Bilberry
Bilberries appear in summer and early autumn and are often turned into jams, pies and sauces...
Bilberries appear in summer and early autumn and are often turned into jams, pies and sauces...
This elegant wader is silvery grey in winter but turns black in summer!
This elegant wader is an uncommon autumn visitor, often joining flocks of dunlin.
It is easy to be confused by these flower-like animals with flowery names! The ‘daisy’ anemone is one of the larger UK anemone species!
This beautiful pink fungus appears in late summer and autumn.
A bushy brown seaweed that appears bright blue underwater.
A 'weed' of cultivated and disturbed ground, Round-leaved fluellen is a trailing plant with round leaves and yellow flowers that appear over summer.
This well-camouflaged wader is a winter visitor to the UK, where it can be seen feeding on wetlands with a distinctive bobbing motion.
The dark-blue flowers of Common milkwort pepper our grasslands from May to September. It can also appear in pink and white forms.
In mild years, the spring-flowering primrose can appear as early as December. Look out for its pretty, creamy-yellow flowers in woodlands and grasslands.
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.