Scientific name [sorted A-Z]	Common name [sort A-Z]	Also known as
Acaulon triquetrum	Triangular Pygmy-moss
Acosmetia caliginosa	Reddish Buff
Acrobolbus wilsonii	Wilson's Pouchwort
Acrocephalus paludicola	Aquatic Warbler
Acrocephalus palustris	Marsh Warbler
Adelanthus lindenbergianus	Lindenberg's featherwort	Adelanthus dugortiensis
		Adelanthus unciformis
		Lindenberg's Leafy Liverwort
Agabus (Gaurodytes) brunneus	Sharp's Diving Beetle
Alauda arvensis	Skylark	Sky Lark
Alchemilla minima	a lady's-mantle	Lady's mantle
Alectoria ochroleuca	Alpine sulphur- tresses	Alectoria ochroleuca forma citrina
		Alectoria ochroleuca forma tenuior
		Alectoria ochroleuca var. citrina
		Usnea ochroleuca
Alisma gramineum	Ribbon-leaved Water-plantain	Alisma gramineum subsp. wahlenbergii
		Alisma wahlenbergii
Alosa alosa	Allis Shad
Alosa fallax	Twaite Shad
Amara (Amara) famelica	Early Sunshiner	a ground beetle
		Amara famelica
Amphianthus dohrnii	Sea-fan Anemone
Andreaea frigida	Icy Rock-moss	Andreaea rothii subsp. frigida
Andrena (Hoplandrena) ferox	a mining bee	Andrena distincta
		Andrena ferox
Andrena (Taeniandrena) lathyri	a mining bee	Andrena lathyri
Andrena (Zonandrena) gravida	Banded Mining Bee	Andrena fasciata
		Andrena gravida
Anergates atratulus	Dark Guest Ant
Anisodactylus poeciloides	Saltmarsh Short-spur	Anisodactylus pseudoaeneus
Anisus (Disculifer) vorticulus	Little Whirlpool Ram`s-horn snail	Anisus vorticulus
		Ramshorn Snail
Anostirus castaneus	a click-beetle
Anotrichium barbatum	Bearded Red Seaweed
Aphanopus carbo	Black Scabbardfish
Aphodius (Liothorax) niger	Beaulieu dung beetle
Apium repens	Creeping Marshwort	Apium nodiflorum subsp. repens
Arabis glabra	Tower Mustard	Turritis glabra
Argynnis adippe	High Brown Fritillary	Argynnis cydippe
Armillaria ectypa	Marsh Honey Fungus	Agaricus ectypus
		Armillariella ectypa
		Clitocybe ectypa
Artemisia norvegica	Norwegian Mugwort	Artemisia norvegica subsp. scotica
		Artemisia norvegica var. scotica
		Highland Wormwood
		Norwegian Wormwood
Arthothelium dictyosporum	a lichen	Arthothelium ilicinum var. dictyosporum
		Lichen
Arthothelium macounii	a lichen
		Arthonia macounii
		Arthothelium ilicinum var. reagens
		Arthothelium reagens
Arvicola terrestris	Water Vole	European Water Vole
		Water Rat
Ascophyllum nodosum ecad mackii	Knotted wrack
Asilus crabroniformis	Hornet Robberfly
Asparagus prostratus	Wild Asparagus	Asparagus officinalis subsp. prostratus
		Sea Asparagus
Aspitates gilvaria subsp. gilvaria	Straw Belle
Athetis pallustris	Marsh moth
Athyrium flexile	Newman's Lady-fern	Alpine Lady-fern
		Athyrium alpestre subsp. flexile
		Athyrium alpestre var. flexile
		Athyrium distentifolium var. flexile
		Polypodium flexile
		Pseudathyrium flexile
Atrina fragilis	Fan Mussel
Austropotamobius pallipes	White-clawed crayfish	Astacus pallipes
		Freshwater Crayfish
		Freshwater White-clawed Crayfish
Bacidia incompta	a lichen	Bilimbia incompta
		Lecidea incompta
Balaenoptera acutorostrata	Minke whale	Lesser Rorqual
Balaenoptera borealis	Sei Whale	Rudolph's Rorqual
Balaenoptera musculus	Blue Whale	Sibbald's Rorqual
		Sulphurbottom
Balaenoptera physalus	Fin Whale	Common Rorqual
		Finback Whale
Bankera fuligineoalba	Drab Tooth	Hydnum fragile
		Hydnum fuligineoalbum
		Hydnum macrodon
Barbastella barbastellus	Barbastelle Bat	Barbastelle
		Western Barbastelle
Bartramia stricta	Upright Apple-moss
Battarraea phalloides	Sandy Stilt Puffball	Lycoperdon phalloides
		Phallus campanulatus
		Sandy Stiltball
Belonia calcicola	a lichen
Bembidion (Ocydromus) testaceum	a ground beetle	Bembidion testaceum
		Bembidium testaceum
Biatoridium monasteriense	a lichen	Biatorella monasteriensis
		Biatorella resinae
Bidessus minutissimus	Minutest Diving Beetle
Bidessus unistriatus	One-grooved Diving Beetle	a diving beetle
Blera fallax	a hoverfly	Musca fallax
Boletus regius	Royal Bolete	Boletus appendiculatus subsp. regius
Boletus satanas	Devil's Bolete	Satan's Bolete
Boloria euphrosyne	Pearl-bordered Fritillary	Pearl Bordered Fritillary
Bombus (Megabombus) ruderatus	Large Garden Bumblebee	Bombus ruderatus
		Large Garden Bumble Bee
Bombus (Subterraneobombus) distinguendus	Great Yellow Bumble Bee	Bombus distinguendus
Bombus (Subterraneobombus) subterraneus	Short Haired Bumble Bee	Bombus collinus
		Bombus subterraneus
Bombus (Thoracombus) humilis	Brown-banded Carder Bumblebee	Bombus helferanus
		Bombus humilis
		Bombus solstitialis
Bombus (Thoracombus) sylvarum	Shrill Carder Bee	Bombus sylvarum
		Knapweed Carder Bee
Bombylius discolor	Dotted bee-fly	Bombylius medius
Bombylius minor	Heath Bee-fly	Bombylius venosus
Botaurus stellaris	Bittern	Great Bittern
Brachyptera putata	a stonefly	Stonefly
		Taeniopteryx putata
Brachythecium appleyardiae	Appleyard's Feather-moss
Bracteon argenteolum	Silt Silver-spot	Bembidion argenteolum
Bromus interruptus	Interrupted Brome	Bromus mollis var. interruptus
Brosme brosme	Torsk	Tusk
Bryoerythrophyllum caledonicum	Scottish Beard-moss	Barbula jamesonii
Bryoria smithii	a lichen	Alectoria smithii
Bryum mamillatum	Dune threadmoss	Bryum warneum subsp. mamillatum
		Sand Thread-moss
Bryum neodamense	Long-leaved Threadmoss	Long-leaved Thread-moss
Bryum warneum	Sea bryum	Warne's Thread-moss
Buellia asterella	Starry Breck-lichen
Burhinus oedicnemus	Stone Curlew	Stone-curlew
Buxbaumia viridis	Green Shield-moss	Buxbaumia foliosa
		Buxbaumia indusiata
Byctiscus populi	Poplar Leaf-rolling Weevil
Calamagrostis scotica	Scottish Small-reed	Calamagrostis neglecta
		Deyeuxia neglecta var. scotica
Calicium corynellum	a lichen	Caliciella corynella var. subsessile
		Calicium corynellum var. subsessile
		Lichen corynellus
Callicera spinolae	Golden hoverfly
Caloplaca aractina	a lichen	Caloplaca ferruginea var. fuscoatra
		Caloplaca fuscoatra
		Caloplaca viridirufa
		Lecidea viridirufa
		Parmelia aractina
		Placodium fuscoatrum
Caloplaca luteoalba	Orange-Fruited Elm-Lichen	Callopisma luteoalbum
		Lecidea ulmicola
		Lichen luteoalbus
		Patellaria ulmicola
		Placodium luteoalbum
Caprimulgus europaeus	Nightjar	European Nightjar
Carabus (Chaetocarabus) intricatus	Blue Ground Beetle	Carabus intricatus
Carduelis cannabina subsp. autochthona/cannabina	Linnet	Common Linnet
Caretta caretta	Loggerhead turtle
Carex muricata subsp. muricata	Prickly Sedge	Carex echinata sensu Kük. et auct.
		Carex pairii subsp. borealis
		Large-fruited Prickly-sedge
		non Murray
Carex vulpina	True Fox Sedge	Carex otrubae auct.
		non Podp.
		True Fox-sedge
Carterocephalus palaemon	Chequered Skipper
Catapyrenium psoromoides	Tree Psoromoides	Dermatocarpon psoromoides
		Endocarpon psoromoides
		Guignardia psoromoides
		Laestadia psoromoides
		Physalospora psoromoides
		Verrucaria psoromoides
Cathormiocerus britannicus	Lizard weevil
Catinella arenaria	Sandbowl snail
Catocala promissa	Light Crimson Underwing
Catocala sponsa	Dark Crimson Underwing
Centaurea cyanus	Cornflower
Cephaloziella nicholsonii	Greater Copperwort	Cephaloziella massalongi var. nicholsonii
Cerastium nigrescens	Shetland Mouse-ear	Arctic Mouse-ear
		Cerastium arcticum
		Cerastium arcticum subsp. edmondstonii
		Cerastium arcticum var. nigrescens
		Cerastium edmondstonii
		Cerastium edmondstonii var. nigrescens
		Cerastium latifolium var. nigrescens
		Cerastium nigrescens subsp. arcticum
Cerceris quadricincta	a weevil-hunting wasp
Cerceris quinquefasciata	a weevil-hunting wasp	a solitary wasp
		Cerceris interrupta misident. [Genus inferred]
Cetorhinus maximus	Basking Shark
Chaenotheca phaeocephala	a lichen	Calicium phaeocephalum
		Chaenotheca chlorella
		Chaenotheca trabinella
		Cyphelium phaeocephalum
		Lichen phaeocephalus
		Lichen trabinellus
Chara connivens	Convergent Stonewort
Chara curta	Lesser Bearded Stonewort	Chara aspera var. curta
		Chara desmacantha
		Chara globularis forma curta
Chara muscosa	Mossy stonewort
Chelonia mydas	Green Turtle
Chrysis fulgida	Ruby-tailed Wasp
Chrysotoxum octomaculatum nomen nudum	a hoverfly
Cicadetta montana	New Forest Cicada
Cicindela hybrida	Northern Dune Tiger Beetle
Cicindela sylvatica	Heath Tiger Beetle	Cicindela silvatica
		Wood Tiger Beetle
Cladonia botrytes	Stump lichen	Lichen botrytes
Cladonia mediterranea	Reindeer lichen	Cladina
Cladonia peziziformis	a lichen	Cladonia capitata
		Cladonia leptophylla
		Lichen capitatus
		Lichen peziziformis
Cliorismia rustica	Southern Silver Stiletto-fly	Bibio confinis
		Bibio rusticus
		Cliorismia ardea misident.
		Cliorismia confinis
		Cliorismia fuscipennis misident.
		Psilocephala ardea misident.
		Thereva fuscipennis misident.
Clubiona rosserae	Rosser's sac-spider
Clupea harengus	Herring
Cochlearia micacea	Mountain Scurvygrass
Coenagrion mercuriale	Southern Damselfly	Enallagma mercuriale
		Southern Blue Damselfly
		Southern Coenagrion
Coincya wrightii	Lundy Cabbage	Brassica wrightii
		Brassicella wrightii
		Hutera wrightii
		Rhynchosinapis cheiranthos subsp. wrightii
		Rhynchosinapis wrightii
Coleophora tricolor	Basil-thyme Case-bearer
Collema dichotomum	River Jelly Lichen	Collema fluviatile
		Enchylium fluviale
		Leptogium cataclystum
		Leptogium fluviatile
		Leptogium rivulare auct. brit. non (Ach.) Mont
		Leptogium rivulare sensu auct. brit.
		Lichen fluviatilis
		Tremella dichotoma
Colletes (Colletes) floralis	Northern Colletes	Colletes floralis
		Colletes montanus
Coregonus albula	Vendace	Coregonus vandesius

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