Barnsley Biodiversity Action Plan. Post-15 BAP. Updated to 2023

 Biodiversity

 Action

 Plan

Back from the Brink: Willow Tit

The Back from the Brink (BftB) programme from 2017 to 2021) aimed to save some of England’s most threatened species from extinction and put them back on the road to recovery.


The BftB Willow Tit project took forward work in the Dearne Valley Green Heart NIA, where surveys resulted in a report published in British Birds: Thriving Willow Tits in a post-industrial landscape,Carr, G. & Lunn, J. (2017)


Building on this work, the BftB project, led by YWT and RSPB, aimed to gain a better understanding of the habitat characteristics used by Willow Tits and how far they travel between patches. It included

Legacy of the BftB project
for Willow Tit conservation


Willow Tit conservation handbook  for habitat management and species monitoring

Text: Geoff Carr and Sophie Pinder.


A landscape management plan to improve habitat for Willow Tit in the Dearne Valley.


Ongoing monitoring, surveying and conservation management for Willow Tit.


SSSI designation of Dearne Valley Wetlands with sites notified for Willow Tit.

Links

Back from the Brink Willow Tit Project

BftB Willow Tit Project Outcomes [Link]

Willow Tit Species Summary (pdf) [Link]

Willow Tit Habitat Guide (pdf) [Link]

Conservation Handbook (large pdf) [Link]

BftB Archive Posts [Link]

Willow Tit Conservation Handbook