biodiversity action plans

UK Biodiversity Action Plan review

The UK Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP), published in 1994, was the UK government's response to the signing of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in 1992. The plan sets out a programme for helping the most threatened species and habitats to recover. It was reviewed in 2007 by Natural England and a large number of species and habitats added to the list, making it necessary to revise the local county BAPs in line with this new list. Read about the Natural England BAP review >

Suffolk BAP review 2011

The Biodiversity Partnership has revised the Suffolk list to reflect the national one. This list is now complete, and work is underway to develop new plans where necessary and revise the old ones. The review will be completed in spring 2011. The national review has provided an excellent opportunity to revise the entire Suffolk BAP, making it more streamlined and effective in delivery. This is being achieved by:
a) including species within habitat plans where possible.
b) developing grouped plans where appropriate i.e. for bats.
c) reflecting partner organisation's workplans.

The new list of Suffolk's Biodiversity Action Plan species and habitats can be downloaded here.

Current Suffolk BAP

The existing Biodiversity Action Plans can be downloaded as PDFs below.

Habitat action plans

• Acid Grassland 2007 (PDF 98 Kb)
• Ancient and/or Species-rich Hedgerows 2004 (PDF 137 Kb)
• Cereal Field Margins 2003 (PDF 126 Kb)
• Coastal and Floodplain Grazing Marsh 2003 (PDF 154 Kb)
• Coastal Sand Dunes 2003 (PDF 609 Kb)
• Coastal Vegetated Shingle 2003 (PDF 90 Kb)
• Fens 2003 (PDF 167 Kb)
• Lowland Hay Meadows 2007 (PDF 98 Kb)
• Lowland Heathland 2003 (PDF 135 Kb)
• Lowland Mixed Deciduous Woodland 2003 (PDF 133 Kb)
• Maritime Cliffs and Slopes 2003 (PDF 73 Kb)
• Mudflats 2003 (PDF 77 Kb)
• Reedbeds 2003 (PDF 150 Kb)
• Saline Lagoons 2003 (PDF 148 Kb)
• Saltmarsh 2003 (PDF 151 Kb)
• Sea Grass Beds 2003 (PDF 59 Kb)
• Eutrophic Ponds 2007 (PDF 117 Kb)
• Traditional orchards 2007 (PDF 93.2 Kb)
• Urban 2000 (PDF 78 Kb)
• Wet Woodland 2000 (PDF 180 Kb)
• Wood Pasture and Parkland 2007 (PDF 151 Kb)

Species Action Plans

Mammals

• Brown hare Lepus europaeus 2003 (PDF 92 Kb)
• Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius 2003 (PDF 126 Kb)
• European otter Lutra lutra 2003 (PDF 147 Kb)
• Harbour porpoise Phocoena phocoena 2003 (PDF 85 Kb)
• Pipistrelle bat Pipistrellus pipistrellus 2003 (PDF 111 Kb) (Under review)
• Barbastelle Bat Barbastella barbastellus 2000 (PDF 98 Kb) (Under review)
• Red squirrel Sciurus vulgaris 2003 (PDF 145 Kb)
• Water vole Arvicola terrestris 2003 (PDF 145 Kb)
• Water Shrew Neomys fodiens 2000 Local Character Species (Under revision)

NB All bats will be included in a grouped plan to be completed 2011.

Amphibians and Reptiles

• Great crested newt Triturus cristatus 2003 (PDF 110 Kb)
• Natterjack toad Bufo calamita 2003 (PDF 119 Kb)
• Adder or Northern Viper Vipera berus 2006 (Under review)

Birds

• Bittern Botaurus stellaris 2003 (PDF 131 Kb)
• Grey partridge Perdix perdix 2004 (PDF 118 Kb)
• Skylark Alauda arvensis 2003 (PDF 91 Kb)
• Song thrush Turdus philomelos 2004 (PDF 87 Kb)
• Stone curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 2003 (PDF 124 Kb)
• Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 2007 (PDF 90.3 Kb)
• Corn Bunting Miliaria calandra 2000 (PDF 139 Kb)
• Linnet Carduelis cannabina 2007 (PDF 108 Kb)
• Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 2007 (PDF 136 Kb)
• Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 2006 (PDF 523 Kb)
• Barn Owl Tyto alba 2007 (PDF 138 Kb) Local Character Species
• Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 2007 (PDF 90.2 Kb)
• Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 2006 (PDF 89.5 Kb)
• Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 2007 (PDF 89.9 Kb)
• Woodlark Lullula arborea 2007 (PDF 119 Kb)
• Little tern Sterna albifrons 2006 (PDF 184 Kb)

Invertebrates

• Ramshorn snail Anisus vorticulus 2003 (PDF 62 Kb)
• Narrow-mouth whorl snail Vertigo angustior 2003 (PDF 86 Kb)
• Desmoulin’s whorl snail Vertigo moulinsiana 2003 (PDF 109 Kb)
• Shining ram’s-horn snail Segmentina nitida 2003 (PDF 80 Kb)
• A leaf beetle Cryptocephalus exiguus 2003 (PDF 100 Kb)
• Stag beetle Lucanus cervus 2003 (PDF 94 Kb)
• Antlion Euroleon nostras 2003 (PDF 51 Kb)
• Bright wave moth Idaea ochrata 2003 (PDF 51 Kb)
• Dingy Skipper Erynnis tages 2003 (PDF 128 Kb)
• White-mantled Wainscot moth Archanara neurica 2003 (PDF 56 Kb)
• Silver-studded Blue Plebejus argus 2007 (PDF 132 Kb)
• Starlet sea-anemone Nematostella vectensis 2003 (PDF 90 Kb)
• Depressed river mussel Pseudanodonta complanata 2003 (PDF 56 Kb)
• White-clawed crayfish Austropotamobius pallipes 2003 (PDF 105 Kb)

Plants

• Cornflower Centaurea cyanus 2007 (PDF 284 Kb)
• Greater Water-parsnip Sium latifolium
• Shepherd’s needle Scandix pectinveneris 2007 (PDF 523 Kb)
• Pillwort Pilularia globulifera 2000 (PDF 122 Kb)
• Red-tipped Cudweed Filago lutescens 2005 (PDF 96 Kb)
• Small-flowered Catchfly Silene gallica 2007 (PDF 374 Kb)
• Spreading Hedge-parsley Torilis arvensis 2007 (PDF 461 Kb)
• Tassel Stonewort Tolypella intricata 2000 (PDF 138 Kb)
• Tower Mustard Arabis glabra 2005 (PDF 71 Kb)
• Native Black Poplar Populus nigra ssp.betulifolia 2006 (PDF 85 Kb)
• Unspotted Lungwort Pulmonaria obscura 2000 (PDF 54 Kb)
• Man orchid Aceras anthropophorum 2007 (PDF 388 Kb)

Lichens and Fungi

• Orange-fruited elm-lichen Caloplaca luteoalba 2003 (PDF 56 Kb)
• Sandy stilt puffball Battarraea phalloides 2003 (PDF 97 Kb)
• Starry breck-lichen Buellia asterella 2003 (PDF 34 Kb)
• Oak Polypore Buglossoporus pulvinus 2000 (PDF 122 Kb)