RIVERS AND WETLANDS PRIORITY SPECIES

 

 

National Priority Species

 

Key to habitats (R = Rivers/Streams/Open Water, F = Fens/Mires/Swamps/

Water Fringe, W = Wet Woodland)

 

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

 


Local Priority Species

 

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