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Local Biodiversity Action Plan

Caerphilly County Borough LBAP

Geographic Coverage

Plan nameCaerphilly County Borough LBAP
Plan coverageCaerphilly (also included in GLAMBAG and GWENTBAG areas)
Overarching plan(s)
Biodiversity Guide for Gwent: 2001-05
Glamorgan Biodiversity Advisory Group Strategic Guidance
Region / CountryWales

Partners involved

Bargoed Rotary Club (Derek Packer, Ecologist)
Botanical Society of the British Isles
British Trust for Ornithology
Butterfly Conservation
Caerphilly Access Forum
Caerphilly Commoners' Association
Caerphilly Mountain Countryside Service
Coed Cymru
Countryside Council for Wales
Dwr Cymru Welsh Water
Environment Agency Wales
Farmers Union of Wales
Forest Enterprise
Gelligaer/Merthyr Commoners' Association
Glamorgan Badger Group
Glamorgan Bat Group
Glamorgan Bird Club
Glamorgan Moth Recording Group
Green Doorstep Environmental Group
Groundwork Caerphilly
Gwent Badger Group
Gwent Bat Group
Gwent Ornithological Society
Gwent Wildlife Trust
Keep Wales Tidy Campaign
Mynydd Eglwysian/Mynydd Meio Commoners' Association
National Assembly for Wales Agriculture Department
National Museums and Galleries of Wales
Ramblers Association
Rhiw 2 Mill River Care Group
Royal Oak Anglers' River Care Group
Ruperra Conservation Trust
South Wales Peregrine Watch
Town and Community Council Liaison Committee

Funding

SourcePurposeAmountDuration
Caerphilly County Borough Council, 1

Species for which action plans have been prepared

GroupSpecies
AmphibiansGreat Crested Newt (Triturus cristatus)
AntsSouthern wood ant (Formica rufa)
BirdsSkylark (Alauda arvensis)
BirdsNightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus)
BirdsLinnet (Carduelis cannabina)
BirdsReed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
BirdsSpotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata)
BirdsTree Sparrow (Passer montanus)
BirdsGrey Partridge (Perdix perdix)
BirdsBullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)
BirdsSong Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
ButterfliesHigh Brown Fritillary (Argynnis adippe)
ButterfliesPearl-bordered Fritillary (Boloria euphrosyne)
ButterfliesMarsh Fritillary (Eurodryas aurinia)
CrustaceansFreshwater White-clawed Crayfish (Austropotamobius pallipes)
Local species3-Spined Stickleback
Local speciesAccipiter gentilis (Goshawk)
Local speciesAlecdo atthis (Kingfisher)
Local speciesAmphibians - not specified
Local speciesAngius fragilis (Slow Worm)
Local speciesAnguilla anguilla (Common Eel)
Local speciesApodemus flavicollis (Yellow Necked Mouse)
Local speciesAsio otus (Long-eared owl)
Local speciesAthene noctua (Little Owl)
Local speciesBats - not specified
Local speciesBufo bufo (Common Toad)
Local speciesButeo buteo (Buzzard)
Local speciesCinclus cinclus (Dipper)
Local speciesCottus gobio (Bullhead)
Local speciesDragonflies and Damselflies (various species)
Local speciesEmbrezia citrinella (Yellowhammer)
Local speciesFalco prergrinus (Peregrine Falcon)
Local speciesFalco tinnunculus (Kestrel)
Local speciesHyacinthoides non-scripta (Bluebell)
Local speciesLacerta vivipara (Common Lizard)
Local speciesLampetra planeri (Brook Lamprey)
Local speciesMeles meles (Badger)
Local speciesMotacilla cinerea (Grey Wagtail)
Local speciesMyotis daubentonii (daubenton's bat)
Local speciesMyotis mystacinus/Myotis brandtii (whiskered/brandt's bat)
Local speciesMyotis nattereri (natterer's bat)
Local speciesNatrix natrix (Grass Snake)
Local speciesNoemacheilus barbatulus (Stone Loach)
Local speciesNumenius arquata (Curlew)
Local speciesNyctalus noctula (noctule bat)
Local speciesOrchids (8 species)
Local speciesOther Moths (12 species)
Local speciesPasser domesticus (House Sparrow)
Local speciesPhragmites australis (common reed)
Local speciesPicus viridis (Green Woodpecker)
Local speciesPlecotus auritus (brown long-eared bat)
Local speciesPrimula veris (Cowslip)
Local speciesRana temporaria (Common Frog)
Local speciesRhianthus minor (yellow rattle)
Local speciesSalmo spp. (Salmon)
Local speciesSalmo spp. (Sea Trout)
Local speciesSalmo trutta (Brown Trout)
Local speciesSibthorpia europaea (Cornish Moneywort)
Local speciesTriturus helveticus (Palmate Newt)
Local speciesTriturus vulgaris (Smooth Newt)
Local speciesTyto alba (Barn Owl)
Local speciesVanellus vanellus (Lapwing)
Local speciesVipera berus (Adder)
MammalsWater Vole (Arvicola terrestris)
MammalsBrown Hare (Lepus europaeus)
MammalsOtter (Lutra lutra)
MammalsDormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius)
MammalsPipistrelle Bat (Pipistrellus pipistrellus)
MammalsGreater Horseshoe Bat (Rhinolophus ferrumequinum)
MammalsLesser Horseshoe Bat (Rhinolophus hipposideros)
MothsBordered Gothic (Heliophobus reticulata)
MothsWaved Carpet (Hydrelia sylvata)
MothsButtoned Snout (Hypena rostralis)
MothsDouble Line (Mythimna turca)

Habitats for which action plans have been prepared

GroupHabitat
Broad HabitatsNeutral grassland
Local habitatAllotments
Local habitatBracken Slopes
Local habitatBuildings
Local habitatCanals
Local habitatChurchyards
Local habitatCoal Spoil
Local habitatCommon Land
Local habitatGardens
Local habitatLakes and Reservoirs
Local habitatParks
Local habitatPlanted Conifer
Local habitatPonds
Local habitatQuarries
Local habitatRailway Lines and Cycleways
Local habitatRefuse Tips
Local habitatRivers and Streams
Local habitatRoadside Verges
Local habitatStone Walls
Local habitatSwamp
Local habitatUrban
Local habitatWasteground
Priority HabitatsAncient and/or species-rich hedgerows
Priority HabitatsBlanket bog
Priority HabitatsEutrophic standing waters
Priority HabitatsFens
Priority HabitatsLowland beech and yew woodland
Priority HabitatsLowland calcareous grassland
Priority HabitatsLowland dry acid grassland
Priority HabitatsLowland heathland
Priority HabitatsLowland raised bog
Priority HabitatsLowland wood-pasture and parkland
Priority HabitatsMesotrophic lakes
Priority HabitatsPurple moor grass and rush pastures
Priority HabitatsReedbeds
Priority HabitatsUpland heathland
Priority HabitatsUpland mixed ashwoods
Priority HabitatsUpland oakwood
Priority HabitatsWet woodland

Contact

NameMelanie Sutherland
PositionBiodiversity Officer
Department
AddressCaerphilly County Borough Council
Directorate of Technical Services
Planning Division
Council Offices
Pontllanfraith
Blackwood
NP12 2YW
Telephone01495 235 187
Fax01495 235 022
Email sutherm@caerphilly.gov.uk
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