The following is a list of native plant and animal species which are found in Britain, but only at a single location.
Key to conservation designations for species:
Key to conservation designations for sites:
Species | Conservation designation(s) of species | Location at which found | Conservation designation(s) of location | Date of discovery at this location | Formerly found elsewhere |
Thamnobryum angustifolium, Derbyshire feathermoss | RDB (CR) | Derbyshire | SSSI | 1886 | No |
Species | Conservation designation(s) of species | Location at which found | Conservation designation(s) of location | Date of discovery at this location | Formerly found elsewhere |
Diapensia Diapensia lapponica | RDB (vu), W&CA 8 | Glenfinnan | None | 1951 | No |
Rannoch-rush Scheuchzeria palustris | RDB (vu) | Rannoch Moor | SSSI, NNR | 1910 | Yes |
Least adder's-tongue Ophioglossum lusitanicum |
RDB (vu) | St Agnes, Isles of Scilly | SSSI | 1950 | No |
Lundy cabbage Coincya wrightii | RDB (vu), W&CA 8 | Lundy, Devon | No | ||
Alpine rock-cress Arabis alpina | RDB (vu) | Isle of Skye | No | ||
Bristol rock-cress Arabis scabra | RDB (vu), W&CA 8 | Avon Gorge, Bristol | No | ||
Lady's-slipper Cypripedium calceolus | RDB (cr), W&CA 8 | Wharfedale | Yes | ||
Shetland mouse-ear Cerastium nigrescens | RDB (vu) | Unst, Shetland | 1837 | No | |
Teesdale sandwort Minuartia stricta | Widdybank Fell, Teesdale | No | |||
Wild cotoneaster Cotoneaster cambricus | Great Orme Head | No | |||
Arran whitebeam Sorbus arranensis | Isle of Arran | No | |||
Arran service-tree Sorbus pseudofennica | Isle of Arran | No | |||
Catacol whitebeam Sorbus pseudomeinichii | Isle of Arran | No | |||
Wilmott's whitebeam Sorbus willmottiana | Avon Gorge | No | |||
Bristol whitebeam Sorbus bristoliensis | Avon Gorge | No | |||
The sea-lavender Limonium paradoxum | St David's Head, Pembrokeshire | No | |||
The sea-lavender Limonium transwallianum | Giltar Point, Pembrokeshire | No | |||
The sea-lavender Limonium loganicum | Logan Rock to Carn Les Boel, Cornwall | No | |||
The eyebright Euphrasia campbelliae | Isle of Lewis | No | |||
Wall germander Teucrium chamaedrys | Beachy Head, Sussex | No | |||
Leafless hawk's-beard Crepis praemorsa | Cumbria | No | |||
Wood calamint Clinopodium menthifolium | Isle of Wight | No | |||
Radnor lily Gagea bohemica | Radnorshire | No | |||
Sand crocus Romulea columnae | Dawlish Warren | No | |||
Strapwort Corrigiola litoralis | Slapton Ley, Devon | Yes | |||
Creeping marshwort Apium repens | Port Meadow, Oxford | Yes | |||
Fen ragwort Senecio paludosus | Ely | Yes | |||
Holly-leaved Naiad Najas marina [1] | RDB (vu) | Norfolk Broads | 1883 | Yes (fossil record) | |
Triangular club-rush Scirpus triqueter | Tamar Estuary, Devon | Yes |
Species | Conservation designation(s) of species | Location at which found | Conservation designation(s) of location | Date of discovery at this location | Formerly found elsewhere |
Geotomus punctulatus – a shield bug [2] | RDB1 | Whitesand Bay, Sennen, Cornwall | none | 1864 [3] | Yes |
Syncopacma suecicella – a micro moth | Kynance Cove, Cornwall | SSSI | 1984 [4] | No | |
Common forest looper ( Pseudocoremia suavis) | Great Work, near Tregonning Hill, Breage, Cornwall | none | 2007 [5] | No | |
Fisher’s estuarine moth (Gortyna borelii lunata) | Hamford Water, northeast Essex | SSSI | |||
Morris's wainscot ( Chortodes morrisii morrisii) | west Dorset coast | SSSI | |||
Sphaerius acaroides – a sphaeriusid beetle | Eype Mouth, Dorset | No | |||
Sitona gemellatus – a weevil | Eype Mouth, Dorset | Yes | |||
Prostoma jenningsi – a ribbon worm [6] [7] | A lake between Croston and Bretherton, Lancashire | 1967 | No | ||
Trembling sea mat ( Victorella pavida) [8] | Schedule 5 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and Species Action Plan | Swanpool, Falmouth | SSSI and LNR | 1968 | Yes |
Megathiris detruncata – a lamp shell [9] [10] | 35 fathom mark off Men-a-vaur, Isles of Scilly | 1888 | No | ||
Ivell's sea anemone (Edwardsia ivelli) | Schedule 5 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 | Widewater Lagoon, West Sussex | 1975 | No |
Species | Conservation designation(s) of species | Location at which found | Conservation designation(s) of location | Date of discovery at this location | Formerly found elsewhere |
Common crane (Grus grus) (see note 1) | RDB | The Norfolk Broads | 1979 | Yes |
The following is a list of native plant and animal species which are found in Britain, but only at a single location.
Key to conservation designations for species:
Key to conservation designations for sites:
Species | Conservation designation(s) of species | Location at which found | Conservation designation(s) of location | Date of discovery at this location | Formerly found elsewhere |
Thamnobryum angustifolium, Derbyshire feathermoss | RDB (CR) | Derbyshire | SSSI | 1886 | No |
Species | Conservation designation(s) of species | Location at which found | Conservation designation(s) of location | Date of discovery at this location | Formerly found elsewhere |
Diapensia Diapensia lapponica | RDB (vu), W&CA 8 | Glenfinnan | None | 1951 | No |
Rannoch-rush Scheuchzeria palustris | RDB (vu) | Rannoch Moor | SSSI, NNR | 1910 | Yes |
Least adder's-tongue Ophioglossum lusitanicum |
RDB (vu) | St Agnes, Isles of Scilly | SSSI | 1950 | No |
Lundy cabbage Coincya wrightii | RDB (vu), W&CA 8 | Lundy, Devon | No | ||
Alpine rock-cress Arabis alpina | RDB (vu) | Isle of Skye | No | ||
Bristol rock-cress Arabis scabra | RDB (vu), W&CA 8 | Avon Gorge, Bristol | No | ||
Lady's-slipper Cypripedium calceolus | RDB (cr), W&CA 8 | Wharfedale | Yes | ||
Shetland mouse-ear Cerastium nigrescens | RDB (vu) | Unst, Shetland | 1837 | No | |
Teesdale sandwort Minuartia stricta | Widdybank Fell, Teesdale | No | |||
Wild cotoneaster Cotoneaster cambricus | Great Orme Head | No | |||
Arran whitebeam Sorbus arranensis | Isle of Arran | No | |||
Arran service-tree Sorbus pseudofennica | Isle of Arran | No | |||
Catacol whitebeam Sorbus pseudomeinichii | Isle of Arran | No | |||
Wilmott's whitebeam Sorbus willmottiana | Avon Gorge | No | |||
Bristol whitebeam Sorbus bristoliensis | Avon Gorge | No | |||
The sea-lavender Limonium paradoxum | St David's Head, Pembrokeshire | No | |||
The sea-lavender Limonium transwallianum | Giltar Point, Pembrokeshire | No | |||
The sea-lavender Limonium loganicum | Logan Rock to Carn Les Boel, Cornwall | No | |||
The eyebright Euphrasia campbelliae | Isle of Lewis | No | |||
Wall germander Teucrium chamaedrys | Beachy Head, Sussex | No | |||
Leafless hawk's-beard Crepis praemorsa | Cumbria | No | |||
Wood calamint Clinopodium menthifolium | Isle of Wight | No | |||
Radnor lily Gagea bohemica | Radnorshire | No | |||
Sand crocus Romulea columnae | Dawlish Warren | No | |||
Strapwort Corrigiola litoralis | Slapton Ley, Devon | Yes | |||
Creeping marshwort Apium repens | Port Meadow, Oxford | Yes | |||
Fen ragwort Senecio paludosus | Ely | Yes | |||
Holly-leaved Naiad Najas marina [1] | RDB (vu) | Norfolk Broads | 1883 | Yes (fossil record) | |
Triangular club-rush Scirpus triqueter | Tamar Estuary, Devon | Yes |
Species | Conservation designation(s) of species | Location at which found | Conservation designation(s) of location | Date of discovery at this location | Formerly found elsewhere |
Geotomus punctulatus – a shield bug [2] | RDB1 | Whitesand Bay, Sennen, Cornwall | none | 1864 [3] | Yes |
Syncopacma suecicella – a micro moth | Kynance Cove, Cornwall | SSSI | 1984 [4] | No | |
Common forest looper ( Pseudocoremia suavis) | Great Work, near Tregonning Hill, Breage, Cornwall | none | 2007 [5] | No | |
Fisher’s estuarine moth (Gortyna borelii lunata) | Hamford Water, northeast Essex | SSSI | |||
Morris's wainscot ( Chortodes morrisii morrisii) | west Dorset coast | SSSI | |||
Sphaerius acaroides – a sphaeriusid beetle | Eype Mouth, Dorset | No | |||
Sitona gemellatus – a weevil | Eype Mouth, Dorset | Yes | |||
Prostoma jenningsi – a ribbon worm [6] [7] | A lake between Croston and Bretherton, Lancashire | 1967 | No | ||
Trembling sea mat ( Victorella pavida) [8] | Schedule 5 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and Species Action Plan | Swanpool, Falmouth | SSSI and LNR | 1968 | Yes |
Megathiris detruncata – a lamp shell [9] [10] | 35 fathom mark off Men-a-vaur, Isles of Scilly | 1888 | No | ||
Ivell's sea anemone (Edwardsia ivelli) | Schedule 5 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 | Widewater Lagoon, West Sussex | 1975 | No |
Species | Conservation designation(s) of species | Location at which found | Conservation designation(s) of location | Date of discovery at this location | Formerly found elsewhere |
Common crane (Grus grus) (see note 1) | RDB | The Norfolk Broads | 1979 | Yes |