UK native breeds at risk list (NBAR)
Updated 18 December 2024
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Cattle
Number of breeding females (threshold 7,500).
Breeds of cattle at risk include:
- Aberdeen Angus (Orig – see Note 1)
- Belted Galloway (including White Galloway)
- British Friesian (Orig – see Note 1)
- British White
- Chillingham
- Dairy Shorthorn
- Dairy Shorthorn (Orig – see Note 1)
- Dexter
- Galloway
- Gloucester
- Guernsey
- Guernsey (Island – see Notes 4,5 and 6)
- Hereford (Traditional/Orig – see Note 1)
- Highland
- Irish Moiled/Maol (see Note 2)
- Jersey (Island – see Note 4)
- Lincoln Red (including Orig – see Note 1)
- Longhorn
- Northern Dairy Shorthorn (see Note 5)
- Red Poll
- Shetland
- Sussex
- Vaynol
- Welsh Black
- White Park
- Whitebred Shorthorn
Equines
The number of breeding females (threshold 5,000).
Breeds of equines at risk include:
- British Percheron Horse
- Cleveland Bay Horse
- Clydesdale Horse
- Dales Pony
- Dartmoor Pony
- Dartmoor Hill Pony
- Eriskay Pony
- Exmoor Pony
- Fell Pony
- Hackney Horse
- Hackney Pony
- Highland Pony
- New Forest Pony
- Shire Horse
- Suffolk Horse
- Welsh Mountain (Section A semi-feral – see Note 6) Pony
Sheep
Number of breeding females (threshold 10,000).
Breeds of sheep at risk include:
- Badger Face Welsh
- Balwen
- Black Welsh Mountain
- Border Leicester
- Boreray
- Cambridge
- Castlemilk Moorit
- Clun Forest
- Cotswold
- Dalesbred
- Derbyshire Gritstone
- Devon and Cornwall Longwool
- Devon Closewool
- Dorset Down
- Dorset Horn
- Exmoor Horn
- Epynt Hardy Speckled
- Greyface Dartmoor
- Hampshire Down
- Hebridean
- Herdwick
- Hill Radnor
- Jacob
- Kerry Hill
- Leicester Longwool
- Lincoln Longwool
- Llanwenog
- Lonk
- Manx Loaghtan
- Norfolk Horn
- North Ronaldsay (Orkney)
- Oxford Down
- Portland
- Romney
- Ryeland (including Coloured)
- Shetland (Mainland)
- Shetland (Island – see Note 4)
- Shropshire
- Soay
- Southdown
- Teeswater
- Welsh Hill Speckled Face
- Wensleydale
- Whiteface Dartmoor
- Whitefaced Woodland
- Wiltshire Horn
Goats
Number of breeding females (threshold 10,000).
Breeds of goat at risk include:
- Bagot
- Cheviot (Feral)
- Golden Guernsey
- Saanen
- Toggenburg
Pigs
Number of breeding females (threshold 15,000).
Breeds of pig at risk include:
- Berkshire
- British Landrace
- British Lop
- British Saddleback
- Gloucestershire Old Spots
- Large Black
- Large White
- Middle White
- Oxford Sandy and Black
- Tamworth
- Welsh
Poultry
Number of breeding females (threshold 25,000).
Ducks
Breeds of duck at risk include:
- Abacot Ranger
- Appleyard Silver
- Aylesbury
- Black East Indian
- Campbell
- Cayuga
- Crested
- Magpie
- Muscovy
- Orpington
- Rouen (British Standard/Exhibition)
- Shetland
- Silver Bantam Duck
- Stanbridge White
- Welsh Harlequin
Large fowls
Large fowl breeds at risk include:
- Ancona
- Andalusian
- Araucana (British)
- Australorp
- Brussbar
- Campine
- Cochin
- Cream/Crested Legbar
- Croad Langshan
- Derbyshire Redcap
- Dorking
- Faverolles (British)
- Hamburgh
- Indian/Cornish Game
- Ixworth
- Legbar
- Leghorn
- Malay
- Marans (British type)
- Marsh Daisy
- Minorca
- Modern Game
- Modern Langshan
- Norfolk Grey
- North Holland Blue
- Old English Game
- Old English Pheasant Fowl
- Orpington (Buff)
- Orpington (Non Buff)
- Rhodebar
- Rumpless Game
- Scots Dumpy
- Scots Grey
- Sicilian Buttercup
- Spanish
- Sultan
- Sussex
- Welbar
Miniature fowls
Miniature fowl breeds at risk include:
- Ancona
- Araucana (British)
- Australorp
- Derbyshire Redcap
- Dorking
- Hamburgh
- Indian/Cornish Game
- Leghorn
- Malay
- Minorca
- Modern Game
- Old English Game
- Orpington (Buff)
- Orpington (Non Buff)
- Rumpless Game
- Scots Dumpy
- Scots Grey
- Sussex
True Bantam Fowls
Breeds of True Bantam fowl at risk include:
- Burmese
- Nankin
- Rosecomb
- Sebright
Geese
Breeds of geese at risk include:
- Brecon Buff
- Chinese
- Greyback
- Pilgrim
- Sebastopol
- Shetland
- Toulouse (British Standard and Exhibition)
- West of England
Turkeys
Breeds of turkey at risk include:
- Blue
- Bourbon Red
- British White
- Bronze (American Mammoth, Cambridge, Crimson Dawn, Standard)
- Buff
- Narragansett
- Nebraskan
- Norfolk Black
- Pied/Crӧllwitzer
- Slate/Lavender
Notes
Note 1
‘Orig’ means pedigree-registered animals listed as being part of an ‘Original population’ of that breed, usually in a separate ‘closed’ sub-register within the relevant breed society’s herdbook.
Note 2
Native breeds at risk in both the UK and in the Republic of Ireland (Eire).
Note 3
‘Galloway’ includes pedigree-registered Black, Dun, and Riggit Galloways.
Note 4
‘Island’ means pedigree-registered animals listed as being part of the ‘Island’ population of that breed, usually in a separate ‘closed’ sub-register within the relevant breed society’s herdbook.
Note 5
Northern Dairy Shorthorn cattle are registered as separately-identified animals within the Dairy Shorthorn breed of cattle.
Note 6
‘Section A semi-feral’ refers to a particular and separately identified sub-population of pedigree ponies that are registered within the studbook of the Welsh Pony and Cob Society (in accordance with their approved rules). To retain their semi-feral status they are required to remain within their designated environment and have individual passports officially annotated to show their semi-feral status. Confirmation as to their individual eligibility should be checked with the Welsh Pony and Cob Society which retains lists of all potentially eligible ‘Section A semi-feral’ ponies.