List of endangered species in the British Isles
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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
British Isles
The British Isles are a group of islands off the northwest coast of continental Europe that include the islands of Great Britain and Ireland and over six thousand smaller isles. There are two sovereign states located on the islands: the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and...

 and may become extinct
Extinction
In biology and ecology, extinction is the end of an organism or of a group of organisms , normally a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and recover may have been lost before this point...

 in the future. Some suffer because of loss of habitat
Habitat (ecology)
A habitat is an ecological or environmental area that is inhabited by a particular species of animal, plant or other type of organism...

, 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
United Kingdom Biodiversity Action Plan
The United Kingdom Biodiversity Action Plan is the governmental response to the Convention on Biological Diversity signed in 1992. When the Biodiversity Action Plans were first published in 1994, the conservation of 391 species and 45 habitats was covered. 1,150 species and 65 habitats are...

 in the Biodiversity Steering Group's report of December 1995.

Mammals

  • Bottlenose dolphin
    Bottlenose Dolphin
    Bottlenose dolphins, the genus Tursiops, are the most common and well-known members of the family Delphinidae, the family of oceanic dolphins. Recent molecular studies show the genus contains two species, the common bottlenose dolphin and the Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin , instead of one...

     Tursiops truncatus, warm and temperate seas worldwide
  • European Hare
    European Hare
    The European hare , also known as the brown hare, Eastern Jackrabbit and Eastern prairie hare, is a species of hare native to northern, central, and western Europe and western Asia. It is a mammal adapted to temperate open country. It is related to the similarly appearing rabbit, which is in the...

     Lepus europaeus, northern, central, and western Europe and western Asia
  • Hazel Dormouse
    Hazel Dormouse
    The Hazel Dormouse or Common Dormouse is a small mammal and the only living species in the genus Muscardinus....

     Muscardinus avellanarius, northern Europe and Asia Minor
  • European Otter
    European Otter
    The European Otter , also known as the Eurasian otter, Eurasian river otter, common otter and Old World otter, is a European and Asian member of the Lutrinae or otter subfamily, and is typical of freshwater otters....

     Lutra lutra, Asia, Africa and Europe
  • Greater Horseshoe Bat
    Greater Horseshoe Bat
    The Greater Horseshoe Bat is a European bat of the Rhinolophus genus. Its distribution covers Europe, Africa, South Asia and Australia. It is the largest of the European Horseshoe Bats and is thus easily distinguished from other species...

     Rhinolophus ferrumequinium, Europe, Africa, South Asia and Australia
  • Harbour Porpoise
    Harbour Porpoise
    The harbour porpoise is one of six species of porpoise. It is one of the smallest marine mammals. As its name implies, it stays close to coastal areas or river estuaries, and as such, is the most familiar porpoise to whale watchers. This porpoise often ventures up rivers, and has been seen...

     Phocoena phocoena, coastal waters in the Northern Hemisphere
  • Red Squirrel
    Red Squirrel
    The red squirrel or Eurasian red squirrel is a species of tree squirrel in the genus Sciurus common throughout Eurasia...

      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:
  • Aquatic Warbler
    Aquatic Warbler
    The Aquatic Warbler, Acrocephalus paludicola, is an Old World warbler in the genus Acrocephalus. It breeds in temperate eastern Europe and western Asia, with an estimated population of 15,000 pairs. It is migratory, wintering in west Africa...

     Acrocephalus paludicola (passage migrant through UK)
  • Capercaillie
    Capercaillie
    The Western Capercaillie , also known as the Wood Grouse, Heather Cock or Capercaillie , is the largest member of the grouse family, reaching over 100 cm in length and 6.7 kg in weight. The largest one ever recorded in captivity had a weight of 7.2 kg....

     Tatrao urogallus
  • Corn Crake
    Corn Crake
    The Corn Crake, Corncrake or Landrail is a bird in the rail family. It breeds in Europe and Asia as far east as western China, and migrates to Africa for the winter...

     Crex crex - globally threatened
  • Eurasian Wryneck
    Eurasian Wryneck
    The Eurasian Wryneck, Jynx torquilla, is a species of wryneck in the family of woodpeckers.This species breeds in temperate regions of Europe and Asia. It is migratory, wintering in tropical Africa and southern Asia. It is a bird of open woodland and orchards...

     Jynx torquilla
  • Great Bittern
    Great Bittern
    The Eurasian Bittern or Great Bittern is a wading bird of the heron family Ardeidae. It is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds applies.-Etymology:...

     Botarus stellaris
  • Grey Partridge
    Grey Partridge
    The Grey Partridge, Perdix perdix, also known as the English Partridge, Hungarian Partridge, or Hun, is a gamebird in the pheasant family Phasianidae of the order Galliformes, gallinaceous birds...

     Perdix perdix
  • Red-backed Shrike
    Red-backed Shrike
    The Red-backed Shrike is a carnivorous passerine bird and member of the shrike family Laniidae.English common names include 'Wariangle' and 'worrier'.-Description:...

     Lanius collurio
  • Skylark
    Skylark
    The Skylark is a small passerine bird species. This lark breeds across most of Europe and Asia and in the mountains of north Africa. It is mainly resident in the west of its range, but eastern populations are more migratory, moving further south in winter. Even in the milder west of its range,...

     Alauda arvensis
  • Song Thrush
    Song Thrush
    The Song Thrush is a thrush that breeds across much of Eurasia. It is also known in English dialects as throstle or mavis. It has brown upperparts and black-spotted cream or buff underparts and has three recognised subspecies...

     Turdus philomelos

Reptiles

  • Slow-worm Anguis fragilis, Eurasia
  • Sand lizard
    Sand Lizard
    The sand lizard is a lacertid lizard distributed across most of Europe and eastwards to Mongolia. It does not occur in the Iberian peninsula or European Turkey. Its distribution is often patchy....

     Lacerta agilis, most of Europe and eastwards to Mongolia
  • Common or Viviparous lizard
    Viviparous lizard
    The viviparous lizard or common lizard is a Eurasian lizard. It lives farther north than any other reptile species, and most populations are viviparous , rather than laying eggs as most other lizards do.-Identification:The length of the body is less than...

     Zootoca vivipara, Europe and Asia
  • Northern or European adder Vipera berus, Western Europe and Asia
  • Grass snake
    Grass Snake
    The grass snake , sometimes called the ringed snake or water snake is a European non-venomous snake. It is often found near water and feeds almost exclusively on amphibians.-Etymology:...

     Natrix natrix, England, Wales and mainland Europe
  • Smooth snake Coronella austriaca, northern and central Europe, Middle East

Amphibians

  • Great crested newt
    Great Crested Newt
    The Great Crested Newt, also called Northern Crested Newt or Warty Newt is a newt in the family Salamandridae, found across Europe and parts of Asia.-Distribution:...

     Triturus cristatus, Europe and parts of Asia
  • Natterjack toad
    Natterjack Toad
    The Natterjack Toad is a toad native to sandy and heathland areas of Europe. Adults are 60–70 mm in length and are distinguished from Common Toads by a yellow line down the middle of the back...

     Bufo calamita, Northern Europe

Fish

  • Allis shad
    Allis shad
    The allis shad is a species of fish in the Clupeidae family.-Location:It is found in Algeria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Morocco, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, and the United Kingdom.-Biology and...

     Alosa alosa
  • Pollan
    Coregonus pollan
    The pollan or Irish pollan is a freshwater whitefish that is known only from five Irish lakes, Lough Neagh, Lower Lough Erne, Lough Ree, Lough Derg and Lough Allen....

     Coregonus autumnalis pollan
  • Twaite shad Alosa fallax
  • Vendace
    Coregonus vandesius
    Coregonus vandesius, the vendace, is a freshwater whitefish found in the United Kingdom. Population surveys of this species since the 1960s have revealed a steady decline.-Taxonomy:...

     Coregonus vandesius
  • Gwyniad
    Gwyniad
    The gwyniad is a freshwater whitefish native to Bala Lake in northern Wales.The population is threatened by deteriorating water quality and by the ruffe, a fish introduced to the lake in the 1980s and now eating the eggs and fry of gwyniad...

     Coregonus pennantii

Ants

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

Beetles

  • Beaulieu dung beetle Aphodius niger (a dung beetle
    Dung beetle
    Dung beetles are beetles that feed partly or exclusively on feces. All of these species belong to the superfamily Scarabaeoidea; most of them to the subfamilies Scarabaeinae and Aphodiinae of the family Scarabaeidae. This beetle can also be referred to as the scarab beetle. As most species of...

    )
  • Blue ground beetle Carabus intricatus
  • Bembidion argenteolum (a ground beetle
    Ground beetle
    Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan family of beetles, Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, approximately 2,000 of which are found in North America and 2,700 in Europe.-Description and ecology:...

    )
  • Crucifix ground beetle
    Panagaeus cruxmajor
    The crucifix ground beetle, Panagaeus cruxmajor, is a rare European ground beetle. In England it occurs in a few places only. Panagaeus bipustulatus is a commoner relative, looking very much alike except for being smaller. The crucifix ground beetle is sometimes included in P...

     Panagaeus crux-major (a ground beetle
    Ground beetle
    Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan family of beetles, Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, approximately 2,000 of which are found in North America and 2,700 in Europe.-Description and ecology:...

    )
  • Hazel pot beetle Cryptocephalus coryli (a leaf beetle
    Leaf beetle
    Beetles in the family Chrysomelidae are commonly known as leaf beetles. This is a family of over 35,000 species in more than 2,500 genera, one of the largest and most commonly encountered of all beetle families....

    )
  • Lizard weevil Cathormiocerus britannicus (probably endemic)
  • Orbera oculata (a longhorn beetle
    Longhorn beetle
    The longhorn beetles are a cosmopolitan family of beetles, typically characterized by extremely long antennae, which are often as long as or longer than the beetle's body...

    )
  • Pashford pot beetle
    Pashford pot beetle
    The Pashford pot beetle, Cryptocephalus exiguus, is a small beetle endemic to the east of England.The smallest Cryptocephalus species found in Britain, it is primarily black, with yellow legs and yellow bases to the antennae...

     Cryptocephalus exiguus (a leaf beetle
    Leaf beetle
    Beetles in the family Chrysomelidae are commonly known as leaf beetles. This is a family of over 35,000 species in more than 2,500 genera, one of the largest and most commonly encountered of all beetle families....

    , probably endemic and extinct)
  • Stag beetle
    Stag beetle
    Stag beetles are a group of about 1,200 species of beetle in the family Lucanidae, presently classified in four subfamilies Some species grow up to over 12 cm , but most are about 5 cm .-Overview:...

     Lucanus cervus
  • Stenus palposus (a rove beetle
    Rove beetle
    The rove beetles are a large family of beetles, primarily distinguished by their short elytra that leave more than half of their abdomens exposed. With over 46,000 species in thousands of genera, the group is the second largest family of beetles after the Curculionidae...

    )
  • Tachys edmonsi (a ground beetle
    Ground beetle
    Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan family of beetles, Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, approximately 2,000 of which are found in North America and 2,700 in Europe.-Description and ecology:...

    , endemic)
  • Violet click beetle
    Violet click beetle
    The violet click beetle is a black beetle, 12 mm long, with a faint blue/violet reflection. It gets its name from the family habit of springing upwards with an audible click if it falls on its back....

     Limoniscus violaceus

Butterflies and moths

  • Bright wave
    Idaea ochrata
    The Bright Wave is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in Europe.The species has a wingspan of 21–24 mm. The adults fly at night from late June to early August in one generation ....

     Idaea ochrata
  • Brown hairstreak
    Brown Hairstreak
    The Brown Hairstreak is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. The range includes most of the Palaearctic.-Subspecies:...

     Thecla betulae
  • Chequered skipper
    Chequered Skipper
    The Chequered Skipper or Arctic Skipper , is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family.-Description:This butterfly has a wingspan of 29 to 31 mm. The uppersides are a dark brown with a dusting of orange scales at the base of the wings and golden spots, giving it its English name of Chequered Skipper...

     Carterosephalus palaemon
  • Dingy skipper
    Dingy Skipper
    The Dingy Skipper, Erynnis tages, is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It ranges from Europe across Asia Minor and Central Asia to the Amur region.Erynnis tages favours open grassy habitats up to 2,000 metres above sea level...

     Erynnis tages
  • Duke of Burgundy Hamearis lucina
  • Flounced chestnut Agonum scitulum
  • Glanville fritillary
    Glanville Fritillary
    The Glanville Fritillary is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family.The animal spends most of its life as a black, spiny caterpillar. The orange patterned butterfly lives only a few weeks....

     Melitaea cinxia
  • Grayling
    Grayling (butterfly)
    The Grayling is a species in the brush-footed butterfly family Nymphalidae. It sometimes occurs in coastal areas of northeast Scotland such as the Fowlsheugh Nature Reserve. It can also be found near the coast around England, such as Fire Beacon Hill...

     Hipparchia semele
  • Greenweed flat-body moth
    Agonopterix atomella
    Agonopterix atomella is a moth of the Oecophoridae family. It is found in most of Europe.The wingspan is 16-22 mm. Adults are on wing from October to May....

     Agonopterix atomella (a micro-moth)
  • Grey dagger Acronicta psi
  • Grizzled skipper
    Grizzled Skipper
    The Grizzled Skipper Pyrgus malvae is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family.-Appearance, behaviour and distribution:With its characteristic chequered black and white pattern this butterfly is quite distinctive although old, faded individuals can be mistaken for the Dingy Skipper or the Sideridis...

     Pyrgus malvae
  • Heath fritillary
    Heath Fritillary
    The Heath Fritillary is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found throughout the Palaearctic from Western Europe to Japan, in heathland, grassland, and in coppiced woodland. Its association with coppiced woodland earned it the name "Woodman's Follower" in parts of the UK...

     Mellicta athalia
  • High brown fritillary
    High Brown Fritillary
    The High Brown Fritillary is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family, native from Europe across mainland Asia to Japan.The adults fly in July/August and lay eggs near to the larval food plants which are species of violets,...

     Argynnis adippe
  • Knot grass Aconicta rumicis
  • Large blue
    Large blue butterfly
    The Large Blue is a blue butterfly, that is resident in Europe and some parts of Asia. The butterfly was became extinct in the United Kingdom in 1979, but has since been reintroduced by conservationists...

     Maculinea arion (endemic subspecies extinct, re-established from Swedish stock)
  • [Large copper Lycaena dispar — Although included in the 1995 Report, it does not appear in the latest list; endemic subspecies extinct, as are earlier re-establishments]
  • Large heath
    Large Heath
    The Large Heath or Common Ringlet is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It flies in variety of grassy habitats, including roadsides, woodland edges and clearings, prairies, bogs, and arctic and alpine taiga and tundra. It is a poor flyer, but can sometimes be found along ditches seeking new...

     Coenonympha tullia
  • Lulworth skipper
    Lulworth Skipper
    The Lulworth Skipper is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. Its name is derived from Lulworth Cove in the county of Dorset, England, where the first specimens in Great Britain were collected in 1832 by English naturalist James Charles Dale.The species occurs locally across Central Europe, Asia...

     Thymelicus acteon
  • Marsh fritillary
    Marsh Fritillary
    The Marsh Fritillary, Euphydryas aurinia, is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family.It is widespread in the Palaearctic region from Ireland in the West to Yakutia in the East, and to North-west China and Mongolia in the South.E. aurinia is represented by many subspecies.The most widely accepted...

     Eurodryas aurinia
  • Mountain ringlet
    Mountain Ringlet
    The Small Mountain Ringlet is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is Great Briatin's only true alpine species of butterfly. It lives in mat grass near bogs and springs and is also associated with bilberry, tormentil and heath bedstraw....

     Erebia epiphron
  • Netted carpet moth Eustroma reticulata
  • Northern brown argus
    Northern Brown Argus
    The Northern Brown Argus is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.-Appearance, behaviour and distribution:This species has confused British entomologists for years. Since its discovery in Britain it has been thought to be a form or a subspecies of the Brown Argus Aricia agestis and as well as a...

     Aricia artaxerxes
  • Pearl-bordered fritillary
    Pearl-bordered Fritillary
    The Pearl-bordered Fritillary is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family.It is orange with black spots on the upperside of its wing and has a wingspan of 38–46 mm. On the underside of the wings there is a row of silver pearly markings along the edge, which give the species its name...

     Boloria euphrosyne
  • Reddish buff Acosmetia caliginosa
  • Silver-spotted skipper Hesperia comma
  • Silver-studded blue
    Silver-studded Blue
    The Silver-studded Blue is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.-Appearance, behavior and distribution:So named due to the silvery blue metallic spots on the underside hind wings. The upperside are a rich, deep iridescent blue in the males with a black border and the characteristic Lycid white...

     Plebejus argus
  • Small blue
    Small Blue
    The Small Blue is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.It is found in Europe, Asia Minor, Transcaucasia, Tian-Shan, West Siberia, Central Siberia, South Siberia, Russian Far East, Amur, Mongolia, Magadan and Kamchatka....

     Cupido minimus
  • Small heath
    Small Heath (butterfly)
    The Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus is a butterfly species belonging to the family Nymphalidae, . It is widespread in Eurasia and northwestern Africa, preferring drier habitats than other Coenonymphae...

     Coenonympha pamphilus
  • Small pearl-bordered fritillary
    Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary
    The Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary , called the Silver-bordered Fritillary in North America, is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family...

      Boloria selene
  • Speckled footman
    Coscinia cribraria
    The Speckled Footman is a moth of the family Arctiidae. It is found in Europe except the most northern parts; also in north-western Africa, Kazakhstan, Siberia, Mongolia, north-western and north-eastren China....

     Coscinia cribraria
  • Wall Lasiommata megera
  • White admiral
    Limenitis camilla
    The White Admiral, Limenitis camilla, is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. They are found in woodland throughout southern Britain and much of Europe and Asia, extending as far east as Japan....

     Limenitis camilla
  • White-letter hairstreak
    White-letter Hairstreak
    The White-letter Hairstreak is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.-Appearance, behaviour and distribution:A dark little butterfly that spends the majority of its life in the tree tops, feeding on honeydew, making it best observed through binoculars. The uppersides are a dark brown with a small...

     Satyrium w-album
  • Wood white Leptidea sinapis

Flies

  • Callicera spinolae (a hoverfly
    Hoverfly
    Hoverflies, sometimes called flower flies or syrphid flies, make up the insect family Syrphidae. As their common name suggests, they are often seen hovering or nectaring at flowers; the adults of many species feed mainly on nectar and pollen, while the larvae eat a wide range of foods...

    )
  • Golden hoverfly Chrysotoxum octomaculatum
  • Hornet robberfly
    Hornet robberfly
    The hornet robberfly, Asilus crabroniformis, is a species of predatory insect. It is one of the largest flies in the United Kingdom. and feeds on grasshoppers, dung beetles and other flies. Unlike an actual hornet, the robberfly only has one yellow patch on its abdomen and one pair of wings. The...

     Asilus crabroniformis, Southern England and South & West Wales
  • Manx robber fly
    Manx robber fly
    The Manx robber fly, is one of the 7,100 species of robber fly or Asilidae known throughout the world, and one of 28 asilids known to occur in the British Isles.- Distribution and habitat :...

     Machimus cowini (endemic)

Molluscs

Gastropods
Freshwater snails:
  • Glutinous snail Myxas glutinosa
    Myxas glutinosa
    The glutinous snail, Myxas glutinosa is a species of small air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails.- Anatomy :...

  • Little whirlpool ram's-horn snail Anisus vorticulus
    Anisus vorticulus
    The ramshorn snail, Anisus vorticulus is a species of minute, air-breathing, freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ramshorn snails.-Distribution:...

  • Shining ram's-horn snail Segmentina nitida
    Segmentina nitida
    The shining ram's-horn snail, Segmentina nitida, is a species of small, air-breathing, freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ramshorn snails.-Description:...


Land snails:
  • Narrow-mouthed whorl snail Vertigo angustior
    Vertigo angustior
    The narrow-mouthed whorl snail, scientific name Vertigo angustior, is a species of minute land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Vertiginidae.- Distribution :* IUCN red list - conservation dependent...

  • Round-mouthed whorl snail Vertigo genesii
    Vertigo genesii
    Vertigo genesii, common name the round-mouthed whorl snail, is a species of small land snail from the family Vertiginidae.- Shell description :The shell is very small, ovate, obtuse, indistinctly, spaced striate, glossy purplish brown...

  • Geyer's whorl snail Vertigo geyeri
    Vertigo geyeri
    Vertigo geyeri is a species of small land snail from the family Vertiginidae. It lives in marshes.The specific name geyeri is in honor of German zoologist David Geyer .-Distribution and conservation status:...

  • Desmoulin's whorl snail
    Desmoulin's whorl snail
    Desmoulin's whorl snail, scientific name Vertigo moulinsiana, is a species of minute air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Vertiginidae, the vertigo snails....

     Vertigo moulinsiana
  • Sandbowl snail Catinella arenaria
    Catinella arenaria
    The sandbowl snail, Catinella arenaria, also known as Quickella arenaria, is a small species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Succineidae, the amber snails.-Habitat:...


Bivalves
  • Depressed river mussel
    Depressed river mussel
    The depressed river mussel or compressed river mussel, Pseudanodonta complanata, is a species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusk in the family Unionidae, the river mussels...

     Pseudanodonta complanata
  • Freshwater pearl mussel
    Freshwater pearl mussel
    The freshwater pearl mussel, scientific name Margaritifera margaritifera, is an endangered species of freshwater mussel, an aquatic bivalve mollusc in the family Margaritiferidae....

     Margaritifera margaritifera
  • Fine-lined pea mussel Pisidium tenuilineatum
    Pisidium tenuilineatum
    Pisidium tenuilineatum, the fine-lined pea mussel, is a species of very small freshwater bivalve in the family Sphaeriidae.-Distribution:The species is native to Europe.* British Isles - listed in List of endangered species in the British Isles...


Other invertebrates

Freshwater:
  • Medicinal leech
    Medicinal leech
    Medicinal leeches are any of several species of leeches, but most commonly Hirudo medicinalis, the European medicinal leech.Other Hirudo species sometimes used as medicinal leeches include Hirudo orientalis, Hirudo troctina, and Hirudo verbana...

     Hirudo medicinalis

Marine:
  • Ivell's sea anemone
    Ivell's sea anemone
    Ivell's sea anemone is a species of invertebrate in the Edwardsiidae family.- Distribution :It is endemic to the United Kingdom.Ivell...

     (endemic and probably extinct)
  • Starlet sea anemone
    Starlet sea anemone
    The starlet sea anemone is a species of sea anemone native to the east coast of the United States, with introduced populations along the coast of southeast England and west coast of the United States....

     Nematostella vectensis

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
    Najas marina
    Najas marina is a species of aquatic plant known by the common names spiny naiad and holly-leaved water nymph. It can be found nearly worldwide in many types of freshwater and brackish aquatic habitat, including bodies of alkaline water. This annual plant produces a slender, branching stem up to 40...

  • Isle of Man Cabbage
    Isle of Man cabbage
    The Isle of Man cabbage is a species of Brassicaceae or cabbage plant that is found in coastal habitats on the west of the island of Great Britain and around the coasts of the Isle of Man.-Conservation status:The species is thought to naturally occur in only 22 localities and is endemic to the...

     Coincya monensis (endemic)
  • Lady's slipper orchid Cypripedium calceolus
  • Lundy cabbage
    Lundy cabbage
    Lundy cabbage is a species of primitive brassicoid, endemic to the island of Lundy off the southwestern coast of Great Britain, where it is sufficiently isolated to have formed its own species, with its endemic insect pollinators. The Lundy cabbage Coincya wrightii grows only on the eastern cliffs...

     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
    Damasonium alisma is a species of flowering marsh plant known by the common name of starfruit. It is native to the British Isles and was commonly found in south and central England. Numbers have declined as a result of the loss of pond habitats. It was not recorded in the wild in 2006 and is...

     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
    Devil's bolete
    Boletus satanas, commonly known as the Devil's bolete or Satan's mushroom, is a basidiomycete fungus of the bolete family. Found on chalky soil in mixed woodlands in the southern, warmer regions of Europe and North America, it is generally regarded as a poisonous mushroom, with predominantly...

     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
    • morchella

Mosses

  • Cornish path-moss Ditrichum cornubicum (endemic)
  • Derbyshire feather-moss Thamnobryum angustifolium
    Thamnobryum angustifolium
    Thamnobryum angustifolium is a species of moss in the Neckeraceae family. It is endemic to the United Kingdom. Its natural habitat is rivers.-Source:* Bryophyte Specialist Group 2000. . Downloaded on 23 August 2007....

    (endemic)
  • Glaucous beard-moss Didymodon glaucus
  • Green shield moss Buxbaumia viridis
  • Slender green feather-moss Hamatocaulis vernicosus
  • Weissia multicapsularis

Liverworts

  • Atlantic lejeunea Lejeunea mandonii
  • Marsh earwort Jamesoniella undulifolia
    Jamesoniella undulifolia
    Jamesoniella undulifolia is a species of liverwort in the Jungermanniaceae family. It is found in Austria, China, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greenland, North Korea, Norway, Poland, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. Its natural habitat is swamps. It is...

  • Norfolk flapwort Lophozia rutheana
  • Petalwort Petalophyllum ralfsii
  • Western Rustwort
    Western Rustwort
    Marsupella profunda is a liverwort.The species is rare in a British context; it is known from just three locations, all in west Cornwall. Two of these sites are protected as the Lower Bostraze and Leswidden SSSI and the other as St Austell Clay Pits SSSI...

    Marsupella profunda

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