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Lord Belstead
After extensive consultation and careful consideration of NCC's recommendations, the Government have today announced their decision to change the protected lists in the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 as follows:
Additions to Schedule 5 (animals) |
|
Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Anemone, Ivell's Sea |
Edwardsia ivelli |
Anemone, Starlet Sea |
Nematosella Vectensis |
Apus |
Triops cancriformis |
Beetle, Violet Click |
Limoniscus violaceus |
Cat, Wild |
Felis silvestris |
Cicada, New Forest |
Cicadetta Montana |
Crayfish, Atlantic Stream (in respect of taking under section 9(1) and in all respects under section 9(5) only) |
Austropotamobius pallipes |
Dolphin (all species) |
Cetacea |
Dormouse |
Muscardinus avellanarius |
Leech, Medicinal |
Hirudo medicinalis |
Marten, Pine |
Martes martes |
Mat, Trembling Sea |
Victorella pavida |
Moth, Vipers Bugloss |
Hadena irregularis |
Porpoise (all species) |
Cetacea |
Sandworm, Lagoon |
Armandia cirrhosa |
Shrimp, Fairy |
Chirocephalus diaphanus |
Shrimp, Lagoon Sand |
Gammarus insensibilis |
Turtles, Marine (all species) |
Dermochelyidae and Cheloniidae |
Vendace |
Coregonus albula |
Walrus |
Odebenus rosmarus |
Whale (all species) |
Cetacea |
Whitefish |
Coregonus lavaretus |
Adders-tongue, Least |
Ophioglossum |
|
lusitanicum |
Cabbage, Lundy |
Rhynchosinapis wrightii |
Colts-foot, Purple |
Homogyne alpina |
Cottongrass, Slender |
Eriophorum gracile |
Crocus, Sand |
Romulea columnae |
Cudweed, Red-tipped |
Filago lutescens |
Fleabane, Alpine |
Erigeron borealis |
Fleabane, Small |
Pulicaria vulgaris |
Gentian, Fringed |
Gentiana ciliata |
Germander, Cut-leaved |
Teucrium botrys |
Goosefoot, Stinking |
Chenopodium vulvaria |
Grass-poly |
Lythrum hyssopifolia |
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Additions to Schedule 5 (animals) |
Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Hawk's-beard, Stinking |
Crepis foetida |
Helleborine, Young's |
Epipactis youngiana |
Horsetail, Branched |
Equisctum ramosissimum |
Hound's-tongue, Green |
Cynoglossum |
|
germanicum |
Marshwort, Creeping |
Apium repens |
Milk-parsley, Cambridge |
Selinum carvifolia |
Naiad, Holly-leaved |
Najas marina |
Pennyroyal |
Mentha pulegium |
Pigmyweed |
Crassula aquatica |
Ragwort, Fen |
Senecio paludosus |
Ramping-fumitory, Martin's |
Fumaria martinii |
Restharrow, Small |
Ononis reclinata |
Rock-cress, Alpine |
Arabis Alpina |
Rock-cress, Bristol |
Arabis stricta |
Speedwell, Fingered |
Veronica triphyllos |
Star-of-Bethlehem, Early |
Gagea bohemica |
Stonewort |
Lamprothamnium |
|
papulosum |
Strapwort |
Corrigiola litoralis |
Viper's-grass |
Scorzonera humilis |
Further but still only partial protection of Schedule 5 has been afforded to: |
Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Lizard, vivaporous |
Lacerta vivipara |
Slow-worm |
Anguis fragilis |
Snake, grass |
Natrix helvetical (natrix natrix) |
Deletions from Schedule 5: |
Common Same |
Scientific Same |
Snail, Carthusian |
monacha cartisiana |
Butterfly, chequered skipper |
carlerocephalus palaemon |