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

A fleshy herb of the wet margins of brooks, streams and ditches, Brooklime can be seen all year-round and provides shelter for tadpoles and sticklebacks.

Our only venomous snake, the shy adder can be spotted basking in the sunshine in woodland glades and on heathlands.

Hornwrack is often found washed up on our beaches, with many believing that it is dried seaweed. In fact, it is a colony of animals!

The ragworm is highly common on our shores, though rarely seen except by the fishermen that dig them up for bait.

Look for the small, white, star-shaped flowers of Common chickweed all year-round. Sometimes considered a 'weed', it is still a valuable food source for insects.