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UK Lead Organisation:
N/A
County Lead Organisation:
Objectives
- To maintain and enhance the existing populations within Staffordshire.
- To create new suitable areas at sites known to contain the species to facilitate colony expansion.
Policy
- Promote the National Lowland Heathland Programme. (SWMHP)
- Ensure any examples of sites containing populations of this species and that meet the required criteria are given SBI status. (SBI Grading Committee)
- Ensure appropriate sites containing populations of this species meeting the SSSI criteria are designated. (NE)
Protection
- Bog bush-cricket has been recorded from the Cannock Chase SSSI which receives statutory protection; the other on which it is known to exist has been classed as an SBI.
Management, Monitoring, Research and Survey
- Actively manage suitable areas of habitat for bog bush-cricket on both Cannock Chase and Highgate Common. (SCC)
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Determine other suitable areas adjacent to known colonies that can be enhanced directly for this species through habitat restoration. (SCC)
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Ensure that all known sites are on the Invertebrate Sites Register. (EN)
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Monitor all known bog bush-cricket populations on a regular (at least bi-annual) basis. (SCC)
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Consider the re-introduction of bog bush-crickets into Highgate from the Cannock Chase populations. (SCC)
Advisory
- Increase species awareness for the public and landowners through education, promotion and events. (SBAP Partnership)
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