Action Plans

The table below details all the current action plans that make up the Shropshire Biodiversity Action Plan. These include plans for species and habitats and plans covering processes or landscape scale areas.

Plans have not been produced for all species as their needs can usually be covered by appropriate management of habitats. With a move towards Landscape Scale action plans it is likely that specific habitat and species action plans will no longer be updated. Rather, specific actions relating to a species or habitat will be generated on an ad hoc basis as necessary for an overarching plan such as the plans for the Meres and Mosses of the Marches Nature Improvement Area.

Click here to download the full list of UK BAP species, Local BAP species and protected species that are found in Shropshire.

The links below take you to the action plans on BARS. The former plans which contained more background text can still be downloaded from the Shropshire Council web site.

Species	Habitats	Landscape and generic plans
Argent and Sable	Field Margins	Back to Orange: Conserving the Fritillaries of the Wyre
Barn Owl	Floodplain Grazing Marsh	Communication Action Plan
Brown Hare	Hedgerows	Data Plan
Club-tailed Dragonfly	Lowland Dry Acid Grassland	Delivery Plan
Curlew	Lowland Heathland	West Midlands Woodland Species Restoration Project - Shropshire (SITA funded)
Dingy Skipper	Lowland Wood Pasture, Parkland and Veteran Trees
Dipper	Peat Bogs
Dormouse	Reedbeds
Floating Water-plantain	Rivers and Streams
Marsh Flapwort	Semi-improved Upland Rough Grazing
Grayling	Semi-natural Broadleaved Woodland
Great Crested Newt	Species-rich Grassland (Neutral and Calcareous)
Grizzled Skipper	Standing Open Water
Green-winged Orchid	Upland Heathland
Lapwing	Urban Areas
Pink Meadow Cap
Ring Ouzel
Silver-studded Blue
Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary
Song Thrush
Water Vole
White-faced Darter

Shropshire BAP Habitat Lead Partners

Habitat	Lead Partner	Contact Email Address
Field Margins	No Plan Lead
Floodplain Grazing Marsh	Jan McKelvey	JanM@shropshirewildlifetrust.org.uk
Hedgerows	No Plan Lead
Inland Rock Outcrop & Scree Habitats	No Plan Lead
Lowland Dry Acid Grassland	No Plan Lead
Lowland Heathland	Jan McKelvey	JanM@shropshirewildlifetrust.org.uk
Lowland Wood Pasture, Parkland & Veteran Trees	Shaun Burkey	Shaun.Burkey@Shropshire.gov.uk
Mosaics of Habitats on Previously Developed Land	No Plan Lead
Peat Bog	No Plan Lead
Reedbed	No Plan Lead
Rivers & Streams	Mike Kelly	Mike.Kelly@Shropshire.gov.uk
School Grounds	Sara Bellis	SaraB@shropshirewildlifetrust.org.uk
Semi-improved Upland Rough Grazing	No Plan Lead
Semi-natural Broadleaved Woodland	John Winterbourne	john.winterbourne@forestry.gsi.gov.uk
Species Rich Grassland (Neutral & Calcareous)	Sue Swales	natural.environment@shropshire.gov.uk
Standing Open Water	Frances Riding	natural.environment@shropshire.gov.uk
Traditional Orchards	No Plan Lead
Upland Heathland	Jan McKelvey	JanM@shropshirewildlifetrust.org.uk
Upland Wet Flushes, Fen & Swamp	No Plan Lead
Urban	No Plan Lead

BAP Habitat Definitions

The most recent version of the UK Biodiversity Action Plan habitat definitions are available from the UK BAP website.

The update of the definitions include some habitats which have been recently added to the UK BAP including:

Traditional orchards

Open mosaic habitats on previously developed land

Inland rock outcrop and scree habitats

Upland wet flushes, fens and swamp

The 4 habitats above are also new to the Shropshire BAP list.

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