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Species listed under the Wildlife & Countryside Act (1981)

The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (amended 1985) provides the cornerstone to nature conservation in Great Britain. The Act sets out provisions for the protection of species in England, Wales and Scotland, including the establishment of Marine Nature Reserves. It was amended further by the Countryside Rights of Way Act (2000). Further detail: JNCC

Available MarLIN information on species protected under the W&C Act is listed below, based on the JNCC Taxon designations list 2014.

Species Shotlist

Image: Acipenser sturio missing

Acipenser sturio (Atlantic sturgeon)

Image: Alkmaria romijni

Alkmaria romijni (Tentacled lagoon worm)

Image: Alosa alosa

Alosa alosa (Allis shad)

Image: Alosa fallax missing

Alosa fallax (Twaite shad)

Image: Armandia cirrhosa

Armandia cirrhosa (Lagoon sandworm)

Image: Atrina fragilis

Atrina fragilis (Fan mussel)

Image: Balaenoptera acutorostrata

Balaenoptera acutorostrata (Minke whale)

Image: Balaenoptera borealis missing

Balaenoptera borealis (Sei whale)

Image: Balaenoptera musculus missing

Balaenoptera musculus (Blue whale)

Image: Balaenoptera physalus missing

Balaenoptera physalus (Fin whale)

Image: Caecum armoricum

Caecum armoricum (DeFolin's lagoon snail)

Image: Caretta caretta missing

Caretta caretta (Loggerhead turtle)

Image: Cetorhinus maximus

Cetorhinus maximus (Basking shark)

Image: Chara canescens missing

Chara canescens (Bearded stonewort)

Image: Chelonia mydas

Chelonia mydas (Green Turtle)

Image: Coregonus lavaretus missing

Coregonus lavaretus (Common whitefish)

Image: Delphinus delphis

Delphinus delphis (Short-beaked common dolphin)

Image: Dermochelys coriacea

Dermochelys coriacea (Leatherback turtle)

Image: Edwardsia ivelli missing

Edwardsia ivelli (Ivell's sea anemone)

Image: Eretmochelys imbricata

Eretmochelys imbricata (Hawksbill turtle)

Image: Eubalaena glacialis missing

Eubalaena glacialis (Northern right whale)

Image: Eunicella verrucosa

Eunicella verrucosa (Pink sea fan)

Image: Gammarus insensibilis missing

Gammarus insensibilis (Lagoon sand shrimp)

Image: Gavia stellata

Gavia stellata (Red-throated diver)

Image: Globicephala melas missing

Globicephala melas (Long-finned pilot whale)

Image: Gobius cobitis

Gobius cobitis (Giant goby)

Image: Gobius couchi

Gobius couchi (Couch's goby)

Image: Grampus griseus

Grampus griseus (Risso's dolphin)

Image: Hippocampus guttulatus

Hippocampus guttulatus (Long snouted seahorse)

Image: Hippocampus hippocampus

Hippocampus hippocampus (Short snouted seahorse)

Image: Hyperoodon ampullatus

Hyperoodon ampullatus (Northern bottlenose whale)

Image: Kogia breviceps missing

Kogia breviceps (Pygmy sperm whale)

Image: Lagenorhynchus acutus missing

Lagenorhynchus acutus (Atlantic white-sided dolphin)

Image: Lagenorhynchus albirostris

Lagenorhynchus albirostris (White-beaked dolphin)

Image: Lamprothamnium papulosum

Lamprothamnium papulosum (Foxtail stonewort)

Image: Lepidochelys kempii missing

Lepidochelys kempii (Kemp's Ridley turtle)

Image: Lutra lutra missing

Lutra lutra (Eurasian river otter)

Image: Megaptera novaeangliae

Megaptera novaeangliae (Humpback whale)

Image: Melanitta nigra

Melanitta nigra (Common scoter)

Image: Mesoplodon bidens missing

Mesoplodon bidens (Sowerby's beaked whale)

Image: Mesoplodon europaeus missing

Mesoplodon europaeus (Gervais' beaked whale)

Image: Mesoplodon mirus missing

Mesoplodon mirus (True's beaked whale)

Image: Monodon monoceros missing

Monodon monoceros (Narwhal)

Image: Nematostella vectensis

Nematostella vectensis (Starlet sea anemone)

Image: Odobenus rosmarus missing

Odobenus rosmarus (Walrus)

Image: Orcinus orca

Orcinus orca (Killer whale)

Image: Pachycordyle michaeli

Pachycordyle michaeli (Brackish sea fir)

Image: Phocoena phocoena

Phocoena phocoena (Harbour porpoise)

Image: Physeter macrocephalus

Physeter macrocephalus (Sperm whale)

Image: Pseudorca crassidens missing

Pseudorca crassidens (False killer whale)

Image: Squatina squatina

Squatina squatina (Angel Shark)

Image: Stenella coeruleoalba missing

Stenella coeruleoalba (Striped dolphin)

Image: Tenellia adspersa

Tenellia adspersa (Lagoon sea slug)

Image: Thyasira gouldii

Thyasira gouldii (Northern hatchet shell)

Image: Tursiops truncatus

Tursiops truncatus (Bottle-nosed dolphin)

Image: Victorella pavida

Victorella pavida (Trembling sea mat)

Image: Ziphius cavirostris missing

Ziphius cavirostris (Cuvier's beaked whale)