Knot grass
A common moth across most of the UK. The large, hairy caterpillars are often seen in late summer.
A common moth across most of the UK. The large, hairy caterpillars are often seen in late summer.
The blackbird of the mountains, ring ouzels can be found breeding on upland moors and rocky crags in summer.
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This huge gull can be seen around most of the UK's coasts in summer, with some venturing inland in winter.
Rare summer visitors, honey buzzards breed in open woodland where they feed on the nests and larvae of bees and wasps.
Common cow-wheat is a delicate annual that brightens up the edges of acid woodland and heaths with deep golden flowers in the summer.
Look for the small, pink, pea-shaped flowers of Common restharrow on chalk and limestone grasslands, and in coastal areas, during summer.
Enchanter's nightshade is a hairy plant, with rounded leaves that taper to a fine tip, and clusters of small, pinky-white flowers in summer.
The ocean sunfish is the second largest bony fish on the planet and visits UK seas during the summer months to feast on jellyfish.
These wild, open landscapes stretch over large areas and are most often found in uplands. Although slow to awaken in spring, by late summer heathland can be an eye-catching purple haze of heather…