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Bedfordshire & Luton Biodiversity Action Plan

 

Endorsement of the Biodiversity Action Plan (2001)

Bedfordshire & Luton Biodiversity Action Plan – Making it Happen

 

FarmLife plans:  LandLife plans:
Arable field margins NEW! Lowland acid grassland NEW!
Hedgerows NEW! Lowland calcareous grassland
Traditional orchards NEW! Lowland heathland NEW!
Arable plants NEW! Lowland meadow NEW!
Farmland birds Wet Woodland NEW!
Hazel dormouse Woodland NEW!
Wood-pasture & parkland NEW!
Adder
Black Hairstreak
Candytuft
Nightjar
Pasqueflower
Small blue

                                             

WaterLife plans: UrbanLife plans:
Floodplain grazing marsh NEW! Urban Habitats
Ponds NEW! Bats
Reedbed NEW!  
Rivers and streams  
Depressed river mussel NEW!  
European otter NEW!  
Great-crested newt  
Spined loach  
Water vole NEW!  

                                                        

 

Other Publications

 

BAP newsletter "Beds BioNews":

Beds BioNews Spring 2009 197 kb
Beds BioNews Winter 2009 382 kb
Beds BioNews Autumn 2008 371 kb
Beds BioNews Summer 2008 243 kb
Beds BioNews Spring 2008 318 kb
Beds BioNews Winter 2008 500 kb
Beds BioNews Autumn 2007 232 kb
Beds BioNews Summer 2007 296 kb
Beds BioNews Spring 2007 279 kb
Beds BioNews Winter 2007 190 kb
Beds BioNews Autumn 2006 174 kb
Beds BioNews Summer 2006 197 kb
Beds BioNews Spring 2006 450 kb
Beds BioNews Autumn 2004 407 kb
Beds BioNews Spring 2004 316 kb
Bedfordshire & Luton Geology Group newsletters
available from the BLGG website
Bedfordshire & Luton Red Data Book 2006:
Red Data Book: Birds 385 kb
BAP reports:
A Search for Truncatellina cylindricata (Ferrusac) the Cylindrical Whorl Snail in East Bedfordshire 2003 240 kb
A Review of Environmental Education Provision in Bedfordshire NEW! 2,927 kb
Bedfordshire Lowland Calcareous Grassland Habitat Opportunities 1,520 kb
Bedfordshire & Luton Red Data Book 2001 936 kb
Bedfordshire Otter Survey Report 2003/04 115 kb
Bedfordshire Water Vole Monitoring Report 2005 215 kb
Bedfordshire Wet Woodland Strategy 508 kb
BEDSprings: a Survey of the Extent, Quality and Management of Bedfordshire's Calcareous Springs 1,093 kb
Chalk Hills of Bedfordshire Hedgerow Survey Report 2008 4,726 kb
Habitat, Ecology, Distribution and Conservation of Truncatellina cylindricata (Ferrusac), the Cylindrical Whorl Snail 2002 281 kb
Important Arable Plant Areas in Bedfordshire: Preliminary Survey 2,200 kb
Important Arable Plant Areas in Bedfordshire's Chalk Arc 432 kb
Indicators of Sustainable Development in Bedfordshire 2005 5,448 kb
Indicators of Sustainable Development in Bedfordshire 2006 4,370 kb
Indicators of Sustainable Development in Bedfordshire 2006 Summary 640 kb
Indicators of Sustainable Development in Bedfordshire 2007 4,148 kb
Indicators of Sustainable Development in Bedfordshire 2007 Summary 292 kb
Indicators of Sustainable Development in Bedfordshire 2008 1,724 kb
Maulden Parish Hedgerow Survey Report 2007 1,899 kb
Maulden Parish Hedgerow Survey Report 2007 - Appendices 8,832 kb
The Otter Survey of Bedfordshire 2008/09 NEW! 1.410 kb
Rebuilding Biodiversity: biodiversity opportunity mapping 4,500 kb
Rebuilding Biodiversity Volume II: biodiversity characterisation 3,710 kb
Rebuilding Biodiversity in Mid Bedfordshire 3,418 kb
Rebuilding Biodiversity in South Bedfordshire and Luton NEW! 2,784 kb
Waterways & Wetlands BAP Key Invertebrates 688 kb
Studham Parish Hedgerow Census Report 2006 988 kb
Survey of the Ponds of Bedfordshire 2007 1,877 kb
Truncatellina cylindricata (Ferrusac), the Cylindrical Whorl Snail in North Bedfordshire 273 kb
Fact sheets:

Understanding and Creating Wet Woodland

277 kb

Farmland Birds and Biodiversity in Bedfordshire 321 kb
Ponds and Biodiversity in Bedfordshire 399 kb
Running Water and Biodiversity in Bedfordshire 266 kb
Working with Dormice: Information for Planners and Practitioners 500 kb

                                       

 

 

 

 

 

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The Spring 09 issue of Beds BioNews is out! Have a look at what we're up to!

 

The Winter 2008/09 issue of the Beds & Luton Geology Group newsletter is out! Click here to find out the latest scoop!

 

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