PALEARCTIC (EURASIAN)
Temperate Broadleaf Forest
of Europe

The pretty and familiar forests of Europe can be found in small patches across the small "continent within a continent" (the countries of Europe within the wider biological region of Eurasia). These temperate forests have been felled and farmed by humans for a thousand years, but even many of the cleared areas retain native trees, flowers and animals.  

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The Common Wood Pigeon (below) is a large native pigeon which can be seen in the forests and woodlands, as well as the nicer leafier settlements.

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There is a small collection of 'classic' songbirds in Europe that you will hear twittering away in the spring and early summer. Included in the this warm weather countryside chorus is the 'Eurasian Chaffinch' (below).

And the 'Common Blackbird' (below) also has one of the more familiar and prettiest calls of the European forests.

The 'Great Tit' (below) is one of the most commonly seen (and heard) small songbirds of the northern European forests.

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The most commonly seen of the native mammals are smaller herbivores, such as the European Rabbit nibbling on grass in the clearings, and the Eurasian Red Squirrel (below) leapcing around collecting nuts in the forests.

Places to experience European temperate broadleaf forest

Much of the forest of Europe is fragmented, but you can pull over in parts of France and enjoy remnant patches of forest at the many picnic rest areas. Across the United Kingdom, there are many managed walks even in urban and farming areas that go through pockets of forest with old English Oak, and past fields with flowers, Eurasian Magpies and Rabbits.  

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