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List of species occurring in Britain at a single location

List of species occurring in Britain at a single location

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The following is a list of native plant and animal species which are found in Britain, but only at a single location.

Key

Key to conservation designations for species:

Key to conservation designations for sites:

Currently found at just a single location

Non-vascular plants

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

Vascular plants

This section currently lists non-critical species and critical species in the smaller apomictic genera; many microspecies in the apomictic genera Hieracium (hawkweeds), Rubus (brambles) and Taraxacum (dandelions) are also found at just a single site each.
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

Invertebrates

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

Vertebrates

Birds

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
Notes
  1. Common crane, although occurring in fluctuating numbers as a scarce spring and autumn migrant through Britain, with occasional individuals or pairs wintering or summering, has only established a single breeding population, in the Norfolk Broads (see Cranes in Britain for more details); the species was thought to be quite widespread in the Middle Ages, but the term 'crane' was also often applied to grey heron, making a reliable determination of historical status difficult.

References

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    Handley, R J; Davy, A J (2000). "Discovery of male plants of Najus marina L. (Hydrocharitaceae) in Britain". Watsonia. 23: 331–334.
  2. [2]
    Alexander, Keith (2009). In CISFBR (ed.). Red Data Book for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly (2nd ed.). Praze-an-Beeble: Croceago Press. p. 217. ISBN 978-1-901685-01-5.
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    Dale, C W (1890). "Additions to list of Lepidoptera, Hymenoptera and Hemiptera". Penzance Natural History and Antiquarian Society. 3: 269–70.
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    Smith, Frank H N (1997). The Moths and Butterflies of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. Wallingford: Gem Publishing Company. ISBN 0-906802-07-5.
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    James, Tony. "Common Forest Looper Pseudocoremia suavis". UKMoths. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
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    Ray Gibson & Johnstone O. Young (1971). "Prostoma jenningsi sp. nov., a new British freshwater hoplonemertean". Freshwater Biology. 1 (1): 121–127. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2427.1971.tb01550.x.
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    The Wildlife Trust for Lancashire, Manchester & North Merseyside. "Memorandum submitted by The Wildlife Trust for Lancashire, Manchester & North Merseyside". House of Lords. Retrieved November 29, 2011.
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    Gainey Paul (2009). In CISFBR (ed.). Red Data Book for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly (2nd ed.). Praze-an-Beeble: Croceago Press. pp. 525–8. ISBN 978-1-901685-01-5.
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    Turk, Stella (2009). In CISFBR (ed.). Red Data Book for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly (2nd ed.). Praze-an-Beeble: Croceago Press. p. 524. ISBN 978-1-901685-01-5.
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    Marshall, James Taylor (1888). "Argiope decollata at Scilly". Journal of Conchology. 5: 361–2.
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