List of endangered species in the British Isles
This is a list of endangered and threatened animal and plant species in 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, while Brown Trout cannot compete with the larger and more aggressive Rainbow Trout.
See also the list of extinct animals of Britain.
This list includes the 116 species identified as requiring action plans in the Biodiversity Steering Group's report of December 1995.
Mammals
- Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus, warm and temperate seas worldwide
- European Hare Lepus europaeus, northern, central, and western Europe and western Asia
- Hazel Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius, northern Europe and Asia Minor
- European Otter 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, Eurasia
- Water Vole Arvicola terrestris, Great Britain, northern and central Europe and in parts of Russia
Birds
Birds currently on the Red List include the following:
Reptiles
Amphibians
Fish
Insects
Ants
- Black-backed meadow ant Formica pratensis (possibly extinct)
- Black bog ant Formica candida
- Narrow-headed ant Formica exsecta
Bees
Beetles
Butterflies and moths
Crickets
Damselflies
Flies
- Callicera spinolae (a hoverfly)
- Golden hoverfly Chrysotoxum octomaculatum
- Hornet robberfly Asilus crabroniformis, Southern England and South & West Wales
- Manx robber fly Machimus cowini (endemic)
Grasshoppers
- Large marsh grasshopper Stethophyma grossum
Crustaceans
Molluscs
- Gastropods
Freshwater snails:
Land snails:
- Bivalves
Other invertebrates
Freshwater:
Marine:
Plants
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)
Ferns
- Killarney fern Trichomanes speciosum
- Newman's lady fern Athyrium flexile (probably endemic)
Fungi
- Devil's bolete Boletus satanus
- Sandy stilt puffball Battarraea phalloides
- 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
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
Stoneworts
- Mossy stonewort Chara muscosa (probably extinct)
References
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