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. |
 | 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 | Cock | Hen | Nestling / Hatchling/ Fledgling | 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
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Hen
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Chick
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 | Rook(s) |
Cock
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Hen
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Chick
| Building | |
 | Sparrow(s) |
Cock
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Hen
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Chick
| Flock | |
 | Starling(s) |
Cock
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Hen
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Chick
| Flock | |
 | Swan(s) | Cob | Pen | Signet | Bevy | |
Insects | An invertebrate whose body is comprised of three segments and six legs. | |||||
 | Ant(s) |
Prince / Drone
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Queen / Princess / Worker
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Antling
| 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
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Queen / Worker
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Larva
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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. |
 | Butterfly (Butterflies) | Male | Female | Caterpillar / Chrysalis | Swarm | |
 | Dragonfly (Dragonflies) | Male | Female | Nymphs / Naiads | Swarm | |
 | Fly (Flies) | Male | Female | Maggot | Swarm | |
 | Moth(s) | Male | Female | Caterpillar / Chrysalis | Swarm | |
 | Spider(s) | Male | Female | Spiderling | Cluster | Spiders live on a web. Thankfully the UK is devoid of very poisonous spiders. |
Fish | Cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills | |||||
 | Pike | - | - | Fry | - | |
 | Salmon | Jack | Hen | Fry | Run | |
 | Trout | Jack | Hen | Fry | Hover | |
Amphibians | A class of animals that spend part of their time on land and part in the water; they are an intermediate form between fishes and reptiles. | |||||
 | Frog(s) | Male | Female | Tadpole(s) | Army | The eggs of a frog are called spawn. Tadpoles metamorphose into frogs. |
 | Newt(s) | Male | Female | Larvae | ||
 | Toad(s) | Male | Female | Tadpole(s) | Knot | The eggs of a frog are called spawn. Tadpoles metamorphose into toads. |
Reptiles | Cold-blooded vertebrate that lays eggs and has scales or plates on its skin | |||||
 | Snake(s) | Male | Female | Young | Nest | There is only one poisonous snake in the UK; the adder. |
Crustaceans | A class of invertebrates that have a segmented body, a hard external skeleton (exoskeleton), two sets of antennae and one pair of legs per body segment. | |||||
 | Crab(s) | Male | Female | Zoea | ||
 | Lobster(s) | Male | Female | Zoea | ||
Molluscs | ||||||
 | Clam(s) | Male | Female | Spat | Bed | |
 | Cockle(s) |
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| Bed |
Cockles are hermaphroditic, possessing both male and female sex organs during its life
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 | Mussel(s) | Male | Female | Glochidia | Bed | |
 | Oyster(s) | Male | Female | Spat | Bed | |
 | Snail(s) | Male | Female | Baby | Rout | Snails are not often eaten in the UK. |
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