This beautiful orange and brown butterfly is now a rare sight in the UK

This small reddish-purple seaweed grows in small branching fans on rocky shores. It is widely used in the food industry - and might have been used to produce your ice cream, beer or even jelly!…

Pignut is a small umbellifer, with edible tubers, that is found in woods, hedges and grasslands.

These distinctive beetles are often found around dead birds and small mammals.

This striking black-and-white moth flies during the day in open woodlands, moorlands, and bogs. It's most common on Scottish moors.

This rare anemone lives up to its name with a spectacular display of long, white tentacles.

Our most diminutive falcon, the merlin is a pretty bird of prey. It chases small birds, flying low to the ground or hovering in the breeze because of its small size. Resident merlins are joined in…

This small sea snail is easily identifiable by the 3 brown spots on the top of its shell.

This bog-loving butterfly is mostly found in the north of the UK, where it takes to the wing in summer.