As the Chair of Natural Devon



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Foreword

As the Chair of Natural Devon, the Devon Local Nature Partnership, I am delighted to introduce this comprehensive review of Devon’s wonderful wildlife and habitats. It has been drawn up with the help of many individuals and organisations and represents a huge body of knowledge about our county. We are very grateful to those who have so generously shared their expertise.


The report is full of fascinating detail. It tells a story of flourishing wildlife and magnificent efforts to bring it back from the brink. There are great successes here but also some less good news. Above all, there is a clear message that we still need to look after and value Devon’s wildlife if we are not to lose all or part of our ‘natural capital’.
With our partners, Natural Devon will use the evidence presented here to identify the priorities and actions which are needed to re-build Devon’s biodiversity.
We will produce a yearly update and a full report in 5 years’ time, and we anticipate that we will be able to report on the successful outcomes of the huge amount of work currently underway to restore habits and species – it can be done if we work together.
Do please enjoy reading the State of Devon’s Nature Report and get in touch if you have any comments or additional information at nature@devon.gov.uk


Suzanne Goodfellow, Chair, Natural Devon

March 2014



Contents

Headlines



  1. Introduction



  1. Designated sites


2.1 Sites of Special Scientific Interest
2.2 County Wildlife Sites

3 Habitats
3.1 Woodland

Overview of priority habitats

Broadleaved, mixed and yew woodland

Issues


Successes
3.2 Coast and marine

Overview of priority habitats

Maritime cliff and slope

Coastal sand dunes and vegetated shingle



Sabellaria alveolata (honeycomb worm) reefs

Saltmarsh, mudflats and seagrass beds

Sub tidal habitats

Issues


Successes
3.3 Rivers and Standing Open Water

Overview of priority habitats

Rivers

Standing open water



Issues

Successes


3.4 Wetlands

Overview of priority habitats

Fen, marsh and swamp

Bogs


Issues

Successes


3.5 Grassland and heathland

Overview of priority habitats

Lowland meadows

Lowland calcareous grassland

Coastal and floodplain grazing marsh

Lowland heathland

Upland heathland

Issues


Successes
3.6 Other farmland habitats
4. Species
4.1 Mammals

Key species in Devon (1998 BAP)

Dormouse

Otter


Water vole

Brown hare

Greater horseshoe bat
4.2 Birds

Key species in Devon (1998 BAP)

Barn owl

Cirl bunting

Nightjar

Breeding curlew

Upland birds

Seabirds


Woodland birds
4.3 Reptiles and amphibians

Key species in Devon (1998 BAP)

Great crested newt

Sand lizard

Other species
4.4 Fish

Key species in Devon (1998 BAP)

Atlantic salmon
4.5 Invertebrates

Key species in Devon (1998 BAP)

Pink sea fan

Freshwater pearl mussel

White clawed crayfish

Southern damselfly

Marsh fritillary

Pearl bordered fritillary

Other species
4.6 Plants and fungi

Key species in Devon (1998 BAP)

Golden hair lichen

Whitebeams

Other species



  1. Acronyms




  1. References and links




  1. Acknowledgements


Appendix 1 - Summary framework for nature conservation in England

Appendix 2 – Devon habitats of European importance

Appendix 3 – BAP Priority Habitat Inventories

Appendix 4 – Methodology for the Devon species status assessment



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