Yes - we heathens do tend to be considered as part of Britain 
I thought about the wildcat but it’s relative rarity seemed to mark it as less dangerous to me.
After all - if you never see one it won’t attack you. I’ve never heard of a badger attack though . . .
Um, I don’t suppose anyone has any actual, you know, statistics or anything. Ignorance is not being fought here.
I think it might actually be the common wasp - vespula vulgaris, in terms of fatality statistics.
The problem is though, manhattan, I don’t think anyone has been killed by a wild animal in the UK for the last few years.
New Zealand flatworms - they destroy earthworm populations almost entirely - they are, at present, limited to certain regions in Britan and I have heard reports that they are now under predation by some of our native fauna (Rove Beetles IIRC), in which case they may just become another relatively unimportant part of the picture.
Bitten badly? Scratched? Given a nasty itch? You guys got anything to help us out here?
I can’t find any evidence that wild animals in the UK hurt anyone. Dog attacks and the relevant solicitor’s advertisements are common. Apparently Scotland is lousy with black panthers. If there is a breeding population of wild panthers, that’s the most dangerous animal without question. I’ve seen no stories suggesting any panther attacks on humans yet.
I found a story about someone being killed by wasp venom in 1998. I’m pretty sure there will be more recent cases.
Not that this necesarily makes the wasp a more dangerous animal than, say, a badger, there are just a lot more wasps and their habitats/food sources overlap with those of humans.
Well, I was stung by a bumble bee at Windsor Castle when I was about 8 or 9 and almost pased out (it was a very hot day). That’s my worst experince with wild animals in England.
That explains why the kitty grew so big!!!
But seriously - since we drove the wolves and bears to extinction we’ve become pretty tame. I just spent half an hour looking on the BBC website for deaths caused by wild animals. Zilch
Sorry for the double post but I just found something!!!
Puma’s!!! All from BBC News
Well - it sounds dangerous at first lol!!!
My take on foxhunting was that it was because foxes were the largest predators you had left in England. They used to hunt lions and bears, then they hunted deer, now they hunt foxes, in a few years they’ll be hunting shrews.
Yoiks and awayyyyy!
Surely, some animal in Britain has at least used some biting sarcasm, causing deeply wounded feelings.
:eek:
Searching for animal attacks uk on google gave me a list of funny stories from Ananova including a woman being attacked by a chicken. There actually was a badger attack article there too! However, most of the hits for “animal attacks” were about people attacking animals 
Anyhoo, was just thinking here in Sweden one of (if not the)most dangerous wild animals are Elks. Loads and loads of people are injured and killed each year from crashing into them with their cars. Deer may not have the stopping power of an elk, but they surely cause traffic accidents? Insects in cars are also a leading cause of traffic accidents no?
Ah, but the OP specifically limits the question to England … otherwise I would have mentioned the wild cats in Scotland in my response too.
Julie 
Sticks tongue out
Was this a joke? Forgive me if I’m being incredibly naive when I say - God no
Foxes were hunted because it was sport. Any of the BS farmers give you about ‘killing their lambs and chickens’ is not to be listened to. Most foxes don’t grow larger than your average terrier and are far too urbanised to even think about taking on a lamb.
I admit that there is the occasional killing of a lamb by a fox - but more from the Eagles nowadays because they’re a protected species so the farmers can’t hunt them to extinction
Well, you’ll just have to be a bit more specific with your question next time, now won’t you?
Since you ask, that would be ferrets, with the ferret legging record being Reg Mellor’s of five hours and twenty-six minutes with a pissed off ferret in his pants, sans sub ubi.
There’s something lurking deep in the waters of Loch Ness, I hear. Other than that, I once met a rabbit that gave me a funny look. Wasps are the most likely thing to attack in ordinary circumstances but you have to annoy them first (don’t ask me how you annoy a bee).
Nettle stings can hurt a bit but you’ll be ok if there’s some dock leaves nearby to rub into the sting. But then nettles aren’t an animal.
I once got bitten by a fish in the sea, believe it or not. Clamped onto my finger and wouldn’t let go, I had to slap it to get it off.
I don’t think there are any ticks or other nasty insects in English woods and I don’t think there are any biting spiders. There’s the occasional mosquito in the south but I think the winter kills them all off every year so there’s not many of them.
Seagulls can be a bit in your face if you’re eating a bag of chips by the seaside. Big bastards too, but not aggressive generally. Certainly not as aggressive as I am when I’m protecting my food from marauding birds. I’m bigger than them too so they better not try anything.
More seriously, it’s not true to say that no one has been killed by a wild animal. This guy got bitten by a rabid bat up in Scotland and died - the first case of rabies in Britain for 100 years.
Well, kinda, though the ridiculousness of foxhunting is kinda what inspired it. And, erm, I’d like to point out that I KNOW deer are not predators. I just threw them in there to make sure you were paying attention. Honest.