Consultation with local and national experts identified 26 species selected for focused action over the next five years:
Mammals
Wildcat (Felis silvestris)
Mountain hare (Lepus timidus)
Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris)
Birds
Golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)
Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus)
Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)
Invertebrates
Small dark yellow underwing (Anarta cordigera)
Mining bee (Andrena marginata)
Pine hoverfly (Blera fallax)
Pearl bordered fritillary (Boloria euphrosyne)
Northern February red stonefly (Brachyptera putata)
Northern damselfly (Coenagrion hastulatum)
Kentish glory (Endronis versicolora)
Dark bordered beauty (Epione vespertaria)
Freshwater pearl mussel (Margaritifera margaritifera)
Violet oil beetle (Meloe violaceus)
Northern silver stilleto fly (Spiriverpa lunulata)
Wood ants – 4 species
Vascular Plants
Alpine blue sow thistle Cicerbita alpina
Twinflower Linnaea borealis
One flowered wintergreen Moneses uniflora
Tufted saxifrage Saxifraga cespitosa
Bryophytes
Green shield moss (Buxbaumia viridis)
Fungi
Scarlet splash (Cytidia salicina)
Crimson waxcap (Hygrocybe punicea)
Lichens
Powdered sunshine lichen (Vulpicida pinastri)
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