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

The enigmatic golden eagle disappeared from England and Wales in the 19th century due to severe persecution. Scottish birds suffered from the use of pesticides in the 20th century. Luckily, golden…

As its name suggests, the smooth stems of soft rush are thinner and more flexible than those of hard rush. It forms tufts in wetland habitats like wet woodlands, marshes, ditches and grasslands.…

The yellow flower heads of common ragwort are highly attractive to bees and other insects, including the cinnabar moth.

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

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