Protected species guidelines
The provisions of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and the Protection
of Badgers Act 1992 and their implications for development and development
control are complex. HBRC is compiling a set of guidelines intended to provide
the necessary information for Local Planning Authorites in Hertfordshire to
ensure that neither they nor the developer will be in breach of the legislation
for wildlife protection where a planning permission is granted. Guidance notes
are included in relation to: Birds, Bats, Badgers, Water Voles, Great Crested
Newts, Reptiles, and plants A list of specially protected species in Hertfordshire
can be found below. Areas with protected species are being digitised onto
the GIS ecological site database.
Download and read the Protected Species Guidelines
(adobe acrobat, 350kb)
Plants that are protected under Schedule 8 of the Wildlife & Countryside
Act
Currently present - introduced (2 species)
- Meadow Clary
- Early Spider Orchid
Plants formerly present - now extinct in Hertfordshire (12 species)
- Field Cow - wheat
- Red - tipped Cudweed
- Broad - leaved Cudweed
- Small Fleabane
- Early Gentian
- Grass - poly
- Green Hound's tongue
- Lizard Orchid
- Military Orchid
- Ground Pine
- Starfruit
Breeding Birds given special protection under Schedule 1 of the Wildlife
& Countryside Act (1981)
Currently present in Hertfordshire (17 species)
- Barn Owl
- Bittern (winter)
- Black necked Grebe
- Black redstart (erratic)
- Cetti's Warbler
- Common Quail (erratic)
- Crossbill
- Firecrest
- Garganey
- Hobby
- Honey Buzzard (rare visitor)
- Kingfisher
- Little Ringed Plover
- Red Kite
- Woodlark (erratic)
Birds formerly present - now extinct in Hertfordshire (7 species)
- Bearded Tit
- Cirl Bunting
- Corncrake
- Red-backed Shrike
- Stone Curlew
- Wryneck
Animals given protection under Schedule 5 of the Wildlife & Countryside
Act (1981) + Protection of Badgers Act (1992)
Currently present in Hertfordshire (24 species)
- Whiskered bat
- Brandt's bat
- Natterer's bat
- Daubenton's bat
- Serotine
- Noctule
- Leisler's bat
- Pipistrelle bat – 45 & 55 kHz species (2 species)
- Nathusius Pipistrelle
- Brown long-eared bat
- Hazel Dormouse
- Otter (re-introduced)
- Water Vole
- Common Lizard
- Slow-worm
- Grass Snake
- Great crested newt
- Violet Click Beetle
- Stag Beetle
- White-clawed Crayfish
- Fairy Shrimp
- Mole Cricket
- Badgers, present in Hertfordshire, are afforded special protection under
the Protection of Badgers Act (1992).
Protected Animals formerly present - now extinct in Hertfordshire (2 species)
- Barbastelle bat
- Red Squirrel
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