Scarlet tiger
This beautiful moth is often found resting on leaves, though it does also fly during the day.
This beautiful moth is often found resting on leaves, though it does also fly during the day.
Our only venomous snake, the shy adder can be spotted basking in the sunshine in woodland glades and on heathlands.
Also known as the two-coloured mason bee, this beautiful bee is famous for nesting in old snail shells.
The water scorpion is not a true scorpion, but it certainly looks like one! An underwater predator, it uses its front pincer-like legs to catch its prey. Its tail actually acts as a kind of '…
Once considered a weed of cornfields, the Common poppy is now in decline due to intensive agricultural practices. It can be found in seeded areas, on roadside verges and waste ground, and in field…
This large shrike visits the UK in small numbers each year, passing through on migration or spending the winter here.
This well-camouflaged woodpecker used to be a common breeding bird in Britain, but is now only likely to be seen passing through on migration.
Chance finds dating back 9000 years tell a new story of Skokholm Island, Pembrokeshire.
Look out for the white, umbrella-like flower heads of lesser water-parsnip along the shallow margins of ditches, ponds, lakes and rivers. When crushed, it does, indeed, smell like parsnip!
This sea snail is abundant on rocky shores around the UK. It is an active predator, feasting on mussels and barnacles before retreating to crevices to rest.