Swifts spend most of their lives flying – even sleeping, eating and drinking – only ever landing to nest. They like to nest in older buildings in small holes in roof spaces.

The turkeytail is a very colourful bracket fungus that grows throughout the year, but is at its best in the autumn. Its circular caps can be seen growing in tiers on trees and dead wood.

Guillemots really know how to live life on the edge – quite literally! They nest tightly packed on steep ledges and cliffs around the coast. This may sound like a strange nesting spot, but it…

This football-sized fungus can be seen in autumn, sometimes growing on grass verges.

The spotted ray is one of the smallest species of skate, growing to only 80 cm.

This dazzling moss grows in dark places, catching any faint light to glow a golden-green.

This grass-green seaweed is sometimes known as Grass Kelp and grows on pretty much every shore in the UK.