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[F1Part IE+W+S [F2NON-NATIVE] Animals which are established in the wild

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F2Words in Sch. 9 Pt. I heading inserted (E.W.) (5.3.2015 for E.) by Infrastructure Act 2015 (c. 7), ss. 24(2), 57(4); S.I. 2015/481, reg. 2(b)

Common nameScientific name
Bass, Large-mouthed BlackMicropterus salmoides
Bass, RockAmbloplites rupestris
BitterlingRhodeus sericeus
[F3[F4Boar, Wild]][F3[F4Sus scrofa]]
F5. . .F5. . .
[F4Capercaillie][F4Tetrao urogallus]
[F3[F4Chough]][F3[F4Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax]]
[F3[F4Corncrake]][F3[F4Crex crex]]
F5. . .F5. . .
[F6[F3Crab, Chinese Mitten]][F6[F3Eriocheir sinensis]]
[F7Crayfish, Noble] [F7Astacus astacus]
[F3[F4Crane, Common]][F3[F4Grus grus]]
[F6[F3Crayfish, Red Swamp]][F6[F3Procambarus clarkii]]
[F6[F7Crayfish, Signal]] [F6[F7Pacifastacus leniusculus]]
[F6[F3Crayfish, Spiny-cheek]][F6[F3Orconectes limosus]]
[F7Crayfish, Turkish] [F7Astacus leptodactylus]
[F3Deer, Chinese Water][F3Hydropotes inermis]
[F6[F8Deer, Muntjac]][F6[F8Muntiacus reevesi]]
[F7Deer, Sika] [F7Cervus nippon]
[F9 Deer, any hybrid one of whose parents or other lineal ancestor was a Sika Deer][F9 Any hybrid of Cervus nippon]
F5. . .F5. . .
F5. . .F5. . .
Dormouse, FatGlis glis
Duck, Carolina WoodAix sponsa
Duck, MandarinAix galericulata
[F6Duck, Ruddy][F6Oxyura jamaicensis]
[F4Eagle, White-tailed][F4Haliaetus albicilla]
[F3Flatworm][F3Kontikia andersoni]
[F3Flatworm][F3Kontikia ventrolineata]
[F3Flatworm, Australian][F3Australoplana sanguinea]
[F10[F7Flatworm, New Zealand]] [F10[F7Artiposthia triangulata]]
Frog, EdibleRana esculenta
Frog, European Tree (otherwise known as Common tree frog)Hyla arborea
Frog, MarshRana ridibunda
F5. . .F5. . .
[F3Goose, Bar-headed][F3Anser indicus]
[F3Goose, Barnacle][F3Branta leucopsis]
Goose, CanadaBranta canadensis
[F6Goose, Egyptian][F6Alopochen aegyptiacus]
[F3Goose, Emperor][F3Anser canagicus]
[F3Goose, Snow][F3Anser caerulescens]
[F3[F4Goshawk]][F3[F4Accipiter gentilis]]
Heron, NightNycticorax nycticorax
[F3[F4Kite, Red]][F3[F4Milvus milvus]]
[F3Limpet, Slipper][F3Crepidula fornicata]
Lizard, Common WallPodarcis muralis
Marmot, Prairie (otherwise known as Prairie dog)Cynomys
Mink, AmericanMustela vison
Newt, AlpineTriturus alpestris
[F7Newt, Italian Crested] [F7Triturus carnifex]
[F11[F4Owl, Barn]] [F11[F4Tyto alba]]
[F3Owl, Eagle][F3Bubo bubo]
[F3Oyster Drill, American][F3Urosalpinx cinerea]
[F3Parakeet, Monk][F3Myiopsitta monachus]
Parakeet, Ring-neckedPsittacula krameri
Partridge, ChukarAlectoris chukar
Partridge, RockAlectoris graeca
Pheasant, GoldenChrysolophus pictus
Pheasant, Lady Amherst’sChrysolophus amherstiae
Pheasant, Reeves’Syrmaticus reevesii
Pheasant, SilverLophura nycthemera
[F3Pochard, Red-crested][F3Netta rufina]
F5. . .F5. . .
F5. . .F5. . .
[F10Pumpkinseed (otherwise known as Sun-fish or Pond-perch)][F10Lepomis gibbosus]
F5. . .F5. . .
Rat, BlackRattus rattus
[F3Shelduck, Ruddy][F3Tadorna ferruginea]
[F7Snake, Aesculapian] [F7Elaphe longissima]
[F6Squirrel, Grey][F6Sciurus carolinensis]
[F3Swan, Black][F3Cygnus atratus.]
Terrapin, European PondEmys orbicularis
Toad, African ClawedXenopus laevis
Toad, MidwifeAlytes obstetricans
Toad, Yellow-belliedBombina variegata
Wallaby, Red-neckedMacropus rufogriseus
Wels (otherwise known as European catfish)Silurus glanis
ZanderStizostedion lucioperca]
[F12With respect to any area in England which on 31st May 2021—
(a)

is a European site within the meaning of regulation 8 of the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017, or

(b)

is within 500 metres of the boundary of a site described in paragraph (a)—]

(i)

[F12Partridge, Red-legged

(ii)

[F12Pheasant, Common

(i)

Alectoris rufa]

(ii)

Phasianus colchicus]

Textual Amendments

F4Entries in Sch. 9 Pt. I omitted (E.W.) (5.3.2015 for E.) by virtue of Infrastructure Act 2015 (c. 7), ss. 24(3), 57(4); S.I. 2015/481, reg. 2(b)

F6Words in Sch. 9 Pt. 1 omitted (E.W.) (1.12.2019) by virtue of The Invasive Alien Species (Enforcement and Permitting) Order 2019 (S.I. 2019/527), art. 1(1), Sch. 4 para. 1(3)(a) (with art. 1(2)(4)) (as amended by S.I. 2019/1213, regs. 1, 2(2))

F7 Entries in Sch. 9 Pt. I added (17.3.1992) by S.I. 1992/320, art. 2.

F8 Entry in Sch. 9 Pt. I added (5.3.1997) by S.I. 1997/226, art. 2

F9 Entries in Sch. 9 Pt. I added (28.4.1999) by S.I. 1999/1002, art. 2

F11 Entry in Sch. 9 Pt. I added (25.11.1992) by S.I. 1992/2674, art. 2.

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