Updates made to species designations collation

The following Red Lists have been added:

• A review of the Population and Conservation Status of British Mammals (2018)
• A review of the status of the Lonchopteridae, Platypezidae and Opetiidae flies of Great Britain (2018)
• A review of the Scarce and Threatened Spiders (Araneae) of Great Britain: Species Status No. 22 (2017)

          This includes the new designation 'Spider Amber List'.

The following Genus has been expanded to include all species occurring in Great Britain for the Wildlife & Countryside Schedules:

Circus (Harrier), Gavia (Divers)  and Loxia (Crossbills)

IUCN 2001 European Red List designations have been included for non-native terrestrial mammal species occurring in Great Britain which have not been assessed in any published Red List for Great Britain.

Environment (Wales) Act 2016 - Species of Principal Importance in Wales (section 7) list has replaced the Welsh section 42 list of the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006.

January 2018

The following Red List has been added:

• The risk of extinction for birds in Great Britain (Sep 2017)

The following Red Lists have been added:

• A review of the Hemiptera of Great Britain: The shieldbugs and allied families (2016)
• A review of the status of the mayflies (Ephemeroptera) of Great Britain (2016)
• A review of the status of the caddis flies (Trichoptera) of Great Britain (2016)
• A review of the beetles of Great Britain: Ground Beetles (Carabidae) (2016)
• A review of the status of the beetles of Great Britain: The stag beetles, dor beetles, dung beetles, chafers and their allies – Lucanidae, Geotrupidae, Trogidae and Scarabaeidae (2016)
• A Provisional Assessment of the Status of Acalyptratae flies in the UK (2016)
• A review of the status of the beetles of Great Britain: The clown beetles and false clown beetles - Histeridae and Sphaeritidae (2017)  
• A Provisional Assessment of the Status of Calypterate flies in the UK (2017)
• A review of the status of Larger Brachycera flies of Great Britain (2017)
• A review of the status of the beetles of Great Britain: The wood-boring beetles, spider beetles, woodworm, false powder-post beetles, hide beetles and  their allies – Derodontidoidea (Derodontidae) and Bostrichoidea (Dermestidae, Bostrichidae and Ptinidae) (2017)

The following Red Lists have been added:

• A Review of the Non-Marine Mollusca of Great Britain (2014).
• A review of the scarce and threatened stoneflies (Plecoptera) of Great Britain (2014).
• A Vascular Plant Red List for England (2014).
• A review of the scarce and threatened flies of Great Britain. Part 6: Hoverflies (2014).
• A review of the beetles of Great Britain: The Darkling Beetles and their allies (2014).
• A review of the scarce and threatened beetles of Great Britain: The leaf beetles and their allies (2014).
• A review of the Hemiptera of Great Britain: The Aquatic and Semi-aquatic Bugs (2015).
• A review of the millipedes (Diplopoda), centipedes (Chilopoda) and woodlice (Isopoda) of Great Britain (2015).
• A review of the Orthoptera (grasshoppers and crickets) and allied species of Great Britain (2015).

The following lists have been updated:

• Birds of Conservation Concern 4: the red list for birds (Red/Amber list and not based on IUCN criteria), 2015.
• Scottish Biodiversity List (incorporating 2007 updates and 2012 categorisation), 2013.
  

• Pipistrellus pipistrellus sensu lato (Schreber, 1774) - common pipistrelle/soprano pipistrelle unseparated.
• Pipistrellus pipistrellus sensu stricto (Schreber, 1774) - common pipistrelle separated from soprano pipistrelle.
• Pipistrellus pygmaeus (Leach, 1825) - soprano pipistrelle.

• Added a column into the 'Master List' and 'Summary for each taxon' sheets which contains links to the NBN Gateway Interactive Mapper for the relevant species.
• Added Lycia zonaria subsp. britannica to the 1997 BAP list, a previous omission.

• 'Current Taxon Name' column has been updated.

• All references to the 'Bonn Convention' removed as this is another name for the Convention on Migratory Species.
• The RDB designation for 'Carabus intricatus' as endangered had been archived and therefore absent from the spreadsheet. This was incorrect and has been amended.
• The Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) Regulations 2010: Schedules 3 and 4 updated to Schedules 4 and 5 respectively. The Schedules retain their meanings ('Animals which may not be taken or killed in certain ways' and 'European protected species of plants') and their designated species.

• This update includes the lists OSPAR, Northern Ireland Priority Species, Red List of Water Beetles and 'The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (2010)' (downloaded 13/12/2010). Note: the water beetles list de-designates a number of Notable B species which no-longer appear in the collation.
• Species authorites and attributes were added to the master list and summary table, along with minor formatting changes.
• The taxon version keys for the following beetles were updated: Potamonectes griseostriatus (NBNSYS0000007575 to NHMSYS0020704746), Mycetoporus longicornis (NBNSYS0000023593 to NHMSYS0020704744)and Sibinia primitus (NBNSYS0000025479 to NBNSYS0000156731). Also updated Sibinia primitus to Sibinia primita.

• The recommended name for Phymatolithon calcareum on the UK Priority species list and the UK Biodiversity Long List was corrected to Phymatolithon calcareum, from Phymatholithon calcareum.
• Taraxacum palustrisquamum has been amended to Taraxacum palustrisquameum.
• The Bonn convention source was updated to a daughter agreement of the Convention on Migratory Species.
• The designation for pipistrellus pygmaeus under the Bern Convention was corrected, from Bern III to Bern II.
• Added missing taxon version keys and recommended taxon names. The 'designated name' column has also been updated.

• Amends the scientific name for Whimbrel to Numenius phaeopus where designated under the 'Birds of Conservation Concern 3' list.
• Removes the common name for Numenius minutus as designated under the 'Bonn Convention' (previously incorrect and the original list did not specifiy a common name for this species).
• Amends the source description for the 'Bern Convention'.
• Rectifies a difference in species between the master and summary sheets.
• Amends the taxon version keys for Pipistrellus pipistrellus, Oberea oculata and Hieracium sect. Alpestria.
• Amends the statuses of butterflies in the 2010 Red List.
• Corrects the taxon group for Coregonus clupeoides.

• A new Red List of British Butterflies, Fox, R., Warren, M.S., and Brereton, T.M. (2010), Species Status 12; 1-32. Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Peterborough.
• Bern Convention Appendix III: Special protection through 'appropriate and necessary legislative and administrative measures', of the listed wild fauna species. Any exploitation of listed animal species to be subject to regulation.
• The Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) Regulations 1994 (NI). Schedule 2: European Protected Species of Animals (1995), Amendment to Schedule 2 (2004), Schedule 3: Animals which may not be taken or killed in certain ways (1995), Schedule 4: European Protected Species of Plants.
• Revised list of nationally rare bryophytes (2010) Preston, C., Field Bryology 100
• Convention on Migratory Species Daughter Agreements: Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA), Agreement on the Conservation of Populations of European Bats (EUROBATS), Agreement on the Conservation of Small Cetaceans of the Baltic, North East Atlantic, Irish and North Seas (ASCOBANS). NB. The AEWA list has been restricted to species appearing on the British Ornithologists Union list (categories A-C only).
• We have updated the name and associated details of 'The Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) Regulations 1994’ to ‘The Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2010’.

• Scottish Biodiversity List of species of principal importance for biodiversity conservation
• Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 - Species of Principal Importance in England (section 41) and Wales (section 42)
• The Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) Regulations 1994 : Schedule 2: European protected species of animals, Schedule 3: Animals which may not be taken or killed in certain ways, Schedule 4: European protected species of plants.
• Birds of Conservation Concern 3. The population status of birds in the United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man. Eaton et al., British Birds 102  June 2009  pages  296–341
• The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (2007 and 2008). This provides taxonomic, conservation status and distribution information on taxa that have been globally evaluated using the IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria.
• Year 2 amendments to the Vascular Plant Red Data List for Great Britain
• Additions to Schedule 5 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act, and amendments to take into account various geographical restrictions to various listings under the W and C Act.
• Protection of Badgers Act (1992)

• Porpidia musiva is included within P. cinereoatra, and therefore there should be a single status entry of LC
• Thelidium microbolum is included within T. fontigenum, and therefore there should be a single status entry of LC and NR
• Verrucaria carnea is included within V. hochstetteri, and therefore there should be a single status entry of LC
• V. papillosa is included within V. viridula, and therefore there should be a single status entry of LC