This sooty-black, day-flying moth is active on sunny days, rarely settling in one place for long.

Our most common hoverfly, the marmalade fly is orange with black bands across its body. It feeds on flowers like tansy, ragwort and cow parsley in gardens, hedgerows, parks and woodlands.

A small fish found on rocky shores in the south and west of Britain.

A common hoverfly, the Heineken fly has a distinctively long snout that enables it to take nectar from deeper flowers, reaching the parts other hoverflies cannot reach! It frequents hedgerows,…

The puss moth is a large and fluffy moth, with a very strange looking caterpillar.

This birch-loving moth can be seen flying on sunny days in early spring.

This dazzling dragonfly, also known as the blue-eyed hawker, is a recent arrival to Britain.

Tawny owls are the familiar brown owls of Britain’s woodlands, parks and gardens. They are known for their ‘too-wit too-woo’ song that can be heard at night-time.

The large, fluffy caterpillars of this moth are often seen in summer and early spring.

Egyptian geese were introduced to Britain from Africa. They are now widespread in southern England.

This streaky brown bird is a summer visitor to Britain, favouring open woodlands in the north and west.