This distinctive bug is often seen basking on low-growing plants in spring and summer.

The violet click beetle is a very rare beetle that lives in decaying wood, particularly common beech and ash. It gets its name from its habit of springing upwards with an audible click if it falls…

Bilberries appear in summer and early autumn and are often turned into jams, pies and sauces...

One of the longest seaweeds native to the UK, thongweed helps create a beautiful underwater forest to rival that of any on the land!

This bog-loving butterfly is mostly found in the north of the UK, where it takes to the wing in summer.

The whooper swan is a very rare breeding bird in the UK, but has much larger populations that spend winter here after a long journey from Iceland. It has more yellow on its yellow-and-black bill…

With a torpedo-shaped body and long, narrow wings, the privet hawk-moth is a striking garden visitor. But the caterpillars really stand out: lime-green, with purple streaks and a black hook at the…

This is a predominantly subtidal species but can be found on the lowest parts of a sheltered rocky shore in summer.