Their empty, delicate pink or yellow shells can often be found washed up on beaches, but the animals themselves live buried in the sand all around the coasts of the UK.

This large shrike visits the UK in small numbers each year, passing through on migration or spending the winter here.

This bumpy shell lives up to its name and lives partly buried in the seabed along the west coast of Great Britain.

This beautiful beetle is fond of damp meadows and woodland rides, where it's often found on umbellifers or thistles.

Look for the wood warbler singing from the canopy of oak woodlands in the north and west of the UK. Green above, it has a distinctive, bright yellow throat and eyestripe.

Look for Water avens in damp habitats, such as riversides, wet woodlands and wet meadows. It has nodding, purple-and-orange flowers that hang on delicate, purple stems.

Look for wood avens along hedgerows and in woodlands. Its yellow flowers appear in spring and provide nectar for insects; later, they turn to red, hooked seedheads that can easily stick to a…