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Take a look, through some of the common species of wildlife that live in the South Yorkshire area around Sheffield and Rotherham.
A recently extended patch of heathland and woodland, neighbouring Wyming Brook.
Our Acorn Fund is a pot of money allocated specifically to help release money from the Landfill Communities Fund. Your donation can be the key to unlocking funding worth thousands of pounds to make a huge difference for local wildlife.
Unveil the hidden world of insects in Sheffield & Rotherham with the newest issue of Kingfisher magazine.
Sheffield’s Local Biodiversity Action Plan (LBAP) is one of the city’s mechanisms for protecting important wildlife species and habitats and contributing to national targets.
The Sheffield LBAP was first produced in 2002 by the Sheffield Biodiversity Steering Group – a partnership between Sheffield and Rotherham Wildlife Trust, Sheffield City Council, Natural England, Sorby Natural History Society and other partners.
Sheffield Biodiversity Partnership (with the Sheffield City Council’s Ecology Service as the lead partner) updated the original Biodiversity Action Plans for Sheffield and produced Action Plans for 4 main habitat types:
These can be downloaded from Sheffield City Council’s website.
The summary document can be downloaded here and the full detailed document and maps are available on a CD on request from the Living Don Manager or South Yorkshire Biodiversity Coordinator.
Much of this plan is being delivered through the Sheffield Crayfish Action project.
Sheffield and Rotherham Wildlife Trust, as a partner of the Sheffield Local Biodiversity Action Partnership, has written a Habitat Action Plan (HAP) for Sheffield’s Green Roofs. The plan aims to increase the biodiversity value of green roofs in Sheffield – one of the leading cities in the UK for green roofs.
The plan was written with input from the Sheffield-based Green Roof Centre, The University of Sheffield and Sheffield City Council. It consists of information on local biodiversity that green roofs could support, an action plan to ensure the HAP is used, and a scoring table to be used by green roof designers to help them maximise the biodiversity potential of the roofs. The plan can be used by anyone involved in the design and installation of green roofs and we would love to hear from you if you use the plan.
The Green Roof Habitat Action Plan can be downloaded below along with the scoring system.
Sheffield Green Roof Habitat Action Plan Feb 2010
Green Roof HAP Scoring – printable version
Sheff Green Roof HAP scoring system Excel spreadsheet