British woodland animals - Woodland Trust

Woodland animals

The UK's woodland has some of our richest habitats providing homes for thousands of species including our most loved animals and plants.

Discover more about the mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians that you might find in UK woodland below.

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Mammals
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Birds

Woods provide shelter, food and nesting sites for some of the UK’s most beautiful and inte...
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Amphibians

In the UK there are two distinct types of amphibians, the frogs and toads (without tails) ...
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Reptiles

Reptiles need more than one habitat to complete their life cycles and woodland can provide...
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Butterflies

Butterflies, like moths, are in the insect order Lepidoptera. It's derived from the ancien...
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Dragonflies and damselflies

Dragonflies and damselflies belong to the Odonata order of insects. They are attractive wi...
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Beetles

Beetles are the largest order (Coleoptera) of insects with some 350,000 to 400,000 species...
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Moths

Moths, along with butterflies, are are in the insect order Lepidoptera, which means 'scal...
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Spiders

Spiders are air-breathing arthropods with eight legs. They are the largest order (Araneae)...
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