List of United Kingdom Biodiversity Action Plan species explained
This is a list of United Kingdom Biodiversity Action Plan species. 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.
See also the list of extinct animals of the British Isles.
This list includes the 116 species identified as requiring action plans in the Biodiversity Steering Group's report of December 1995.
Mammals
- Scottish wildcat (Felis silvestris grampia)
- Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus), warm and temperate seas worldwide
- European (brown) hare (Lepus europaeus), northern, central, and western Europe and western Asia
- Hazel dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius), northern Europe and Asia Minor
- European otter (Lutra 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 leucourus), Eurasia (subspecies endemic to Great Britain)
- Water vole (Arvicola amphibius), Great Britain, northern and central Europe and in parts of Russia
- European (western) hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus)
Birds
List of UK BAP priority bird species.[1]
Reptiles[2]
Amphibians
Fish
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Insects
Ants
Bees
Beetles
- Beaulieu dung beetle (Aphodius niger), a dung beetle
- Blue ground beetle (Carabus intricatus)
- Bembidion argenteolum, a ground beetle
- Crucifix ground beetle (Panagaeus cruxmajor), a ground beetle
- Hazel pot beetle (Cryptocephalus coryli), a leaf beetle
- Lizard weevil (Cathormiocerus britannicus), probably endemic
- Orbera oculata, a longhorn beetle
- Pashford pot beetle (Cryptocephalus exiguus), a leaf beetle, probably endemic and extinct
- Stag beetle (Lucanus cervus)
- Lough Neagh camphor beetle (Stenus palposus), a rove beetle
- Tachys edmonsi, a ground beetle, endemic
- Violet click beetle (Limoniscus violaceus)
- Tansy beetle (Chrysolina graminis)
Butterflies and moths
Crickets
Damselflies
Flies
Grasshoppers
Crustaceans
Molluscs
- GastropodsFreshwater snails:
Land snails:
- Bivalves
Other invertebrates
Freshwater:
Marine:
Plants
Trees
Flowering plants
Fungi
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
Liverworts
Stoneworts
- Mossy stonewort (Chara muscosa), probably extinct
See also
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: UK BAP priority bird species . JNCC . Joint Nature Conservation Committee . 4 January 2014.
- Web site: UK BAP priority herptile species . Joint Nature Conservation Committee . 2015-11-04.
- Web site: UK BAP priority fish species (excluding purely marine species . Joint Nature Conservation Committee . 2015-11-04.
- Smart. Malcolm J. . Wright . Richard . 2012. A first record of Machimus cowini (Hobby) (Diptera, Asilidae) on the British mainland . Dipterists Digest. Second Series . 19 . 2 . 151–154 . .