These mysterious and beautiful creatures rely on warm ocean currents to ‘sail’ them around the world... not a bad life?

This stocky, brown mammal spends its life burrowing underground with its spade-like paws, hunting for earthworms to eat.

In May, our hedgerows burst into life as common hawthorn erupts with creamy-white blossom, colouring the landscape and giving this thorny shrub its other name of 'May-tree'.

In May, our hedgerows and woodland edges burst into life as midland hawthorn erupts with masses of pinky-white blossom. During the autumn, red fruits known as 'haws' appear.

The London plane tree is, as its name suggests, a familiar sight along the roadsides and in the parks of London. An introduced and widely planted species, it is tough enough to put up with city…