# Watchlist of the Rare Breeds Survival Trust

The Watch list of the Rare Breeds Survival Trust is a listing of rare and native United Kingdom breeds of domestic cattle, sheep, pigs, horses, goats and poultry, compiled by the Rare Breeds Survival Trust.

## Classification

Mammalian farm breeds are classified into five levels of endangerment, based on the number of breeding females. The five classes are:
| | Critical | Endangered | Vulnerable | At risk | Minority |
| Cattle | under 150 | 150–250 | 250–450 | 450–750 | 750–1500 |
| Goats | under 100 | 100–200 | 200–300 | 300–500 | 500–1000 |
| Horses | under 300 | 300–500 | 500–900 | 900–1500 | 1500–3000 |
| Pigs | under 100 | 100–200 | 200–300 | 300–500 | 500–1000 |
| Sheep | under 300 | 300–500 | 500–900 | 900–1500 | 1500–3000 |
Poultry – chickens, ducks, geese and turkeys – are not categorised by degree of numerical rarity; some are classified as "priority breeds".

## Listed breeds
### Cattle

In 2017, the watch-listed cattle breeds were:
| Critical | Endangered | Vulnerable | At risk | Minority |
| The Chillingham Wild Cattle | Native Aberdeen Angus | Lincoln Red (original population) | Gloucester | British White |
| Dairy Shorthorn (original population) | Whitebred Shorthorn | | Shetland | Irish Moiled |
| Northern Dairy Shorthorn | | | | Traditional Hereford |
| Vaynol | | | | White Park |
The other native breeds listed were the Aberdeen Angus, Ayrshire, Beef Shorthorn, Belted Galloway, Devon, Galloway, Guernsey, Hereford, Highland, Jersey, Lincoln Red, Longhorn, Luing, Red Poll, Shorthorn, South Devon, Sussex and Welsh Black. The Irish Kerry breed was also considered part of the agricultural heritage of the United Kingdom.

### Sheep

Sheep breeds listed in 2017 were:
| Critical | Endangered | Vulnerable | At risk | Minority |
| — | — | Boreray | Border Leicester | Balwen Welsh Mountain |
| | | Devon and Cornwall Longwool | Castlemilk Moorit | Devon Closewool |
| | | Leicester Longwool | Cotswold | Dorset Down |
| | | Lincoln Longwool | Derbyshire Gritstone | Greyface Dartmoor |
| | | North Ronaldsay | Dorset Horn | Llanwenog |
| | | Whitefaced Woodland | Hill Radnor | Norfolk Horn |
| | | | Manx Loaghtan | Oxford Down |
| | | | Portland | Whiteface Dartmoor |
| | | | Soay | |
| | | | Teeswater | |
| | | | Wensleydale | |
The other native breeds listed were the Badger Face Welsh Mountain, Beulah Speckled Face, Black Welsh Mountain, Scottish Blackface, Bluefaced Leicester, Brecknock Hill Cheviot, Clun Forest, Dalesbred, Exmoor Horn, Hampshire Down, Hebridean, Herdwick, Jacob, Kerry Hill, Llandovery Whiteface Hill, Lleyn, Lonk, North Country Cheviot, Romney, Rough Fell, Ryeland, Shetland, Shropshire, Southdown, South Country Cheviot, South Wales Mountain, Suffolk, Swaledale, Welsh Hill Speckled, Welsh Mountain and Wiltshire Horn. The Irish Galway breed was also listed.

### Pigs

The pig breeds listed in 2017 were:
| Critical | Endangered | Vulnerable | At risk | Minority |
| — | British Landrace | Berkshire | British Saddleback | — |
| | British Lop | Large White | Gloucestershire Old Spots | |
| | Large Black | Tamworth | Oxford Sandy and Black | |
| | Middle White | | Welsh | |

### Goats

In 2017 the Bagot was listed as "endangered" and the Golden Guernsey as "minority".

### Horses and ponies

The listed horse breeds in 2017 were:
| Critical | Endangered | Vulnerable | At risk | Minority |
| Cleveland Bay | Dartmoor Pony | Clydesdale | New Forest Pony | — |
| Dales Pony | Exmoor Pony | Fell Pony | Shire Horse | |
| Eriskay Pony | | Highland Pony | | |
| Hackney Horse and Pony | | | | |
| Suffolk Punch | | | | |
The other native breeds listed were the Shetland and the Welsh Pony and Cob, and the Irish Draught and Connemara breeds of Ireland were also included.

### Poultry

| | Chickens | Ducks | Geese | Turkeys |
| Priority breeds | Andalusian Brussbar Burmese Campine Derbyshire Redcap Dorking Hamburg Malay Marsh Daisy Modern Game Modern Langshan North Holland Blue Old English Pheasant Fowl Rhodebar Rumpless Game Scots Dumpy Scots Grey Sicilian Buttercup Spanish Sultan Sussex Welbar | Orpington Shetland Silver Bantam Stanbridge White Welsh Harlequin | Brecon Buff Buff Back Embden (UK type) Grey Back Pilgrim Sebastopol Shetland Toulouse (exhibition) West of England | Blue Bourbon Red British White Bronze Buff Cröllwitzer Harvey Speckled Narragansett Nebraskan Norfolk Black Slate |
| Other breeds | Ancona Australorp British Araucana British Faverolles Buff Orpington Cochin Cream Legbar Croad Langshan Indian Game Ixworth Legbar Leghorn Minorca Nankin Norfolk Grey Old English Game Orpington (non-Buff) Rosecomb Sebright | Abacot Ranger Aylesbury Black East Indian Campbell Cayuga Crested Magpie Rouen (exhibition) Silver Appleyard | | |