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Explains why this LNRS has been developed, who it’s for and what it includes.

Summary

An overview of Devon’s wildlife and the actions needed.

Habitats and Species

Habitats overview

Includes a link to each habitats page.

Soils and arable

• Rocks and soils
• Arable and grass fields

Woodland and trees

• Broadleaved woodland
• Conifer and mixed plantations
• Trees outside woodland
• Ancient trees, veteran trees and deadwood
• Wet woodland

Woody mosaics

• Traditional orchards
• Wood pasture and parkland
• Hedge corridors

Grassland, heath, bog and mire

• Wildlife-rich grassland
• Heath, moor and mire mosaics

Freshwater

• Watercourse corridors
• Lakes and ponds

Coast (including Devon’s intertidal environments)

• Coastal wildbelt

Other

• Green spaces, gardens and buildings

Species overview

Includes a link to each species group and links to the lists of Devon Species of Conservation Concern and Devon Special Species

Vertebrates

• Mammals
• Birds
• Fish
• Reptiles and amphibians

Invertebrates: insects

• Moths and butterflies
• Bees, ants and wasps
• Dragonflies and damselflies
• Flies
• Bugs, beetles and crickets

Invertebrates: other

• Spiders and harvestmen
• Crustaceans and myriapods
• Molluscs
• Intertidal invertebrates

Plants, fungi and lichens

• Flowering plants and ferns
• Bryophytes
• Fungi
• Lichens

Mixed invertebrate pages (excluding intertidal species)

• Sidmouth to Dorset coastal wildbelt invertebrates
• North and south coast invertebrates
• Start Point to Bolt Tail invertebrates
• Northern Devon sand dune invertebrates
• Deadwood invertebrates

Invasive non-native species

Wider benefits

Information on how a healthy natural environment helps us all enjoy a high quality of life.

• Air quality
• Carbon sequestration
• Connecting people and nature
• Water quality and flood risk

Mapping

Includes a link to the LNRS Viewer, instructions for how to use it, a form for adding projects to the Delivery Map and a Mapping Methodology paper. A full list of all layers available on the viewer is also included.

Appendices

• Acknowledgements
• Defra Landscape Recovery projects
• Developing the Devon LNRS
  • National requirements
  • Devon: Statement of Biodiversity Priorities
  • Devon: Mapping
  • Collaboration and consultation
  • Next steps
  • Links to legislation and national LNRS guidance
• Environmental sensitivities
• Glossary (including acronyms) and terms
• Planning (and Biodiversity Net Gain)
• Targets and Monitoring