This bog-loving butterfly is mostly found in the north of the UK, where it takes to the wing in summer.

Their long narrow shells are a common sight on our shores, especially after storms, but the animals themselves live buried in the sand.

Look out for this weevil on oak trees, where females lay their eggs inside acorns.

The small, brown Dartford warbler is most easily spotted when warbling its scratchy song from the top of a gorse stem. It lives on lowland heathland in the south of England, where it nests on the…

A strikingly beautiful fish, it is not hard to see where the ‘red’ mullet gets its name from!

One of our largest soldier beetles, often found on flowers where they hunt other insects.

This beautiful beetle is fond of damp meadows and woodland rides, where it's often found on umbellifers or thistles.