The Plans

The Herefordshire Local Biodiversity Action Plan was revised in 2006/2007 with the aim of ensuring that the habitat and species action plans are SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, Time-Based) and also have full buy-in from partners.

The process involved a series of consultation meetings where partners were given the opportunity to comment upon draft action plans and represent their organisations work, whilst maintaining the local character of the work being undertaken in Herefordshire.

Once partners were happy with the plans, the plans were then entered onto the BARS website

This site links local plan actions and targets to UK priority habitats and species as well as allowing partners to report on their progress of delivery.

Plans prepared for the Herefordshire Local Biodiversity Action Plan include:

Species

Adder Adder Argent and sable Argent and sable Barn owl barn owl Bats Bats Black Poplar Black Poplar Dormouse Dormouse by Joanne Hackman Grizzled Skipper Grizzled Skipper High brown Fritillary High brown Fritillary Noble chafer Noble chafer Pearl-bordered Fritillary Pearl-bordered Fritillary Tree sparrow Tree sparrow Water vole Water Vole White-clawed crayfish White clawed crayfish Wood White Butterfly Wood white butterfly SAP

Habitats

Blanket bog Blanket bog Cereal field margins Cereal field margins Floodplain grazing marsh Floodplain grazing marsh Hedgerows Hedgerows Lowland calcareous grassland Lowland calcareous grassland Acid grassland and heath Lowland dry acid grassland and heath Lowland meadows Lowland meadows Managed green space Managed Green space Orchards Orchards Rivers and streams Rivers and Streams Standing open water Standing Open Water Upland calcareous grassland Upland heath Upland heath Wet woodlands Wet woodlands Wood pasture and parkland Wood pasture and parkland Woodlands Woodlands

The Plans Resources