Conservation Designations for UK taxa

The UK spreadsheet of conservation designations lists UK species and their designations, or 'badges'. Badges refer to species listed in international agreements, UK legislation, UK country lists, or which have a particular status (e.g. red list species). JNCC has collated several lists as a downloadable spreadsheet of species' designations.

These lists are not fully comprehensive. For example, the spreadsheet does not incorporate all marine species 'badges' or all Schedules in The Wildlife and Countryside Act. Local Red List assessments are not included, and for some categories only selected annexes/appendices/schedules have been added.

We are aware that there is some information in the Conservation Designations for UK Taxa Spreadsheet that is now out of date, and we are working to rectify this. GB red listing information is up to date following a bulk update in June 2026. Red listing information is also available via the JNCC GB Red List Dashboard.

For more information on Red List species, please visit Red Lists in Great Britain .