Wild Animals in Britain
In Britain, we have a lot of wild animals, birds, fish, insects and mammals - you can find a few of the most
common ones here.
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.
Bats are a
protected
species in the
UK.
Bat(s)
Male
Female Pup
Colony
Deer (Deer)
Stag
Doe
Herd
Fox(es)
Dog-fox
She-fox
/
Cub
/ Vixen
Reynard
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
Fawn
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.
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.
Squirrel(s)
Buck
Doe
Pup
Dray
Stoat(s)
Jack
Jill
Kit
Pack
Weasel(s)
Jack
Jill
Kit
Sneak
Cock
Hen
Nestling /
Hatchling/
Fledgling
Male
Female Young
Birds
Crow(s)
Most birds live
in nests.
Murder
Dove(s)
Cock
Hen
Squab
Duck(s)
Drake
Hen
Duckling Flock
Goose (Geese)
Gander Goose
Hawk(s)
Hen
Gosling
Tiercel Eyas
Cote
If a group
of geese is
flying, it
becomes a
"skein". If
they are
on land or
water,
they're a
"gaggle".
Aerie
Hedge
Heron(s)
Kingfisher(s)
Owl(s)
Owl
Jenny
Owlet
Peafowl
Peacock Peahen Peachick
Parliament
Pride
Insects
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
An
invertebrate
whose body
is comprised
of three
segments and
six legs.
Ant(s)
Queen /
Prince / Princess
Antling
Drone /
Worker
Ants have a
strange
matriarchal set
up. The Queen
spends her life
laying eggs,
there is only
one queen per
colony. Worker
ants are nonreproducing
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 /
Larva
Worker
Butterfly
(Butterflies)
Male
Female
Hive
Caterpillar
Swarm
/ Chrysalis
There are three
types of honey
bee. The Queen
who lays the
eggs. The
workers are
females who
gather food,
make honey,
build the sixsided
honeycomb,
tend eggs, and
guard the hive.
And the drones
are males who
mate with the
queen.
Male
Female
Fly (Flies)
Male
Female Maggot
Moth(s)
Male
Female
Swarm
Caterpillar
Swarm
/ Chrysalis
Male
Female Spiderling Cluster
Pike
-
-
Fry
-
Salmon
Jack
Hen
Fry
Run
Trout
Jack
Hen
Fry
Hover
Spider(s)
Fish
Nymphs /
Swarm
Naiads
Dragonfly
(Dragonflies)
Cold-blooded
aquatic
vertebrates
usually
having scales
and breathing
through gills
A class of
animals that
Amphibians spend part of
their time on
Spiders live on
a web.
Thankfully the
UK is devoid
of very
poisonous
spiders.
land and part
in the water;
they are an
intermediate
form between
fishes and
reptiles.
Frog(s)
Male
Female Tadpole(s) Army
Newt(s)
Male
Female Larvae
Toad(s)
Reptiles
Male
The eggs of a
frog are called
spawn.
Tadpoles
metamorphose
into frogs.
Female Tadpole(s) Knot
The eggs of a
frog are called
spawn.
Tadpoles
metamorphose
into toads.
Female Young
There is only
one poisonous
snake in the
UK; the adder.
Cold-blooded
vertebrate
that lays eggs
and has scales
or plates on
its skin
Snake(s)
A class of
invertebrates
that have a
segmented
body, a hard
external
Crustaceans skeleton
(exoskeleton),
two sets of
antennae and
one pair of
legs per body
Male
Nest
segment.
Crab(s)
Male
Female Zoea
Lobster(s)
Male
Female Zoea
Clam(s)
Male
Female Spat
Molluscs
Cockle(s)
-
Mussel(s)
Male
Female Glochidia Bed
Oyster(s)
Male
Female Spat
Snail(s)
Male
-
Bed
-
Female Baby
Bed
Cockles are
hermaphroditic,
possessing both
male and
female sex
organs during
its life
Bed
Rout
Snails are not
often eaten in
the UK.
Animals on the Farm
Animals that live on a farm are called farm animals.
Generic
Name
Male
Female
Young
Group
Name
Other
Information
Calf
Mostly
farmed for
Herd / milk and
Kine
meat
(called
beef).
Mammals
Cattle
Deer
(Deer)
Dog(s)
Donkey
Goat(s)
Bull
Stag
Dog
Jack
Billy
Cow
Fawn
Herd
Deer are
farmed for
their meat
on special
deer farms
in the UK.
Puppy
Pack (a
group
of
puppies
is
called a
litter)
Mostly
farmed for
work,
protection
and
herding.
Dog is not
eaten in
the UK.
Colt
Mostlly
raised for
pleasure.
Drove Donkey
meat is
not eaten
in the UK.
Nanny Kid
Mostly
farmed for
milk and
cheese.
Not many
people eat
goat meat
in the UK.
Doe
Bitch
Jenny
Flock
Horse(s)
Pig(s)
Sheep
Stallion Mare
Boar
Ram
Sow
Foal
Piglet
Sheep Lamb
Herd
Mostly
farmed for
work,
leisure or
sport
(riding
etc). Not
many
people in
the UK
would
knowingly
eat horse
meat,
although
there is a
trade for
pet meat.
Litter
Mostly
farmed for
its meat
(called
pork).
Flock
Mostly
farmed for
wool and
meat
(called
lamb).
Birds
Chicken(s)
Duck(s)
Cockerel Hen
Drake
Hen
Chick
Farmed
for its
meat and
eggs. A
Brood farm that
only raises
birds is a
poultry
farm.
Duckling Brace
A wild
fowl and a
farmed
bird.
Mostly
farmed for
its meat.
Goose
(Geese)
Gander
A wild
fowl and a
farmed
Goose Gosling Gaggle bird.
Mostly
farmed for
its meat.
Insects
Bee(s)
Drone
Queen
/
Larva
Worker
Bees are
farmed for
their
honey. A
bee farm
is often
called an
Swarm
apiary.
Someone
who keeps
bees is
usually
called a
beekeeper.
Fish
Salmon
Trout
Jack
Jack
Hen
Hen
Fry
Fry
Shoal
Yes,
salmon is
farmed in
the UK.
Shoal
Yes, there
are trout
farms in
the UK
too.
Animals in the House
Animals that live in the house as companions are called pets.
Generic
Name
Male Female Young
Group
Name
Tom Queen Kitten
Clutter
(a
group
of
kittens
is
called
a litter)
Other
Information
Mammals
Cat(s)
Dog(s)
Dog Bitch
Puppy
Kit
Pack
There are
between
6.5 million
and 7.4
million pet
dogs in the
UK.
Cast
Domestic
pet ferrets,
Mustela
furo
(sometimes
called
Mustela
putorius
furo), are
not wild
animals.
Ferret(s)
Dog Bitch
Gerbil(s)
Male Female Pup
Horde
Guinea Pig(s)
Boar Sow
Group
Pup
Hamster(s)
Male Female Pup
Rabbit(s)
Buck Doe
Kit /
Bunny
Buck Doe
Kitten /
Pup
Rat(s)
I had
several
hamsters
Horde
as pets
when I was
a child.
Rabbits
Colony live in
warrens.
Nest
Seemingly
rats make
very good
pets.
Birds
Budgerigar(s)
Hen Cock
Chick
Flock
They come
in a variety
of colours
including
blue. One
of the most
common
pets in the
UK.
aka Budgie
Canary
(Canaries)
Hen Cock
Chick
Flock
Cockatiel(s)
Hen Cock
Chick
Flock
Cockatoo(s)
Hen Cock
Chick
Flock
Parrot(s)
Hen Cock
Chick
Flock
Spider(s)
Yes,
people in
the UK
Male Female Spiderling Cluster
keep
spiders as
pets.
Insects
Fish
Goldfish
Male Female
Fry
Shoal
Probably
the most
common
pet in the
UK.
Nest
Yes,
people in
the UK
keep
snakes as
pets too.
Reptiles
Snake(s)
Male Female
Baby