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The island of Great Britain, along with the rest of the archipelago known as the British Isles, has a largely temperate climate. It contains a relatively small fraction of the world's wildlife. It contains a relatively small fraction of the world's wildlife.
This is a list of mammals of Great Britain. The diversity of mammal fauna of Great Britain is somewhat impoverished compared to that of Continental Europe , due to the short period of time between the last ice age and the flooding of the land bridge between Great Britain and the rest of Europe.
Deciduous woodlands are common across all of England and provide a great habitat for much of England's wildlife, but these give way in northern and upland areas of England to coniferous forests (mainly plantations) which also benefit certain forms of wildlife. The fauna of England has to cope with varying temperatures and conditions, although ...
Britain’s rare rainforests are home to wildlife from eagles to the world’s largest slugs and lichen which looks like dragon skin, say conservationists battling to save them. The Woodland Trust ...
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 Fauna of Great Britain, in the British Isles, the United Kingdom. Subcategories. This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total. ...
Britain has few endemic species of birds but quite a few subspecies. A few Arctic-Alpine species have subspecies in the British Isles, some have been in the islands since the last Ice Age , but many spread in the immediate Sub-Arctic conditions as the ice retreated.
European beavers have been reintroduced to parts of Scotland, and there are plans to bring them back to other parts of Britain. A five-year trial reintroduction at Knapdale in Argyll started in 2009 and concluded in 2014. [72] A few hundred beavers live wild in the Tay river basin, as a result of escapes from a wildlife park. [73]