WILD ANIMALS IN BRITAIN

HERE ARE SOME OF THE MOST COMMON ONES.

CLICK ON THE PICTURE.	GENERIC NAME	MALE	FEMALE	YOUNG	GROUP NAME	OTHER INFORMATION
MAMMALS
	BADGER(S)	Boar	Sow	Cub or Kit	Colony	(An old English name for a badger is a brock) They live in a set.
	BAT(S)	Male	Female	Pup	Colony	Bats are a protected species in the UK.
	DEER (DEER)	Stag	Doe	Fawn	Herd
	FOX(ES)	Dog-fox / Reynard	She-fox / Vixen	Cub	Skulk	Foxes live in an earth.
	HARE(S)	Jack	Jill	Leveret	Down	Hares live in forms.
	HEDGEHOG(S)	Boar	Sow	Piglet	Prickle
	MOLE(S)	Male	Female	Pup	Labour	Moles live in holes.
	MOUSE (MICE)	Buck	Doe	Pup	Nest
	OTTER(S)	Dog	Bitch	Kitten	Family	Otters live in dens.
	RABBIT(S)	Buck	Doe	Kit / Bunny	Colony	Rabbits live in warrens.
	RAT(S)	Buck	Doe	Kitten / Pup	Nest	Rats often live in sewers.
	SQUIRREL(S)	Buck	Doe	Pup	Dray	There are two kinds of squirrel in the UK. The common grey squirrel and the rarer red squirrel. Only the red squirrel is a native.
	STOAT(S)	Jack	Jill	Kit	Pack
	WEASEL(S)	Jack	Jill	Kit	Sneak
BIRDS	Birds are feathered, winged, bipedal, warm-blooded, egg-laying, vertebrate animals.	Cock	Hen	Nestling / Hatchling/ Fledgling	Flock(s)	Most birds live in nests.
	CROW(S)	Male	Female	Young	Murder
	DOVE(S)	Cock	Hen	Squab	Cote
	DUCK(S)	Drake	Hen	Duckling	Flock
	GOOSE (GEESE)	Gander	Goose	Gosling	If a group of geese is flying, it becomes a "skein". If they are on land or water, they're a "gaggle".
	HAWK(S)	Hen	Tiercel	Eyas	Aerie
	HERON(S)				Hedge
	KINGFISHER(S)
	OWL(S)	Owl	Jenny	Owlet	Parliament
	PEAFOWL	Peacock	Peahen	Peachick	Pride
	PHEASANT(S)	Cock	Hen	Chick	Brood
	PIGEON(S)	Cock	Hen	Squab	Flight
	ROBIN(S)	Cock	Hen	Chick
	ROOK(S)	Cock	Hen	Chick	Building
	SPARROW(S)	Cock	Hen	Chick	Flock
	STARLING(S)	Cock	Hen	Chick	Flock
	SWAN(S)	Cob	Pen	Signet	Bevy
INSECTS	An invertebrate whose body is comprised of three segments and six legs.				Swarm
	ANT(S)	Prince / Drone	Queen / Princess / Worker	Antling	Army / Nest	Ants have a strange matriarchal set up. The Queen spends her life laying eggs, there is only one queen per colony. Worker ants are non-reproducing female worker ants, the daughters of the queen. Soldier ants are sterile females who defend the colony. The male ants are small ants that have wings. They fly from the colony to mate with a queen.
	BEE(S)	Drone	Queen / Worker	Larva	Hive	There are three types of honey bee. The Queen who lays the eggs. The workers are females who gather food, make honey, build the six-sided honeycomb, tend eggs, and guard the hive. And the drones are males who mate with the queen.