UK BAP priority species accounts

JNCC have collated information from a variety of sources for all of the 1150 species included on the UK BAP priority species list. For each species, a 'species account' has been created from these collations.

All of the information contained within the accounts has already been published either on the NBN Gateway, the BARS website or the JNCC website.

The purpose of this collation is to bring the information available for each species into a single report and therefore to potentially improve the use of this evidence in decision making and developing the Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) framework.   These pages are a prototype to demonstrate that it is possible to combine and re-package existing information from a variety of sources. A second version of this prototype may not be generated, but feedback on how to organise and present this type of information in the future is welcome. If there are errors in the pages, please note that it is likely that these are likely to have been present in the information already published. 

This information can be used as a quick reference source for each species. There are several different ways in which the data can be accessed. Further information and guidance can be found here.

For each species the pages provide information on:

• the UK countries in which the species occurs
• whether or not the species has a restricted distribution (defined as occurring in 10 or fewer locations)
• for species of restricted distribution, the number of locations where the species has been recorded (defined as fewer than 10 locations)
• why the species qualifies as a priority species
• the evidence underpinning the qualification of each species
• the actions required for each species as identified by species expert groups in the 2007 review
• the priority habitats which are directly linked to the above actions
• the status of a subset of 60 species which are listed under the Habitats Directive as being especially threatened at a European scale. 
• the conservation status of each species (e.g. listings under international/national legislation and IUCN red lists)
• the status, trends, successes, threats, constraints and state of knowledge of the species included in the UK BAP 2008 reporting round. 

Please note that these pages do not provide definitive information on the distribution of each species. For information about species distribution, visit the National Biodiversity Network Gateway.

The priority species and their species accounts can be found through their major taxonomic grouping:

Birds
Fish
Fungi
Herptiles
Marine
Non-vascular plants
Terrestrial invertebrates
Terrestrial mammals
Vascular plants

The list of 1150 UK BAP priority species is also available as a spreadsheet, which contains links to each species account and can be filtered by column. 

For more guidance and further information on the species accounts >>>

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