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The Sutherland
Biodiversity Action Plan - October 2003
UK PRIORITY SPECIES
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UK Priority Species: |
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| Scientific name: | Common name: | Habitat: |
| Algae | ||
| Ascophyllum nodosum ecad mackii | a Knotted wrack | Marine |
| Amphibians | ||
| Triturus cristatus | Great crested newt | Freshwater |
| Ants | ||
| Formica aquilonia | Scottish wood ant | Woodland |
| Formica exsecta | Narrow-headed ant | Woodland |
| Formica lugubris | Hairy wood ant (Northern) | Woodland |
| Formicoxenus nitidulus | Shining guest ant | Woodland |
| Bees & Wasps | ||
| Bombus distinguendus | Great yellow bumblebee | Coast |
| Colletes floralis | Northern colletes | Coast |
| Chrysura hirsuta | Cuckoo wasp | Coast |
| Osmia uncinata | Mason bee | Coast |
| Beetles | ||
| Cryptocephalus decemmaculatus | 10 spotted leaf beetle | Woodland |
| Cryptocephalus sexpunctatus | 6 spotted leaf beetle | Woodland |
| Dromius quadrisignatus | Ground beetle | Woodland |
| Procas granulicollis | Weevil | Woodland |
| Rhynchaenus testaceus | Jumping weevil | Woodland |
| Birds | ||
| Emberiza schoeniclus | Reed bunting | Freshwater |
| Alauda arvensis | Skylark | Farm & croft land |
| Carduelis cannabina | Linnet | Farm & croft land |
| Crex crex | Corncrake | Farm & croft land |
| Miliaria calandra | Corn bunting | Farm & croft land |
| Perdix perdix | Grey partridge | Farm & croft land |
| Loxia scotica | Scottish crossbill | Woodland |
| Muscicapa striata | Spotted flycatcher | Woodland |
| Passer montanus | Tree sparrow | Woodland |
| Pyrrhula pyrrhula | Bullfinch | Woodland |
| Tetrao tetrix | Black grouse | Woodland |
| Tetrao urogallus | Capercaillie | Woodland |
| Turdus philomelos | Song thrush | Woodland |
| Melanitta nigra | Common scoter | Moorland |
| Butterflies & Moths | ||
| Aricia artaxerxes | Northern brown argus | Farm & croft land |
| Boloria euphrosyne | Pearl-bordered fritillary | Woodland |
| Epione parallelaria | Dark-bordered beauty | Woodland |
| Hydrelia sylvata | Waved carpet | Woodland |
| Paradiarsia sobrina | Cousin German | Woodland |
| Rheumaptera hastata | Argent and sable | Woodland |
| Trichopteryx polycommata | Barred tooth-striped | Woodland |
| Xylena exsoleta | Sword-grass | Woodland |
| Crustaceans | ||
| Austropotamobius pallipes | Freshwater white-clawed - crayfish | Freshwater |
| Fish | ||
| Cetorhinus maximus | Basking shark | Marine |
| Clupea harengus | Herring | Marine |
| Gadus morhua | Cod1 | Marine |
| Merlangius merlangus | Whiting1 | Marine |
| Merluccius bilinearis | Hake1 | Marine |
| Merluccius merluccius | Hake1 | Marine |
| Pleuronectes platessa | Plaice1 | Marine |
| Pollachius virens | Saithe1 | Marine |
| Raja batis | Common skate | Marine |
| Scomber scrombrus | Mackerel1 | Marine |
| Solea vulgaris | Sole1 | Marine |
| Tracharus tracharus | Horse Mackerel1 | Marine |
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1 Grouped plan for commercial marine fish |
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| Flies | ||
| Blera fallax | Hoverfly | Woodland |
| Brachypter putata | Stonefly | |
| Hammerschmidtia ferruginea | Hoverfly | Woodland |
| Lipsothrix ecucullata | Cranefly | Woodland |
| Lipsothrix errans | Cranefly | Woodland |
| Lipsothris nervosa | Cranefly | Woodland |
| Fungi | ||
| Boletopsis leucomelaena | Poroid fungus | Woodland |
| Hypocreopsis rhododendri | Ascomyte Fungus | Woodland |
| Lichens | ||
| Caloplaca luteoalba | Orange-Fruited Elm-lichen | Woodland |
| Catapyrenium psoromoides | Tree catapyrenium | Woodland |
| Pseudocyphellaria norvegica | Lichen | Woodland |
| Gyalideopsis scotica | Lichen | Mountain |
| Mammals | ||
| Balaenoptera acutorostrara | Minke whale | Marine |
| Delphimus delphis | Common dolphin | Marine |
| Globicephala melas | Long-finned pilot whale | Marine |
| Grampus griseus | Risso‘s dolphin | Marine |
| Lagenorhynchus acutus | Atlantic white-sided dolphin | Marine |
| Orcinus orca | Killer whale | Marine |
| Phocoena phocoena | Harbour porpoise | Marine |
| Stenella coeruleoalba | Striped dolphin | Marine |
| Tursiops truncatus | Bottlenosed dolphin | Marine |
| Lutra lutra | Otter | Marine / Freshwater |
| Arvicola terrestris | Water vole | Freshwater |
| Lepus europaeus | Brown hare | Farm & croft land |
| Sciurus vulgaris | Red squirrel | Woodland |
| Pipistrellus pipistrellus | Pipistrelle bat | Built Environment |
| 1 Grouped plan for baleen whales | ||
| 2 Grouped plan for small dolphins | ||
| 3 Grouped plan for toothed whales | ||
| Molluscs | ||
| Ostrea edulis | Native oyster | Marine |
| Margaritifera margaritifera | Freshwater pearl mussel | Freshwater |
| Mosses & Liverworts | ||
| Acrobolbus wilsonii | Wilson’s Pouchwort | Woodland |
| Campylopus setifolus | Silky swan-neck moss | Woodland / Mountain |
| Reptiles | ||
| Dermochelys coriacea | Leatherback turtle1 | Marine |
| 1 Grouped plan for marine turtles | ||
| Sea anemones | ||
| Funiculina quadrangularis | Tall sea pen | Marine |
| Stoneworts | ||
| Nitella gracilis | Slender stonewort | Freshwater |
| Vascular plants | ||
| Euphrasia rotundifolia | an Eyebright 1 | Coast |
| Pilularia globulifera | Pillwort | Freshwater |
| Potamogeton rutilus | Shetland pondweed | Freshwater |
| Centaurea cyanus | Cornflower | Farm & croft land |
| Linnaea borealis | Twinflower | Woodland |
| Trichomanes speciosum | Killarney fern | Woodland |
| Artemisia communis | Norwegian mugwort | Mountain |
| Juniperus communis | Juniper | Moorland |
| Lycopodiella inundata | Marsh clubmoss | Moorland |
| 1 Grouped plan for eyebrights | ||
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