Chaffinch
The colourful and delightful chaffinch is a regular garden visitor across the UK. Look out for it hopping about on the ground under birdtables and hedges.
The colourful and delightful chaffinch is a regular garden visitor across the UK. Look out for it hopping about on the ground under birdtables and hedges.
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.
Rowan loves the fresh smell and sight of the buttercups in the wildflower meadows at Besthorpe. It's a special place because there are precious few spots like this where she can spend time…
The all-black carrion crow does not nest in colonies like the similar rook. It can be seen almost everywhere.
The pungent, rotten smell of Black Horehound makes this medium-sized plant of waste ground and roadside verges stand out from the crowd.
The unpleasant, astringent smell of Hedge woundwort makes this medium-sized plant of woodlands, hedgerows and roadside verges stand out from the crowd.
Perennial rye-grass is a tufted, vigorous grass of roadside verges, rough pastures and waste ground. It is commonly used in agriculture and for reseeding grasslands.
This common hoverfly can be recognised by the dark markings behind its head, which often resemble the Batman logo.
As the name suggests, this beautiful brown butterfly is most common in Scotland, though it can also be seen in northern England.