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Like many temperate areas, Great Britain has few snake species: the European adder is the only venomous snake to be found there. The other notable snakes found in Great Britain are the barred grass snake and the smooth snake. Great Britain has three native species of lizard: slowworms, sand lizards and viviparous lizards.
a species that colonised the islands during the glacial retreat at the end of the last ice age (c. 9500 years ago); a species that was present when the English Channel was created (c. 8000 years ago); or, a species that was present in prehistory. This list includes mammals from the small islands around Great Britain and the Channel Islands.
Red grouse – classified either as a distinct species or a subspecies of willow grouse – does not change plumage in winter as the willow grouse does – upland and moorland areas of Great Britain and Ireland. Pied wagtail – British subspecies of the pied / white wagtail – throughout British Isles. Shetland wren – Shetland Islands ...
There are 27 mammal species native to Ireland or naturalised in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland before 1500. The Red List of Irish terrestrial mammals was updated in 2019, with assessments of these 27 species. One species is locally extinct, one is vulnerable and 25 are least concern species. Not assessed were nine mammal ...
The Crossley ID Guide to the Birds of Britain and Ireland; Freshwater Fish of Ireland; Fishbase Marine fish of Ireland. The species list accesses an account of the species in Ireland. For more go to the species page. Click on the photo here for more photos; MarLIN Marine Life Information Network for Britain and Ireland.
Animals repopulated Britain and Ireland. Many of the former species had gone extinct during the interval, but the majority of the surviving European temperate fauna, and some new immigrants, including modern humans ( Homo sapiens ), were able to reach Britain until the rising sea level once again isolated the islands.
The reptiles of Great Britain include three native snakes and three native lizards. A number of sea turtles visit Great Britain's shores. There are also at least seven introduced reptile species.
The only endemic tree species in Britain and Ireland (that is, that are native only to this region) are some apomictic whitebeams. Species that were native in the region in prehistory before the last ice age, but not subsequently, are generally regarded as extinct and no longer native.