Invasive Species Northern Ireland

Raccoon

Procyon lotor

Status:

Potential

Habitat:

Terrestrial

Threats:

Voracious predator and can cause decline of waterfowl. disease vector.

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Raccoon Dog

Nyctereutes procyonoides

Status:

Potential

Habitat:

Terrestrial

Threats:

Highly adaptable to new habitats. Voracious predator. Disease and parasite vector

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Red Imported Fire Ant

Solenopsis invicta

Status:

Potential

Habitat:

Terrestrial

Threats:

Damage electrical equipment, feed on commercially important crops; competition with, predation and stinging of other animals

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Red-vented bulbul

Pycnonotus cafer

Status:

Potential

Habitat:

Terrestrial

Threats:

Destroys commercially important crops. May spread invasive plant seeds. Competes with native birds for food and space

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Sacred ibis

Threskiornis aethiopicus

Status:

Potential

Habitat:

Terrestrial

Threats:

It outcompetes and predates on native water birds

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Shovel-headed garden worm

Bipalium kewense

Status:

Potential

Habitat:

Terrestrial

Threats:

Predation on native earthworm species, impacting soil health and nutrient cycling.

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Silky hakea

Hakea sericea

Status:

Potential

Habitat:

Terrestrial

Threats:

Increases wildfire intensity. Reduces species richness, supressing and excluding native flora

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Small Asian mongoose

Herpestes javanicus

Status:

Potential

Habitat:

Terrestrial

Threats:

It is an oppertunisitic feeder, and will impact on native mammals, amphibians, birds and reptiles

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Sosnowsky’s hogweed

Heracleum sosnowskyi

Status:

Potential

Habitat:

Terrestrial

Threats:

Once established, the species is almost impossible to eradicate

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