Priority species list

Index:

Birds (52) Herptiles (8) Fish (excluding purely marine species) (11) Marine (38) Terrestrial invertebrates (240) Terrestrial mammals (15) Fungi (including lichens) (42) Non-vascular plants (25) Vascular plants (98)

To go to any section, click the headings above. Birds

Acrocephalus paludicola Arctic Warbler Acrocephalus palustris Marsh Warbler Alauda arvensis subsp.arvensis/scotica Skylark Anser albifrons subsp. Albifrons White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons subsp.flavirostris Greenland Greater White-fronted Goose Anthus trivialis Tree Pipit Aythya marila Greater Scaup Botaurus stellaris Great Bittern Branta bernicla subsp. bernicla Dark-bellied Brent Goose Burhinus oedicnemus Stone-curlew Caprimulgus europaeus European Nightjar Carduelis cabaret Lesser Redpoll Carduelis cannabina subsp.autochthona/cannabina Common Linnet Carduelis flavirostris subsp.bensonorum/pipilans Twite Coccothraustes coccothraustes Hawfinch Crex crex Corncrake Cuculus canorus Common Cuckoo Cygnus columbianus subsp.bewickii Bewick's Swan Dendrocopos minor subsp.comminutus Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Emberiza calandra subsp.calandra/clanceyi Corn Bunting Emberiza cirlus Cirl Bunting Emberiza citrinella Yellowhammer Emberiza schoeniclus Reed Bunting Gavia arctica Black-throated Diver Jynx torquilla Eurasian Wryneck Lanius collurio Red-backed Shrike Larus argentatus subsp.argenteus Herring Gull Limosa limosa subsp. limosa Black-tailed Godwit Locustella luscinioides Savi's Warbler Locustella naevia Common Grasshopper Warbler Lullula arborea Woodlark Melanitta nigra Common Scoter Motacilla flava subsp.flavissima Yellow Wagtail Muscicapa striata Spotted Flycatcher Numenius arquata Eurasian Curlew Passer domesticus House Sparrow Passer montanus Eurasian Tree Sparrow Perdix perdix Grey Partridge Phalaropus lobatus Red-necked Phalarope Phylloscopus sibilatrix Wood Warbler Poecile montanus subsp.kleinschimdti Willow Tit Poecile palustris subsp.palustris/dresseri Marsh Tit Prunella modularis subsp.occidentalis Dunnock/Hedge Accentor Puffinus mauretanicus Balearctic Shearwater Pyrrhula pyrrhula subsp.pileata Common Bullfinch Stercorarius parasiticus Arctic Skua Sterna dougalii Roseate Tern Streptopelia turtur Turtle Dove Sturnus vulgaris subsp.vulgaris Common Starling Turdus philomelos subsp.clarkei Song Thrush Turdus torquatus Ring Ouzel Vanellus vanellus Northern Lapwing

Return to index page Herpetiles

Anguis fragilis Slow-worm Bufo bufo Common Toad Epidalea calamita Natterjack Toad Natrix natrix Grass Snake Pelophylax lessonae Pool frog Triturus cristatus Great-crested Newt Vipera berus Adder Zootoca vivipara Common Lizard

Return to index page

Fish (excluding purely marine species)

Acipenser sturio Common Sturgeon Alosa alosa Allis Shad Alosa fallax Twaite Shad Anguilla anguilla European Eel Cobitis taenia Spined Loach Lampetra fluviatilis Lampern/River Lamprey Lota lota Burbot Osmerus eperlanus Smelt Petromyzon marinus Sea Lamprey Salmo salar Atlantic Salmon Salmo trutta Brown/Sea Trout

Return to index page

Marine species

Ammodytes marinus Lesser Sandeel Balaenoptera acutorostrata Minke Whale Balaenoptera borealis Sei Whale Balaenoptera physalus Fin Whale Cetorhinus maximus Basking Shark Clupea harengus Herring Delphinus delphis Common Dolphin Dermochelys coriacea Leatherback Turtle Dipturus batis Common Skate Gadus morhua Cod Galeorhinus galeus Tope Globicephala melas Long-finned Pilot Whale Hippocampus guttulatus Long-snouted Seahorse Hippocampus hippocampus Short-snouted Seahorse Hyperoodon ampullatus Northern Bottlenose Whale Lagenorhynchus acutus Atlantic White-sided Dolphin Lagenorhynchus albirostris White-beaked Dolphin Lamna nasus Porbeagle Shark Lophius piscatorius Sea Monkfish Merlangius merlangus Whiting Mesoplodon bidens Sowerby’s Beaked Whale Micromesistius poutassou Blue Whiting Molva molva Ling Orcinus orca Killer Whale Ostrea edulis Native Oyster Phoca vitulina Common Seal Phocoena phocoena Harbour Porpoise Physeter catodon Sperm Whale Pleuronectes platessa Plaice Prionace glauca Blue Shark Raja undulata Undulate Ray Scomber scombrus Mackerel Solea solea Sole Squalus acanthias Spiny Dogfish Tenellia adspersa Lagoon Sea Slug Trachurus trachurus Horse Mackerel Tursiops truncatus Bottlenosed Dolphin Ziphius cavirostris Cuvier’s Beaked Whale

Return to index page

Terrestrial invertebrates

Acronicta psi Grey Dagger Acronicta rumicis Knot Grass Adscita statices Forester Aeshna isosceles Norfolk Aeshna, Norfolk Hawker Agonopterix atomella Greenweed Flat-body Moth Agonopterix capreolella Fuscous Flat-body Moth Agonum scitulum Agrochola helvola Flounced Chestnut Agrochola litura Brown-spot Pinion Agrochola lychnidis Beaded Chestnut Agroeca cuprea Golden Lantern-spider Aleucis distinctata Sloe Carpet Allophyes oxyacanthae Green-brindled Crescent Amara fusca Wormwood Moonshiner Amphipoea oculea Ear Moth Amphipyra tragopoginis Mouse Moth Anania funebris White-spotted Sable Moth Andrena ferox Oak Mining Bee Andrena tarsata Anisus vorticulus Little Worlpool Ram's-horn Snail Anostirus castaneus Chestnut Click Beetle Apamea anceps Large Nutmeg Apamea remissa Dusky Brocade Aplasta ononaria Rest Harrow Aporophyla lutulenta Deep-brown Dart Archanara neurica White-mantled Wainscot Arctia caja Garden Tiger Arctosa fulvolineata Yellow-striped Bear Spider Argynnis adippe High Brown Fritillary Asilus crabroniformis Hornet Robberfly Asindulum nigrum Black Fungus Gnat Asteroscopus sphinx The Sprawler Atethmia centrago Centre-barred Sallow Athetis pallustris Marsh Moth Austropotamobius pallipes White-clawed Crayfish Baryphyma duffeyi Duffey's Bell-headed Spider Bembidion quadripustulatum Scarce Four-dot Pin-palp Bidessus unistriatus One-grooved Diving Beetle Blepharita adusta Dark Brocade Boloria euphrosyne Pearl-bordered Fritillary Boloria selene Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary Bombus humilis Brown Banded Carder-bee Bombus muscorum Moss Carder-bee Bombus ruderarius Red-shanked Carder-bee Bombus ruderatus Large Garden Bumblebee Bombus subterraneus Short-haired Bumblebee Bombus sylvarum Shrill Carder-bee Brachylomia viminalis Minor Shoulder-knot Byctiscus populi Poplar Leaf-rolling Beetle Callicera spinolae Golden Hoverfly Calosoma inquisitor Caterpillar-hunter, Lesser Campsicnemus magius Fancy-legged Fly Carabus monilis Necklace Ground Beetle Caradrina morpheus Mottled Rustic Carterocephalus palaemon Chequered Skipper Catocala promissa Light Crimson Underwing Catocala sponsa Dark Crimson Underwing Celaena haworthii Haworth's Minor Celaena leucostigma The Crescent Centromerus serratus Serrated Tongue-Spider Cerceris quadricincta Four-banded Weevil-wasp Cerceris quinquefasciata Five-banded Weevil-wasp/Fivebanded Tailed Digger Wasp Chesias legatella The Streak Chesias rufata Broom-tip Chiasmia clathrata Latticed Heath Chlaenius tristis Black Night-runner Chortodes brevilinea Fenn's Wainscot Chortodes extrema Concolorous Chrysis fulgida Ruby-tailed Wasp Chrysolina graminis Tansy Beetle Clubiona rosserae Rosser's Sac-spider Coenonympha pamphilus Small Heath Coleophora hydrolapathella Water-dock Case-bearer Coleophora tricolor Basil-thyme Case-bearer Colletes halophilus Sea-aster Collettes Bee Cosmia diffinis White-spotted Pinion Cossus cossus Goat Moth Cryptocephalus coryli Hazel Pot Beetle Cryptocephalus exiguus Pashford Pot Beetle Cryptocephalus primarius Rock-rose Pot Beetle Cryptocephalus punctiger a pot beetle Cryptocephalus sexpunctatus Six-spotted Pot Beetle Cupido minimus Small Blue Cyclophora pendularia Dingy Mocha Cyclophora porata False Mocha Cymatophorima diluta Oak Lutestring Dasypolia templi Brindled Ochre Diarsia rubi Small Square-spot Dictyna pusilla Small Mesh-weaver Dicycla oo Heart Moth Diloba caeruleocephala Figure of Eight Dipoena inornata Silky Gallows-spider Dolichopus laticola Broads Long-legged Fly Dolichopus nigripes Bure Long-legged Fly Dolomedes plantarius Fen Raft Spider Donacia aquatica Zircon Red Beetle Donacia bicolora Two-tone Red Beetle Doratura impudica Large Dune Leafhopper Doros profuges hoverfly Dorycera graminum Picture-winged Fly, Phoenix Fly Dorylomorpha clavifemora Clubbed Big-headed Fly Ecliptopera silaceata Small Phoenix Ennomos erosaria September Thorn Ennomos fuscantaria Dusky Thorn Ennomos quercinaria August Thorn Epermenia insecurella Chalk-hill Lance-wing Epione vespertaria Dark Bordered Beauty Epirrhoe galiata Galium Carpet Eristalis cryptarum Bog Hoverfly Erynnis tages Dingy Skipper Eucera longicornis Long-horned Bee Eugnorisma glareosa Autumnal Rustic Eulithis mellinata The Spinach Euphydryas aurinia Marsh Fritillary Eupithecia extensaria subsp.occidua Scarce Pug Euxoa nigricans Garden Dart Euxoa tritici White-line Dart Formicoxenus nitidulus Shining Guest Ant Gammarus insensibilis Lagoon Sand Shrimp Graphiphora augur Double Dart Grapholita pallifrontana Liquorice Piercer Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa Mole Cricket Gyraulus acronicus Thames Ram's-horn Snail Hamearis lucina Duke of Burgundy Haplodrassus dalmatensis Heath Grasper Harpalus froelichii Brush-thighed Seed-eater Heliophobus reticulata Bordered Gothic Heliothis maritima Shoulder-striped Clover Hemaris tityus Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk-moth Hemistola chrysoprasaria Small Emerald Hepialus humuli Ghost Moth Hipparchia semele Grayling Hoplodrina blanda The Rustic Hydraecia micacea Rosy Rustic Hydrometra gracilenta Lesser Water Measurer Hydroporus rufifrons Oxbow Diving Beetle Idaea dilutaria Silky Wave Idaea ochrata subsp. cantiata Bright Wave Jodia croceago Orange Upperwing Lampronia capitella Currant-shoot Borer Lasiommata megera Wall Brown Lebia cyanocephala Blue Plunderer Leptidea sinapis Wood White Limenitis camilla White Admiral Lipara similis Cigarillo Gall-fly Lipsothrix nervosa Southern Yellow Splinter Lithostege griseata Grey Carpet Lophopus crystallinus Crystal Moss-animal Lucanus cervus Stag Beetle Lycia hirtaria Brindled Beauty Macaria wauaria V-moth Malachius aeneus Scarlet Malachite Beetle Malacosoma neustria The Lackey Meioneta mollis Thin Weblet Melanapion minimum Sallow Guest Weevil Melanchra persicariae Dot Moth Melanchra pisi Broom Moth Melanotus punctolineatus Sandwich Click Beetle Melanthia procellata Pretty Chalk Carpet Melicta athalia Heath Fritillary Meloe proscarabaeus Black Oil Beetle Meloe violaceus Violet Oil Beetle Mercuria similis Swollen Spire Snail Mesoligia literosa Rosy Minor Minoa murinata Drab Looper Mythimna comma Shoulder-striped Wainscot Myxas glutinosa Glutinous Snail Nematostella vectensis Starlet Sea Anemone Nemophora fasciella Horehound Long-horn Moth Noctua orbona Lunar Yellow Underwing Notioscopus sarcinatus Swamp Lookout Spider Oberea oculata Eyed Longhorn Beetle Odynerus melanocephalus Black Headed Mason-wasp Odynerus simillimus Fen Mason-wasp Omphiscola glabra Mud Pond Snail Ophonus laticollis Set-aside Downy-back Orchestes testaceus Alder Flea Weevil Orgyia recens Scarce Vapourer Oria musculosa Brighton Wainscot Orthonama vittata Oblique Carpet Orthosia gracilis Powdered Quaker Osmia parietina Wall Mason Bee Panagaeus cruxmajor Crucifix Ground Beetle Paracolax tristalis Clay Fan-foot Pareulype berberata Barberry Carpet Pechipogo strigilata Common Fan-foot Pelurga comitata Dark Spinach Perizoma albulata subsp.albulata Grass Rivulet Philodromus fallax Sand Running-spider Philorhizus quadrisignatus ground beetle Pisidium tenuilineatum Fine-lined Pea Mussel Plebejus argus Silver-studded Blue Poecilus kugelanni Kugelann's Green Clock Pogonus luridipennis Yellow Pogonus Polia bombycina Pale Shining Brown Pseudanodonta complanata Depressed River Mussel Pseudeuophrys obsoleta Whelk-shell Jumper Pyrgus malvae Grizzled Skipper Quickella arenaria Sandbowl Snail Rheumaptera hastata Argent & Sable Rhizedra lutosa Large Wainscot Saaristoa firma Triangle Hammock-spider Salticella fasciata Dune Snail-killing Fly Satyrium w-album White-letter Hairstreak Sciota hostilis Scarce Aspen Knot-horn Scopula marginepunctata Mullein Wave Scotopteryx bipunctaria Chalk Carpet Scotopteryx chenopodiata Shaded Broad-bar Scythris siccella Least Owlet Segmentina nitida Shining Ram's-horn Snail Shargacucullia lychnitis Striped Lynchnis Sitticus caricis Sedge Jumper Spilosoma lubricipeda White Ermine Spilosoma luteum Buff Ermine Stethophyma grossum Large Marsh Grasshopper Stilbia anomala Anomalous Syncopacma albipalpella Slate Sober Moth Thecla betulae Brown Hairstreak Tholera cespitis Hedge Rustic Tholera decimalis Feathered Gothic Timandra comae Blood-vein Trichiura crataegi Pale Eggar Trichopteryx polycommata Barred Tooth-striped Trisateles emortualis Olive Crescent Truncatellina cylindrica Cylindrical Whorl-snail Tyria jacobaeae The Cinnabar Tyta luctuosa Four-spotted Moth Valvata macrostoma Large-mouthed Valve Snail Vertigo angustior Narrow-mouthed Whorl Snail Vertigo genesii Vertigo geyeri Geyer's Whorl Snail Vertigo moulinsiana Desmoulin's Whorl Snail Walckenaeria corniculans Watsonalla binaria Oak Hook-tip Xanthia gilvago Dusky-lemon Sallow Xanthia icteritia The Sallow Xanthorhoe ferrugata Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet Xestia agathina Heath Rustic Xestia castanea Neglected Rustic Xylena exsoleta Sword-grass

Return to index page

Mammals

Arvicola terrestris Water Vole Barbastella barbastellus Barbastelle Bat Erinaceus europaeus West European Hedgehog Lepus europaeus Brown Hare Lutra lutra European Otter Martes martes Pine Marten Micromys minutus Harvest Mouse Muscardinus avellanarius Hazel Dormouse Mustela putorius Polecat Myotis bechsteinii Bechstein's Bat Nyctalus noctula Noctule Bat Pipistrellus pygmaeus Soprano Pipistrelle Plecotus auritus Brown Long-eared Bat Rhinolophus hipposideros Lesser Horseshoe Bat Sciurus vulgaris Eurasian Red Squirrel

Return to index page

Fungi (including lichens)

Anaptychia ciliaris subsp.ciliaris Bacidia incompta Battarrea phalloides Sandy Stiltball Bovista paludosa Fen Puffball Buellia asterella Starry Breck Lichen Caloplaca atroflava Caloplaca flavorubescens Caloplaca luteoalba Orange-fruited Elm-lichen Caloplaca virescens Cantharellus friesii Orange Chanterelle Cliostomum corrugatum Enterographa sorediata Entoloma bloxamii Big Blue Pinkgill Fulgensia fulgens Geastrum berkeleyi Berkeley's Earthstar Geastrum corollinum Weathered Earthstar Geastrum elegans Elegant Earthstar Geastrum minimum Tiny Earthstar Hericium coralloides Coral Tooth Hericium erinaceus Bearded Tooth-fungus, Lion's Mane, Hedgehog Hydnellum concrescens Zoned Tooth Hydnellum scrobiculatum Ridged Tooth Hydnellum spongiosipes Velvet Tooth Leptogium brebissonii Microglossum olivaceum Earth-tongue Myriostoma coliforme Pepper Pot Pertusaria velata Phellodon confluens Fused Tooth Phellodon tomentosus Woolly Tooth Phylloporus pelletieri Golden Gilled Bolete Piptoporus quercinus Oak Polypore Podoscypha multizonata Zoned Rosette Poronia punctata Nail Fungus Ramonia chrysophaea Sarcodon squamosus Sarcosphaera coronaria Violet Crowncup Squamarina lentigera Scaly Breck-lichen Toninia physaroides Toninia sedifolia Tulostoma melanocyclum Scaly Stalkball Usnea articulata Verrucaria xyloxena

Return to index page

Non-vascular plants

Bryum knowltonii Knowlton's Thread-moss Ceratodon conicus Scarce Redshank Chara baltica Baltic Stonewort Chara canescens Bearded Stonewort Chara connivens Convergent Stonewort Chara intermedia Intermediate Stonewort Fossombronia foveolata Pitted Frillwort Leiocolea rutheana Fen Notchwort (Norfolk Flapwort) Leptodontium gemmascens Thatch Moss Lophozia capitata Large-celled Flapwort Nitella gracilis Slender Stonewort Nitella tenuissima Dwarf Stonewort Nitellopsis obtusa Starry Stonewort Orthotrichum obtusifolium Blunt-leaved Brittle-moss Orthotrichum pallens Pallavicinia lyellii Veilwort Petalophyllum ralfsii Petalwort Physcomitrium eurystomum Norfolk Bladder-moss Sphaerocarpos texanus Texas Balloonwort Tolypella intricata Tassel Stonewort Tolypella prolifera Great Tassel Stonewort Tortula vahliana Chalk Screw-moss Weissia squarrosa Spreading-leaved Beardless-moss Weissia sterilis Sterile Beardless-moss Zygodon forsteri Knothole Moss

Return to index page

Vascular plants

Aceras anthropophorum Man Orchid Adonis annua Pheasant's-eye Ajuga chamaepitys Ground-pine Alisma gramineum Ribbon-leaved Water-plantain Arabis glabra Tower Mustard Arnoseris minima Lamb's Succory Artemisia campestris Field Wormwort Astragalus alpinus Alpine Milk-vetch Astragalus danicus Purple Milk-vetch Atriplex pedunculata Pedunculate Sea-purslane Blysmus compressus Flat-sedge Bromus interruptus Interrupted Brome Bupleurum rotundifolium Throw-wax Bupleurum tenuissimum Slender Hare's-ear Calamagrostis stricta Narrow Small-reed Campanula patula Spreading Bellflower Campanula rapunculus Rampion Bellflower Carex divisa Divided Sedge Carex ericetorum Rare Spring-sedge Carex vulpina True Fox-sedge Carum carvi Caraway Centaurea calcitrapa Red Star-thistle Centaurea cyanus Cornflower Cephalanthera damasonium White Helleborine Chamaemelum nobile Chamomile Chenopodium urbicum Upright Goosefoot Chenopodium vulvaria Stinking Goosefoot Clinopodium acinos Basil Thyme Clinopodium menthifolium Wood Calamint Coeloglossum viride Frog Orchid Corrigiola litoralis Strapwort Crepis foetida Stinking Hawk's-beard Cynoglossum germanicum Green Hound's-tongue Dactylorhiza incarnata subsp.ochroleuca an early marsh orchid Dianthus armeria Deptford Pink Dryopteris cristata Crested Buckler-fern Euphrasia anglica Glandular Eyebright Euphrasia ostenfeldii Eyebright Euphrasia pseudokerneri Chalk Eyebright Filago lutescens Red-tipped Cudweed Filago pyramidata Broad-leaved Cudweed Galeopsis angustifolia Red Hemp-nettle Galium pumilum Slender Bedstraw Galium tricornutum Corn Cleaver Gentianella anglica Early Gentian Gentianella campestris Field Gentian Herminium monorchis Musk Orchid Hordeum marinum Sea Barley Iberis amara Wild Candytuft Juniperus communis Juniper Lactuca saligna Least Lettuce Liparis loeselii Fen Orchid Lolium temulentum Darnel Luronium natans Floating Water-plantain Luzula pallidula Fen Wood-rush Lycopodiella inundata Marsh Clubmoss Lythrum hyssopifolia Grass-poly Melampyrum cristatum Crested Cow-wheat Melittis melissophyllum Bastard Balm Mentha pulegium Pennyroyal Minuartia hybrida Fine-leaved Sandwort Monotropa hypopitys Yellow Bird's-nest Monotropa hypopitys subsp.hypophegea Bird's-nest Monotropa hypopitys subsp.hypopitys Muscari neglectum Grape-hyacinth Najas marina Holly-leaved Naiad Oenanthe fistulosa Tubular Water-dropwort Ophrys insectifera Fly Orchid Orchis ustulata Burnt Orchid Pilularia globulifera Pilwort Platanthera bifolia Lesser Butterfly-orchid Potamogeton acutifolius Sharp-leaved Pondweed Potamogeton compressus Grass-wrack Pondweed Puccinellia fasciculata Borrer's Saltmarsh-grass Pulicaria vulgaris Small Fleabane Pulmonaria obscura Suffolk Lungwort/Unspotted Lungwort Pulsatilla vulgaris Pasqueflower Ranunculus arvensis Corn Buttercup Ranunculus tripartitus Three-lobed Crowfoot Salsola kali subsp. kali Prickly Saltwort Scandix pecten-veneris Shepherd's-needle Scleranthus annuus Annual Knawel Scleranthus annuus subsp.annuus Scleranthus perennis subsp.prostratus Prostrate Perennial Knawel Senecio paludosus Fen Ragwort Silene gallica Small-flowered Catchfly Silene otites Spanish Catchfly Sium latifolium Greater Water-parsnip Spartina maritima Small Cord-grass Stellaria palustris Marsh Stitchwort Tephroseris integrifolia subsp.integrifolia Field Fleawort Teucrium scordium Water Germander Thlaspi perfoliatum Cotswold Pennycress Torilis arvensis Spreading Hedge-parsley Valerianella rimosa Broad-fruited Cornsalad Veronica triphyllos Fingered Speedwell Veronica verna Spring Speedwell Viola persicifolia Fen Violet

Return to index page