Serrated wrack
This brown seaweed lives in the lower shore and gets its name from the serrated edges to its fronds.
This brown seaweed lives in the lower shore and gets its name from the serrated edges to its fronds.
This comical little duck lives up to its name – look out for the black tuft of feathers on its head!
Despite its name, the great spider crab is actually smaller than the more common European spider crab.
The lightbulb sea squirt is common around much of the UK. Its easy to see where its name came from!
As the name suggests, this beautiful brown butterfly is most common in Scotland, though it can also be seen in northern England.
This bumpy shell lives up to its name and lives partly buried in the seabed along the west coast of Great Britain.
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Found on rocky shores and seabeds, the Keyhole limpet gets its name from the little hole at the tip of its shell.
The spiny spider crab lives up to its name in every way! Their distinctive spiny shells are often found washed up on beaches.
The Yellow star-of-Bethlehem is a woodland plant that lives up to its name - it displays starry, gold flowers in an umbrella-like cluster in early spring.
Despite its name, Ground-ivy is actually a member of the dead-nettle family. It is a clump-forming, aromatic plant that likes woodlands, hedgerows and damp places.
This large shieldbug lives up to its name, bristling with long pale hairs. It's a common sight in parks, hedgerows and woodland edges in much of the UK.