GB Red List: IUCN Conservation Status for Taxa in Great Britain

JNCC collates information on taxa that have undergone an IUCN Red List assessment for Great Britain. The resource is updated every 6 months and covers England, Scotland, and Wales, but not Northern Ireland or the Channel Islands. Key data from completed national Red Lists for multiple species groups are consolidated in this resource.

Use Cases

• Assessing biodiversity trends based on IUCN Red List categories for multiple species groups.
• Mapping species conservation status across Great Britain based on the geographic scope described.
• Monitoring changes in species threat levels based on the six-month update cycle.
• Supporting conservation policy and reporting based on Statutory Nature Conservation Body approved assessments.

Strengths

• Data is quality assured and published by a Statutory Nature Conservation Body.
• Resource is updated on a regular six-month cycle.
• Covers multiple species groups with completed national Red Lists.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Geographic coverage excludes Northern Ireland and the Channel Islands.

Provenance

Source

Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) and its Red List partners.

Collection Method

Collated from quality-assessed and published GB IUCN Red Lists.

Time Range

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Freshness

Updated every 6 months; last platform update was 2026-06-02.

Geography

Great Britain (England, Scotland, Wales).