Variable damselfly
The variable damselfly looks a lot like the azure damselfly, but is much less common throughout most of the UK.
The variable damselfly looks a lot like the azure damselfly, but is much less common throughout most of the UK.
A most familiar seashore inhabitant, the common starfish truly lives up to its name in UK seas and rockpools!
Reed bed, flood plain mire, carr, scrub, and a complex network of ditches.
This distinctive lark is a passage migrant and winter visitor to the UK, most often found along the east coast of Britain.
As the name suggests, this beautiful brown butterfly is most common in Scotland, though it can also be seen in northern England.
One of the most bizarre fish to find on the rocky shore, the clingfish appears an assortment of different animals stuck together!
Ancient broadleaved woodland with some scrub and a meadow. Part of the Nant Whitton Woods SSSI.
This striking black-and-white moth flies during the day in open woodlands, moorlands, and bogs. It's most common on Scottish moors.
Considered Britain's most threatened butterfly, the high brown fritillary can be only be found in a few areas of England and Wales.
Carboniferous limestone quarry, plantation, scrub, and surrounding woodland. Geological SSSI (quarry face only).
One of our most familiar spring flowers, the cowslip brightens up ancient meadows and woodlands with its egg-yolk-yellow, nodding blooms.