Tayside Biodiversity - Information - Priority Species species occurring (or known to have occurred) in Tayside for which either a national Species Action Plan or Species Statement has been published. Download Full PDF Click Here To view the PDF documents you will require Adobe Reader on your computer. If you do not have this software click the logo below. Catagory Sub Catagory Name Latin Name Vertebrates Mammal brown hare Lepus europaeus Mammal European otter Lutra lutra Mammal pipistrelle bat Pipistrellus pipistrellus Mammal bottle-nosed dolphin Tursiops truncatus Mammal harbour porpoise Phocoena phocoena Mammal minke whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata Mammal red squirrel Sciurus vulgaris Mammal water vole Arvicola terrestris Bird black grouse Tetrao tetrix Bird bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Bird capercaillie Tetrao urogallus Bird common scoter Melanitta nigra Bird corn bunting Miliaria calandra Bird grey partridge Perdix perdix Bird linnet Carduelis cannabina Bird reed bunting Emberiza schoeniclus Bird Scottish crossbill Loxia scotica Bird skylark Alauda arvensis Bird song thrush Turdus philomelos Bird spotted flycatcher Muscicapa striata Bird tree sparrow Passer montanus Amphibian great crested newt Triturus cristatus Fish allis shad Alosa alosa Fish commercial marine fish stocks - cod, hake, herring, plaice, saithe, sole, whiting Fish common skate Raja batis * Fish twaite shad Alosa fallax Invertebrates Ant narrow-headed wood ant Formica exsecta Ant northern wood ant Formica lugubris Ant Scottish wood ant Formica aquilonia Ant shining guest ant Formicoxenus nitidulus Bee a mason bee Osmia inermis Bee a mason bee Osmia parietina Beetle a diving beetle Hydroporus rufifrons Beetle a leaf beetle Cryptocephalus primarius Beetle ten-spotted pot beetle Cryptocephalus decemmaculatus Butterfly northern brown argus Aricia artaxerxes Butterfly pearl-bordered fritillary Boloria euphrosyne Fly a cranefly Lipsothrix errans Fly a cranefly Rhabdomastrix laeta Fly a stiletto fly Spiriverpa lunulata Mollusc a freshwater pearl mussel Margaritifera margaritifera Mollusc Geyer’s whorl snail Vertigo geyeri Mollusc native oyster Ostrea edulis Mollusc round-mouth whorl snail Vertigo genesii Moth Moth Paradiarsia sobrina Moth northern dart Xestia alpicola alpina Moth square-spotted clay Xestia rhomboidea * Moth sword grass Xylena exsoleta Spider a spider Clubiona subsultans Wasp cuckoo wasp Chrysura hirsuta Vascular Plants Vascular plant juniper Juniperus communis Vascular plant marsh clubmoss Lycopodiella inundata Vascular plant mountain scurvy-grass Cochlearia micacea Vascular plant Newman’s lady fern Athyrium flexile Vascular plant oblong woodsia Woodsia ilvensis Vascular plant pillwort Pilularia globulifera Vascular plant slender naiad Najas flexilis Vascular plant small cow-wheat Melampyrum sylvaticum Vascular plant twinflower Linnaea borealis Vascular plant woolly willow Salix lanata Lower Plants Moss pict moss Pictus scoticus Moss rigid apple moss Bartramia stricta * Moss Scottish beard moss Bryoerythrophyllum caledonicum Moss Matted bryum Bryum calophyllum Moss sea bryum Bryum warneum Moss slender green feather-moss Hamatocaulis vernicosus Moss Spruce’s bristle moss Orthotrichum sprucei Liverwort Stabler’s rustwort Marsupella stableri Stonewort slender stonewort Nitella gracilis Fungi & Lichens Fungus blue corky spine fungus Hydnellum caeruleum Fungus brown corky spine fungus Hydnellum peckii Fungus concrescent corky spine fungus Hydnellum concrescens Fungus date-coloured waxcap Hygrocybe spadicea Fungus drab tooth fungus Bankera fuligineoalba Fungus goblet scented pine fungus Phellodon tomentosus Fungus scaly tooth Sarcodon imbricatus Lichen a lichen Bacidia incompta Lichen a lichen Biatoridium monasteriense Lichen a lichen Gyalideopsis scotica Lichen a lichen Halecania rhypodiza Lichen a lichen Opegrapha paraxanthodes Lichen ear-lobed dog-lichen Peltigera lepidophora Lichen elm gyalecta Gyalecta ulmi Lichen orange fruited elm-lichen Caloplaca luteoalba Lichen river jelly lichen Collema dichotomum Lichen snow caloplaca Caloplaca nivalis Lichen stump lichen Cladonia botrytes Lichen tree catapyrenium Catapyrenium psoromoides Lichen warty wax lichen Thelenella modesta * Species that are possibly extinct in Tayside. Species that have not been recorded in Tayside for at least thirty years have in most cases been omitted from this list. For the majority of these it is unclear whether they still persist and little is known about them. Vagrant species and rare passage migrants have also been excluded. List prepared by Perth Museum Biological Records Centre. Based on Leaper, G. (1999) “Biodiversity of Tayside - A Preliminary Assessment of Priority Habitats“ and species and data supplied by SNH Natural Heritage Data Unit.

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