The White-lipped snail comes in different colour forms, but always has a white band around the opening of its shell. It prefers damp spots in wide range of habitats, from gardens to grasslands,…

A rare breeder in the UK, this sooty-coloured bird is as at home on an industrial site as it is on a rocky cliff face.

The rare Norfolk hawker is a pale brown dragonfly, with a distinctive yellow triangle on its body. Until recently, it was only found in unpolluted fens, marshes and ditches of the Broads National…

Found almost everywhere, the large yellow underwing is a night-flying moth that is often attracted to lights. It is brown with orangey-yellow hindwings.

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

This sponge is found on rocky shores around the UK and looks like a thick bready crust (if you use your imagination a bit!).

The puss moth is a large and fluffy moth, with a very strange looking caterpillar.

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

Our most familiar fern, bracken can be found growing in dense stands on hillsides, moorland, heathland and in woodlands. It is very large and dies back in winter, turning the landscape orangey-…