About
the LBAP
In January 1996 a small group of interested
parties met at the Cornwall Wildlife Trust to discuss Cornwall's response
to the UK Biodiversity Action Plan. The Trust had already committed itself
to producing strategic guidelines for nature conservation in Cornwall
through its participation with the County Council in the Cornwall LIFE
Project. The group decided to take an innovative approach to Biodiversity
Planning in Cornwall by establishing a wide ranging Steering Group, which
had its first meeting in June 1996. The Steering Group recommended that
an audit of Cornwall's wildlife was an essential first part of the process
of biodiversity action planning in Cornwall, and supported the appointment
of a project officer to co-ordinate its production.
The Cornwall LIFE Project was a three year programme of work aimed at
setting up and using a Geographical Information System to integrate land
use planning and the natural environment. It aimed to build on previous
land cover change mapping carried out by the Wildlife Trust with the support
of the National Rivers Authority (now the Environment Agency) by creating
digital maps, collecting new land cover information, and providing easy
to use tools to analyse change.
By January 1997 the Cornwall LIFE Project had provided detailed information
to the Biodiversity Initiative on loss of semi-natural habitats across
the county between 1988 and 1995. The information included analyses of
causes of loss such as agriculture and development. At the same time widespread
consultation with expert naturalists and recorders was being conducted
with the aim of identifying priority species for conservation in Cornwall.
The result of all this research and consultation was the publication in
June 1997 of "Cornwall's Biodiversity Volume 1: Audit and Priorities".
This publication set out, for the first time:
- An overview of Cornwall's biodiversity
- Recent changes in habitats and species populations
- Issues affecting Cornwall's biodiversity
- Areas of Cornwall where losses seem to be concentrated
- Lists of priority habitats and species
Following publication of “Cornwall’s Biodiversity Volume 1:
Audit and Priorities”, the Cornwall Biodiversity Initiative needed
to act on recommendations made in “Cornwall’s Biodiversity
Volume 1: Audit and Priorities”. The Initiative resolved to build
on the extensive network of contacts established during the production
of “Cornwall’s Biodiversity Volume 1: Audit and Priorities”,
by establishing focus groups to address each recommendation. The focus
groups were intended to be mostly short-lived, meeting two or three occasions
only, although some would become semi-permanent groups depending on the
nature of actions involved.
“Cornwall’s Biodiversity Volume 2: Action Plans” (published
in 1998) sets out the action plans that resulted from the focus groups.
Each action plan follows a standard format that includes descriptions
and current status, relationship to national and regional biodiversity
action plans, issues and factors affecting the subject of the plan, and
objectives. An introduction to each plan relates back to recommendations
in “Cornwall’s Biodiversity Volume 1: Audit and Priorities”.
The final part of each plan consists of a table of actions showing lead
and other partners, targets and objectives that each action helps to meet.
“Cornwall’s Biodiversity Volume 3: Action Plans 2004”
(published September 2004) is the result of two years’ work by the
Cornwall Wildlife Trust through liaison with many individuals and organisations
on behalf of the Cornwall Biodiversity Initiative. It has been produced
to identify all the UK Biodiversity Action Plan Priority Habitats and
Species that occur in Cornwall, and will therefore guide local conservation
work to contribute to UK BAP targets (alongside those local priorities
already identified in “Cornwall’s Biodiversity Volume 2: Action
Plans”).
“Cornwall’s Biodiversity Volume 3: Action Plans 2004”
comprises 25 Habitat and 127 Species Action Plans, each written by local
experts. Volume 3 broadly follows the same format as “Cornwall’s
Biodiversity Volume 2: Action Plans” in terms of layout, and compliments
rather than replaces Volumes 1 and 2 of the Cornwall BAP.
Cornwall BAP Volume 2 and 3 are both working documents and will be reviewed
as necessary.
Local
partnerships
Wider partnership of over 100 actively involved in Steering Group and
signed up to specific actions
Habitat
Action Plan list
Volume 3
Farmland:
- Ancient and/or species-rich hedgerows
- Cereal field margins
- Lowland dry acid grassland
- Lowland heathland
- Lowland meadows
- Maritime cliffs and slopes
- Purple moor grass and rush pastures
Woodland:
- Lowland wood-pasture and parkland
- Upland oakwood
- Wet woodland
Wetland:
- Fens
- Reedbeds
- Standing open water
Coastal:
- Coastal and floodplain grazing marsh
- Coastal saltmarsh
- Coastal sand dunes
- Coastal vegetated shingle
- Maerl beds
- Mudflats
- Sabellaria Alveolata reefs
- Saline lagoons
- Seagrass beds
- Sheltered muddy gravels
- Sublittoral sands and gravels
- Tidal rapids
Volume 2
- Heathlands
- Arable and
horticulture
- Boundary
and linear features
- Fen,
marsh and swamp
- Sea Birds and Waders of the Hard Coast
Species
Action Plan List
Volume 3
| Fungi: |
|
| Hericium erinaceum |
hedgehog fungus |
| Hygrocybe calyptriformis |
pink meadow cap |
| Hygrocybe spadicea |
date-coloured waxcap |
| Hypocreopsis rhododendri |
ascomyte fungus |
| Grouped plan for tooth fungi |
|
| Lichens: |
|
| Bacidia incompta |
a lichen |
| Caloplaca aractina |
a lichen |
| Cladonia mediterranea |
reindeer lichen |
| Graphina pauciloculata |
a lichen |
| Heterodermia leucomelos ciliate |
strap-lichen |
| Teloschistes chrysopthalmus |
a lichen |
| Liverworts: |
|
| Cephaloziella nicholsonii |
greater copperwort |
| Jamesoniella undulifolia |
marsh earwort |
| Lejeunea mandonii |
Atlantic lejeunea |
| Marsupella profunda |
western rustwort |
| Petalophyllum ralfsii |
petalwort |
| Riccia huebeneriana |
violet crystalwort |
| Mosses: |
|
| Cryphaea lamyana |
multi-fruited river moss |
| Ditrichum cornubicum |
Cornish path moss |
| Ditrichum plumbicola |
lead moss |
| Orthotrichum sprucei |
Spruce's bristle-moss |
| Weissia multicapsularis |
a moss |
| Stoneworts: |
|
Chara canescens
|
bearded stonewort |
| Chara curta |
lesser bearded stonewort |
| Nitella gracilis |
slender stonewort |
| Vascular Plants: |
|
| Asparagus officinalis spp. prostratus |
wild asparagus |
| Centaurea cyanus |
cornflower |
| Dianthus armeria |
Deptford pink |
| Euphrasia vigursii |
Vigur's eyebright |
| Fumaria occidentalis |
western ramping-fumitory |
| Fumaria purpurea |
purple ramping-fumitory |
| Gentianella anglica |
early gentian |
| Juncus pygmaeus |
pygmy rush |
| Juniperus communis |
juniper |
| Lycopodiella inundata |
marsh clubmoss |
| Mentha pulegium |
pennyroyal |
| Pilularia globulifera |
pillwort |
| Ranunculus tripartitus |
three-lobed water-crowfoot |
| Rumex rupestris |
shore dock |
| Scandix pecten-veneris |
shepherd's needle |
| Schoenoplectus triqueter |
triangular club-rush |
| Silene gallica |
small-flowered catchfly |
| Trichomanes speciosum |
Killarney fern |
| Valerianella rimosa |
broad-fruited cornsalad |
| Grouped plan Limonium binervosum agg. |
rock sea-lavender |
| Anemones: |
|
| Amphianthus dohrnii |
sea-fan anemone |
| Corals: |
|
| Eunicella verrucosa |
pink sea-fan |
| Leptopsammia pruvoti |
sunset cup coral |
| Molluscs: |
|
| Atrina fragilis |
fan mussel |
| Margaritifera margaritifera |
freshwater pearl mussel |
| Ostrea edulis |
native oyster |
| Vertigo moulinsiana |
Desmoulin's whorl snail |
| Beetles: |
|
| Agabus brunneus |
a diving beetle |
| Badister peltatus |
a ground beetle |
| Bembidion nigropiceum |
a ground beetle |
| Carabus intricatus |
blue ground beetle |
| Cathormiocerus britannicus |
Lizard weevil |
| Dromius quadrisignatus |
a ground beetle |
| Melanapion minimum |
a weevil |
| Ochthebius poweri |
a water beetle |
| Pterostichus kugelanni |
a ground beetle |
| Rhynchaenus testaceus |
jumping weevil |
| Grouped plan for river shingle beetles |
|
| Flies: |
|
| Asilus crabroniformis |
hornet robberfly |
| Bombylius discolor |
dotted bee-fly |
| Eristalis cryptarus |
bog hoverfly |
| Lipsothrix nervosa |
a cranefly |
| Ants: |
|
| Formica exsecta |
narrow-headed ant |
| Formica rufibarbis |
red barbed ant |
| Formicoxenus nitidulus |
shining guest ant |
| Bees: |
|
| Bombus distinguendus |
great yellow bumblebee |
| Bombus humilis |
brown carder bumblebee |
| Bombus ruderatus |
large garden bumblebee |
Bombus subterraneus |
short haired bumblebee |
| Bombus sylvarum |
shrill carder bee |
| Nomada armata |
a cuckoo bee |
| Osmia xanthomelana |
a mason bee |
| Butterflies: |
|
| Argynnis adippe |
high brown fritillary |
| Boloria euphrosyne |
pearl-bordered fritillary |
| Eurodryas aurinia |
marsh fritillary |
| Maculinea arion |
large blue |
| Mellicta athalia |
heath fritillary |
| Plebejus argus |
silver-studded blue |
| Moths: |
|
Cosmia diffinis
|
white-spotted pinion |
| Hemaris tityus |
narrow-bordered bee hawk |
| Hydrelia sylvata |
waved carpet |
| Jodia croceago |
orange upperwing |
| Lygephla craccae |
scarce blackneck |
| Moma alpium |
scarce merveille du jour |
| Mythimna turca |
double line |
| Polymixis xanthomista |
black-banded |
| Rheumaptera hastata |
argent and sable |
| Schrankia taenialis |
white-line snout |
Damselflies: |
|
| Coenagrion mercuriale |
southern damselfly |
| Fish: |
|
| Alosa alosa |
allis shad |
| Alosa fallax |
twaite shad |
| Cetorhinus maximus |
basking shark |
| Raja batis |
common skate |
| Reptiles: |
|
| Lacerta agilis |
sand lizard |
| Grouped plan for marine turtles |
|
| Birds: |
|
| Acrocephalus paludicola |
aquatic warbler |
| Alauda arvensis |
skylark |
| Botaurus stellaris |
bittern |
| Caprimulgus europaeus |
nightjar |
| Carduelis cannabina |
linnet |
| Emberiza cirlus |
cirl bunting |
| Emberiza schoeniclus |
reed bunting |
| Lullula arborea |
woodlark |
| Miliaria calandra |
corn bunting |
| Muscicapa striata |
spotted flycatcher |
| Passer montanus |
tree sparrow |
| Perdix perdix |
grey partridge |
| Pyrrhula pyrrhula |
bullfinch |
| Turdus philomelos |
song thrush |
| Mammals: |
|
| Arvicola terrestris |
water vole |
| Barbastella barbastellus |
barbastelle bat |
| Lepus europaeus |
brown hare |
| Lutra lutra |
European otter |
| Muscardinus avellanarius |
dormouse |
| Phocoena phocoena |
harbour porpoise |
| Pipistrellus pipistrellus & .P pygmaaeus |
pipistrelle bat |
| Rhinolophus ferrumequinum |
greater horseshoe bat |
| Rhinolophus hipposideros |
lesser horseshoe bat |
| Sciurus vulgaris |
red squirrel |
Grouped plan for baleen whales
|
|
| Grouped plan for small dolphins |
|
| Grouped plan for toothed whales |
|
Volume 2
- a lichen
- A mining bee
- Adder
- Grey sea
- Little egret
- New Forest lichen
- Plymouth pear
- Seabird and waders of the hard coast
- Seabirds & Waders of the hard coast
- Shore duck
- Shrill Carder Bee (Bombus sylvarum)
- High Brown Fritillary (Argynnis adippe)
- Pearl-bordered Fritillary (Boloria euphrosyne)
- Marsh Fritillary (Eurodryas aurinia)
- Large Blue Butterfly (Maculinea arion)
- Heath Fritillary (Mellicta athalia)
- Pink Sea-fan (Eunicella verrucosa)
- Basking Shark (Cetorhinus maximus)
- Hornet robberfly (Asilus crabroniformis)
- Western Rustwort (Marsupella profunda)
- Common Dolphin (Delphinus delphis)
- Otter (Lutra lutra)
- Harbour Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena)
- Pipistrelle Bat (Pipistrellus pipistrellus)
- Greater Horseshoe Bat (Rhinolophus ferrumequinum)
- Sand Lizard (Lacerta agilis)
Contact
Cornwall Biodiversity Initiative
Cornwall Wildlife Trust
Five Acres
Alet
Cornwall
TR4 9DJ
cbi@cornwt.demon.ci.uk
01872 273939
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