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Report on Delivery of the Targets and Actions Within the Worcestershire Biodiversity Action Plan (2Nd Edition) 2008-2017 Report on delivery of the Targets and Actions within the Worcestershire Biodiversity Action Plan (2nd edition) 2008-2017 Rebecca Lashley Worcestershire County Council June 2019 1 Table of Contents Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 3 Section One: Methodology of Targets and Actions review .......................................................... 4 Section Two: Delivery of Targets and Actions - statistics ............................................................. 5 Section Three: summary report for each Habitat and Species Action Plan ................................ 8 Ancient and Species-Rich Hedgerows Habitat Action Plan .................................................................. 8 Arable Farmland Habitat Action Plan .................................................................................................... 9 Canals Hedgerows Habitat Action Plan .............................................................................................. 10 Fen and Marsh Habitat Action Plan .................................................................................................... 11 Grassland Habitat Action Plan ............................................................................................................ 12 Lowland Heathland Habitat Action Plan ............................................................................................. 13 Ponds and Lakes Habitat Action Plan ................................................................................................ 14 Reedbed Habitat Action Plan .............................................................................................................. 15 Rivers and Streams Habitat Action Plan ............................................................................................. 16 Road Verges Habitat Action Plan ....................................................................................................... 17 Scrub Habitat Action Plan ................................................................................................................... 18 Traditional Orchard Habitat Action Plan ............................................................................................. 19 Urban Habitat Action Plan ................................................................................................................... 21 Veteran Trees Habitat Action Plan ..................................................................................................... 22 Wet Grassland Habitat Action Plan .................................................................................................... 23 Wet Woodland Habitat Action Plan ..................................................................................................... 24 Woodland Habitat Action Plan ............................................................................................................ 25 Adder Species Action Plan ................................................................................................................. 26 Bats Species Action Plan .................................................................................................................... 27 Black Poplar Species Action Plan ....................................................................................................... 28 Brown Hairstreak Species Action Plan ............................................................................................... 29 Club-tailed Dragonfly Species Action Plan ......................................................................................... 30 Common Fan-foot Species Action Plan .............................................................................................. 31 Dormouse Species Action Plan .......................................................................................................... 32 Drab Looper Species Action Plan ....................................................................................................... 33 Farmland Birds Species Action Plan .................................................................................................. 34 Great Crested Newt Species Action Plan ........................................................................................... 35 Grizzled Skipper Species Action Plan ................................................................................................ 36 High Brown Fritillary Species Action Plan ........................................................................................... 37 Hornet Robberfly Species Action Plan ................................................................................................ 38 Nightingale Species Action Plan ......................................................................................................... 39 Noble Chafer Species Action Plan ...................................................................................................... 40 Otter Species Action Plan ................................................................................................................... 41 Pearl-bordered Fritillary Species Action Plan ..................................................................................... 42 Shad Species Action Plan ................................................................................................................... 43 Slow Worm Species Action Plan ........................................................................................................ 44 Stag Beetle Species Action Plan ........................................................................................................ 45 True Service Tree Species Action Plan .............................................................................................. 46 Violet Click Beetle Species Action Plan .............................................................................................. 47 Water Vole Species Action Plan ......................................................................................................... 48 White-clawed Crayfish Species Action Plan ....................................................................................... 49 Wood White Species Action Plan ....................................................................................................... 50 2 Introduction The 2nd edition of the Worcestershire Local Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) was published in 2008 containing Targets and Actions for 17 habitats, 25 species (or species groups) and 3 Generic Action Plans (Awareness, Education and Involvement; Policy, Grants and Legislation; Biological Recording and Information). The Targets and Actions were intended to guide a decade of conservation activity from 2008 to 2017. In 2018 the Worcestershire Biodiversity Partnership reviewed the BAP and published a 3rd edition. This review involved: 1. A comprehensive edit of the text of the 42 existing Action Plans 2. The adoption of the Grayling butterfly as a new Local BAP species 3. An assessment of the partnership's success or failure in delivering the 540 Targets and Actions within the 2nd edition of the BAP 4. The setting of new conservation aims and objectives for the decade 2018 to 2027 This report presents the results of (3) above. The BAP review was co-ordinated by Worcestershire County Council and supported by the following organisations: Worcestershire Bat Group Worcestershire Mammal Group Worcestershire Amphibian and Reptile Group 3 Section One: Methodology of Targets and Actions review A total of 111 Targets and 429 Actions were written for the 2008-17 BAP. Delivery of all of the Actions within each Habitat or Species Action Plan was anticipated to lead to the successful achievement of the Target(s) for that habitat or species. During the 2018 BAP review partner organisations were requested to contribute data / information to report on the 540 Targets and Actions. For the most part Actions had been assigned to a particular location and to a particular organisation at the time of writing. As well as providing numerical data (if required) and a short commentary, partners were asked to assign, using their best judgement, a delivery status to each Target or Action using the following text: For Targets For Actions Target Achieved Action Completed Target Not Achieved Action Ongoing Action in Progress Action Not Completed Based on the proposed delivery status and the content of the data or information provided, Targets and Actions were given a Green, Amber, Red or Unknown rating. Smiley-face emoticons were used as quick representations of these ratings. Targets Actions Target achieved (GREEN) Action completed (GREEN) Delivery incomplete or not Delivery incomplete or target delivered as intended not fully met (AMBER) (AMBER) Target not achieved (RED) Action not completed (RED) Delivery status unknown Delivery status unknown (no data or information returned) (no data or information returned) (GREY) (GREY) The number of Targets and Actions assigned Green, Amber, Red or Unknown ratings for each Habitat or Species Action Plan informs an Overall Performance indicator of Green, Amber or Red for the Action Plan as a whole. This indicator is a relative measure of the partnership's success or otherwise in delivering the Targets and Actions set in 2008 (and is NOT a comment on the conservation status of the habitat or species itself). This report
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