This stocky, brown mammal spends its life burrowing underground with its spade-like paws, hunting for earthworms to eat.

The Speckled bush-cricket, as its name suggests, is covered in tiny, black speckles. It can be found in scrub, hedgerows and gardens throughout summer. Males rub their wings together to create a…

The common sandpiper breeds along rivers, and by lakes, reservoirs and lochs in upland Scotland, Northern England and Wales. It can be spotted as a passage migrant at many inland wetlands across…

This large skate has tiny, prickly spines all over its back.

This tiny wading bird is most often seen in autumn, feeding on the muddy margins of wetlands.

These mat like growths found on kelp and seaweed are actually colonies of tiny individuals animals.