The yellow meadow ant is known for creating anthills in grassland habitats. It has a close relationship with the chalkhill blue butterfly - protecting the larvae in return for a sugary substance…

The UK is home to so many incredible sea slugs, like this elegant nudibranch.

A plant of chalk and limestone grasslands and sand dunes, Yellow-wort has butter-yellow flowers. Its distinctive leaves sit opposite each other, but are fused together around the stem.

This snowy white moth is easily mistaken for the similar brown-tail, until it lifts its abdomen to reveal a burst of golden-yellow.

This charming little warbler is an increasingly common sight in autumn, when migrants pass through the UK.

This brightly-coloured beetle is often found feeding on flowers on warm days in late spring and summer.

This small, white heron is an increasingly common sight in parts of the UK as it spreads north from continental Europe.

One of our commonest willows, the Goat willow is a small tree that is found in ditches, reedbeds and wet woodland. It is well-known for its silver, fluffy catkins that give it another name, '…