The rose chafer can be spotted on garden flowers, as well as in grassland, woodland edges and scrub.

Flitting about the house in summer, the gangly, brown daddy longlegs is familiar to many of us. They are a valuable food source for many birds.

A delicate wader, Red-necked phalaropes are as comfortable swimming as they are on land. Unusually for birds, the females are more brightly coloured than the males.

Sphagnum mosses carpet the ground with colour on our marshes, heaths and moors. They play a vital role in the creation of peat bogs: by storing water in their spongy forms, they prevent the decay…

It’s easy to identify this distinctive skate from the black and yellow marbled eye spots on each wing.

This unmistakable moth spends the winter as an adult, tucked away in a sheltered spot like a cave or outbuilding.

Known as the phantom of the forest, goshawks can fly through the trees at up to 40km per hour as they hunt birds and small mammals.

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

The jackdaw is a small, black-capped crow of woodlands, parks, towns and coast. It is a well-known thief, stealing other birds' eggs and breaking into garden feeders.

Herb-robert is a low-growing plant, with small, pretty, pink flowers. Look for it in shady spots in woodland, hedgerows and coastal areas.