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Common animals

Symbols of the country

Flying species

A diversity of plants

The warm and wet climate of Great Britain is very good for plants. That’s why the country looks like a big beautiful garden. Centuries ago there were a lot of forests in the British Isles but now you can find big forests only in a few parts of the country — the north of Scotland and the southeast and southwest of England. The most common trees in England are oaks, elms and beeches while Scotland has а lot of pines, firs and birches.

The animal life in the British Isles is like in the northwest of Europe. Many larger animals such as bears and wolves don’t live on the British Isles any more but there are a lot of smaller animals: foxes, rabbits, hares and hedgehogs. Deer live in the forests of Scotland and England too. There are also different kinds of fish, snakes, frogs, butterflies and dragonflies.

More than two hundred species of birds live in the British Isles and about two hundred kinds are visitors to the place. Many of them are songbirds, in spring the land rings with their singing. The most common are blackbirds and sparrows. A lot of water birds — swans, ducks, geese and gulls live on the lakes and rivers and on the sea coasts of Great Britain.

It may be interesting that the robin, one of Britain’s common birds, has become the national emblem of the country. There are also plant emblems of the country: the red rose is in England, the thistle is in Scotland, the yellow daffodil and the leek are dear to Wales and the shamrock is the emblem of Ireland.