Planning: Mitigation Measures for Stag Beetles

Planning and Biodiversity Mitigation for Stag Beetles

 INTERNATIONALLY ENDANGERED SPECIES  FULLY PROTECTED BY LAW IN EUROPE

 PARTIALLY PROTECTED IN THE UK - LISTED IN SCHEDULE 5 OF THE WILDLIFE AND COUNTRYSIDE ACT 1981 (as amended)  LISTED ON ANNEX II OF THE EC HABITAT DIRECTIVE  CLASSED AS NATIONALLY THREATENED IN THE UK  PRIORITY SPECIES IN THE UK BIODIVERSITY ACTION PLAN  LEAD PARTNER FOR STAG BEETLE CONSERVATION IN THE UK THE PEOPLE'S TRUST FOR ENDANGERED SPECIES  STAG BEETLE CONSERVATION LEAD PARTNER FOR SUFFOLK COLIN HAWES

 UP TO 97% OF THE LIFE-CYCLE IS SPENT UNDERGROUND  LARVA FEEDS UNDERGROUND ON DECAYING, BROADLEAVED WOOD FOR UP TO SIX YEARS  PUPATES UNDERGROUND IN A COCOON  RESULTING BEETLES REMAIN UNDERGROUND FOR 7 - 8 MONTHS BEFORE EMERGING ABOVE GROUND TO MATE  ACTIVE PERIOD ABOVE GROUND: MID-MAY - END OF JULY  MALE AND FEMALE BEETLES ARE CREPUSCULAR  THE BEETLES LIVE FOR ONLY A FEW WEEKS

 THEY DIE AFTER MATING AND OVIPOSITION

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 AN ICONIC SPECIES  MALE BEETLE EASILY IDENTIFIED BY THE PUBLIC  CITIZEN SCIENCE SURVEYS  PUBLICITY EVENTS HAVE MADE MORE PEOPLE AWARE OF THE SPECIES

 PRESENTATIONS HAVE BEEN GIVEN FOR LANDOWNERS, FARMERS, FORESTRY WORKERS, WILDLIFE TRUSTS ETC

PLANNING and CONSERVATION

APPLICANT / LANDOWNER/INDIVIDUAL / OTHER

SUFFOLK WILDLIFE TRUST

LEAD PARTNER

DISTRICT / COUNTY COUNCIL

DEVELOPER

APPLICANT

Planning and Biodiversity Mitigation for Stag Beetles

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