CONSERVATION ISSUES: There are no specific conservation issues. However, perhaps the most important factor affecting populations is degradation of habitat.

Protecting Legislation:

• Schedules 5, 6 and 7 of the Wildlife (NI) Order 1985
  
• Appendix III of the Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats.
  
  

© Jon Russ 2001. Text refereed by Angela Ross & Lynne Rendle.

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