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England - Animals

England is home to a diverse and abundant array of animal species, ranging from crawling insects to ambling mammals, and everything in-between. The country’s nature reserves and parks contain many fascinating species, and the zoos boast an exotic assortment of local and international breeds.

Because England is a lush country with a varied topography and geography (comprising forests, mountains, valleys, meadows, farms, marshes and coastal regions), there are a number of different natural habitats from which to choose.

 

 

Red Deer(Cervus elaphus)

Some of the common animals in England include:
•Eurasian Otter
•Red Deer
•Polecat
•Roe Deer
•Hazel Dormouse
•Rabbits
•Common Frog
•Natterjack Toad
•Great Crested Newt
•Adder
•Sand Lizard
•Smooth Snake
•Swan
•Robin
•Tawny Owl
•Stoat
•Pine Marten
•Common Seal

 

The Red Deer

Known also by its scientific name, Cervus elaphus, the Red Deer is one of the biggest of the many deer species. As well as England, Red Deer also live in Europe, Asia Minor, western Asia (select areas) and central Asia (select areas). In addition, it is the only deer living in Africa and can be found in the Atlas Mountains between Morocco and Tunisia. They have been introduced by humans into Australia, New Zealand and Argentina.

This ruminant is hunted and used for food in some lands. England and the rest of the United Kingdom (which comprises Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland) have implemented conservation initiatives in order to protect this species, which has translated to a steady increase and maintenance of its population numbers.

The Hazel Dormouse
The Muscardinus avellanarius, as the Hazel Dormouse is also known, is especially significant because it is the only living species in the Muscardinus genus. These little rodents grow to a maximum of about nine centimetres (or 3.5 inches) long, excluding their tails, which reach about six or seven centimetres (approximately 2.5 to three inches). The Hazel Dormouse hibernates from October all the way through to April or May and will usually double its weight in preparation.

The Sand Lizard
The Sand Lizard can be found in most of Europe as well as just east of Mongolia. Its scientific name is Lacerta agilis. It is green in colour and boasts a light belly and a coloured stripe along its dorsal side. Males generally have a darker stripe than females. During the mating season, it is common for males to turn completely green.

At full size, the Sand Lizard measures approximately 25 centimetres (or 10 inches) from nose to tail. It is found in the southern heathlands (characterised by short, woody vegetation) and in the sand dunes along the coast of north-west England. Eggs are laid in sunny locations, where they can be incubated by the warm sand in which they are nestled.

To learn about the natural wildlife of a country is to appreciate the wealth it carries within. It is vital that such variety and splendour be conserved in order to retain these natural gems that define England, regardless of culture or economy.

Introduction to the wildlife of the UK  

Britain has an incredible selection of animals that have evolved to cope with our mild damp climate, producing many animals that struggle to live anywhere else in the world. Because we are an island, this keeps our summers warm and wet and our winters generally mild and well… wet. This consistent lack of extremes provides an excellent footing for wide varieties of animals that know that they can bank on food being available virtually all year round.

This does however put us at an advantage in one sense but also at a disadvantage. Much like the rail system, if extremes do occur then they cause serious problems because the ecosystems are not designed to deal with them. Due to climate change we are experiencing a far greater number of extremes which is shifting the nature of our islands animal life.

Foreign species are able to thrive, taking over from native wildlife and forcing them into the margins, new pests have emerged and are able to spread to parts where they were previously unable to reach.

In this section we will focus on a wide range of animals but particularly on those creatures that are under threat because of mans intervention into the environment.

Please use the menu on the left to navigate to your animals of choice.

Pets (tame animals)

Britain is famous for being a nation of animal lovers, and many people in Britain keep pets. More than 50 per cent of British families own a pet. We keep some 7.7 million cats, 6.6 million dogs, one million budgerigars and 18 million goldfish. And we are increasingly adopting exotic creatures such as small farm animals, snakes, tropical fish, and spiders; an estimated 2,000 households now have reptiles.

My Pet Rabbit

My name is Nina Francis and I am in class 3B. I have a Netherland Dwarf rabbit called Fluffy who is three years old. The main characteristics which make him a dwarf rabbit are, that he doesn’t grow very big and he has tiny ears.

He lives in a hutch in my garden and goes down a ramp to play in his run underneath. In the summer he plays on the grass and in the winter I bring him indoors in the warm to watch tv in my bedroom with me.

He is very tame, he doesn’t bite and loves being stroked. I loved bringing him into school for show and tell, so all my friends could meet him.

By Nina Francis

Wild Animals

We have a varied wildlife. Our largest mammal is the red deer. In the wild, foxes and rabbits are often seen, and if you're lucky, you may even see a badger, weasel or a hedgehog. Our only poisonous snake, the adder, is rare and protected. Our smallest mammal is the pygmy shrew.We do not have animals like elephants or tigers but we can see them in the zoo.

Birds

Birdwatching is a popular pastime in Britain. England is home to nearly 230 kinds of birds and a temporary home to 200 migrating birds. A common bird in England is the red robin. The migrant cuckoo stops in England during spring. The tit family, chaffinch, blackbird, and thrush are other common birds.

ANIMALS NATIVE to ENGLAND

Mammals

• European hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus)

• Red Deer

• Roe deer

• Red Squirlel (Sciurus vulgaris)

• Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra)

• Polecat (Mustella putorius L)

• Hazel dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius )

Rabbits are not native to England, they were probably introduced by the Normans as a food source during the early part of the last millennium (1066).

Amphibians

• Common frog

• Common toad (Bufo bufo)

• Natterjack toad (Bufo calamita)

• Palmate newt

• Smooth newt

• Great crested newt

Reptiles

• Common (or viviparous) lizard

• Sand lizard

• Slow-worm

• Adder (or viper)

• Grass snake

• Smooth snake

Birds

• Swans

• Sparrow

• The Tawny owl

• Robin

Welcome to Wildlife Britain - an ever growing guide to the animals of the UK  

Welcome to Wildlife Britain, a place on the web that brings information regarding the UK's great wealth of wildlife to the fore. We focus on the activity you can do to help conserve this diversity, as well as great places around the country where you can experience plants and animals first hand, be it whale watching in Northern Scotland, surveying the soaring Gannets off Grassholm or enjoying the swallows over head on a summers evening in watching British Wildlife in your back garden.

Our main areas of focus are:

 

• The Animals
  An ever growing focus on a wide variety of different animals that can be found in and around the British Isles.

• Plants
  Looking at some of the native and non-native plants that we are familiar with.
   

• The Environment
  A focus on the environment, things that threaten our land and sea-scapes and what we can do to help, be it through awareness or conservation.
  
  Outdoors Equipment
  A guide to all the equipment you need to survive the outdoors
   

• Climate Change
   

• Wildlife in your back garden 
   

• UK Wildlife Holidays
   
  
  
  

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  It is always nice to hear tales about the rare and the wonderful wildlife that inhabit the UK, but it's always easy to forget the common everyday animals that are in-grained into our lives. Many of these creatures are equally interesting and much easier to enjoy because of their visits to the back garden or local pond. How many people know about the breeding habits of ducks? Or how the field mouse spends its time?