Lepidoptera restoration

LEPIDOPTERA RESTORATION

Proposal for re-introduction or introduction
Before completing this form please read Butterfly Conservation’s policies and guidelines on introductions and re-introductions (January 2001). This form gathers the information that will allow Butterfly Conservation to assess the proposal and provide advice or recommendations. Further information or supporting documents may also be needed. Projects being undertaken or promoted in Butterfly Conservation’s name may require approval from the Conservation Committee. Please send completed form to the Director of Species Conservation, Butterfly Conservation Head Office, Manor Yard, East Lulworth, Wareham, Dorset BH20 5QP.
Species: County or Vice-County:
Receptor Site Name(s) & Grid Refs:
BC Region:
National BC priority of species: High  Medium  Low  Other:

Regional Action Plan (RAP) species priority: High  Medium  Low  Other:

Is receptor site a RAP ‘Key Site’ or in RAP ‘Key Area’ 

(names):
If species is a fully protected Schedule 5 one has the relevant licence been sought?:

1. 
   Objectives.
   

If proposed action is identified in the recovery/conservation strategy or in the national Species Action Plan please summarise the progress made with the higher priority actions (attach reports if necessary):

Continued: -
Explain how proposal represents a strategic conservation measure.

Feasibility and Sustainability: please indicate how the following considerations and expectations have been gauged or assessed (enclose reports if available):

a. The likely persistence of an established population:

b. Its likely strength: -could it become at least as strong as the donor site ?

c. Likelihood of further sites being naturally colonised from it:

3. 
   Site details.
   

Ownership & occupancy:

Conservation status (eg. SSSI / Nature Reserve / SNCI ):

Area: (please enclose maps)

Permission/agreement secured from (names):………………………………………………

 Owner/occupier;  English Nature / Scottish Natural Heritage / Countryside Council

for Wales / Environment and Heritage Service.
When was the species lost from this site ?:

What were the causes of its disappearance and how have these been remedied ?:

Ownership & occupancy:

Conservation status (as above) and area:

Permission/agreement secured from (names):………………………………………………

Owner/occupier; Natural England / Scottish Natural Heritage / Countryside Council

for Wales / Environment and Heritage Service.

3. 
   Methods.
   

Contingencies

3. 
   Impacts.
   

Receptor site: Has management of the site for the target species affected other fauna or flora of interest, or will it? (mention both positive and negative effects)

If it has had, or will have, a negative effect are those species of comparable or greater nature conservation priority and what mitigation/compensation measures are possible and will be/have been undertaken?:

3. 
   Management.
   

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