Species with a conservation status similar to the Montagu's harrier Results 1 - 20
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Adder (Vipera berus)
The adder is Britain’s only venomous snake and is, as a result, a much-maligned species with a wealth of folklore surrounding it. ...  More  15 Images  9 Videos
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Smooth snake (Coronella austriaca)
This non-venomous snake is very rare in the UK, and is superficially similar in appearance to the adder (Vipera berus), but can be...  More  9 Images  6 Videos
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Grass snake (Natrix natrix)
The grass snake is Britain's largest terrestrial reptile. This snake is typically olive-green, brown or greyish in colour, with a ...  More  18 Images  8 Videos
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Sand lizard (Lacerta agilis)
The sand lizard is larger than the common lizard, and somewhat stockier. Sand lizards have an attractive pattern of dark spots wit...  More  7 Images  5 Videos
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Slow worm (Anguis fragilis)
The slow worm, a legless lizard, was once thought to be a serpent and is often mistaken for a snake. There are certain features th...  More  16 Images  4 Videos
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Viviparous lizard (Lacerta vivipara)
The agile viviparous or common lizard is smaller than the related sand lizard (Lacerta agilis), and is extremely variable in colou...  More  15 Images  6 Videos
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Natterjack toad (Bufo calamita)
The chief distinguishing feature of the natterjack is the yellow stripe down its back. Shorter hind legs also tell the natterjack ...  More  16 Images  4 Videos
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Great crested newt (Triturus cristatus)
The great crested newt is Britain's largest and most threatened newt. The body is generally dark brown to black in colour with a w...  More  11 Images  5 Videos
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Common frog (Rana temporaria)
Undoubtedly Britain's most well-known amphibian, the common frog is often found in garden ponds. They are typically brown or greyi...  More  22 Images  4 Videos
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Smooth newt (Triturus vulgaris)
The smooth or common newt is Britain's most widespread newt. Both males and females have greenish-brown upperparts, with a whitish...  More  15 Images  8 Videos
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Common toad (Bufo bufo)
The common toad is surrounded by a wealth of folklore and superstition. It can alter the tone of its skin to suit its surroundings...  More  20 Images  6 Videos
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Palmate newt (Triturus helveticus)
The palmate newt is the smallest British amphibian, and earns its English name from the strongly webbed hind feet that males devel...  More  9 Images  2 Videos
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Giant goby (Gobius cobitis)
Britain's largest native species of goby, the giant goby is greyish to olive brown with 'pepper and salt' freckling, which is part...  More  1 Image  1 Video
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Vendace (Coregonus albula)
This vendace is one of the UK's rarest freshwater fish; it is a small, streamlined and slim fish with a bluish green back, a white...  More  1 Image  0 Videos
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Bearded tooth (Hericium erinaceum)
The bearded tooth fungus is also known as the tree hedgehog fungus. It belongs to the family of tooth fungi, which are rare in Bri...  More  4 Images  0 Videos
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Golden hair lichen (Teloschistes flavicans)
The golden-hair lichen is a striking 'fruticose' or 'shrubby' tufted lichen, which is a bright orange colour with highly branched,...  More  8 Images  0 Videos
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Olive earthtongue (Microglossum olivaceum)
The family of fungi known collectively as 'earthtongues' are aptly named. The shape of the upper part of the fungus, called the he...  More  3 Images  0 Videos
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Sandy stiltball (Battarrea phalloides)
This strange fungus has a small, rounded head borne on a shaggy ochre-brown stalk. The head is a mass of spores(5), which have a w...  More  6 Images  0 Videos
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New Forest parmelia (Parmelia minarum)
The New Forest parmelia is a 'foliose' lichen, this means that it has a leaf-like structure, comprising of thin lobes. The lobes a...  More  1 Image  0 Videos
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Ciliate strap-lichen (Heterodermia leucomela)
Ciliate strap-lichen has ribbon-like lobes that are ivory white in colour, with long black projections at the edges. The lobes are...  More  1 Image  0 Videos
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