Sooty shearwater
These globe-spanning seabirds can often be seen offshore in autumn, shearing low over the waves.
These globe-spanning seabirds can often be seen offshore in autumn, shearing low over the waves.
The blackbird of the mountains, ring ouzels can be found breeding on upland moors and rocky crags in summer.
Oyster mushrooms are shell shaped fungi that grow in tiers or fabulous clusters on dead trees or stumps. Unlike many fungi, these mushrooms are not seasonal and can be found all year round,…
A well known inhabitant of UK seas, common lobsters can reach up to 60cm in length.
A fierce predator of small fish and flying insects, the brown trout is widespread in our freshwater rivers. It is has a golden body, flanked with pale-ringed, dark spots.
This small, round sea urchin is (unsurprisingly!) green in colour and can be found on rocky shores around the UK.
This slim fish is usually found on gravelly parts of the seabed, close to shore, but can turn up in rockpools.
Our only venomous snake, the shy adder can be spotted basking in the sunshine in woodland glades and on heathlands.
Despite its dazzling colouration, this fabulous nudibranch can be easily missed, due to its small size!
This well-camouflaged wader is a winter visitor to the UK, where it can be seen feeding on wetlands with a distinctive bobbing motion.
Luscious temperate rainforest once covered vast areas of the British Isles, but now only fragments remain in the west. These areas of rainforest are also known as Atlantic woodland or Celtic…
The all-black carrion crow does not nest in colonies like the similar rook. It can be seen almost everywhere.