The Dorset Biodiversity Strategy
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About the LBAP

Dorset is one of the richest areas for wildlife in England. The diverse geology and derived soils have allowed rich and varied habitats to develop on them. The county’s situation in central southern England provides an overlap between the wildlife communities which are associated with an eastern European (continental) climate, and those which are associated with a western European (oceanic) climate.

The Dorset Biodiversity Strategy has been prepared on behalf of the Dorset Biodiversity Partnership through wide consultation. It provides a strategic framework for action over the next 10 years to contribute to achieving the targets set out in the UK BAP. The production of such a document is essential to help direct and co-ordinate initiatives that will conserve and enhance Dorset’s biodiversity.

Local partnerships

  • Business Link
  • Butterfly Conservation
  • Dorset County Council
  • Dorset Environmental Records Centre
  • Dorset Seasearch
  • Durlston Marine Project
  • English Nature
  • Environment Agency
  • Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group
  • Forestry Commission
  • Herpetological Conservation Trust
  • Joint Dorset Marine Committee
  • Ministry of Defence
  • National Trust
  • private landowners
  • Purbeck Biodiversity Project
  • Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
  • Rural Development Service
  • Wessex Water

Habitat Action Plan list


Species Action Plan List

  • Acidophilous plants
  • Farmland birds
  • Little Tern
  • Speckled footman moth
  • Great Crested Newt (Triturus cristatus)
  • Pearl-bordered Fritillary (Boloria euphrosyne)
  • Pink Sea-fan (Eunicella verrucosa)
  • Southern Damselfly (Coenagrion mercuriale)

Contact

Andrew Pollard
Dorset Wildlife Trust
Brooklands Farm
Forston
Dorset

apollard@dorsetwt.cix.co.uk

01305 217978