Thick topshell
The thick topshell is a common sight on rocky shores in Wales and South West England.
The thick topshell is a common sight on rocky shores in Wales and South West England.
This long-lived bivalve can be found buried in the sand on the south and west coasts of the UK.
The Coppery click beetle is a large, coppery-purple beetle with straw-brown wing cases. It can be found on grassland and farmland, and its larvae are known to feed on roots and damage crops.
The grizzled skipper has a striking brown-and-white checked wing pattern. It is a fast flier, so is best observed in the morning as it basks in the sun to warm up. It favours chalk grassland and…
This bumpy shell lives up to its name and lives partly buried in the seabed along the west coast of Great Britain.
Look for the deep magenta, star-shaped flowers of Marsh cinquefoil in marshes, bogs, fens and wetlands in the north, west and east of the UK.
Mae’r dyfrgi hyblyg yn nofiwr ardderchog a gellir ei weld yn hela mewn gwlybdiroedd ac afonydd ac ar hyd yr arfordir – rhowch gynnig ar arfordir gorllewinol yr Alban, Gorllewin Cymru, y West…
This bog-loving butterfly is mostly found in the north of the UK, where it takes to the wing in summer.
A summer visitor to the UK, the red-tailed redstart is a robin-sized bird that can be spotted in woodlands, parks and hedgerows, mainly in the north and west of the UK.
Luscious temperate rainforest once covered vast areas of the British Isles, but now only fragments remain in the west. These areas of rainforest are also known as Atlantic woodland or Celtic…
It’s easy to identify this distinctive skate from the black and yellow marbled eye spots on each wing.
Look for the wood warbler singing from the canopy of oak woodlands in the north and west of the UK. Green above, it has a distinctive, bright yellow throat and eyestripe.