Lowland Heathland is a UK BAP Habitat. The majority of the Berkshire heathlands are on the acid free draining soils and gravels of the south eastern edge of the county and at Greenham Common in West Berkshire. This has become a highly fragmented landscape and undergone significant decline with only a reported 2% of the county's heathland left, compared the national average of 5%. The principal threat, historically, has come from development pressure. However, the areas that remain support rich assemblages of invertebrates, specialist bird species and native reptile species.

The main aims of the Berkshire BAP Heathland Action Plan are:

• To maintain and enhance current heathland throughout the county, ensuring no net loss
• To restore damaged or degraded areas of heath through enhanced management, creating a diversity in age and structure to support a range of niches for wildlife
• Where appropriate, to re-create lowland heathland to buffer and reverse the fragmentation of the existing resource.

Follow the link to view the Berkshire Heathland targets and see the Berkshire Heathland Habitat Action Plan for how this will be implemented.