This beautiful butterfly is one of our rarest, now mostly restricted to the western parts of the UK.

Our largest starfish, the spiny starfish can reach an impressive diameter of 70cm!

This small moth is often disturbed from bushes, but also flies on sunny days.

This wading bird is a rare visitor from North America, usually spotted in autumn.

From spring, look out for the beautiful, speckled gold-and-black breeding plumage of the golden plover. It can be found in its upland moorland breeding grounds from May to September, moving to…

Goose barnacles often wash up on our shores attached to flotsam after big storms.

A non-native species originating from Asia, the harlequin ladybird is prevalent in towns and gardens.

A stocky, little sandpiper, the knot can be spotted in estuaries from August onwards, migrating here from the Arctic where it breeds. Look out for it probing the muddy sand with its specialised…