Wildlife
The animals of Oakhaven
170 British species: the animals you could really meet in and around a Midlands town, from the pigeons on the terraces to the fallow deer of Cannock Chase.
The list was drawn up from the RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch, Butterfly Conservation's Big Butterfly Count, the Mammal Society's review of British mammal populations and the Midlands wildlife trusts, weighted to what you would actually see in the Midlands. Each animal is built to look and behave like the real one, researched species by species. See Birds of Oakhaven for how that works.
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From the town pigeons to the wren in the hedge and the swans on the river.
Foxes, badgers, rabbits, deer, bats and the small things in the verge.
Cats, dogs, and the fields on the edge of town.
Frogs and toads on wet roads, a grass snake on warm tarmac, newts in the ponds.
What the angler pulls out of a Midlands river or canal.
The commonest British butterflies, and the moths round the street lamps.
Bumblebees, wasps at the pub garden, dragonflies on the river.
Ladybirds, spiders, snails, worms and crayfish.