Norfolk has over half the total UK number of Priority BAP habitats; 24 Terrestrial and Freshwater habitats, 11 Marine habitats and 2 local priority habitats. Key habitats include Coastal and Floodplain grazing marsh, Reedbed, Fen, Aquifer-fed naturally fluctuating waterbodies and Lowland Heathland.
18 of these National priority habitats have Habitat Action Plans: Norfolk Habitat Action Plans.
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Please see the below list for BAP habitats in Norfolk:
NATIONAL PRIORITY BAP HABITATS FOUND IN NORFOLK
(January 2008)
TERRESTRIAL AND FRESHWATER HABITATS
- Aquifer-fed naturally fluctuating waterbodies
- Arable field margins
- Coastal and floodplain grazing marsh
- Coastal sand dunes
- Coastal vegetated shingle
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Eutrophic standing waters- Hedgerows
- Lowland calcareous grassland
- Lowland dry acid grassland
- Lowland fens
- Lowland heathland
- Lowland meadows
- Lowland mixed deciduous woodland
- Maritime cliff and slopes
- Mesotrophic lakes
- Mosaic habitats on previously developed land
Oligotrophic and dystrophic lakes- Ponds
- Purple moor-grass and rush pastures
- Reedbeds
- Rivers
- Traditional orchards
- Wet woodlands
- Wood-pasture and parkland
MARINE HABITATS
- Blue mussel beds
- Coastal saltmarsh
- Intertidal chalk
- Intertidal mudflats
- Mud habitats in deep water
- Sabellaria spinulosa reefs
- Saline lagoons
- Seagrass beds
- Sheltered muddy gravels
- Subtidal chalk
- Subtidal sands and gravels
NORFOLK LOCAL PRIORITY HABITATS (there are no national plans for these habitats)
- Allotments and gardens
- Churchyards and cemeteries
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EVENTS
5-6 June 2010 -Norfolk Wildlife Trust's Big Biodiversity Watch. @ NWT reserves across the county. For further information visit www.norfolkwildlifetrust.org.uk
19 June 2010 - Wild about Wymondham, Town Green Centre, Wymondham. For further information contact a.vroberts@talktalk.net
17-18 July 2010 - Non-native Species: Action Weekend. Various locations across Norfolk. For further information contact michael.sutton-croft@norfolk.gov.uk
09 September 2010 - Planning and Biodiversity Seminar, South Norfolk Council Offices, Long Stratton (tbc). For further information contact scott.perkin@norfolk.gov.uk
06 October 2010 (tbc) - Annual Biodiversity Forum: 'Economics and Biodiversity'. Abbey Conference Centre, Norwich. For further information contact scott.perkin@norfolk.gov.uk
09 October 2010 - Wild about Norfolk. Neatherd High School, Dereham. For further information contact Tessa Needham: needham_t@sky.com