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.

Their long narrow shells are a common sight on our shores, especially after storms, but the animals themselves live buried in the sand.

The blackbird of the mountains, ring ouzels can be found breeding on upland moors and rocky crags in summer.

This black and grey solitary bee takes to the wing in spring, when it can be seen buzzing around burrows in open ground.