This beautiful butterfly is one of our rarest, now mostly restricted to the western parts of the UK.

Europe's largest frog is not naturally found in the UK, but was introduced to Kent and has spread throughout the southeast.

The UK's largest native grasshopper is also one of its rarest, found only on wetlands in a few parts of England.

The crab apple is familiar as a small tree that produces yellow-green, rounded fruit that is used for making jellies and wines. It can be found in woods and hedges, as well as in cultivated…

The common spotted-orchid is the easiest of all our orchids to see: sometimes, so many flowers appear together that they create a pale pink carpet in our woodlands, old quarries, dunes and marshes…

Living up to its name, the oak apple gall wasp produces growths, or 'galls', on oak twigs that look like little apples. Inside the gall, the larvae of the wasp feed on the host tissues,…