The tiny, grey-brown house mouse is one of our most successful mammals. It thrives around buildings but is less likely to be found in our houses these days due to better construction.

Soft brome is a tall, annual grass of roadside verges, waste ground and meadows, and is a 'weed' of arable land. It has long, grey-green leaves and loosely clustered flower spikes.

A bizarre half lobster/half crab, this squat lobster is one of the true stunners of the rocky shore!

This grass-green seaweed is sometimes known as Grass Kelp and grows on pretty much every shore in the UK.

This slim fish is usually found on gravelly parts of the seabed, close to shore, but can turn up in rockpools.

The silver Y migrates to the UK in massive numbers each year - sometimes, an estimated 220 million can reach our shores in spring! Seen throughout the year, it is very common in gardens and…

This brown seaweed lives in the lower shore and gets its name from the serrated edges to its fronds.

Despite appearances, this weird and wonderful creature is not a jellyfish! They're sometimes found washed up on our shores after westerly winds. Look but don't touch - they give a very…

Our largest and most common bee-fly, the dark-edged bee-fly looks just like a bumblebee, and buzzes like one too! It feeds on flowers like primroses and violets in gardens, parks and woodlands.…