Table 3.

Species present at the White Cliffs SSSI, Kent protected under the 1981 Wildlife and Countryside Act.

common name	species	class order	UK legal protection
peregrine falcon	Falco peregrinus	Aves Falconiformes	schedule 1
Mediterranean gull	Larus melanocephalus	Aves Charadriformes	schedule 1
slow worm	Anguis fragilis	Reptilia Squamata	schedule 5
small blue	Cupido minimus	Insecta Lepidoptera	schedule 5
silver-spotted skipper	Hesperia comma	Insecta Lepidoptera	schedule 5
Adonis blue	Lysandra bellargus	Insecta Lepidoptera	schedule 5
chalkhill blue	Lysandra coridon	Insecta Lepidoptera	schedule 5
meadow clary	Salvia pratensis	Angiospermopsida Lamiales	schedule 8
oxtongue broomrape	Orobanche picridis	Angiospermopsida Scrophulariales	schedule 8
lizard orchid	Himantoglossum hircinum	Angiospermopsida Orchidales	schedule 8
early spider orchid	Ophrys sphegodes	Angiospermopsida Orchidales	schedule 8