A Local Nature Recovery Strategy (LNRS) is being prepared for Shropshire, one of 48 covering the whole of England. For more information, see the LNRS Official website https://next.shropshire.gov.uk/environment/ecology-and-biodiversity/shropshire-and-telford-wrekin-local-nature-recovery-strategy/
The intention is to create a Long List of species that are threatened with local extinction, and then a Short List of species that we should concentrate actions on. Leo Smith is leading on preparing these lists, and appropriate actions to help their recovery, for the bird group.
The guidance is to use the International Union for Nature Conservation (IUCN) Red List, plus locally-determined priorities, to decide which species should be on these lists. In Shropshire, priority should be given to the SOS Red and Amber Lists of Breeding Birds of Conservation Concern in Shropshire.
We are aiming to complete this part of the process by mid-December.
A paper recommending the Long List, and candidates for the Short List, along with groups of species (“assemblages”) which can be helped with the same actions, has been sent out to local bird and community wildlife groups, and has been considered by SOS Conservation Subcommittee. Comments were invited by 14 October. The paper has been revised in the light of comments received, and can be accessed here.
Comments are invited on the paper, and in particular on which species should be on these lists. To fit in with the timetable for preparing the LNRS, proposals for the Short List, and actions the LNRS should undertake to help them recover, should be sent by 9.00am on Monday 11 November.
Comments should be sent by email to Leo Smith at leo@leosmith.org.uk.
Earlier versions of the paper can be found in the LNRS Archive here.
