Red Data Books

These are lists of species whose continued existence is threatened.

Red Data Book species are classified into different categories of perceived risk. Each Red Data Book usually deals with a specific group of animals or plants (for instance, reptiles, insects or mosses). They are now being published in many different countries. JNCC is responsible for some of these publications reflecting the status of some plant species types in Britain and Ireland.

JNCC has collated these and other red data book listings, and made them available as a single downloadable spreadsheet of conservation designations. This collation also includes legislative lists.

A Review of the scarce and threatened flies of Great Britain (2005)

Falk, S.J. and Crossley, R

This present volume deals with the Superfamily Empidoidea as defined by Chvála (1983), which total 673 British species in the latest Diptera check list (Chandler 1998a), now increased to 677 species (as of March 2003; Stubbs (2003)).

A review of the scarce and threatened flies of Great Britain (2005)

Falk, S.J. and Chandler, P.

The present volume deals with those Nematocera and Aschiza which were listed but not provided with Data Sheets by Falk (1991). There are sixteen currently recognised families, comprising about 1226 British Isles species, which are considered in this review.

The Vascular Plant Red Data List for Great Britain (2005)

Cheffings, C. and Farrell, L. (Editors)

Produced as part of the JNCC Species Status Assessment project, to assess the status of vascular plants throughout Great Britain. IMPORTANT: the Vascular Plant Red Data List for Great Britain has recently been revised (2006). The amended version has been incoporated into a a single downloadable spreadsheet of conservation designations. This spreadsheet has various types of legislative and status lists and also includes other taxonomic groups.

British Red Data Books: mosses and liverworts (2004)

Church, J.M., Hodgetts, N.G., Preston, C.D. & Stewart, N.F.

Great Britain is home to 60% of the entire European bryophyte flora. This book gives full species accounts for 176 species with a further 76 listed as 'near threatened'. Already it is contributing to the species conservation programmes co-ordinated by the UK Government's Biodiversity Steering Group.

British Red Data Books: 1. Vascular plants, 3rd ed. (1999)

Wigginton, M.J. (ed.)

20 years on from publication of the first edition, this new volume systematically documents the likelihood of extinction of a substantial part of the British flora. Detailed accounts and maps for each species. NOTE this has been updated as the Vascular Plant Red Data List for Great Britain (2005), Cheffings & Farrell (eds).

Red Data books of Britain & Ireland: lichens. Volume 1: Britain (1996)

Church, J.M., Coppins, B.J., Gilbert, O.L. et al

Contains 177 data sheets describing the appearance, distribution, ecology and conservation requirements of Britain's most threatened species of lichens.

Red Data Books of Britain & Ireland: stoneworts (1992)

Stewart, N.F. & Church, J.M.

Stoneworts or charophytes are a group of relatively large and attractive algae that grow mainly in calcareous fresh water and in brackish lagoons. This book describes the ecology, threats, status and conservation of the 21 most threatened stoneworts in Britain and Ireland, with a distribution map and drawing of each species. Also includes an identification key.