This rare anemone lives up to its name with a spectacular display of long, white tentacles.

The noble chafer is a rare and beautiful metallic-green beetle that can be found in traditional orchards. It is on the wing over summer, feeding on umbellifers. The larvae live in the decaying…

A rare breeder in the UK, this sooty-coloured bird is as at home on an industrial site as it is on a rocky cliff face.

Once a rare visitor to the UK, this striking gull is now found nesting here in large colonies.

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

The elegant little egret was once a rare visitor to our shores, but can now regularly be spotted around the coastline of England and Wales. Look out for its beautiful neck plumes that herald the…

This elegant wading bird is a rare visitor to the UK, though occasionally one or two of pairs will nest here.

Largely confined to the north of the UK, the rare pine marten is nocturnal and very hard to spot. Reintroductions are helping it make a comeback.

A very rare species, this moth is now limited to one site in the UK. Males can be a striking reddish buff in colour.

This seagrass species is a kind of flowering plant that lives beneath the sea, providing an important habitat for many rare and wonderful species.