The whooper swan is a very rare breeding bird in the UK, but has much larger populations that spend winter here after a long journey from Iceland. It has more yellow on its yellow-and-black bill…

This shiny beetle is common in wooded areas throughout the UK. As the name suggests, it specialises in hunting snails.

A strikingly beautiful fish, it is not hard to see where the ‘red’ mullet gets its name from!

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

Europe's largest frog is not naturally found in the UK, but was introduced to Kent and has spread throughout the southeast.

A pale member of the violet family sometimes known as ‘milk violet’, the fen violet has a delicate and unassuming appearance. A real specialist of the wetland habitat, this species has seen a…

This beautiful bumblebee favours upland areas, but has declined in recent decades and is now nationally scarce.

This little cuttlefish really lives up to its name - it only reaches about 6cm long!

This brown seaweed lives in the lower shore and gets its name from the serrated edges to its fronds.

A most familiar seashore inhabitant, the common starfish truly lives up to its name in UK seas and rockpools!

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