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Rams Island Heritage Project Supported By
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All wild plants
animals and
birds are given some measure of protection in Northern Ireland
under the Wildlife (NI) Order, 1985.
Fifty-six plant species, listed in Schedule 8, parts 1 and 2, are given special protection.The order has the effect that, unless you have a licence, you may not: intentionally pick, uproot or destroy any wild plants listed in the schedule, or even collect their flowers and seeds; sell these plants or their seeds if taken from the wild; uproot any wild plants intentionally, except on your own land or with permission. Members and Visitors have Identified the Following Species on and around Rams Island to Date as more are identified this page will be updated Species Identified Rams Island Invasive / Problem Species Highlighted Click for more Details Birds (many of
these species are on the Amber List) Blackbird Turdus merula Blackcap Sylvia aticapilla Black-headed gull Larus ridibundus Blue Tit Parus caeruleus Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula Buzzard Buteo buteo Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Coal Tit Parus ater Common gull Larus canus Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos Common Tern Sterna hirundo Coot Fulica atra Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Dunnock Prunella modularis Gadwall Anas strepera Goldcrest Regulus regulus Goldeneye Bucephla clangula Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Great Tit Parus major Grey heron Ardea cinerea Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius Hooded Crow Corvus cornix House Martin Delichon urbica Jackdaw Corvus monedula Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Lesser Black-Backed gull Larus fuscus Long Tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Magpie Pica pica Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Mute Swan Cygnus olor Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Pied wagtail Motacilla alba Pochard Aythya ferina Red Breasted Merganser Mergus serrator Robin Erithacus rubecula Rook Corvus frugilegus Sand Martin Riparia riparia Scaup Aythya marila Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus Shelduck Tadorna tadorna Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus Starling Sturnus vulgaris Swallow Hirundo rustica Swift Apus apus Teal Anas crecca Treecreeper Certhia familiaris Tufted duck Aythya fuligula Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Wigeon Anas penelope Woodcock Scolopax rusticola Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Mammals Bats
Soprano pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pygmaeus) Nathusius's pipistrelle (Pipistrellus nathusii) Daubenton's bat (Myotis daubentonii) Leisler's bat (Nyctalus leisleri) Otter Lutra lutra Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus Trees Sessile Oak Quercus petraea Ash Fraxinus excelsior Alder Alnus glutinosa Aspen Populus Tremula White Willow Salix alba Grey Willow Salix cinerea Crack Willow Salix fragilis Wych Elm
Ulmus glabra montana Downy Birch Betula pubescens Beech Fagus sylvatica Copper Beech Fagus sylvatica purpurea Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus Elder Sambucus nigra Lime Tilia x vulgaris Holly Ilex aquifolium Horse Chestnut Aesculus hippocastanum Walnut Juglans regia Yew Taxus baccata Flowers and Shrubs Red Campion Silene dioica Snowdrops Galanthus nivalis Bluebells Hyacinthoides non-scripta Bluebells Hyacinthoides hispanica Primrose Primula vulgaris Ground-ivy Glechoma hederacea Marsh Marigold Caltha palustris Monkshood Aconitum napellus agg. Dog Rose
Rosa canina Yellow flag iris Iris pseudacorus Common Reed Phragmites australis Bugle Ajuga reptans Lords and Ladies (Jack in the Pulpit) Arum maculatum Wild Mint Mentha sativa Butchers Broom Ruscus aculeatus Wild Garlic Allium ursinum Lesser Celandine Ranunculus ficaria Daffodils
Narcissus pseudonarcissus Nettle Uritica dioica Bulrush Typha latifolia Himalayan balsam Impatiens glandulifera Ferns Broad Buckler-fern Dryopteris dilatata Lady Fern Athyrium filix-femina Common Male Fern Dryopteris filix-mas Fungi Ascomycetes
Cup fungi Coral-spot Fungus Nectria cinnabarina Beech Woodwart Hypoxylon fragiforme Brittle Cinder Ustulina deusta Scarlet Elfcup Sarcoscypha austriaca Candle-snuff Fungus Xylaria hypoxylon Dead Moll's Fingers Xylaria longipes Dead Man's Fingers Xylaria polymorpha Hypoxylon petriniae Aphyllophoroid Fungi
Bracket fungi Blushing Bracket Daedaleopsis confragosa Dryad's Saddle Polyporus squamosus Southern Bracket Ganoderma adspersum Oak Bracket Inonotus dryadeus Alder Bracket Inonotus radiatus Willow Bracket Phellinus igniarius Hairy Curtain Crust Stereum hirsutum Bleeding Broadleaf Crust Stereum rugosum Hairy Bracket Trametes hirsute Turkeytail Trametes versicolor Peniophora lycii Meruliopsis corium Phragmobasidiomycetes Jelly Fungi White Brain Exidia thuretiana Boletes and Agarics Red Cracking Bolete Boletus chrysenteron Honey Fungus Armillaria mellea Butter Cap Collybia butyracea Common Ink-cap Coprinus atramentarius Porcelain Fungus "poached egg toadstool" Oudemansiella mucida Soft Slipper Toadstool Crepidotus mollis Sheathed Woodtuft Galerina mutabilis Collared Parachute Marasmius rotula Fawn Pluteus Deer Shield Pluteus cervinus Willow Shield Pluteus salicinus Gasteroid Fungi Common Puffball Lycoperdon perlatum Pestle-Shaped Puffball Calvatia excipuliformis Stump Puffball “wolf-fart puffballs” Lycoperdon pyriforme Tricladida: Terricola Worms New Zealand flatworm Arthurdendyus triangulatus Common land planarian Microplana terrestris Mollusca Snails, slugs Waxy glass-snail
Aegopinella nitidula Chilopoda Centipedes Garden Centipede
Lithobius forficatus Diplopoda Millipedes Blunt-tailed Snake Millipede
Cylindroiulus punctatus Crustacea:Isopoda Slaters
Coleoptera
Beetles Ptiliidae Point beetles point beetle Ptenidium nitidum Carabidae Ground beetles ground beetle
Abax parallelepipedus Cantharidae
Soldier beetles Staphylinidae Rove beetles rove beetle
Atheta britanniae
Cryptophagidae Silken fungus beetles silken fungus beetle Micrambe bimaculata very rare - Lough Neagh only in Ireland. Nitidulidae Fungus beetles fungus beetle Cychramus luteus Scraptidae Tumbling flower beetles tumbling flower beetle Anaspis maculata Coccinellidae Ladybirds cream-spot ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata Chrysomelidae Leaf beetles brown willow beetle Galerucella lineola Curculionidae Weevils strawberry Fruit Weevil Barypeithes araneiformis
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This page was last updated 01-Mar-2012
Common pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pipistrellus)
