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Narrow-mouthed whorl snail [Vertigo angustior]
Published dateInvertebrate species: molluscs Description and ecological characteristics The tiny narrow-mouthed whorl snail Vertigo angustior is found primarily in marshy ground of high, even humidity, with flowing...
Lesser horseshoe bat [Rhinolophus hipposideros]
Published dateVertebrate species: mammals Description and ecological characteristics The lesser horseshoe bat Rhinolophus hipposideros is one of the smallest bats in the UK. During the summer they form maternity co...
Ramshorn snail [Anisus vorticulus]
Published dateInvertebrate species: molluscs Description and ecological characteristics The Lesser whirlpool ram’s-horn snail Anisus vorticulus is a small aquatic snail with a flattened spiral shell rarely more tha...
Slender naiad [Najas flexilis]
Published dateHigher plant species Description and ecological characteristics The selected sites include localities that are known to hold consistently large, naturally-occurring populations in lakes, rivers and he...
Depressions on peat substrates of the Rhynchosporion
Published dateRaised bogs and mires and fens Description and ecological characteristics Depressions on peat substrates of the Rhynchosporion occur in complex mosaics with lowland wet heath and valley mire vegetatio...
Annual vegetation of drift lines
Published dateMarine, coastal and halophytic habitats Description and ecological characteristics This habitat type occurs on deposits of shingle lying at or above mean high-water spring tides. The types of deposits...
Spined loach [Cobitis taenia]
Published dateVertebrate species: fish Description and ecological characteristics The spined loach Cobitis taenia is a small bottom-living fish that has a restricted microhabitat associated with a specialised feedi...
LR.FLR.Lic.YG Yellow and grey lichens on supralittoral rock
Published date 2015-03Vertical to gently sloping bedrock and stable boulders in the supralittoral (or splash zone) of the majority of rocky shores are typically characterised by a diverse maritime community of yellow and g...
LR.LLR.FVS Fucoids in variable salinity
Published date 2015-03Blankets of fucoid seaweeds dominating sheltered to extremely sheltered rocky shores with variable salinity. The wrack Pelvetia canaliculata (PelVS) occurs on the upper shore, with the wrack Fucus spi...
LR.FLR.Lic.Ver.Ver Verrucaria maura on very exposed to very sheltered upper littoral fringe rock
Published date 2015-03Upper littoral fringe bedrock, boulders and stable cobbles on very exposed to very sheltered shores which have a blanket covering of the black lichen Verrucaria maura. The winkle Littorina saxatilis i...