This is a list of United Kingdom Biodiversity Action Plan species. Some suffer because of loss of habitat, but many are in decline following the introduction of foreign species, which out-compete the native species or carry disease. See also the

list of extinct animals of the British Isles This is a list of extinct animals of the British Isles, including extirpated species. Only a small number of the listed species are globally extinct (most famously the Irish elk, great auk and woolly mammoth). Most of the remainder survive to s ...

. This list includes the 116 species identified as requiring

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in the Biodiversity Steering Group's report of December 1995.

Mammals

Scottish wildcat The Scottish wildcat is a European wildcat (''Felis silvestris silvestris'') Population (biology), population in Scotland. It was once widely distributed across Great Britain, but the population has declined drastically since the turn of the 20th ...

(''Felis silvestris grampia'') * Bottlenose dolphin (''Tursiops truncatus''), warm and temperate seas worldwide * European (brown) hare (''Lepus europaeus''), northern, central, and western Europe and western Asia *

Hazel dormouse The hazel dormouse or common dormouse (''Muscardinus avellanarius'') is a small mammal and the only living species in the genus ''Muscardinus''. Distribution and habitat The hazel dormouse is native to northern Europe and Asia Minor. It is the ...

(''Muscardinus avellanarius''), northern Europe and Asia Minor *

European otter The Eurasian otter (''Lutra lutra''), also known as the European otter, Eurasian river otter, common otter, and Old World otter, is a semiaquatic mammal native to Eurasia. The most widely distributed member of the otter subfamily (Lutrinae) of th ...

(''Lutra lutra lutra''), Asia, Africa and Europe *

Greater horseshoe bat The greater horseshoe bat (''Rhinolophus ferrumequinum'') is an insectivorous bat of the genus '' Rhinolophus''. Its distribution covers Europe, Northern Africa, Central Asia and Eastern Asia. It is the largest of the horseshoe bats in Europe an ...

(''Rhinolophus ferrumequinium''), Europe, Africa, South Asia and Australia *

Harbour porpoise The harbour porpoise (''Phocoena phocoena'') is one of eight extant species of porpoise. It is one of the smallest species of cetacean. As its name implies, it stays close to coastal areas or river estuaries, and as such, is the most familiar ...

(''Phocoena phocoena''), coastal waters in the Northern Hemisphere *

Red squirrel The red squirrel (''Sciurus vulgaris'') is a species of tree squirrel in the genus ''Sciurus'' common throughout Europe and Asia. The red squirrel is an arboreal, primarily herbivorous rodent. In Great Britain, Ireland, and in Italy numbers ...

(''Sciurus vulgaris leucourus''), Eurasia (subspecies endemic to Great Britain) * Water vole (''Arvicola amphibius''), Great Britain, northern and central Europe and in parts of Russia * European (western) hedgehog (''Erinaceus europaeus'')

Birds

List of

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priority bird species. *

Aquatic warbler The aquatic warbler (''Acrocephalus paludicola'') is an Old World warbler in the genus '' Acrocephalus''. It breeds in temperate eastern Europe and western Asia, with an estimated population of 11,000-15,000 pairs. It is migratory, wintering in ...

(''Acrocephalus paludicola''), passage migrant through UK * Capercaillie (''Tetrao urogallus'') *

Corn crake The corn crake, corncrake or landrail (''Crex crex'') is a bird in the rail family. It breeds in Europe and Asia as far east as western China, and migrates to Africa for the Northern Hemisphere's winter. It is a medium-sized crake with buff- ...

(''Crex crex''), globally threatened * Eurasian wryneck (''Jynx torquilla'') *

Great bittern The Eurasian bittern or great bittern (''Botaurus stellaris'') is a wading bird in the bittern subfamily (Botaurinae) of the heron family Ardeidae. There are two subspecies, the northern race (''B. s. stellaris'') breeding in parts of Europe a ...

(''Botarus stellaris'') *

Grey partridge The grey partridge (''Perdix perdix''), also known as the gray-legged partridge, English partridge, Hungarian partridge, or hun, is a gamebird in the pheasant family Phasianidae of the order Galliformes, gallinaceous birds. The scientific name ...

(''Perdix perdix'') * Red-backed shrike (''Lanius collurio'') *

Eurasian skylark The Eurasian skylark (''Alauda arvensis'') is a passerine bird in the lark family, Alaudidae. It is a widespread species found across Europe and the Palearctic with introduced populations in New Zealand, Australia and on the Hawaiian Islands. ...

(''Alauda arvensis'') *

Slavonian grebe The horned grebe or Slavonian grebe (''Podiceps auritus'') is a relatively small waterbird in the family Podicipedidae. There are two known subspecies: ''P. a. auritus'', which breeds in the Palearctic, and ''P. a. cornutus'', which breeds i ...

(''Podiceps auritus'') * Song thrush (''Turdus philomelos'') *

Hen harrier The hen harrier (''Circus cyaneus'') is a bird of prey. It breeds in Eurasia. The term "hen harrier" refers to its former habit of preying on free-ranging fowl. It migrates to more southerly areas in winter. Eurasian birds move to southern Eur ...

(''Circus cyaneus'') * Willow tit (''Poecile montanus'') * Marsh tit (''Poecile palustris'') *

Corn bunting The corn bunting (''Emberiza calandra'') is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a group now separated by most modern authors from the finches, Fringillidae. This is a large bunting with heavily streaked buff-brown plumage. The se ...

(''Miliaria calandra'') *

Common cuckoo The common cuckoo (''Cuculus canorus'') is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, Cuculiformes, which includes the roadrunners, the anis and the coucals. This species is a widespread summer migrant to Europe and Asia, and winters in Africa. I ...

(''Cuculus canorus'') *

Eurasian golden oriole The Eurasian golden oriole (''Oriolus oriolus'') also called the common golden oriole, is the only member of the Old World oriole family of passerine birds breeding in Northern Hemisphere temperate regions. It is a summer migrant in Europe and ...

(''Oriolus oriolus'') *

Hawfinch The hawfinch (''Coccothraustes coccothraustes'') is a passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. It is the only species placed in the genus ''Coccothraustes''. Its closest living relatives are the Chinese grosbeak (''Eophona migratoria'') ...

(''Coccothraustes coccthraustes'') * House sparrow (''Passer domesticus'') *

Eurasian tree sparrow The Eurasian tree sparrow (''Passer montanus'') is a passerine bird in the Old World sparrow, sparrow family with a rich chestnut Crown (anatomy), crown and nape, and a black patch on each pure white cheek. The sexes are similarly plumaged, an ...

(''Passer montanus'') *

European turtle dove The European turtle dove (''Streptopelia turtur'') is a member of the bird family Columbidae, the doves and pigeons. It breeds over a wide area of the south western Palearctic including north Africa but migrates to northern sub-Saharan Africa t ...

(''Streptopelia turtur'') * Common starling (''Sturnus vulgaris'') *

Marsh warbler The marsh warbler (''Acrocephalus palustris'') is an Old World warbler currently classified in the family Acrocephalidae. It breeds in temperate Europe and the western Palearctic and winters mainly in southeast Africa. It is notable for incorpora ...

(''Acrocephalus palustris'') *

Red-necked phalarope The red-necked phalarope (''Phalaropus lobatus''), also known as the northern phalarope and hyperborean phalarope, is a small wader. This phalarope breeds in the Arctic regions of North America and Eurasia. It is migratory, and, unusually for a ...

(''Phalaropus lobatus'') *

Wood warbler The wood warbler (''Phylloscopus sibilatrix'') is a common and widespread leaf warbler which breeds throughout northern and temperate Europe, and just into the extreme west of Asian Russia in the southern Ural Mountains. This warbler is stro ...

(''Phylloscopus sibilatrix'') * Roseate tern (''Sterna dougallii'') *

Common nightingale The common nightingale, rufous nightingale or simply nightingale (''Luscinia megarhynchos''), is a small passerine bird best known for its powerful and beautiful song. It was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae, but is no ...

(''Luscinia megarhynchos'') *

Lesser spotted woodpecker The lesser spotted woodpecker (''Dryobates minor'') is a member of the woodpecker family Picidae. It was formerly assigned to the genus ''Dendrocopos'' (sometimes incorrectly spelt as ''Dendrocopus''). Some taxonomic authorities continue to list ...

(''Picoides minor'') * Northern lapwing (''Vanellus vanellus'') *

Cirl bunting The cirl bunting ( ), (''Emberiza cirlus''), is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a group now separated by most modern authors from the finches, Fringillidae. It breeds across southern Europe, on the Mediterranean islands an ...

(''Emberiza cirlus'') *

Yellowhammer The yellowhammer (''Emberiza citrinella'') is a passerine bird in the bunting family that is native to Eurasia and has been introduced to New Zealand and Australia. Most European birds remain in the breeding range year-round, but the eastern ...

(''Emberiza citrinella'') *

Western yellow wagtail The western yellow wagtail (''Motacilla flava'') is a small passerine in the wagtail family Motacillidae, which also includes the pipits and longclaws. This species breeds in much of temperate Europe and Asia. It is resident in the milder parts ...

(''Motacilla flava'') * Black-tailed godwit (''Limosa limosa'') *

Ruff Ruff may refer to: Places *Ruff, Virginia, United States, an unincorporated community *Ruff, Washington, United States, an unincorporated community Other uses *Ruff (bird) (''Calidris pugnax'' or ''Philomachus pugnax''), a bird in the wader fami ...

(''Philomachus pugnax'') *

European herring gull The European herring gull (''Larus argentatus'') is a large gull, up to long. One of the best-known of all gulls along the shores of Western Europe, it was once abundant. It breeds across Northern Europe, Western Europe, Central Europe, Eastern ...

(''Larus argentatus'') *

Lesser black-backed gull The lesser black-backed gull (''Larus fuscus'') is a large gull that breeds on the Atlantic coasts of Europe. It is migratory, wintering from the British Isles south to West Africa. It has increased dramatically in North America, most common alo ...

(''Larus fuscus'') *

Little tern The little tern (''Sternula albifrons'') is a seabird of the family Laridae. It was formerly placed into the genus ''Sterna'', which now is restricted to the large white terns. The genus name is a diminutive of '' Sterna'', "tern". The specific ' ...

(''Sternula albifrons'')

Reptiles

Slow-worm The slow worm (''Anguis fragilis'') is a reptile native to western Eurasia. It is also called a deaf adder, a slowworm, a blindworm, or regionally, a long-cripple and hazelworm. These legless lizards are also sometimes called common slowworms. Th ...

(''Anguis fragilis''), Eurasia *

Sand lizard The sand lizard (''Lacerta agilis'') is a lacertid lizard distributed across most of Europe from France and across the continent to Lake Baikal in Russia. It does not occur in European Turkey. Its distribution is often patchy. In the sand lizard' ...

(''Lacerta agilis''), most of Europe and eastwards to Mongolia * Northern or European adder (''Vipera berus''), Western Europe and Asia *

Barred grass snake The barred grass snake (''Natrix helvetica'') is a non-venomous colubrid snake from Western Europe, living in and close to water. It was included within the grass snake species, ''Natrix natrix'', until August 2017, when genetic analysis led to i ...

(''Natrix helvetica''), England, Wales and mainland Europe *

Smooth snake The smooth snake (''Coronella austriaca'')Street D (1979). ''The Reptiles of Northern and Central Europe''. London: B.T. Batsford Ltd. 268 pp. . is a species of non-venomous snake in the family Colubridae. The species is found in northern and cen ...

(''Coronella austriaca''), northern and central Europe, Middle East

Amphibians

Great crested newt The northern crested newt, great crested newt or warty newt (''Triturus cristatus'') is a newt species native to Great Britain, northern and central continental Europe and parts of Western Siberia. It is a large newt, with females growing up to ...

(''Triturus cristatus''), Europe and parts of Asia *

Natterjack toad The natterjack toad (''Epidalea calamita'') is a toad native to sandy and heathland areas of Europe. Adults are 60–70 mm in length, and are distinguished from common toads by a yellow line down the middle of the back and parallel paratoid ...

(''Bufo calamita''), Northern Europe

Fish

Allis shad The allis shad (''Alosa alosa'') is a widespread Northeast Atlantic species of fish in the herring family, Clupeidae. It is an anadromous fish which migrates into fresh water to spawn. It is found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean, the western Bal ...

(''Alosa alosa'') * Pollan (''Coregonus autumnalis pollan'') *

Twaite shad The twait shad or twaite shad (''Alosa fallax'') is a species of fish in the family Clupeidae. It is found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea and is an anadromous fish which lives in the sea but migrates into fresh water to s ...

(''Alosa fallax'') * Vendace (''Coregonus vandesius'') * Gwyniad (''Coregonus pennantii'') * European eel (''Anguilla anguilla'') *

Brown Trout The brown trout (''Salmo trutta'') is a European species of salmonid fish that has been widely introduced into suitable environments globally. It includes purely freshwater populations, referred to as the riverine ecotype, ''Salmo trutta'' morph ...

(''Salmo trutta'')

Insects

Ants

* Black-backed meadow ant (''Formica pratensis''), possibly extinct * Black bog ant (''Formica candida'') * Narrow-headed ant (''Formica exsecta'')

Bees

Shrill carder bee ''Bombus sylvarum'', the shrill carder bee or knapweed carder-bee, is a species of bumblebee with a wide distribution across Europe, east to the Ural Mountains, and north to Great Britain, Ireland, and southern Scandinavia. Description It is a ...

(''Bombus sylvarum'') Wool carder bee

Beetles

* Beaulieu dung beetle ('' Aphodius niger''), a

dung beetle Dung beetles are beetles that feed on feces. Some species of dung beetles can bury dung 250 times their own mass in one night. Many dung beetles, known as ''rollers'', roll dung into round balls, which are used as a food source or breeding cha ...

* Blue ground beetle (''Carabus intricatus'') *'' Bembidion argenteolum'', a

ground beetle Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan family of beetles, the Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, around 2,000 of which are found in North America and 2,700 in Europe. As of 2015, it is one of the 10 most species-rich animal f ...

* Crucifix ground beetle (''Panagaeus cruxmajor''), a

* Hazel pot beetle (''Cryptocephalus coryli''), a

leaf beetle The insects of the beetle family Chrysomelidae are commonly known as leaf beetles, and include over 37,000 (and probably at least 50,000) species in more than 2,500 genera, making up one of the largest and most commonly encountered of all beetle ...

* Lizard weevil (''Cathormiocerus britannicus''), probably endemic *'' Orbera oculata'', a

longhorn beetle The longhorn beetles (Cerambycidae), also known as long-horned or longicorns, are a large family of beetles, with over 35,000 species described. Most species are characterized by extremely long antennae, which are often as long as or longer than ...

* Pashford pot beetle (''Cryptocephalus exiguus''), a

, probably endemic and extinct * Stag beetle (''Lucanus cervus'') * Lough Neagh camphor beetle ('' Stenus palposus''), a

rove beetle The rove beetles are a family (Staphylinidae) of beetles, primarily distinguished by their short elytra (wing covers) that typically leave more than half of their abdominal segments exposed. With roughly 63,000 species in thousands of genera, the ...

*'' Tachys edmonsi'', a

, endemic * Violet click beetle (''Limoniscus violaceus'') *

Tansy beetle The tansy beetle (''Chrysolina graminis'') is a species of leaf beetle. It measures 7.7–10.5 mm in length and has a characteristic bright metallic green colouration. The common name derives from the tansy plant on which they often feed ...

(''Chrysolina graminis'')

Butterflies and moths

Black hairstreak The black hairstreak (''Satyrium pruni'') is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. Distribution The butterfly is native to Europe, from Scandinavia to Ukraine, and is found as far east as Mongolia, Korea and Japan. It is considered by IUCN to b ...

(''Satyrium pruni'') *

Bright wave ''Idaea ochrata'', the bright wave, is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Europe. The species has a wingspan of 21–24 mm. The adults fly at night from late June to early August in one generation . #''The flight season refe ...

(''Idaea ochrata'') *

Brown hairstreak The brown hairstreak (''Thecla betulae'') is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. The range includes most of the Palaearctic. Description The following description of this butterfly was written by Adalbert Seitz in 1909: ''Z. betulae'' L. B ...

(''Thecla betulae'') * Chequered skipper (''Carterosephalus palaemon'') *

Dingy skipper The Dingy Skipper (''Erynnis tages'') is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. Description ''Erynnis tages'' is different from other skippers because of the predominantly monochrome, gray-brown wing coloration and the marbling, which is only ...

(''Erynnis tages'') *

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(''Hamearis lucina'') * Flounced chestnut (''Agrochola helvola'') *

Glanville fritillary The Glanville fritillary (''Melitaea cinxia'') is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is named for the naturalist who discovered it and the checkerboard pattern on its wings. These butterflies live in almost all of Europe, especially Finla ...

(''Melitaea cinxia'') * Grayling (''Hipparchia semele'') * Greenweed flat-body moth (''Agonopterix atomella''), a micro-moth *

Grey dagger The grey dagger (''Acronicta psi'') is a moth of the family Noctuidae. Distribution This species can be found from Europe and North Africa to northern Iran, central Asia, southern and central Siberia and Mongolia. In the Levant it is found in ...

(''Acronicta psi'') *

Grizzled skipper ''Pyrgus'' is a genus in the skippers butterfly family, Hesperiidae, known as the grizzled skippers. The name "checkered" or "chequered skipper" may also be applied to some species, but also refers to species in the genera '' Burnsius'' and '' ...

(''Pyrgus malvae'') *

Heath fritillary The heath fritillary (''Melitaea athalia'') is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found throughout the Palaearctic from western Europe to Japan, in heathland, grassland, and in coppiced woodland. Its association with coppiced woodland ...

(''Mellicta athalia'') *

High brown fritillary ''Fabriciana adippe'', the high brown fritillary, is a large and brightly colored butterfly of the family Nymphalidae, native to Europe and across the Palearctic to Japan. It is known for being Great Britain's most threatened butterfly and is li ...

(''Argynnis adippe'') *

Knot grass Knotgrass or knot grass is the common name for several plants and a moth and may refer to: *'' Paspalum distichum'', a species of grass *''Polygonum'', a genus of plants in the buckwheat family, more often known as knot weed *''Acronicta rumicis ...

(''Acronicta rumicis'') *

Large blue The large blue (''Phengaris arion'') is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. The species was first defined in 1758 and first recorded in Britain in 1795. In 1979 the species became mostly extinct in Britain but has been successfully ...

(''Maculinea arion''), endemic subspecies extinct, re-established from Swedish stock * Large heath (''Coenonympha tullia'') *

Lulworth skipper The Lulworth skipper (''Thymelicus acteon'') is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. Its name is derived from Lulworth Cove in the county of Dorset, England, where the first specimens in Great Britain were collected in 1832 by English natural ...

(''Thymelicus acteon'') *

Marsh fritillary The marsh fritillary (''Euphydryas aurinia'') is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. Commonly distributed in the Palearctic region, the marsh fritillary's common name derives from one of its several habitats, marshland. The prolonged larval s ...

(''Eurodryas aurinia'') * Netted carpet moth (''Eustroma reticulatum'') *

Northern brown argus The northern brown argus (''Aricia artaxerxes'') is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found throughout much of the Palearctic realm. Subspecies *''A. a. allous'' (Geyer, 836 Alps, northern Europe *''A. a. vandalica'' Kaaber & Høegh-Gu ...

(''Aricia artaxerxes'') *

Pearl-bordered fritillary The pearl-bordered fritillary (''Boloria euphrosyne'') is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae found in Europe and through Russia across the Palearctic to the north of Kazakhstan. Description The adult butterfly is orange with black spots on ...

(''Boloria euphrosyne'') * Reddish buff (''Acosmetia caliginosa'') * Silver-spotted skipper (''Hesperia comma'') * Silver-studded blue (''Plebejus argus'') *

Small blue The small blue (''Cupido minimus'') is a Palearctic butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. Despite its common name, it is not particularly blue. The male has some bluish suffusion at the base of its upper wings but is mostly dark brown like the fem ...

(''Cupido minimus'') *

Small heath Small Heath is an area in south-east Birmingham, West Midlands, England situated on and around the Coventry Road about from the city centre. History Small Heath, which has been settled and used since Roman times, sits on top of a small hill. ...

(''Coenonympha pamphilus'') * Small mountain ringlet (''Erebia epiphron'') *

Small pearl-bordered fritillary ''Boloria selene'', known in Europe as the small pearl-bordered fritillary and in North America as the silver-bordered fritillary, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found across Europe, Asia and North America, and feeds ...

(''Boloria selene'') *

Small tortoiseshell The small tortoiseshell (''Aglais urticae'') is a colourful Eurasian butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. Adults feed on nectar and may hibernate over winter; in warmer climates they may have two broods in a season. While the dorsal surface of th ...

(''Aglais urticaria'') * Speckled footman (''Coscinia cribraria'') *

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(''Lasiommata megera'') * White admiral (''Limenitis camilla'') *

White-letter hairstreak The white-letter hairstreak (''Satyrium w-album'') is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. Appearance and behaviour A dark little butterfly that spends the majority of its life in the tree tops, feeding on honeydew (secretion), honeydew, making ...

(''Satyrium w-album'') * Wood white (''Leptidea sinapis'') * V-Moth (''Macaria wauaria'')

Crickets

European mole cricket ''Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa'', commonly known as the European mole cricket, is widespread in Europe and has been introduced to the eastern United States. The scientific name is derived from the Latin 'gryllus' meaning a cricket and 'talpa', a mole, ...

(''Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa'')

Damselflies

Southern damselfly ''Coenagrion mercuriale'', the southern damselfly, is a species of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. It is found in Algeria, Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Morocco, the Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, S ...

(''Coenagrion mercuriale'')

Flies

* Golden Hoverfly ''( Callicera spinolae)'' * Broken-banded Wasp-hoverfly ('' Chrysotoxum octomaculatum'') * Hornet robberfly (''Asilus crabroniformis''), Southern England and South & West Wales * Manx robber fly (''Machimus cowini''),

Grasshoppers

* Large marsh grasshopper (''Stethophyma grossum'')

Crustaceans

White clawed crayfish ''Austropotamobius pallipes'' is an endangered European freshwater crayfish, and the only crayfish native to the British Isles. Its common names include white-clawed crayfish and Atlantic stream crayfish. Distribution It is found from the easter ...

(''Austropotamobius pallipes'')

Molluscs

;Gastropods Freshwater snails: *Glutinous snail ('' Myxas glutinosa'') *Little whirlpool ram's-horn snail (''

Anisus vorticulus ''Anisus vorticulus'' (lesser ramshorn snail or little whirlpool ramshorn snail) is a species of minute, air-breathing, freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ramshorn snails. Description The lesser ramsho ...

'') *Shining ram's-horn snail ('' Segmentina nitida'') Land snails: *Narrow-mouthed whorl snail (''

Vertigo angustior ''Vertigo angustior'', the narrow-mouthed whorl snail, is a species of minute land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Vertiginidae, the whorl snails. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Verti ...

'') *Round-mouthed whorl snail (''

Vertigo genesii ''Vertigo genesii'', common name the round-mouthed whorl snail, is a species of minute air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial molluscs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk, mollusc or micromollusk, micromollusc in the family Vertiginidae, th ...

'') *Geyer's whorl snail (''

Vertigo geyeri ''Vertigo geyeri'' is a species of minute air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Vertiginidae, the whorl snails. The specific name ''geyeri'' is in honor of German zoologist David Geyer ...

'') *

Desmoulin's whorl snail Desmoulin's whorl snail (''Vertigo moulinsiana'') is a species of minute air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Vertiginidae, the whorl snails. This species was named in honor of the ea ...

(''Vertigo moulinsiana'') *Sandbowl snail ('' Catinella arenaria'') ;Bivalves * Depressed river mussel (''Pseudanodonta complanata'') *

Freshwater pearl mussel The freshwater pearl mussel (''Margaritifera margaritifera'') is an endangered species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusc in the family Margaritiferidae. Although the name "freshwater pearl mussel" is often used for this species, ...

(''Margaritifera margaritifera'') *Fine-lined pea mussel ('' Pisidium tenuilineatum'')

Other invertebrates

Freshwater: *Medicinal leech (''

Hirudo medicinalis ''Hirudo medicinalis'', the European medicinal leech, is one of several species of leeches used as "medicinal leeches". Other species of ''Hirudo'' sometimes also used as medicinal leeches include '' H. orientalis'', ''H. troctina'', and '' H. ...

'') Marine: * Ivell's sea anemone (''Edwardsia ivelli''), endemic and probably extinct * Starlet sea anemone (''Nematostella vectensis'')

Plants

Trees

Common juniper ''Juniperus communis'', the common juniper, is a species of small tree or shrub in the cypress family Cupressaceae. An evergreen conifer, it has the largest geographical range of any woody plant, with a circumpolar distribution throughout the c ...

(''Juniperus communis'') * Plymouth Pear (''Pyrus Cordata'')

Flowering plants

* Creeping marshwort (''Apium repens'') * Early gentian (''Gentianella anglica''), endemic *

Eyebright ''Euphrasia'', or eyebright, is a genus of about 450 species of herbaceous flowering plants in the family Orobanchaceae (formerly included in the Scrophulariaceae), with a cosmopolitan distribution. They are semi-parasitic on grasses and other ...

s (''Euphrasia'' sp.), endemic * Fen orchid (''Liparis loeselii'') * Floating water-plantain (''Luronium natans'') * Holly-leaved naiad (''

Najas marina ''Najas marina'' is a species of aquatic plant known by the common names spiny water nymph, spiny naiad and holly-leaved naiad. It is an extremely widespread species, reported across Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, the Americas and many oceani ...

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Isle of Man cabbage ''Coincya monensis'' subsp. ''monensis'', the Isle of Man cabbage, is a species of plant in the family Brassicaceae that is found in coastal habitats on the west of the island of Great Britain (from north Devon to Kintyre) and around the coasts o ...

('' Coincya monensis''), endemic *

Lady's slipper orchid Cypripedioideae is a subfamily of orchids commonly known as lady's slipper orchids, lady slipper orchids or slipper orchids. Cypripedioideae includes the genera ''Cypripedium, Mexipedium, Paphiopedilum, Phragmipedium'' and ''Selenipedium''. The ...

(''Cypripedium calceolus'') * Lundy cabbage (''Coincya wrightii''), endemic * Mountain scurvy-grass (''Cochlearia micacea''), probably endemic *Norwegian mugwort ('' Artemisia norvegica'') * Ribbon-leaved water plantain (''Alisma gramineum'') * Shetland pondweed (''Potamogeton rutilus'') * Shore dock (''Rumex rupestris'') *

Slender naiad ''Najas flexilis'' is an aquatic annual plant native to parts of North America and Europe. It is native to northern and central Europe from Norway to Ireland to Switzerland, and from there across Russia (including Siberia). It is also considered ...

(''Najas flexilis'') * Star fruit (''Damasonium alisma'') *Three-lobed crowfoot ('' Ranunculus tripartitus'') * Western ramping-fumitory (''Fumaria occidentalis''), endemic * Wild cotoneaster (''Cotoneaster cambricus''), probably endemic *Yellow marsh saxifrage ('' Saxifraga hirculus'') *Young's helleborine orchid ('' Epipactis youngiana''), endemic

Fungi

*Devil's bolete ('' Boletus satanas'') *Sandy stilt puffball ('' Battarraea phalloides'') *White stalkball ('' Tulostoma niveum'')

Lichens

* Elm's gyalecta (''Gyalecta ulmi'') * Orange-fruited elm-lichen (''Caloplaca luteoalba'') *'' Pseudocyphellaria aurata'' *'' Pseudocyphellaria novegica'' * River jelly lichen (''Collema dishotomum'') *'' Schismatomma graphidioides'' * Starry breck-lichen (''Buellia asterella'') **morchella

Mosses

* Cornish path-moss (''Ditrichum cornubicum''), endemic * Derbyshire feather-moss (''

Thamnobryum angustifolium ''Thamnobryum angustifolium'', the Derbyshire feathermoss, is a species of moss in the Neckeraceae family. It is endemic to Derbyshire, England, being restricted to a single SSSI, where the main colony covers about of a single rock face, with ...

''), endemic * Glaucous beard-moss (''Didymodon glaucus'') * Green shield moss (''Buxbaumia viridis'') * Slender green feather-moss (''Hamatocaulis vernicosus'') *'' Weissia multicapsularis''

Liverworts

* Atlantic lejeunea (''Lejeunea mandonii'') *Marsh earwort (''

Jamesoniella undulifolia ''Jamesoniella undulifolia'', the marsh flapwort, or marsh earwort, is a species of liverwort in the Jungermanniaceae family. It is found in Austria, China, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greenland, North Korea, Norway, P ...

'') * Norfolk flapwort (''Lophozia rutheana'') *Petalwort (''

Petalophyllum ralfsii ''Petalophyllum ralfsii'', the petalwort, is a liverwort of the order Fossombroniales.Crandall-Stotler, B.J., Stotler, R.E. and Long, D.G. 2009. Phylogeny and classification of the Marchantiophyta. Edinburgh Journal of Botany, vo. 66, no. 1, p. ...

'') * Western rustwort (''Marsupella profunda'')

Stoneworts

* Mossy stonewort (''Chara muscosa''), probably extinct

References

External links

UK BAP Website: UK List of Priority Species and Habitats
{{Fauna of Great Britain Lists of biota of the United Kingdom . . . * Endangered biota of Europe