A pretty bird chirping gracefully on the branches or a little chipmunk burrowing holes underneath trees are some of the most familiar sights one can come across in the sunny woodlands. The abundance of sunlight in the woodlands facilitates the growth of several plants that bear fruits, nuts, and other edibles. No wonder it is one of the preferred habitats of several birds, animals, and insects.
List of Animals of the Woodlands
Mammals
- Badger
- Bank Vole
- Barbastelle Bat
- Bear
- Beaver
- Bechstein’s Bat
- Brandt’s Bat
- Chipmunk
- Common Pipistrelle Bat
- Daubenton’s Bat
- Duiker
- Elephant
- Fallow Deer
- Field Vole
- Fox
- Greater Horseshoe Bat
- Grey Squirrel
- Hare
- Hazel Dormouse
- Hedgehog
- Jackal
- Leisler’s Bat
- Lesser Horseshoe Bat
- Lynx
- Mole
- Moose
- Muntjac Deer
- Natterer’s Bat
- Noctule Bat
- Otter
- Pine Marten
- Rabbit
- Raccoon
- Red Deer
- Red Squirrel
- Roe Deer
- Scottish Wildcat
- Sika Deer
- Skunk
- Weasel
- Wild boar
- Wood Mouse
- Yellow-necked Mouse
Birds
- Barn Owl
- Beaver
- Black Grouse
- Blackbird
- Blue Finch
- Blue Jay
- Blue Tit
- Bluebird
- Brambling
- Bullfinch
- Buzzard
- Cardinal
- Coal Tit
- Common Chaffinch
- Common Chiffchaff
- Common Crossbill
- Cuckoo
- Dove
- Dunnock
- Eurasian Blackcap
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk
- Fieldfare
- Goldfinch
- Green Woodpecker
- Hawk
- Hobby
- Hooded Crow
- House Martin
- Kestrel
- Kingfisher
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
- Little Owl
- Long-eared Owl
- Long-tailed Tit
- Mistle Thrush
- Nightingale
- Nightjar
- Nuthatch
- Osprey
- Philippine Eagle
- Pied Flycatcher
- Red Kite
- Redstart
- Redwing
- Robin
- Rook
- Sand Martin
- Siskin
- Song Thrush
- Spotted Flycatcher
- Starling
- Swallow
- Swift
- Tawny Owl
- Tree Sparrow
- Treecreeper
- Turtle Dove
- Wheatear
- Whitethroat
- Willow Warbler
- Wood Warbler
- Woodcock
- Wren
Reptiles
Insects
- Dark Crimson Underwing Moth
- Light Orange Underwing Moth
- Purple Emperor Butterfly
- Stag Beetle
Quick Facts
Winter Woodland Animals: Fox, vole, deer
Small Woodland Animals: Squirrel, chipmunk, mole, hedgehog
Temperate Woodland and Shrubland Animals: Fix, coyote , lynx