Species

All Local Nature Recovery Strategies are required to produce:

  • A long list of species that are threatened or identified as needing action. In the Devon LNRS these are called Devon Species of Conservation Concern (DSoCC). See the Devon Species of Conservation Concern spreadsheet.
  • A short list of species from the long list that are in need of particular action or attention. In the Devon LNRS these are called Devon Special Species. See the Overview of Devon Special Species (short list).
  • A few Devon Special Groups have been identified where there is a group of rare species for which Devon is a stronghold. Some of the groups have a Devon Special Species within them e.g. bog hoverfly is part of the valley mire fly group. .

For information on how these lists were produced see the Developing the Devon LNRS page in the Information section.

Species Opportunity Areas have been mapped on the Viewer to show where actions need to be targeted for some Devon Special Species, particularly for those that are more mobile and need large areas of connected habitats. However most Devon Special Species are not mapped. For an overview of where action is most needed for Devon Special Species see the Geographical Species Overviews page.

The pages in this section describe what we need to do for species, and in particular for Devon Special Species. See links below.

Did you know

There are species in Devon that aren’t found anywhere else in the world, such as the horrid ground weaver spider in Plymouth.

Vertebrates

Beaver, Svetozar Cenis - Unsplash

Mammals
Dartford Warbler (Sylvia undata) on yellow gorse with Heath moth in its beak at Ibsley Common, New Forest, Hampshire.

Birds
Tompot blenny with big red eyes and a bright orange coral shaped feature on its head, The fish has a wide mouth, and interesting light green patterns over its brown body. Paul Naylor, marinephoto.co.uk

Fish
Common toad, Barry Edwards - National Trust Images

Reptiles and amphibians

Invertebrates: insects

Beige and orange small pearl-bordered fritillary on a yellow flower

Moths and butterflies
A heath potter wasp is in flight with an orange caterpillar in its mouth. The wasp is just reaching it's nest 'pot' that is attached to some woody vegetation against a blurred green background. The pot is shaped like a vase with the round circular base attached to the small branch before going into a narrow neck and widening slightly at the opening. The nest pots surface is light grey-brown and uneven. The heath potter wasp itself is all over black with yellow stripes across its body (from side to side not rear to front). It has a pointed teardrop abdomen, long slim body, getting wider towards the head, The head has large black mouthparts, black eyes and thick black antennae. The wings are only visible by a clear blur above the wasp. Six yellow legs with black feet dangle below the body of the wasp.

Bees, ants and wasps

Dragonflies and damselflies

Flies
A blue ground beetle walks away from the camera on a surface of mixed mosses of different greens and leaf shapes. The beetle has a long oval rear body part and a shield-shaped middle that then connects a small head that has verry long antennae. Every part of the beetle is a shiny metallic dark blue, including its six skinny legs.

Bugs, beetles and crickets

Invertebrates: other

Spiky small bodied spider with long thin legs

Spiders and harvestmen
A hand holding a tiny white clawed crayfish, which has its claws held up in the air

Crustaceans and myriapods
A native oyster is photographed on a grey rock with yellow lichen like plant matter growing sporadically around its edges. The oyster itself is a rounded semi-circle shape and light grey in colour with a hard matte shell.

Molluscs
Glaucous pimplet - Keith Hiscock

Intertidal invertebrates

Plants, fungi and lichens

Deptford pink - Peter Llewellyn

Flowering plants and ferns

Bryophytes

Fungi

Lichens

Mixed invertebrate groups (excluding intertidal species)

Landscape view of white cliffs to the right of the frame, sea to the top left, branscombe beach to the top right and sky in between. At the bottom of the frame is the foreground of the photo why is green, dry coastal scrub and trees.

Sidmouth to Dorset coastal wildbelt invertebrates
A variable meadow fly sits on a shiny green leaf. The fly has six yellow legs, a black and yellow striped abdomen and body, as well as clear light brown wings that lie flat parallel to the body. The large black eyes sit above a bright yellow mouthpart and between them are two short, stout, black antennae.

North and south coast invertebrates
A six banded nomad sits on a grey rock facing the bottom right corner of the photo. It has orangey-yellow legs, orangey brown antennae, a black and yellow striped abdomen and a fuzzy black body and head. The dark, clear wings lay on top of one another against the abdomen, the large dark eyes are just below the antennae on on the head, and a lighter, yellow mouthpart is just visible below those.

Start Point to Bolt Tail invertebrates
Braunton Burrows, Neville Stanikk

Northern Devon sand dune invertebrates
The moth faces the right, showing a side view that emphasises a large black and yellow headpiece that protrudes from its nose, curving upward and ending in a two pronged fork. The top front of the moth is bright yellow, with a black end half that has iridescent blue markings and a bright yellow dot. The underside of the moth is black and iridescent blue and the legs are black and white stripes. The moths eye is red.

Deadwood invertebrates

Invasive non-native species

A grey squirrel is in the centre of the shot, crouched down on a boardwalk with a wooden fence and trees in the background. The squirrel has a white belly and neck with a grey brown back, face, and fluffy tail.

Invasive non-native species

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