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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.
Four species of snake are, the European adder, grass snake, barred grass snake [2] and smooth snake.Some introduced snakes are aesculapian snake and dice snakes.. Adder. Lizards found in England are slowworms, common lizards, sand lizards, European green lizards (introduced) and the common wall lizard (introduced from mainland Europe - found in the Isle of Wight.)
The red deer is the largest native mammal species, and is common throughout England, Scotland and Wales. The other indigenous species is the roe deer . The common fallow deer was not naturally present Britain during the Holocene, having been brought over from France by the Normans in the late 11th century.
Image Name Distribution Leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) Foraging [8]: Loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) Vagrant [9]: Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) Vagrant [10]
List of extinct animals of the British Isles – many species listed became extinct due to the retreat of Arctic conditions after the last Ice Age or due to man, many now surviving in the Arctic. List of extinct plants of the British Isles; Insular dwarfism; Insular gigantism; Fauna of Great Britain; Fauna of Ireland; Flora of Great Britain
Schedule 5 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and Species Action Plan: Swanpool, Falmouth: SSSI and LNR 1968 Yes Megathiris detruncata – a lamp shell [9] [10] 35 fathom mark off Men-a-vaur, Isles of Scilly: 1888 No Ivell's sea anemone (Edwardsia ivelli) Schedule 5 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981: Widewater Lagoon, West Sussex ...
This is a list of the bird species recorded in England.The avifauna of England include a total of 625 species, of which 14 have been introduced by humans.. This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) follow the conventions of British Ornithologists' Union (BOU).
This list of birds of Great Britain comprises all bird species that have been recorded in a wild state in Great Britain. It follows the official British List, maintained by the British Ornithologists' Union (BOU). [ 1 ]