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You can go to Eggesford where you may see Red deer, Roe deer, Badger, Otter.
Winding its way from its source on Dartmoor through the valleys, the River Taw is home to one of the most important and charismatic inhabitants of the river, the otter of Tarka fame, from which the Tarka Railway Line between Exeter and Barnstaple takes its name.

Devon

You can go to Roughtor where you may see Red deer, Roe deer, Badger, Otter.
You may see signs of both badger and otter if you look carefully. The secretive roe deer and larger red deer are often seen at Roughtor early in the morning or during late evening. The red deer will move up out of the valleys as spring approaches.

Cornwall

You can go to Idless where you may see Red deer, Roe deer, Badger, Otter.
Depending on the time of day you visit Idless Woods (and how quiet you are!) you might just catch sight of red or roe deer, otter or badgers.

Cornwall

You can go to Lydford where you may see Red deer, Roe deer, Badger, Otter.
The best time to see the red and roe deer of Lydford Forest is early or late in the day. At night you may see signs of badger, otter or the tiny dormouse.

Devon

You can go to Abbeyford where you may see Red deer, Roe deer, Badger, Otter.
After dark, badgers and dormice venture out in to the woods in search of food. You might spot the signs they leave, should you visit during the day. If you visit the woods early in the morning or during the evening you might be lucky enough to spot roe or red deer, and very lucky visitors may catch a glimpse of an otter passing through as it makes its way up the Okement River.

Devon

You can go to Herodsfoot where you may see Roe deer, Badger, Otter.
You will have the greatest chance of seeing badgers if you visit at dusk or in the early morning. Otter frequent the West Looe River which runs through the valley but are shy, as are roe deer.

Cornwall

You can go to Tunstall Wood where you may see Red deer, Roe deer, Fallow deer, Badger, Otter.

East Anglia

You can go to Sence Valley where you may see Otter.
Long grassy areas at the park have become home for many wild mammals including field voles, shrews, stoats, rabbits and foxes.

Derbyshire

You can go to Fineshade Wood where you may see Fallow deer, Badger, Otter.
Common shrew, pygmy shrew, bank vole, short-tailed vole, stoat and weasel make up the smaller mammals, together with 2 species of pipistrelle bat, brown long-eared and noctule bats. There are also muntjac and fallow deer. Badger, fox, hare, rabbit, otter, dormouse, wood mouse.

Northamptonshire

You can go to Chopwell Wood Main Car Park where you may see Roe deer, Badger, Otter.
Chopwell Wood is home to a number of mammals. These include badger, fox, rabbit, roe deer and otter, the latter inhabiting holts on the banks of the River Derwent which skirts the southern side of the wood.

Tyne and Wear

You can go to Chopwell Woodland Park where you may see Roe deer, Badger, Otter.
Chopwell Wood is home to a number of mammals. These include badger, fox, rabbit, roe deer and otter, the latter inhabiting holts on the banks of the River Derwent which skirts the southern side of the wood.

Tyne and Wear

You can go to Wyre Forest Visitor and Discovery Centre where you may see Roe deer, Fallow deer, Badger, Otter.
Of the larger mammals found in Wyre, fallow deer, badgers, foxes, rabbits and grey squirrels are very common. Roe and muntjac deer are increasing in numbers, as are polecats, otters and mink. More difficult to see, but nevertheless present, are small mammals including yellow neck mice, dormice, voles and water shrews. Several bat species are present, in particular pipistrelle and Daubenton's.

Worcestershire

You can go to Levisham Station where you may see Red deer, Roe deer, Badger, Otter.
Roe and red deer both live in Newtondale and badgers are common but very rarely seen. Otters have returned to the area in recent years but they are more elusive than badgers and even many keen naturalists have never seen one. There is even a small population of water voles now a very rare animal over most of Britain.

North Yorkshire

You can go to Symonds Yat Rock where you may see Fallow deer, Badger, Otter.
Fallow deer can be glimpsed in the surrounding woodlands, most likely in the early morning or dusk. Badgers are to be found in most of the woodland compartments and foxes abound too. Otters have been sighted on nearby stretches of the River Wye, this river flows beneath the Symonds Yat Rock viewpoint. Dormice have also been recorded in the area.

Gloucestershire

You can go to Hamsterley where you may see Roe deer, Badger, Otter.
We can no longer see the red squirrel at Hamsterley since it has been squeezed out by the more versatile grey squirrel but we can spot lots of other interesting wildlife. The deer at Hamsterley are roe deer. Other mammals of interest are the water shrew and the otters that inhabit the banks of the becks running through the heart of the forest. There are also badger setts in the forest.

Durham County

You can go to Santon Downham where you may see Red deer, Roe deer, Otter.
Look out for Otter spraint along the riverbank.

East Anglia

You can go to Crosscliff where you may see Roe deer, Badger, Otter.
As elsewhere in the forest Roe deer and badgers are common but rarely seen. Otters frequent the quiet stream and lake at the foot of Crosscliff and now very scarce water voles frequent the streams, brooks and ditches to the north and west.

North Yorkshire

You can go to Kielder where you may see Red squirrel, Roe deer, Otter.
A key species in Kielder Forest is the Red Squirrel, as Kielder is truly one of its largest remaining strongholds in the country.

Northumberland

You can go to Dalby Forest where you may see Roe deer, Badger, Otter.
Dalby Forest has large populations of many mammals, most of which are rarely seen by visitors. The largest common animal is roe deer and the smallest is the pygmy shrew. The forest has been a centre of research into bats for many years. Otters have made a comeback in the last ten years.

North Yorkshire

You can go to Kielder Castle Forest Park Centre where you may see Red squirrel, Roe deer, Otter.
A key species in Kielder Forest is the Red Squirrel, as Kielder is truly one of its largest remaining strongholds in the country.

Northumberland

You can go to Hamsterley Forest Visitor Centre where you may see Roe deer, Badger, Otter.
We can no longer see the red squirrel at Hamsterley since it has been squeezed out by the more versatile grey squirrel but we can spot lots of other interesting wildlife. The deer at Hamsterley are roe deer. Other mammals of interest are the water shrew and the otters that inhabit the banks of the becks running through the heart of the forest. There are also badger setts in the forest.

Durham County

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