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Bedfordshire & Luton Biodiversity Action Plan

 

Endorsement of the Biodiversity Action Plan (2001)

 

FarmLife plans:  LandLife plans:
Arable field margins Lowland acid grassland
Hedgerows Lowland calcareous grassland NEW!
Traditional orchards Lowland heathland
Arable plants Lowland meadow
Hazel dormouse Wet woodland
Woodland
Wood-pasture & parkland
Adder NEW!

                                             

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

                                                        

 

Other Publications

 

BAP newsletter:

Wild About Beds No. 160 Autumn 2011
Wild About Beds No. 159 Summer 2011
The Muntjac No. 158 Spring 2011
The Muntjac No. 157 Winter 2010/11
The Muntjac No. 156 Autumn 2010
The Muntjac No. 155 Summer 2010 1,000 kb
The Muntjac No. 154 Spring 2010 1,570 kb
The Muntjac No. 153 Winter 2009/10 1,650 kb
Beds BioNews Autumn 2009 282 kb
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 Geology Group newsletters:

available from the Bedfordshire Geology Group website

Bedfordshire & Luton Red Data Book 2006:

Red Data Book: Birds 385 kb

BAP reports:

BAP Habitats of Bedfordshire: a field guide

3,158 kb

BAP Species of Bedfordshire 58 kb
Bedfordshire Lowland Calcareous Grassland Habitat Opportunities 1,520 kb
The Bedfordshire & Luton BAP in 2010: a review of progress on priority habitats 302 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
Directory of Environmental Education Providers in Bedfordshire and Luton 494 kb
Habitat, Ecology, Distribution and Conservation of Truncatellina cylindricata (Ferrusac), the Cylindrical Whorl Snail 2002 281 kb
Hedgerows and Hedgerow Trees in the Ivel and Ouse Valleys 1978 NEW! 36 kb
Hedgerow Survey of Bedfordshire 1991 NEW! 815 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
Ivel Valley Pond Survey 2002 NEW! 1,316 kb
Maulden Parish Hedgerow Survey Report 2007 1,899 kb
Maulden Parish Hedgerow Survey Report 2007 - Appendices 8,832 kb

A Model to Predict Wildlife Site Sensitivity to Visitor Pressure

410 kb

The Otter Survey of Bedfordshire 2008/09 1.410 kb
Parklands in Bedfordshire Survey 1997 NEW! 146 kb
Parklands in Bedfordshire Survey 1997: site data NEW! 77 kb
Parklands in Bedfordshire Survey 2011  NEW! 3,374 kb
Ponds in Bedfordshire Survey 1991 NEW! 192 kb
Ponds in Bedfordshire Survey 2007 1,877 kb
Rebuilding Biodiversity: biodiversity opportunity mapping 4,500 kb
Rebuilding Biodiversity Volume II: biodiversity characterisation 3,710 kb
Rebuilding Biodiversity in Bedford Borough 2.467 kb
Rebuilding Biodiversity in Mid Bedfordshire 3,418 kb
Rebuilding Biodiversity in South Bedfordshire and Luton 2,784 kb
A Review of Environmental Education Provision in Bedfordshire 2,927 kb
Review of the Work on the Non-native Invasive Himalayan Balsam Along the River Flit 2011 NEW! 4,457 kb
A Search for Truncatellina cylindricata (Ferrusac) the Cylindrical Whorl Snail in East Bedfordshire 2003 240 kb
Waterways & Wetlands BAP Key Invertebrates 688 kb
Studham Parish Hedgerow Census Report 2006 988 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
The Historic Environment and Biodiversity in Bedfordshire 467 kb

                                       

 

 

 

 

 

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2011-12 is the Year of the Bat! Click here to find out more!

 

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The Winter 2011/12 issue of Wild About Beds is out: have a look at what we're up to!

                                              

The November 2010 issue of the Beds & Luton Geology Group newsletter is out. Click here for the latest scoop!

 

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Feb 2011:

Check out our report: A Model to Predict Wildlife Site Sensitivity to Visitor Pressure

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