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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