This small, white heron is an increasingly common sight in parts of the UK as it spreads north from continental Europe.

It’s easy to identify this distinctive skate from the black and yellow marbled eye spots on each wing.

Our only venomous snake, the shy adder can be spotted basking in the sunshine in woodland glades and on heathlands.

One of the earliest moths to emerge each year, spending the winter as a pupa and flying from March to May.

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

This colonial creature looks like an old-fashioned quill - that's where the name sea pen comes from.

Hornwrack is often found washed up on our beaches, with many believing that it is dried seaweed. In fact, it is a colony of animals!

The ragworm is highly common on our shores, though rarely seen except by the fishermen that dig them up for bait.