What animals are in Britain?

Britain is home to a wide variety of wildlife, including mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles, insects, and arachnids. Here are some common animals found in Britain:

Mammals:

- Red fox

- Rabbit

- Squirrel (grey squirrel and red squirrel)

- Mole

- Deer (red deer, muntjac deer)

- Wild boar

- Otter

- Badger

- Hedgehog

- Shrew

- Dormouse

- Stoat

- Weasel

- Mink

- Polecat

- Seal (grey seal, common seal)

- Bat (several species including common pipistrelle, soprano pipistrelle, Nathusius' pipistrelle)

Birds:

- Pheasant

- Partridge

- Grouse (red grouse, black grouse)

- Snipe

- Woodcock

- Golden plover

- Lapwing

- Oystercatcher

- Curlew

- Heron (grey heron)

- Egret (little egret, cattle egret)

- Buzzard

- Red kite

- Marsh harrier

- Hen harrier

- Sparrowhawk

- Merlin

- Kestrel

- Peregrine falcon

- Magpie

- Jay

- Jackdaw

- Rook

- Carrion crow

- Starling

- Blackbird

- Song thrush

- Mistle thrush

- Fieldfare

- Redwing

- Robin

- Dunnock

- Wren

- Dipper

- Wagtail

- Meadow pipit

- Rock pipit

- Pied wagtail

- Grey wagtail

- Tree pipit

- Common redpoll

- Lesser redpoll

- Goldfinch

- Siskin

- Linnet

- Twite

- Bullfinch

- Chaffinch

- Greenfinch

- Goldfinch

- House sparrow

- Tree sparrow

- Yellowhammer

- Cirl bunting

- Reed bunting

Amphibians:

- Common frog

- Common toad

- Smooth newt

- Palmate newt

- Great crested newt

Reptiles:

- Adder (common adder)

- Grass snake

- Smooth snake

- Common lizard

- Viviparous lizard

- Slow worm

Insects:

- Butterfly (red admiral, painted lady, peacock, comma butterfly, small tortoiseshell, large tortoiseshell, brimstone, green-veined white, small white, large white, orange tip, holly blue, common blue, brown argus, speckled wood, gatekeeper, meadow brown, ringlet, etc.)

- Moth (clothes moth, common clothes moth, webbing clothes moth, case-making clothes moth, carpet moth, common carpet moth, brown house moth, white ermine, garden tiger, scarlet tiger, cinnabar, clouded buff, marbled white, green-veined white, speckled wood, common blue, holly blue, brown argus, large skipper, small skipper, Essex skipper, etc.)

- Bee (honeybee, bumblebee, solitary bee, etc.)

- Wasp (common wasp, German wasp, European hornet, etc.)

- Ant (black garden ant, common red ant, wood ant, etc.)

- Hoverfly

- Dragonfly

- Damselfly

- Mosquito

- Crane fly

- Midge

- Flea

- Louse

- Tick

- Spider (house spider, garden spider, daddy longlegs, etc.)

- Centipede

- Millipede

This is just a partial list of some of the more common animals found in Britain. There are many other species that could be added to the list.