WATCHLIST 2014 THIS LIST IS BASED ON NUMBERS OF REGISTERED BREEDING FEMALES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM e l t t m a a C r d y l a i s W m g y ld i a p n r a m o n a e p n o h ir a R g h r e h in s oo id rt ill rk m br No Ch Be Ex He SHEEP CATTLE PIGS EQUINE OTHER NATIVE BREEDS 1. CRITICAL 1. CRITICAL 3. VULNERABLE 1. CRITICAL The breeds listed on the RBST Watchlist form part of the wider population (LESS THAN 300) (LESS THAN 150) (200 TO 300) (LESS THAN 300) of breeds native to the British Isles. Those shown in green have progressed out of categories 1-5 into category 6 (Other native breeds). BORERAY THE CHILLINGHAM BRITISH LOP CLEVELAND BAY HORSE The following breeds are native to the UK but not considered numerically WILD CATTLE LARGE BLACK ERISKAY PONY rare. Breeds of Irish origin can be found in the UK and have historically been part of British agriculture: Kerry cattle; Galway Sheep; Irish Draught 3. VULNERABLE DAIRY SHORTHORN MIDDLE WHITE HACKNEY HORSE (Original population) horse and Connemara pony. (500 TO 900) AND PONY NORTHERN DAIRY CASTLEMILK MOORIT 4. AT RISK SUFFOLK HORSE SHEEP – More than 3000 registered adult breeding females SHORTHORN (300 TO 500) DEVON & CORNWALL Badgerface Welsh Lleyn WHITEBRED LONGWOOL BERKSHIRE 2. ENDANGERED Beulah Llanwenog SHORTHORN (300 TO 500) LEICESTER LONGWOOL LARGE WHITE Black Welsh Mountain Lonk VAYNOL NORTH RONALDSAY (BPA Registered) DALES PONY Blackface (Scottish) North Country Cheviot Blueface Leicester Romney TEESWATER TAMWORTH EXMOOR PONY 2. ENDANGERED Brecknock Hill Cheviot Rough Fell WHITEFACED WELSH (150 TO 250) Clun Forest Ryeland WOODLAND 3. VULNERABLE NATIVE ABERDEEN AN- 5. MINORITY (500 TO 900) Dalesbred Shetland GUS (500 TO 1000) CLYDESDALE HORSE Derbyshire Gritstone Shropshire 4. AT RISK Exmoor Horn Southdown (900 TO 1500) BRITISH SADDLEBACK DARTMOOR PONY 3. VULNERABLE Hampshire Down South Wales Mountain BALWEN (250 TO 450) GLOUCESTERSHIRE Hebridean Suffolk OLD SPOT 4. AT RISK Herdwick Swaledale COTSWOLD GLOUCESTER (900 TO 1500) OXFORD SANDY Jacob Welsh Hill Speckled HILL RADNOR LINCOLN RED AND BLACK FELL PONY Kerry Hill Welsh Mountain LINCOLN LONGWOOL (Original population) HIGHLAND PONY Llandovery Whiteface Hill Wiltshire Horn MANX LOAGHTAN SHIRE HORSE 4. AT RISK NORFOLK HORN – More than 1500 registered adult breeding females (450 TO 750) CATTLE OXFORD DOWN 5. MINORITY Aberdeen Angus Highland IRISH MOILED (1500 TO 3000) PORTLAND Ayrshire Jersey SHETLAND SOAY NEW FOREST PONY Beef Shorthorn Lincoln Red Belted Galloway Longhorn WENSLEYDALE Dairy Shorthorn Luing 5. MINORITY t POULTRY WHITEFACE go (750 TO 1500) Ba Devon Red Poll DARTMOOR BRITISH WHITE UK BREEDS AT RISK Dexter South Devon Galloway Sussex TRADITIONAL GOATS Breeds on the new UK Poultry Breeds 5. MINORITY at Risk list are not categorised and Guernsey Welsh Black (1500 TO 3000) HEREFORD 2. ENDANGERED not all of the breeds are considered Hereford BORDER LEICESTER WHITE PARK (100 TO 200) to be numerically rare, although some certainly are, but all fulfi l the BAGOT DEVON CLOSEWOOL RBST defi nition of being a UK native EQUINE – More than 3000 registered adult breeding females DORSET DOWN breed and/or other criteria. Shetland Pony DORSET HORN RBST recognises large fowl and Welsh Pony and Cob 5. MINORITY true bantams but acknowledges that GREYFACE DARTMOOR some miniatures of these breeds (500 TO 1000) are also rare. This list now includes GOLDEN GUERNSEY ducks and geese. Please see our ‘Poultry Breeds WATCHLIST GUIDELINES at Risk’ leafl et or visit: A breed is defi ned as a group of animals that has been selected by www.rbst.org.uk humans to possess a set of inherited characteristics, that distinguishes it from other animals within the same species. For recognition by the RBST a breed must be an original breed, or a native breed of which at least PHOTO: CHILLINGHAM WILD CATTLE ASSOCIATION • CHURCH FARM • LINDA TROTMAN • JOHN GREEN • RUTH DALTON one parent breed is believed to be extinct. A native breed is defi ned as: JON DURRANT • RICHARD AUSTIN • OXFORD SANDY AND BLACK PIG SOCIETY • ALYSON SMALL • DEREK GODSON • Breed history documents the breed origin within the UK (including from amalgamation of native breeds), and the UK has formed the primary environment for the development of the breed or the breed of origin in s k c its current adapted form; and u d d r • Breed history documents its presence in the UK for 40 years plus a y le p 6 generations (where a generation is 10 years, 6 years, 5 years, 4 years, p A er 2 years for horses, cattle, goats, sheep, pigs respectively); and ilv S • Not more than 20% of the genetic contributions come from animals born outside the UK (other than those imported for an approved conservation project) in any generation for the last 40 years plus 6 generations. A breed which meets the criteria and whose numbers of registered breeding females are estimated by the RBST to be below the category 6 Other Native Breed threshold will be accepted into the appropriate Watchlist category 1-5. Breeds whose numbers of registered breeding females are estimated above this threshold, but are considered to be a native breed, will be listed within category 6 as any Other Native Breed. An original population is that segment of an original breed, or a native breed of which at least one parent breed is believed to be extinct, which has not suffered unacceptable introgression. For more information and further guidelines please visit www.rbst.org.uk Become a member and help us save the UK’s rare breeds Follow us on or on @RBSTrarebreeds T: 024 7669 6551 E: [email protected] www.rbst.org.uk Registered Charity No. 269442 Oxford Sandy and Black pigs.