All local nature recovery strategies are required to produce:
- A long list of species that are threatened or identified as needing action. In the Devon LNRS these are called Devon Species of Conservation Concern (DSoCC).
- A short list of species from the long list that are in need of particular action or attention. In the Devon LNRS these are called Devon Special Species.
- A few Devon Special Groups have been identified where there is a group of rare species for which Devon is a stronghold. These groups are largely for insects and lichens e.g. wet woodland flies and maritime lichens. However there is also a group for estuarine birds and seacliff nesting birds. Some of the groups have a Devon Special Species within them e.g. bog hoverfly is part of the valley mire fly group. These groups are listed in the Overview of Devon Special Species, link below.
For an overview see the Devon Species of Conservation Concern spreadsheet and the Overview of Devon Special Species (short list). For information on how these lists were produced see the Developing the Devon LNRS page in the Information section.
The pages in this section describe what we need to do for species, and in particular for Devon Special Species.
