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

Mainly found in southern and eastern England, the common hornbeam is a tall tree of ancient woodlands. Its large catkins appear in spring, and its winged seeds are dispersed by the wind in autumn…

The grayling is one of our largest brown butterflies and a master of disguise - its cryptic colouring helps to camouflage it against bare earth and stones in its coastal habitats and on inland…

This stocky relative of grasshoppers is found on damp ground close to water.

This dazzling blue-green shieldbug is a predator, hunting other insects.

The nursehound is a nocturnal predator, hunting smaller fish close to the seafloor.

This striking day-flying moth is named after a 16th century witch.

This unique fungus is one of the most sought after spring fungi of them all.

A winter visitor, the well-travelled Bewick's swan is the smallest of our swans. It has more black on its yellow-and-black bill than the whooper swan. Look out for it around Eastern England…