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CUCKOO BEE (COELIOXYS MANDIBULARIS)
LOCAL BIODIVERSITY ACTION PLAN

OBJECTIVES

1. Maintain habitat for the host species.
2.
Provide additional nesting habitat for host species.

LOCAL TARGETS

Implement annual monitoring of the species.

CURRENT STATUS

This is a coastal species, a cleptoparasite of bees in the genus Megachile, with records confined to three discontinuous areas of Britain: the Merseyside and Wallasey area of S. Lancashire and Wirral; South and mid Wales and South-east England.

Locally it is found in relict sand dunes within the North Wirral Coastal Park behind the gun site car park Wallasey. The host species here is considered to be Megachile maritima.

Apart from the general provisions of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, Coelioxys mandibularis is not specially protected by European or British legislation.

THREATS

CURRENT ACTION

ACTION REQUIRED IN 2006+

ACTION COMPLETED PREVIOUSLY

None

ACTUAL LBAP IMPLEMENTERS

None

OTHER POTENTIAL IMPLEMENTERS

DEFRA Landowners/managers rECOrd
English Nature Local groups and individuals Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council
Environment Agency National Museums and Galleries of Merseyside Wirral Ranger Service

CONTACT

Carl Clee, NMGM, Phone: 0151 478 4283.

REFERENCES

HMSO (1995): Biodiversity: The UK Steering Group Report, Volume 2: Action Plans, London.
HMSO (1995): Biodiversity: The UK Steering Group Report, Volume 1: Meeting the Rio Challenge, London.

Date compiled - 2002
Date reviewed -

This plan is part of the Wirral Biodiversity Action Plan which can be viewed at www.wirral.gov.uk/ed/biodiversity/home.htm


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