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Part I NON-NATIVE Animals which are established in the wildF1F2

England, Wales and Scotland

Common nameScientific name
Bass, Large-mouthed BlackMicropterus salmoides
Bass, RockAmbloplites rupestris
BitterlingRhodeus sericeus
F3F4Boar, WildSus scrofa
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CapercaillieTetrao urogallus
ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
CorncrakeCrex crex
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F6Crab, Chinese MittenEriocheir sinensis
F7Crayfish, Noble Astacus astacus
Crane, CommonGrus grus
Crayfish, Red SwampProcambarus clarkii
Crayfish, Signal Pacifastacus leniusculus
Crayfish, Spiny-cheekOrconectes limosus
Crayfish, Turkish Astacus leptodactylus
Deer, Chinese WaterHydropotes inermis
F8Deer, MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi
Deer, Sika Cervus nippon
F9 Deer, any hybrid one of whose parents or other lineal ancestor was a Sika Deer Any hybrid of Cervus nippon
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Dormouse, FatGlis glis
Duck, Carolina WoodAix sponsa
Duck, MandarinAix galericulata
Duck, RuddyOxyura jamaicensis
Eagle, White-tailedHaliaetus albicilla
FlatwormKontikia andersoni
FlatwormKontikia ventrolineata
Flatworm, AustralianAustraloplana sanguinea
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Frog, EdibleRana esculenta
Frog, European Tree (otherwise known as Common tree frog)Hyla arborea
Frog, MarshRana ridibunda
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Goose, Bar-headedAnser indicus
Goose, BarnacleBranta leucopsis
Goose, CanadaBranta canadensis
Goose, EgyptianAlopochen aegyptiacus
Goose, EmperorAnser canagicus
Goose, SnowAnser caerulescens
GoshawkAccipiter gentilis
Heron, NightNycticorax nycticorax
Kite, RedMilvus milvus
Limpet, SlipperCrepidula fornicata
Lizard, Common WallPodarcis muralis
Marmot, Prairie (otherwise known as Prairie dog)Cynomys
Mink, AmericanMustela vison
Newt, AlpineTriturus alpestris
Newt, Italian Crested Triturus carnifex
F11Owl, Barn Tyto alba
Owl, EagleBubo bubo
Oyster Drill, AmericanUrosalpinx cinerea
Parakeet, MonkMyiopsitta 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
Pochard, Red-crestedNetta rufina
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Rat, BlackRattus rattus
Shelduck, RuddyTadorna ferruginea
Snake, Aesculapian Elaphe longissima
Squirrel, GreySciurus carolinensis
Swan, BlackCygnus 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
F13 With respect to any area in England which on 31st May 2021—
  1. (a)

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

  2. (b)

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

  1. (i)

    Partridge, Red-legged

  2. (ii)

    Pheasant, Common

  1. (i)

    Alectoris rufa

  2. (ii)

    Phasianus colchicus

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Sch. 9 repealed (S.) (2.7.2012) by Wildlife and Natural Environment (Scotland) Act 2011 (asp 6), ss. 17(8), 43(1) (with s. 41(1)); S.S.I. 2012/175, art. 2(1)(c)

F2

Words in Sch. 9 Pt. 1 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)

F3

Entries in Sch. 9 Pt. 1 added (E.W.) (6.4.2010) by The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Variation of Schedule 9) (England and Wales) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/609), art. 2(2)

F4

Entries in Sch. 9 Pt. 1 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)

F5

Entries in Sch. 9 Pt. 1 removed (E.W.) (6.4.2010) by virtue of The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Variation of Schedule 9) (England and Wales) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/609), art. 2(3)

F6

Words 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. 1 added (17.3.1992) by S.I. 1992/320, art. 2.

F8

Entry in Sch. 9 Pt. 1 added (5.3.1997) by S.I. 1997/226, art. 2

F9

Entries in Sch. 9 Pt. 1 added (28.4.1999) by S.I. 1999/1002, art. 2

F10

Words in Sch. 9 Pt. 1 omitted (E.) (4.5.2021) by virtue of The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Variation of Schedule 9) (England) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/236), arts. 1(b), 2(2); and words in Sch. 9 Pt. 1 omitted (W.) (10.9.2025) by virtue of Legislation (Procedure, Publication and Repeals) (Wales) Act 2025 (asc 3), s. 9(2)(d), Sch. 1 para. 53(a)(i)

F11

Entry in Sch. 9 Pt. 1 added (25.11.1992) by S.I. 1992/2674, art. 2.

F12

Words in Sch. 9 Pt. 1 omitted (E.) (4.5.2021) by virtue of The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Variation of Schedule 9) (England) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/236), arts. 1(b), 2(2); and words in Sch. 9 Pt. 1 omitted (W.) (10.9.2025) by virtue of Legislation (Procedure, Publication and Repeals) (Wales) Act 2025 (asc 3), s. 9(2)(d), Sch. 1 para. 53(a)(ii)

F13

Words in Sch. 9 Pt. 1 inserted (31.5.2021) by The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (Variation of Schedule 9) (England) (No. 2) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/548), arts. 1(1), 2(2) (with art. 4) (which expiring provision is revoked (31.1.2025) by S.I. 2024/1342, arts. 1(1), 2(2))