Project – Species to look out for – Highland Biological Recording Group

These are species of particular interest, either because of their conservation status (for example, Scottish Biodiversity List species), because they are under-recorded, or they are new to Highland or Scotland and likely to be spreading

Priority Species: Scottish Biodiversity List, Species on the Edge

Common name	Scientific name	Taxonomic group	SBL	SOTE
Common toad	Bufo bufo	Amphibian	SBL
Great crested newt	Triturus cristatus	Amphibian	SBL
Natterjack Toad	Epidalea calamita	Amphibian	SBL	SotE
Medicinal leech	Hirudo medicinalis	Annelid	SBL	SotE
Arctic skua	Stercorarius parasiticus	Bird	SBL
Arctic tern	Sterna paradisaea	Bird	SBL	SotE
Atlantic puffin	Fratercula arctica	Bird	SBL
Bar-tailed godwit	Limosa lapponica	Bird	SBL
Black grouse	Lyrurus tetrix	Bird	SBL
Black guillemot	Cepphus grylle	Bird	SBL
Black-headed gull	Chroicocephalus ridibundus	Bird	SBL
Black-legged kittiwake	Rissa tridactyla	Bird	SBL
Black-throated diver	Gavia arctica	Bird	SBL
Capercaillie	Tetrao urogallus	Bird	SBL
Common eider	Somateria mollissima ssp. faeroeensis	Bird	SBL
Common eider	Somateria mollissima ssp. mollissima	Bird	SBL
Common goldeneye	Bucephala clangula	Bird	SBL
Common guillemot	Uria aalge	Bird	SBL
Common gull	Larus canus	Bird	SBL
Common kestrel	Falco tinnunculus	Bird	SBL
Common redshank	Tringa totanus	Bird	SBL
Common scoter	Melanitta nigra	Bird	SBL
Common tern	Sterna hirundo	Bird	SBL	SotE
Corn bunting	Emberiza calandra	Bird	SBL
Corncrake	Crex crex	Bird	SBL	SotE
Dotterel	Charadrius morinellus	Bird	SBL
Eurasian curlew	Numenius arquata	Bird	SBL	SotE
Eurasian oystercatcher	Haematopus ostralegus	Bird	SBL
Eurasian whimbrel	Numenius phaeopus	Bird	SBL
Eurasian wigeon	Marcea penelope	Bird	SBL
Eurasian wigeon	Mareca penelope	Bird	SBL
European shag	Gulosus aristotelis	Bird	SBL
European storm petrel	Hydrobates pelagicus	Bird	SBL
Fair Isle wren	Troglodytes troglodytes ssp. fridariensis	Bird	SBL
Golden eagle	Aquila chrisaetos	Bird	SBL
Golden plover	Pluvialis apricaria	Bird	SBL
Great black-backed gull	Larus marinus	Bird	SBL
Great cormorant	Phalacrocorax carbo	Bird	SBL
Great northern diver	Gavia immer	Bird	SBL
Great skua	Stercorarius skua	Bird	SBL
Greater scaup	Aythya marila	Bird	SBL
Greenland white-fronted goose	Anser albifrons ssp flavirostris	Bird	SBL	SotE
Grey partridge	Perdix perdix	Bird	SBL
Hen harrier	Circus cyaneus	Bird	SBL
Herring gull	Larus argentatus	Bird	SBL
Icelandic greylag geese	Anser anser	Bird	SBL
Lapwing	Vanellus vanellus	Bird	SBL	SotE
Leach’s storm petrel	Oceanodroma leucorhoa	Bird	SBL
Lesser black-backed gull	Larus fuscus	Bird	SBL
Little tern	Sternula albifrons	Bird	SBL	SotE
Long-tailed duck	Clangula hyemalis	Bird	SBL
Manx shearwater	Puffinus puffinus	Bird	SBL
Merlin	Falco columbarius	Bird	SBL
Northern fulmar	Fulmarus glacialis	Bird	SBL
Northern gannet	Morus bassanus	Bird	SBL
Northern pintail	Anas acuta	Bird	SBL
Peregrine falcon	Falco peregrinus	Bird	SBL
Purple sandpiper	Calidris maritima	Bird	SBL
Razorbill	Alca torda	Bird	SBL
Red-billed chough	Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax	Bird	SBL	SotE
Red-breasted merganser	Mergus serrator	Bird	SBL
Red-necked phalarope	Phalaropus lobatus	Bird	SBL	SotE
Red-throated diver	Gavia stellata	Bird	SBL
Ring ouzel	Turdus torquatus	Bird	SBL
Ringed plover	Charadrius hiaticula	Bird	SBL
Ruddy turnstone	Arenaria interpres	Bird	SBL
Sanderling	Calidris alba	Bird	SBL
Sandwich tern	Thalasseus sandvicensis	Bird	SBL
Scottish crossbill	Loxia scotica	Bird	SBL
Skylark	Alauda arvensis	Bird	SBL
Slavonian grebe	Podiceps auritus	Bird	SBL
Snipe	Gallinago gallinago	Bird	SBL
Spotted flycatcher	Muscicapa striata	Bird	SBL
Swift	Apus apus	Bird	SBL
Taiga bean goose	Anser fabalis	Bird	SBL
Twite	Linaria flavirostris	Bird	SBL	SotE
Velvet scoter	Melanitta fusca	Bird	SBL
Whinchat	Saxicola ruberta	Bird	SBL
White-tailed eagle	Haliaeetus albicilla	Bird	SBL
Willow tit	Poecile montanus	Bird	SBL
Wood warbler	Phylloscopus sibilatrix	Bird	SBL
Woodcock	Scolopax rusticola	Bird	SBL
Yellowhammer	Emberiza citrinella	Bird	SBL
Pink sea fingers	Alcyonium hibernicum	Cnidarian	SBL
Scarce tube-dwelling anemone	Arachnanthus sarsi	Cnidarian	SBL
White cluster anemone	Parazoanthus anguicomus	Cnidarian	SBL
European spiny lobster	Palinurus elephas	Crustacean	SBL
Tadpole shrimp	Triops cancriformis	Crustacean	SBL	SotE
White clawed crawfish	Austropotamobius pallipes	Crustacean	SBL
Northern feather star	Leptometra celtica	Echinoderm	SBL
Anglerfish or Monkfish	Lophius piscatorius	Fish	SBL
Arctic charr	Salvelinus alpinus	Fish	SBL
Atlantic halibut	Hippoglossus hippoglossus	Fish	SBL
Atlantic mackerel	Scomber scombrus	Fish	SBL
Atlantic salmon	Salmo salar	Fish	SBL
Black scabbardfish	Aphanopus carbo	Fish	SBL
Blue ling	Molva dypterygia	Fish	SBL
Blue whiting	Micromesistius poutassou	Fish	SBL
Brook lamprey	Lampetra planeri	Fish	SBL
Cod	Gadus morhua	Fish	SBL
European eel	Anguilla anguilla	Fish	SBL
European whitefish / powan	Coregonus lavaretus	Fish	SBL
Greenland halibut	Reinhardtius hippoglossoides	Fish	SBL
Herring	Clupea harengus	Fish	SBL
Horse mackerel	Trachurus trachurus	Fish	SBL
Ling	Molva molva	Fish	SBL
Norway pout	Trisopterus esmarkii	Fish	SBL
Orange roughy	Hoplostethus atlanticus	Fish	SBL
River lamprey (marine part of life cycle)	Lampetra fluviatilis	Fish	SBL
Round-nose grenadier	Coryphaenoides rupestris	Fish	SBL
Saithe	Pollachius virens	Fish	SBL
Sand goby	Pomatoschistus minutus	Fish	SBL
Sandeels	Ammodytes marinus	Fish	SBL
Sandeels	Ammodytes tobianus
Sea lamprey	Petromyzon marinus	Fish	SBL
Sea trout	Salmo trutta	Fish	SBL
Sparling	Osmerus eperlanus	Fish	SBL
Vendace	Coregonus albula	Fish	SBL
Whiting	Merlangius merlangus	Fish	SBL
–	Desarmillaria ectypa	Fungi	SBL
–	Cuphophyllus atlanticus	Fungi	SBL
–	Cuphophyllus canescens	Fungi	SBL
–	Microglossum fuscorubens	Fungi	SBL
–	Pseudotricholoma metapodium	Fungi	SBL
Birch bark stripper	Xenotypa aterrima	Fungi	SBL
Dark purple earthtongue	Microglossum atropurpureum	Fungi	SBL
Date coloured waxcap	Hygrocybe spadicea	Fungi	SBL
Grey waxcap	Cuphophyllus lacmus	Fungi	SBL
Oak polypore	Buglossoporus quercinus	Fungi	SBL
Singed waxcap	Hygrocybe turunda	Fungi	SBL
Star earthtongue	Geoglossum starbaeckii	Fungi	SBL
Tooth fungi assemblage	#VALUE!	Fungi	SBL
Tooth fungi assemblage	Hydnellum caeruleum	Fungi	SBL
Tooth fungi assemblage	Hydnellum cumulatum	Fungi	SBL
Tooth fungi assemblage	Hydnellum ferrugineum	Fungi	SBL
Tooth fungi assemblage	Hydnellum gracilipes	Fungi	SBL
Tooth fungi assemblage	Hydnellum scabrosum	Fungi	SBL
Tooth fungi assemblage	Hydnellum spongiosipes	Fungi	SBL
Tooth fungi assemblage	Phellodon confluens	Fungi	SBL
Tooth fungi assemblage	Phellodon fuligineoalbus	Fungi	SBL
Tooth fungi assemblage	Phellodon melaleucus	Fungi	SBL
Tooth fungi assemblage	Phellodon niger	Fungi	SBL
Tooth fungi assemblage	Phellodon tomentosus	Fungi	SBL
Tooth fungi assemblage	Sarcodon squamosus	Fungi	SBL
Violet coral	Clavaria zollingeri	Fungi	SBL
Aspen hoverfly	Hammerschmidtia ferruginea	Invertebrate	SBL
Bearberry moth assemblage	Coranarta cordigera	Invertebrate	SBL
Bearberry moth assemblage	Macaria carbonaria	Invertebrate	SBL
Bearberry moth assemblage	Coleophora arctostaphyli	Invertebrate	SBL
Blood red long horned beetle	Anastrangalia sanguinolenta	Invertebrate	SBL
Bog pool dragonfly assemblage	Aeshna caerulea	Invertebrate	SBL
Bog pool dragonfly assemblage	Aeshna juncea	Invertebrate	SBL
Bog pool dragonfly assemblage	Leucorrhinia dubia	Invertebrate	SBL
Bog pool dragonfly assemblage	Somatochlora arctica	Invertebrate	SBL
Bog pool dragonfly assemblage	Sympetrum danae	Invertebrate	SBL
Bordered brown lacewing	Megalomus hirtus	Invertebrate	SBL	SotE
Caledonian pinewood spider assemblage	Robertus scoticus	Invertebrate	SBL
Caledonian pinewood spider assemblage	Haplodrassus soerenseni	Invertebrate	SBL
Caledonian pinewood spider assemblage	Philodromus margaritatus	Invertebrate	SBL
Caledonian pinewood spider assemblage	Philodromus emarginatus	Invertebrate	SBL
Chequered skipper	Carterocephalus palaemon	Invertebrate	SBL
Dark-bordered beauty	Epione vespertaria	Invertebrate	SBL
Dingy skipper	Erynnis tages	Invertebrate	SBL
Five spot ladybird	Coccinella quinquepunctata	Invertebrate	SBL
Fonseca’s seed fly	Botanophila fonsecai	Invertebrate	SBL
Grayling	Hipparchia semele	Invertebrate	SBL
Great yellow bumblebee	Bombus distinguendus	Invertebrate	SBL	SotE
Kentish glory	Endromis versicola	Invertebrate	SBL
Large heath	Coenonympha tullia	Invertebrate	SBL
Marsh fritillary	Euphydryas aurinia	Invertebrate	SBL	SotE
Moss carder bumblebee ssp agricolae	Bombus muscorum	Invertebrate	SBL	SotE
Narrow headed ant	Formica exsecta	Invertebrate	SBL
New Forest burnet	Zygaena viciae ssp. argyllensis	Invertebrate	SBL	SotE
Northern brown argus	Aricia artaxerxes	Invertebrate	SBL	SotE
Northern colletes mining bee	Colletes floralis	Invertebrate	SBL	SotE
Northern Damselfly	Coenagrion hastulatum	Invertebrate	SBL
Northern February red stonefly	Brachyptera putata	Invertebrate	SBL
Pearl-bordered fritillary	Boloria euphrosyne	Invertebrate	SBL
Peat bog spider assemblage	Centromerus levitarsis	Invertebrate	SBL
Peat bog spider assemblage	Erigone welchi	Invertebrate	SBL
Peat bog spider assemblage	Heliophanus dampfi	Invertebrate	SBL
Peat bog spider assemblage	Maro lepidus	Invertebrate	SBL
Peat bog spider assemblage	Maro sublestus	Invertebrate	SBL
Peat bog spider assemblage	Semljicola caliginosus	Invertebrate	SBL
Pine hoverfly	Blera fallax	Invertebrate	SBL
Plantain leaf beetle	Chrysolina latecincta (= Chrysomela latecincta)	Invertebrate	SBL	SotE
Pot beetle assemblage	Cryptocephalus decemmaculatus, C. sexpunctatus	Invertebrate	SBL
Pot beetle assemblage	Cryptocephalus decemmaculatus	Invertebrate	SBL
Pot beetle assemblage	Cryptocephalus sexpunctatus	Invertebrate	SBL
Short-necked oil beetle	Meloe brevicollis	Invertebrate	SBL	SotE
Slender Scotch burnet	Zygaena loti	Invertebrate	SBL	SotE
Small blue	Cupido minimus	Invertebrate	SBL	SotE
Small pearl-bordered fritillary	Boloria selene	Invertebrate	SBL
Small Scabious mining bee	Andrenna marginata	Invertebrate	SBL
Talisker burnet	Zygaena purpuralis ssp. caledonensis	Invertebrate	SBL	SotE
Transparent burnet	Zygaena purpuralis	Invertebrate	SBL	SotE
Vertigo snail assemblage	Vertigo angustior	Invertebrate	SBL
Vertigo snail assemblage	Vertigo geyeri	Invertebrate	SBL
Vertigo snail assemblage	Vertigo genesii	Invertebrate	SBL
Window winged sedge	Hagenella clathrata	Invertebrate	SBL
–	Xerotrema megalospora	Lichen	SBL
–	Cerothallia arenisedum	Lichen	SBL
–	Fuscopannaria ignobilis	Lichen	SBL
–	Protoparmeliopsis achariana	Lichen	SBL
Blackberries in custard	Pyrenula hibernica	Lichen	SBL
Elm lichen	Gyalecta ulmi	Lichen	SBL
Holly lichen	Pyrenula dermatodes	Lichen	SBL
Marine ciliated lichen	Anaptychia mamillata	Lichen	SBL
Matt felt lichen	Peltigera malacea	Lichen	SBL
Orange fruited elm lichen	Claoplaca luteoalba	Lichen	SBL
Specklebelly lichen	Pseudocyphellaria intricata	Lichen	SBL
Turban lichen	Cladonia peziziformis	Lichen	SBL
White script lichen	Fissurina alboscripta	Lichen	SBL
Lindenberg’s featherwort	Adelanthus lindenbergianus	Liverwort	SBL
Northern prongwort	Herbertus borealis	Liverwort	SBL
Petalwort	Petalophyllum ralfsii	Liverwort	SBL
Atlantic white-sided dolphin	Leucopleurus acutus	Mammal	SBL
Blue whale	Balaenoptera musculus	Mammal	SBL
Bottlenose dolphin	Tursiops truncatus	Mammal	SBL
Brown long-eared bat	Plecotus auritus	Mammal	SBL	SotE
Common dolphin	Delphinus delphis	Mammal	SBL
Common pipistrelle	Pipistrellus pipistrellus	Mammal	SBL	SotE
Daubenton’s bat	Myotis daubentonii	Mammal	SBL	SotE
Eurasian beaver	Castor fiber	Mammal	SBL
Eurasian otter	Lutra lutra	Mammal	SBL
Fin whale	Balaenoptera physalus	Mammal	SBL
Grey seal	Halichoerus grypus	Mammal	SBL
Harbour porpoise	Phocoena phocoena	Mammal	SBL
Harbour seal	Phoca vitulina	Mammal	SBL
Hedgehog	Erinaceus europaeus	Mammal	SBL
Humpback whale	Megaptera novaeangliae	Mammal	SBL
Killer whale	Orcinus orca	Mammal	SBL
Long-finned pilot whale	Globicephala melas	Mammal	SBL
Minke whale	Balaenoptera acutorostrata	Mammal	SBL
Mountain hare	Lepus timidus	Mammal	SBL
Nathusius’ pipistrelle	Pipistrellus nathusii	Mammal	SBL
Northern bottlenose whale	Hyperoodon ampullatus	Mammal	SBL
Orkney vole	Microtus arvalis subsp. orcadensis	Mammal	SBL
Red squirrel	Sciurus vulgaris	Mammal	SBL
Risso’s dolphin	Grampus griseus	Mammal	SBL
Scottish wildcat	Felis silvestris silvestris	Mammal	SBL
Sei whale	Balaenoptera borealis	Mammal	SBL
Soprano pipistrelle	Pipistrellus pygmaeus	Mammal	SBL	SotE
Sowerby’s beaked whale	Mesoplodon bidens	Mammal	SBL
Sperm whale	Physeter macrocephalus	Mammal	SBL
Water vole	Arvicola amphibius	Mammal	SBL
White-beaked dolphin	Lagenorhynchus albirostris	Mammal	SBL
Freshwater pearl mussel	Margaritifera margaritifera	Mollusc	SBL
Heart cockle	Glossus humanus	Mollusc	SBL
Ocean quahog	Arctica islandica	Mollusc	SBL
Pond snail	Omphiscola glabra	Mollusc	SBL
–	Drepanocladus turgescens	Moss	SBL
Baltic bog-moss	Sphagnum balticum	Moss	SBL
Adder	Vipera berus	Reptile	SBL
Basking shark	Cetorhinus maximus	Shark/skate/ray	SBL
Flapper skate	Dipturus intermedius
Blue skate	Dipturus batis
Leafscale gulper shark	Centrophorus squamosus	Shark/skate/ray	SBL
Porbeagle	Lamna nasus	Shark/skate/ray	SBL
Portuguese dogfish	Centroscymnus coelolepsis	Shark/skate/ray	SBL
Sandy skate	Leucoraja circularis	Shark/skate/ray	SBL
Spiny dogfish or Spurdog	Squalus acanthias	Shark/skate/ray	SBL
Thornback skate	Raja clavata	Shark/skate/ray	SBL
Tope	Galeorhinus galeus	Shark/skate/ray	SBL
Bird’s nest stonewort	Tolypella nidifica	Stonewort (alga)	SBL
Alpine bartsia	Bartsia alpina	Vascular plant	SBL
Alpine blue-sowthistle	Cicerbita alpina	Vascular plant	SBL
Alpine gentian	Gentiana nivalis	Vascular plant	SBL
Alpine milk-vetch	Astragalus alpinus	Vascular plant	SBL
Alpine pearlwort	Sagina saginoides	Vascular plant	SBL
Alpine rock-cress	Arabis alpina	Vascular plant	SBL
Arran service-tree	Sorbus pseudofennica	Vascular plant	SBL
Arran whitebeam	Sorbus arranensis	Vascular plant	SBL
Ash	Fraxinus excelsior	Vascular plant	SBL
Aspen	Populus tremula	Vascular plant	SBL
Catacol whitebeam	Sorubus pseudomeinichii	Vascular plant	SBL
Common juniper	Juniperus communis	Vascular plant	SBL
Crab apple	Malus sylvestris	Vascular plant	SBL
Drooping saxifrage	Saxifraga cernua	Vascular plant	SBL
Esthwaite waterweed	Hydrilla verticillata	Vascular plant	SBL
Hawkweed – Scottish endemic species	Hieracium – Scottish endemic species	Vascular plant	SBL
Intermediate wintergreen	Pryola media	Vascular plant	SBL
Irish Lady’s tresses	Spiranthes romanzoffiana	Vascular plant	SBL	SotE
Lady’s mantle – Scottish endemic species	Alchemilla – Scottish endemic species	Vascular plant	SBL
Lesser water-plantain	Baldellia ranunculoides	Vascular plant	SBL
Montane willow species	Salix species	Vascular plant	SBL
Mountain sandwort	Sabulina rubella	Vascular plant	SBL
Oblong woodsia	Woodsia ilvensis	Vascular plant	SBL
One-flowered Wintergreen	Moneses uniflora	Vascular plant	SBL
Oysterplant	Mertensia maritima	Vascular plant	SBL	SotE
Pillwort	Pilularia globulifera	Vascular plant	SBL
Purple oxytropis	Oxytropis halleri	Vascular plant	SBL	SotE
Rock whitebeam	Sorbus rupicola	Vascular plant	SBL
Scottish dock	Rumex aquaticus	Vascular plant	SBL
Scottish primrose	Primula scotica	Vascular plant	SBL	SotE
Shetland mouse-ear-hawkweed	Pilosella flagellaris ssp. bicapitata	Vascular plant	SBL	SotE
Shetland pondweed	Potamogeton rutilus	Vascular plant	SBL
Slender naiad	Najas flexilis	Vascular plant	SBL
Small cow-wheat	Melampyrum sylvaticum	Vascular plant	SBL
Small restharrow	Ononis reclinata	Vascular plant	SBL
Snow pearlwort	Sagina nivalis	Vascular plant	SBL
Tufted saxifrage	Saxifraga cespitosa	Vascular plant	SBL
Twinflower	Linnaea borealis	Vascular plant	SBL
Whorled Solomon’s-seal	Polygonatum verticillatum	Vascular plant	SBL
Wood Bitter-vetch	Vicia orobus	Vascular plant	SBL
Wych elm	Ulmus glabra	Vascular plant	SBL
Yellow marsh saxifrage	Saxifraga hirculus	Vascular plant	SBL
Yellow oxytropis	Oxytrophis campestris	Vascular plant	SBL
Dunlin				SotE

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