List of endangered species in the British Isles

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This is a list of endangered and threatened animals of the British Isles. They are endangered or have reducing populations within the British Isles and may become extinct in the future. 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. For example the native Red Squirrel population suffered dramatically with the introduction of the American Grey Squirrel, which carries the Squirrel pox virus. This is also the case with Brown Trout, which are cannot compete with the larger and more aggressive Rainbow trout.

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.

Contents 1 Mammals 2 Birds 3 Lizards 4 Amphibians 5 Fish 6 Insects 6.1 Ants 6.2 Bees 6.3 Beetles 6.4 Butterflies and moths 6.5 Crickets 6.6 Damselflies 6.7 Flies 7 Crustaceans 8 Molluscs 9 Other invertebrates 10 Plants 10.1 Flowering plants 10.2 Ferns 11 Fungi 12 Lichens 13 Mosses 14 Liverworts 15 Stoneworts

[edit] Mammals

• Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus
• European Hare Lepus europaeus
• Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius
• European Otter Lutra lutra
• Greater Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus ferrumequinium
• Greater Mouse-eared Bat Myotis myotis (extinct as resident)
• Harbour Porpoise Phocoena phocoena
• Red Squirrel Scirius vulgaris
• Water Vole Arvicola terrestris

[edit] Birds

Birds currently on the Red List include the following:

• Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola (passage migrant through UK)
• Capercaillie Tatrao urogallus
• Corn Crake Crex crex - globally threatened
• Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla (extinct as breeding species)
• Great Bittern Botarus stellaris
• Grey Partridge Perdix perdix
• Osprey Pandion haliaetus - loss of habitat
• Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio (extinct as breeding species)
• Red Kite Milvus milvus - hunting
• Scottish Crossbill Loxia scotica (endemic)
• Skylark Alauda arvensis
• Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
• Stone-Curlew Burhinus oedicnemus

[edit] Lizards

• Sand lizard Lacerta agilis

[edit] Amphibians

• Great crested newt Triturus cristatus
• Natterjack toad Bufo calamita

[edit] Fish

• Allis shad Alosa alosa
• Brown trout - competition from alien species
• Pollan Coregonus autumnalis pollan
• Thwaite shad Alosa fallax
• Vendace Coregonus albula

[edit] Insects

[edit] Ants

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

[edit] Bees

• Shrill carder bee Bombus sylvarum

[edit] Beetles

• Beaulieu dung beetle Aphodius niger (a dung beetle)
• Blue ground beetle Carabus intricatus
• Bembidion argenteolum (a ground beetle)
• Crucifix ground beetle Panagaeus crux-major (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
• Stenus palposus (a rove beetle)
• Tachys edmonsi (a ground beetle, endemic)
• Violet click beetle Limoniscus violaceus

[edit] Butterflies and moths

• Bright wave moth Idaea ochrata
• Heath fritillary Mellicta athalia
• High brown fritillary Argynnis adippe
• Large blue butterfly Maculinea arion (endemic subspecies extinct, re-established from Swedish stock)
• Large copper butterfly Lycaena dispar (endemic subspecies extinct, also earlier re-establishments; re-establishment research ongoing)
• Marsh fritillary Eurodryas aurinia
• Netted carpet moth Eustroma reticulata
• Pearl bordered fritillary Boloria euphrosyne
• Silver spotted skipper butterfly Hesperia comma
• Speckled footman moth Coscinia cribraria

[edit] Crickets

• European mole cricket Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa

[edit] Damselflies

• Southern damselfly Coenagrion mercuriale

[edit] Flies

• Callicera spinolae (a hoverfly)
• Golden hoverfly Chrysotoxum octomaculatum
• Hornet robberfly Asilus crabroniformis
• Manx robber fly Machimus cowini (endemic)

[edit] Crustaceans

• White clawed crayfish Austropotamobius pallipes

[edit] Molluscs

• Desmoulin's whorl snail Vertigo moulinsiana
• Geyer's whorl snail Vertigo geyeri
• Glutinous snail Myxas glutinosa
• Little whirlpool ram's-horn snail Anisus vorticulus
• Narrow-mouthed whorl snail Vertigo angustior
• Round-mouthed whorl snail Vertigo genesii
• Sandbowl snail Catinella arenaria
• Shining pond snail Segmentina nitida

[edit] Other invertebrates

• Depressed river mussel Pseudanodonta complanata
• Freshwater pea mussel Pisidium tenuilineatum
• Freshwater pearl mussel Margaritifera margaritifera
• Ivell's sea anemone (endemic and probably extinct)
• Medicinal leech Hirudo medicinalis
• Starlet sea anemone Nematostella vectensis

[edit] Plants

[edit] 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 Damasonum alisma
• Three-lobed crowfoot Ranunculus tripartitus
• Western ramping-fumitory Fumaria occidentalis (endemic)
• Wild cotoneaster Cotoneaster cambriscus (probably endemic)
• Yellow marsh saxifrage Saxifraga hirculus
• Young's helleborine orchid Epipactis youngiana (endemic)

[edit] Ferns

• Killarney fern Trichomanes speciosum
• Newman's lady fern Athyrium flexile (probably endemic)

[edit] Fungi

• Devil's bolete Boletus satanus
• Nail fungus Poronia punctata
• Sandy stilt puffball Battarraea phalloides
• Tulostoma niveum

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] Liverworts

• Atlantic lejeunea Lejeunea mandonii
• Marsh earwort Jamesoniella undulifolia
• Nofolk flapwort Lophozia rutheana
• Petalwort Petalophyllum ralfsii
• Western rustwort Marsupella profunda

[edit] Stoneworts

• Mossy stonewort Chara muscosa (probably extinct)