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This snake, which is native to Britain likes heathland, moorland, open woodland and sea cliffs, but what type is it?

• Grass snake

• Slow worm

• Adder

• Royal python

Identify the stag beetle.

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Answer explanation

Their natural habitat is woodland but can be found in hedgerows and urban areas with a lot of dead wood.

One of our rarest and largest bats at the size of the pear. Its characteristic fleshy nose shape gives it its name. In the past they would roost in caves but now normally choose the roofs of old buildings. What type is it?

• Brown long eared bat

• Greater horseshoe bat

• Lesser horseshoe bat

• Greater mouse-eared bat

This is one of the UK's rarest lizards, it prefers to live in sandy heathland and sand dunes. Ones found in the north are paler than those found in the south. Can you correctly select what type it is?

• Common lizard

• Crested gecko

• Bearded dragon

• Sand lizard

What animal is this?

This native to Britain amphibian needs a very high water quality, as long as they have this, their habitat can vary greatly.

• Great crested newt

• Fire belly newt

• Palmate newt

• Smooth newt

Not to be confused with a garden pet, this wild mammal can be found on UK grasslands.

• Brown hare

• Mountain hare

• Irish hare

• Lionhead

The distinctive yellow dorsal stripe running down this amphibians back can certainly help identify it if you were lucky enough to spot it in its natural habitats along the coast, in sand dunes systems, coastal grazing marshes or sandy heaths.

• Pool frog

• Common frog

• Natterjack toad

• Common toad

Can you identify the brown trout?

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Answer explanation

The brown trout is a golden brown fish with a dark and creamy yellow belly. Its back and sides have reddish spots with pale borders.

Medium-large in size, 40-80cm and up to 15kg.

What mammal is this? Their habitats range of woodland habitats from conifer to broadleaf

• Provost squirrel

• Grey squirrel

• Red squirrel

• Chipmunk

These native to the UK bird of prey have a deeply forked tail, rusty reddish brown body, a pale grey with patterned streaks head, and nest in broadleaved woodland. Can you identify it?

• Harris hawk

• Kestral

• Buzzard

• Red kite