Edible periwinkles are a common sight when rockpooling and can be found in huge numbers on the shore.

This distinctive moth is a common sight in gardens and around houses, where it's often attracted to lights.

This charming little warbler is an increasingly common sight in autumn, when migrants pass through the UK.

The small, shaggy-furred Brandt's bat roosts in all sorts of houses, old or modern. It is similar to the whiskered bat and they often roost together, but in separate colonies. It feeds low to…

The land caddis is the only caddisfly in the UK to spend its entire time on land, with no stage in water. Look in oak leaf litter over winter to see the grainy cases of the larvae, in which they…

This small, white heron is an increasingly common sight in parts of the UK as it spreads north from continental Europe.

This pretty, speckled moth is now a rare sight, found only in a few parts of southern England.

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…

The common mussel is a familiar sight on shores all around the UK and is a favourite food of people, seabirds and starfish alike.