Introduction

The Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) is the region's response to the UK's National BAP. This focuses on aspects of the local ecology which are in need of protection or conservation. The BAP will set the targets and methods for ensuring the continued presence of wildlife in Birmingham and the Black Country into the next millennium.

The majority of the Action Plans are also available to view and print as Adobe Acrobat® files. These can be accessed by selecting the symbol next to the name of the action plan. (Note the Acrobat files are c5 times larger than the equivalent HTML files so will take longer to download). To return to this screen after viewing an Acrobat Action Plan, it will be necessary to use your Web-browser's "Back Button". If you do not have Adobe Acrobat and wish to download the latest version (v4) then please follow the link under "Accessories".

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FRAMEWORK FOR ACTION Adobe Acrobat files:
Framework Framework (1.6Mb)
Preface in Adobe Acrobat format Foreword & Preface (69Kb)		 Frames version of the Framework for Action Non-frames version of Framework for Action
CLASSIC HABITATS Associated action plans
WOODLAND
Woodland HAP in Adobe Acrobat format Ancient broad-leaved (semi-natural)
Wet woodland
Lowland wood-pasture and parkland
Veteran trees
Scrub and naturally regenerating woodland
Introduced woodland
Secondary woods
 Deadwood HAP in Adobe Acrobat format Deadwood habitats (invertebrates and fungi)
Badger SAP in Adobe Acrobat format Badger
Bluebell SAP in Adobe Acrobat format Bluebell
Green Hairstreak SAP in Adobe Acrobat format Green hairstreak
GRASSLAND
Lowland neutral & base-rich grassland HAP in Adobe Acrobat format Lowland neutral and base-rich grassland
Lowland dry acid grassland HAP in Adobe Acrobat format Lowland dry acid grassland
Lowland wet grassland HAP in Adobe Acrobat format Lowland wet grassland
 Dingy skipper SAP in Adobe Acrobat format Dingy skipper
Orchids SAP in Adobe Acrobat format Orchids
HEATHLAND
Lowland heath HAP in Adobe Acrobat format Wet and dry lowland heath
 Vacciunium spp.SAP in Adobe Acrobat format Vaccinium spp.
WETLAND
Rivers and streams HAP in Adobe Acrobat format Rivers and streams
Canals HAP in Adobe Acrobat format Canals
 Crayfish SAP in Adobe Acrobat format White-clawed Crayfish
Amphibians SAP in Adobe Acrobat format Amphibians
Great Crested Newt SAP in Adobe Acrobat format Great crested newt
Snipe SAP in Adobe Acrobat format Snipe
Floating water plantain SAP in Adobe Acrobat format Floating water-plantain
Water vole SAP in Adobe Acrobat format Water vole
FARMLAND
Arable fields HAP in Adobe Acrobat format Arable Fields
Field margins HAP in Adobe Acrobat format Field margins and beetle banks
 Hedgerows HAP in Adobe Acrobat format Hedgerows
Brown Hare SAP in Adobe Acrobat format Brown hare
Tree sparrow SAP in Adobe Acrobat format Tree sparrow
Grey partridge SAP in Adobe Acrobat format Grey partridge
URBAN HABITATS  
Urban wasteland HAP in Adobe Acrobat format URBAN "WASTELAND" Skylark SAP in Adobe Acrobat format Skylark
Little ringed plover SAP in Adobe Acrobat format Little ringed plover
Wall butterfly SAP in Adobe Acrobat format Wall butterfly
MANAGED GREENSPACE
Gardens, etc. HAP in Adobe Acrobat format Gardens
Allotments
Parks and open space
 Garden ponds HAP in Adobe Acrobat format Garden ponds
Eutrophic urban pools HAP in Adobe Acrobat format Eutrophic urban pools
Song thrush SAP in Adobe Acrobat format Song thrush
Built environment HAP in Adobe Acrobat format BUILDING/BUILT ENVIRONMENT Bats SAP in Adobe Acrobat format Bats
Black redstart SAP in Adobe Acrobat format Black redstart
Kestrel SAP in Adobe Acrobat format Kestrel
ISSUES Site and species protection IAP in Adobe Acrobat format Site and species protection
Site and habitat management IAP in Adobe Acrobat format Species and habitat management
Maintaining biological records IAP in Adobe Acrobat format Maintaining biological records
Environmental education IAP in Adobe Acrobat format Environmental education
ACCESSORIES
Download and install Adobe Acrobat 4

For further details please contact:

The Wildlife Trust for Birmingham and the Black Country
28, Harborne Road
Edgbaston
Birmingham. B15 3AA

Tel: 0121 454 1199 or Fax: 0121 454 6556
E-mail enquiries@bbcwildlife.org.uk
B.A.P. Representatives can be contacted directly on the following e-mail addresses:
Chair of Steering Group Birmingham
Dudley
Sandwell
Walsall
Wolverhampton		 EcoRecord
Wildlife Trust
English Nature
Environment Agency

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