RIVERS AND WETLANDS PRIORITY SPECIES
Common
Name
|
Latin Name |
Associated Habitats |
|
Grasshopper warbler |
Locustella naevia
|
F |
|
Lapwing |
Vanellus vanellus |
F |
|
Nightingale |
Luscinia megarhynchos |
F |
|
Otter |
Lutra lutra |
F |
|
Swallow |
Hirundo rustica |
F |
|
Water vole |
Arvicola terrestris |
F |
|
Corn bunting |
Miliaria calandra |
F / R |
|
Greater water-parsnip |
Sium latifolium |
F / R |
|
Reed bunting |
Emberiza schoeniclus |
F / R |
|
Sand martin |
Riparia riparia
|
F / R |
|
Scarce chaser (a
dragonfly) |
Libellula fulva |
F / R |
|
Snipe |
Gallinago gallinago |
F / R |
|
Water rail |
Rallus aquaticus |
F / R |
|
Water shrew |
Neomys fodiens |
F / R |
|
Compressed river mussel |
Pseudanodonta complanata |
R |
|
Curlew |
Numenius arquata |
R |
|
Gadwall |
Anas strepera |
R |
|
Golden plover |
Pluvialis apricaria |
R |
|
Great crested newt |
Triturus cristatus |
R |
|
Ivy-leaved crowfoot |
Ranunculus hederaceus |
R |
|
Kingfisher |
Alcedo atthis
|
R |
|
Palmate newt |
Triturus helveticus |
R |
|
Pochard |
Aythya ferina |
R |
|
Redshank |
Tringa totanus |
R |
|
Shelduck |
Tadorna tadorna |
R |
|
Shoveler |
Anas clypeata |
R |
|
Teal |
Anas crecca |
R |
|
White-clawed crayfish |
Austropotamobius pallipes |
R |
|
Redpoll |
Carduelis flammea |
R / W |
|
Green woodpecker |
Picus viridis |
W |
|
Woodcock |
Scolopax rusticola |
W |
Key to habitats (R = Rivers/Streams/Open
Water, F = Fens/Mires/Swamps/
Water Fringe, W = Wet
Woodland)
Common
name
|
Latin Name |
Associated Habitats |
|
A beetle |
Aleochara brevipennis
|
F |
|
A beetle |
Aleochara diversa |
F |
|
A beetle |
Anotylus mutator |
F |
|
A beetle |
Anthicus bifasciatus |
F |
|
A beetle |
Atomaria (s.str.) fimetarii |
F |
|
A beetle |
Calodera nigrita |
F |
|
A beetle |
Calodera riparia |
F |
|
A beetle |
Cercyon lugubris |
F |
|
A beetle |
Cercyon ustulatus |
F |
|
A beetle |
Dorytomus filirostris |
F |
|
A beetle |
Eutheia schaumi |
F |
|
A beetle |
Eutheia scydmaenoides |
F |
|
A beetle |
Gnypeta caerulea |
F |
|
A beetle |
Neobisnius procerulus |
F |
|
A beetle |
Notaris bimaculatus |
F |
|
A beetle |
Orthoperus brunnipes |
F |
|
A beetle |
Philonthus atratus |
F |
|
A beetle |
Philonthus corvinus |
F |
|
A beetle |
Planeustomus palpalis |
F |
|
A beetle |
Smicrus filicornis |
F |
|
A beetle |
Stenus palustris Erichson |
F |
|
A beetle |
Thamiocalus viduatus |
F |
|
A ground beetle |
Bembidion clarki |
F |
|
A ground beetle |
Bembidion fumigatum |
F |
|
A ground beetle |
Bembidion gilvipes |
F |
|
A ground beetle |
Tachys bistriatus
|
F |
|
A ground beetle |
Trechus discus |
F |
|
A Yellow sedge |
Carex viridula subsp.oedocarpa |
F |
|
Bistort |
Persicaria bistorta |
F |
|
Black bog-rush |
Schoenus nigricans |
F |
|
Bladder sedge |
Carex vesicaria |
F |
|
Bog pimpernel |
Anagallis tenella |
F |
|
Bogbean |
Menyanthes trifoliata |
F |
|
Common whorl snail |
Vertigo pygmaea |
F |
|
Cream-bordered green
pea (a moth) |
Earias clorana |
F |
|
Distant sedge |
Carex distans |
F |
|
Dog’s tooth |
Lacanobia suasa |
F |
|
Ear moth |
Amphipoea oculea |
F |
|
Early marsh orchid |
Dactylorhiza incarnata incarnata |
F |
|
Fen wainscot (a moth) |
Arenostola phragmitidis |
F |
|
Flea sedge |
Carex pulicaris |
F |
|
Fragrant orchid |
Gymnadenia conopsea |
F |
|
Gold spot (a moth) |
Plusia festucae |
F |
|
Greater spearwort |
Ranunculus lingua |
F |
|
Greater water parsnip |
Sium latifolium |
F |
|
Hairy dragonfly |
Brachytron pratense |
F |
|
Harvest mouse |
Micromys minutus |
F |
|
Heath spotted orchid |
Dactylorhiza maculata
ericetorum
|
F |
|
Knotted pearlwort |
Sagina nodosa |
F |
|
Lempke’s gold spot (a
moth) |
Plusia putnami |
F |
|
Lousewort |
Pedicularis sylvatica |
F |
|
Marsh lousewort |
Pedicularis palustris |
F |
|
Marsh stitchwort |