As the name suggests, this fungus looks uncannily like an ear!

This large starfish looks just like the sun, with 10-12 arms spreading outwards like rays.

The variable damselfly looks a lot like the azure damselfly, but is much less common throughout most of the UK.

This colonial creature looks like an old-fashioned quill - that's where the name sea pen comes from.

This sponge is found on rocky shores around the UK and looks like a thick bready crust (if you use your imagination a bit!).

This brown seaweed lives in the mid shore and looks a bit like bubble wrap with the distinctive air bladders that give it its name.

The scorpionfly, as its name suggests, has a curved 'tail' that looks like a sting. It is, in fact, the males' claspers for mating. It is yellow and black, with a long 'beak…

This common hoverfly is often seen visiting flowers. It's named for its stripy thorax, which looks a bit like a football shirt.

The whinchat is a summer visitor to UK heathlands, moorlands and open meadows. It looks similar to the stonechat, but is lighter in colour and has a distinctive pale eyestripe.

Frogbit looks like a mini water-lily as it floats on the surface of ponds, lakes and still waterways. It offers shelter to tadpoles, fish and dragonfly larve.