This dainty seaduck is a winter visitor to our coasts, particularly in northern and eastern Scotland.

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

This common fungus puffs out clouds of spores when it's mature.

Our largest starfish, the spiny starfish can reach an impressive diameter of 70cm!

Goose barnacles often wash up on our shores attached to flotsam after big storms.

Able to camouflage itself to its surroundings, the European flounder is one of our many amazing flatfish!

One of our largest soldier beetles, often found on flowers where they hunt other insects.

Our only venomous snake, the shy adder can be spotted basking in the sunshine in woodland glades and on heathlands.

Hornwrack is often found washed up on our beaches, with many believing that it is dried seaweed. In fact, it is a colony of animals!