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Monday, October 28, 2002

A Short Guide to the Endangered Species of Sarn
Does not include dead poets and painters nor human refugees from the Welsh Wet Winter

Among the less common recently Breeding Species and plants
of which the habitats will be destroyed are :
Birds
Nuthatch Sitta europeaea
Tree Creeper Certhia familiaris
Woodcock Scolopax rusticola EU1
Woodpeckers Dendocopus major and minor
Picus viridis
Long-tailed Tit Aegithalus caudatus
Coal Tit Panus ater
Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
Tawny Owl Strix aluco
Little Owl Athene nocturna
Barn Owl Tyco alba*
Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus EU1

Animals
Weasel Mustela rivalis
Lizard Lacerta agilis
Slow Worm Anguis fragilis
Grass Snake Nutrix nutrix
Adder Vipera berus*
Dormouse Muscardinus arvellanarius*
Harvest Mouse Micromys minutus
Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus*
Butterflies and Moths
Marsh Fritillary Euphydryas aurinia*
Orangetip Anthocharis cardaminea
Peacock Inachis io
Small Copper Lycaena philaeus
Blues Celastina argiolus
Polyommatus icarus
Hawk Moth Articia agestia
Large populations of orthopteroids and arthropods*
Plants and Flowers
Wood Anemone Anemone nemorosa
Horsetail Equisetum arvense
Hart's Tounge Fern Aspenium scolopendrium
Ramsons Allium ursinum
Early Purple Orchis Orchis mascula
Spotted Orchis Dactylorhiza maculata
Wood Sorrel Oxalis acetosella
Kingcup Caltha palustris
Significant growths of lichens, mosses, liverworts and bryophytes*
*Subjects of UK Biodiversity and other Surveys