Once widespread, this attractive plant has declined as a result of modern agricultural practices and is now only found in four sites in South East England.

The brown long-eared bat certainly lives up to its name: its ears are nearly as long as its body! Look out for it feeding along hedgerows, and in gardens and woodland.

Also known as the brown crab, this large crab is found around all UK shores and is identifiable by the distinctive pie-crust edge to its brown shell.

The distinctive spiky, or 'bearded', green flower heads of wall barley appear from June to July and are easy to spot in an urban environment as they push their way up through pavements…

This bumpy shell lives up to its name and lives partly buried in the seabed along the west coast of Great Britain.