Biodiversity Action Plan
The full published version of Nature in the Dales - a biodiversity action plan for the Yorkshire Dales National Park is available here. In addition, the recent progress towards LBAP targets is summarised in the LBAP Annual Reports below. Click on the links below to download the progress report or individual sections as PDF documents.
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Biodiversity Action Plan Foreword
Biodiversity Action Plan Contents
A. Background
B. THE HABITATS
B.2. Limestone Country
- Small Base-rich Wetlands Habitat Action Plan
- Limestone Pavement Habitat Action Plan
- Calcareous Grassland Habitat Action Plan
- Lime-rich Natural Lakes Habitat Action Plan
- Limestone Rock Outcrops, Cliffs & Scree Habitat Action Plan
- Caves Habitat Action Plan
- Purple Moor Grass & Rush Pasture Habitat Action Plan
- Limestone Quarries Habitat Statement
B.3. Moorland & Moorland Fringe
- Small Upland Wetlands Habitat Action Plan
- Upland Heath Habitat Action Plan
- Blanket & Raised Bog Habitat Action Plan
- Upland Wet Acidic Grassland Habitat Action Plan
- Acidic Tarns Habitat Statement
- Reservoirs Habitat Statement
- Mining Spoil Habitat Statement
- Mines Habitat Statement
- Acidic Rock Outcrops, Cliffs & Scree Habitat Statement
- Gritstone Quarries Habitat Statement
- Upland Dry Acidic Grassland Habitat Statement
- Bracken Habitat Statement
B.4. Dales
- Upland Hay Meadows Habitat Action Plan
- Lowland Hay Meadows & Pastures Habitat Action Plan
- Small Dales Wetlands Habitat Action Plan
- Dales Lakes & Ponds Habitat Action Plan
- Hedgerows Habitat Action Plan
- Improved Grassland Habitat Statement
- Arable Land Habitat Statement
B.5. Woodland & Scrub
- Upland Mixed Ashwoods Habitat action Plan
- Wet Woods Action Habitat Action Plan
- Upland Oakwoods Habitat Action Plan
- Scrub Habitat Action Plan
- Other Semi-natural Ancient Woodland Habitat Action Plan
- Wood Pasture & Parkland Habitat Statement
- Non-native Broad-leaved & Mixed Plantations Habitat Statement
- Coniferous Plantations Habitat Statement
B.6. Rivers & Streams
B.7. Built Environment
C. THE SPECIES
C.1. Higher plants
- Alchemilla minima Species Statement
- English Sandwort Species Action Plan
- Prickly Sedge Species Action Plan
- Lady's-slipper Orchid Species Action Plan
- Yellow Marsh Saxifrage Species Action Plan
- Juniper Species Action Plan
C.2. Invertebrates
- Northern Brown Argus Species Action Plan
- Small Pearl-Bordered Fritillary Species Action Plan
- White-Clawed Crayfish Species Action Plan
- Vertigo alpestris & Vertigo pusilla Species Action Plan
C.3. Birds
- Eurasian Wigeon Species Action Plan
- Hen Harrier Species Action Plan
- Northern Goshawk Species Action Plan
- Peregrine Falcon Species Action Plan
- Black Grouse Species Action Plan
- Northern Lapwing Species Action Plan
- Yellow Wagtail Species Action Plan
