British Countryside | British Wildlife

The United Kingdom hosts a complete range of temperate natural habitats, from the warm Caribbean gulf stream in the South West, affecting the rugged coasts of Devon, Cornwall, South Wales and Ireland, to the beauty and picturesque countryside of the South, South East and Midlands where wild deer, hare, rabbits, foxes, squirrels plus a host of smaller creatures co-exist with farm animals, to the cold, remote, misty mountains of North Wales and Scotland, home of the elusive wild cat, wild mountain sheep and horses, leaping salmon, seals, otters and the rarely seen Lochness Monster. Many of the best areas are large estates owned and maintained by the landed gentry and aristocracy.