Found along the coast all year-round, the dunlin is a small sandpiper that breeds and winters in the UK. It can be seen in its upland breeding grounds in summer, when it turns brick-red above and…

A common thistle of roadside verges, rough grassland and waste ground, the Musk thistle has large, purple, nodding flower heads that appear in summer. It is attractive to a wide range of insects…

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…

The caterpillars of this fluffy white moth are best admired from a distance, as their hairs can irritate the skin.

A strikingly beautiful fish, it is not hard to see where the ‘red’ mullet gets its name from!

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