The dark bush-cricket, as its name suggests, is dark brown or reddish. It can be found in woodlands, hedgerows and gardens throughout summer. Its irregular chirpings are a familiar sound of summer…

This elegant wader is silvery grey in winter but turns black in summer!

The common octopus is a highly intelligent, active predator. It even has a secret weapon - special glands produce a venom that it uses to incapacitate its prey!

The large, fluffy caterpillars of this moth are often seen in summer and early spring.

The notch-horned cleg-fly isa horse fly dark grey in colour, with grey-brown mottled wings and intricately striped, iridescent eyes. There are 30 species of horse-fly in the UK; this is one of the…

This small sea snail is easily identifiable by the 3 brown spots on the top of its shell.

A fairly large, variable shieldbug found in grassy areas across England and Wales.

A voracious predator that will even eat other dragonflies, the golden-ringed dragonfly is the UK's longest species. It can be found around acidic streams in moorland and heathland habitats.…

This distinctive bug is often seen basking on low-growing plants in spring and summer.