Looking like a small, armoured grasshopper, this widespread insect is found in damp areas across the UK.

This unassuming orchid is easily overlooked. It is found patchily across the UK, but has been declining for decades.

Once a rare visitor to the UK, this striking gull is now found nesting here in large colonies.

Common couch is a tall, tuft-forming grass of roadside verges, waste ground and arable land. It is very tough and can shade out more delicate plants. Look for flat, blade-like leaves and thin…

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 large, sunshine-yellow flowers of the yellow iris brighten up the margins of our waterways, ponds, wet woods, fens and marshes. Also called the 'flag iris', its outer petals have a…

This pretty, speckled moth is now a rare sight, found only in a few parts of southern England.

The blackbird of the mountains, ring ouzels can be found breeding on upland moors and rocky crags in summer.

This beautiful moth is often found resting on leaves, though it does also fly during the day.

This strange furry creature often found washed ashore after storms is actually a kind of worm!