Quagga mussel
Dreissena rostriformis bugensis
Status:
Established
Habitat:
Freshwater
Threats:
Fouling, negative impacts on native species and local extinction of unionids.
Raccoon
Procyon lotor
Status:
Potential
Habitat:
Terrestrial
Threats:
Voracious predator and can cause decline of waterfowl. disease vector.
Ring - necked or rose - ringed parakeet
Psittacula krameri
Status:
Early stage establishment
Habitat:
Terrestrial
Threats:
Competition to native hole - nesting birds
Ruddy duck
Oxyura jamaicensis
Status:
Established
Habitat:
Terrestrial
Threats:
Negative impacts on the survival of the White-headed duck.
Invasive Species Northern Ireland

Invasive Species Northern Ireland