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

This black and grey solitary bee takes to the wing in spring, when it can be seen buzzing around burrows in open ground.

The large, dark grey water shrew lives mostly in wetland habitats. It's a good swimmer that hunts for aquatic insects and burrows into the banks.

Our smallest breeding seabird, the storm petrel is barely larger than a house martin! They mostly nest among rocks or in burrows on small offshore islands.