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This is a list of extinct animals of the British Isles. Only a small number of these are globally extinct, most famously the Irish Elk, Great Auk and Woolly Mammoth. Most of the remainder survive to some extent outside the islands. The list includes introduced species only where they were able to form self-sustaining colonies for a time. Only species extinct since Great Britain was separated from mainland Europe are included. The date beside each species is the last date when a specimen was observed in the wild, or where this is not known, the approximate date of extinction. The list is complete for mammals, reptiles, freshwater fish and amphibians.
White-tailed Eagle has been successfully re-established on the west coast of Scotland. Red Kite and Osprey have been successfully re-established in parts of England and Scotland. Ongoing projects involve both these species; Corncrake into parts of England and Scotland; Great Bustard on Salisbury Plain.
There are plans to reintroduce European Beaver to parts of Britain, especially Scotland where a five year trial reintroduction at Knapdale in Argyll started in 2009.[3] In 2008, Moose were reintroduced into the Highlands of Scotland. Reindeer was re-established in 1952, approximately 150-170 reindeer living around the Cairngorms region in Scotland.
Large Blue butterfly has been successfully re-established from Swedish stock at a number of sites, but few of these are open-access. There are also several successful cases of the establishment of new populations of Heath Fritillary.
They have also reintroduced Wolves into the Cairngorms National Park by Scotland, it was planed in 2010 and the reintroduction progame of the Gray Wolf is still ongoiong.