List of United Kingdom Biodiversity Action Plan species
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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 list includes the 116 species identified as requiring action plans in the Biodiversity Steering Group's report of December 1995.
Mammals
- Scottish wildcat (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 (Muscardinus avellanarius), northern Europe and Asia Minor
- European otter(Lutra lutra lutra), Asia, Africa and Europe
- Greater horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus ferrumequinium), Europe, Africa, South Asia and Australia
- Harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena), coastal waters in the Northern Hemisphere
- Red squirrel (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 UK BAP priority bird species.[1]
- Aquatic warbler (Acrocephalus paludicola), passage migrant through UK
- Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus)
- Corn crake (Crex crex), globally threatened
- Eurasian wryneck (Jynx torquilla)
- Great bittern(Botarus stellaris)
- Grey partridge (Perdix perdix)
- Red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio)
- Eurasian skylark (Alauda arvensis)
- Slavonian grebe(Podiceps auritus)
- Song thrush (Turdus philomelos)
- Hen harrier (Circus cyaneus)
- Willow tit (Poecile montanus)
- Marsh tit (Poecile palustris)
- Corn bunting (Miliaria calandra)
- Common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
- Eurasian golden oriole (Oriolus oriolus)
- Hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccthraustes)
- House sparrow (Passer domesticus)
- Eurasian tree sparrow (Passer montanus)
- European turtle dove (Streptopelia turtur)
- Common starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
- Marsh warbler (Acrocephalus palustris)
- Red-necked phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)
- Wood warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix)
- Roseate tern (Sterna dougallii)
- Common nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos)
- Lesser spotted woodpecker (Picoides minor)
- Northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)
- Cirl bunting (Emberiza cirlus)
- Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella)
- Western yellow wagtail (Motacilla flava)
- Black-tailed godwit (Limosa limosa)
- Ruff (Philomachus pugnax)
- European herring gull (Larus argentatus)
- Lesser black-backed gull (Larus fuscus)
- Little tern (Sternula albifrons)
Reptiles[2]
- Slow-worm(Anguis fragilis), Eurasia
- Sand lizard (Lacerta agilis), most of Europe and eastwards to Mongolia
- Northern or European adder(Vipera berus), Western Europe and Asia
- Barred grass snake (Natrix helvetica), England, Wales and mainland Europe
- Smooth snake(Coronella austriaca), northern and central Europe, Middle East
Amphibians
- Great crested newt (Triturus cristatus), Europe and parts of Asia
- Natterjack toad (Bufo calamita), Northern Europe
Fish
- Allis shad (Alosa alosa)
- Pollan (Coregonus autumnalis pollan)
- Twaite shad(Alosa fallax)
- Vendace (Coregonus vandesius)
- Gwyniad (Coregonus pennantii)
- European eel (Anguilla anguilla)
- Brown Trout(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)
- Wool carder bee
Beetles
- Beaulieu dung beetle (Aphodius niger), a dung beetle
- Blue ground beetle(Carabus intricatus)
- Bembidion argenteolum, a ground beetle
- Crucifix ground beetle (Panagaeus cruxmajor), a ground beetle
- Hazel pot beetle (Cryptocephalus coryli), a leaf beetle
- Lizard weevil (Cathormiocerus britannicus), probably endemic
- Orbera oculata, a longhorn beetle
- Pashford pot beetle (Cryptocephalus exiguus), a leaf beetle, probably endemic and extinct
- Stag beetle (Lucanus cervus)
- Lough Neagh camphor beetle (Stenus palposus), a rove beetle
- Tachys edmonsi, a ground beetle, endemic
- Violet click beetle (Limoniscus violaceus)
- Tansy beetle (Chrysolina graminis)
Butterflies and moths
- Black hairstreak (Satyrium pruni)
- Bright wave (Idaea ochrata)
- Brown hairstreak (Thecla betulae)
- Chequered skipper (Carterosephalus palaemon)
- Dingy skipper (Erynnis tages)
- Duke of Burgundy (Hamearis lucina)
- Flounced chestnut (Agrochola helvola)
- Glanville fritillary (Melitaea cinxia)
- Grayling (Hipparchia semele)
- Greenweed flat-body moth (Agonopterix atomella), a micro-moth
- Grey dagger (Acronicta psi)
- Grizzled skipper(Pyrgus malvae)
- Heath fritillary (Mellicta athalia)
- High brown fritillary (Argynnis adippe)
- Knot grass (Acronicta rumicis)
- Large blue (Maculinea arion), endemic subspecies extinct, re-established from Swedish stock
- Large heath (Coenonympha tullia)
- Lulworth skipper (Thymelicus acteon)
- Marsh fritillary (Eurodryas aurinia)
- Netted carpet moth (Eustroma reticulatum)
- Northern brown argus (Aricia artaxerxes)
- Pearl-bordered fritillary (Boloria euphrosyne)
- Reddish buff (Acosmetia caliginosa)
- Silver-spotted skipper (Hesperia comma)
- Silver-studded blue (Plebejus argus)
- Small blue (Cupido minimus)
- Small heath (Coenonympha pamphilus)
- Small mountain ringlet (Erebia epiphron)
- Small pearl-bordered fritillary (Boloria selene)
- Small tortoiseshell (Aglais urticaria)
- Speckled footman (Coscinia cribraria)
- Wall (Lasiommata megera)
- White admiral (Limenitis camilla)
- White-letter hairstreak (Satyrium w-album)
- Wood white (Leptidea sinapis)
- V-Moth (Macaria wauaria)
Crickets
- European mole cricket (Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa)
Damselflies
- Southern damselfly (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),[4]
Grasshoppers
- Large marsh grasshopper (Stethophyma grossum)
Crustaceans
- White clawed crayfish (Austropotamobius pallipes)
Molluscs
- Gastropods
Freshwater snails:
- Glutinous snail (Myxas glutinosa)
- Little whirlpool ram's-horn snail (Anisus vorticulus)
- Shining ram's-horn snail (Segmentina nitida)
Land snails:
- Narrow-mouthed whorl snail (Vertigo angustior)
- Round-mouthed whorl snail (Vertigo genesii)
- Geyer's whorl snail (Vertigo geyeri)
- Desmoulin's whorl snail (Vertigo moulinsiana)
- Sandbowl snail (Catinella arenaria)
- Bivalves
- Depressed river mussel (Pseudanodonta complanata)
- Freshwater pearl mussel (Margaritifera margaritifera)
- Fine-lined pea mussel (Pisidium tenuilineatum)
Other invertebrates
Freshwater:
- Medicinal leech (Hirudo medicinalis)
Marine:
- Ivell's sea anemone (Edwardsia ivelli), endemic and probably extinct
- Starlet sea anemone (Nematostella vectensis)
Plants
Trees
- Common juniper(Juniperus communis)
- Plymouth Pear(Pyrus Cordata)
Flowering plants
- Creeping marshwort (Apium repens)
- Early gentian(Gentianella anglica), endemic
- Eyebrights(Euphrasia sp.), endemic
- Fen orchid(Liparis loeselii)
- Floating water-plantain(Luronium natans)
- Holly-leaved naiad (Najas marina)
- Isle of Man cabbage (Coincya monensis), endemic
- Lady's slipper orchid (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)
- 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), 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)
- Norfolk flapwort (Lophozia rutheana)
- Petalwort (Petalophyllum ralfsii)
- Western rustwort(Marsupella profunda)
Stoneworts
- Mossy stonewort (Chara muscosa), probably extinct
See also
- List of species and habitats of principal importance in England
- Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006
- List of habitats of principal importance in Wales
References
- ^ "UK BAP priority bird species". JNCC. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
- ^ "UK BAP priority herptile species". Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 2015-11-04.
- ^ "UK BAP priority fish species (excluding purely marine species". Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 2015-11-04.
- ^ Smart, Malcolm J.; Wright, Richard (2012). "A first record of Machimus cowini (Hobby) (Diptera, Asilidae) on the British mainland". Dipterists Digest. Second Series. 19 (2). Dipterists Forum: 151–154.