DRY GRASSLAND AND HEATHS

PRIORITY SPECIES

National Priorities

Key to Habitats: (A = Acid Grassland, C = Calcareous Grassland, H = Heathland,

M = Mesotrophic (neutral) Grassland)

Common Name	Latin Name	Associated Habitats
Snipe	Gallinago gallinago	A
Barn owl	Tyto alba	A / C
Adder	Vipera berus	A / C / H
Green woodpecker	Picus viridis	A / C / H / M
Kestrel	Falco tinnunculus	A / C / H / M
Golden plover	Pluvialis apricaria	A / C / M
Swallow	Hirundo rustica	A / C / M
Tree sparrow	Passer montanus	A / C / M
Buzzard	Buteo buteo	A / C / M / H
Grass snake	Natrix natrix	A / C / M / H
Skylark	Alauda arvensis	A / C / M / H
Slow-worm	Anguis fragilis	A / C / M / H
Redshank	Tringa totanus	A / M
a ground beetle	Harpalus obscurus	C
a ground beetle	Harpalus parallelus	C
a ground beetle	Harpalus punctatulus	C
Small blue	Cupido minimus	C
Spotted cat's ear	Hypochoeris maculata	C
Song thrush	Turdus philomelos	C / H
Whinchat	Saxicola rubetra	C / H
Grey partridge	Perdix perdix	C / M
Sand martin	Riparia riparia	C / M
Crossbill	Loxia curvirostra	H
Linnet	Carduelis cannabina	H
Nightingale	Luscinia megarhynchos	H
Redpoll	Carduelis flammea	H
Redstart	Phoenicurus phoenicurus	H
Spotted flycatcher	Muscicapa striata	H
Tree pipit	Anthus trivialis	H
Turtle dove	Streptopelia turtur	H
Woodcock	Scolopax rusticola	H
Grasshopper warbler	Locustella naevia	H / M
Curlew	Numenius arquata	M
Four-spotted (a moth)	Tyta luctuosa	M

Local Priorities

Key to Habitats (A = Acid Grassland, C = Calcarious Grassland, H = Heathland,

M = Mesotrophic (neutral) Grassland)

Common Name	Latin Name	Associated Habitats
Narrow-winged pug (a moth)	Eupithecia nanata	A
Neglected rustic (a moth)	Xestia castanea	A
True lovers’ knot (a moth)	Lycophotia porphyrea	A
A beetle	Odonteus armiger	A / C
A ground beetle	Brachinus crepitans	A / C
A ground beetle	Licinus depressus	A / C
A ground beetle	Licinus punctatulus	A / C
A ground beetle	Tachys parvulus	A / C
Frog orchid	Coeloglossum viride	A / C
Lesser marsh grasshopper	Chorthippus albomarginatus	A / C
Striated whorl snail	Vertigo substriata	A / C
A ground beetle	Calathus ambiguus	A / C / H
A ground beetle	Lebia chlorocephala	A / C / H
Purple milk-vetch	Astragalus danicus	A / C / H
A beetle	Acidota cruentata	A / C / M
A ground beetle	Amara lucida	A / H
Bird's-foot	Ornithopus perpusillus	A / H
Cross-leaved heath	Erica tetralix	A / H
Green-ribbed sedge	Carex binervis	A / H
Hard fern	Blechnum spicant	A / H
Sand spurrey	Spergularia rubra	A / H
A beetle	Agathidium marginatum	C
A beetle	Alaobia scapularis	C
A beetle	Apion (s. str.) astragali	C
A beetle	Apion astragali	C
A beetle	Atheta (Microdota) aegra	C
A beetle	Brachysomus echinatus	C
A beetle	Cassida prasina	C
A beetle	Chrysolina oricalcia	C
A beetle	Cryptocephalus aureolus	C
A beetle	Diplapion stolidum	C
A beetle	Epitrix atropae Foudras	C
A beetle	Eutrichapion gyllenhali	C
A beetle	Leiodes gyllenhali	C
A beetle	Meligethes bidentatus	C
A beetle	Miarus graminis	C
A beetle	Micrambe lindbergorum	C
A beetle	Microplontus campestris	C
A beetle	Microplontus triangulum	C
A beetle	Omaloplia ruricola	C
A beetle	Otiorhynchus desertus	C
A beetle	Protapion filirostre	C
A beetle	Rhynchaenus pratensis	C
A beetle	Smicronyx jungermanniae	C
A beetle	Smicronyx reichei	C
A beetle	Stenichnus poweri	C
A beetle	Stenus ater	C
A beetle	Trachyphloeus alternans	C
A beetle	Trachyphloeus aristatus