This hefty diving bird is a winter visitor to the UK, where it can be seen around the coast or occasionally on large inland lakes.

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

This brightly-coloured beetle is often found feeding on flowers on warm days in late spring and summer.

This dainty white butterfly is now only found in a few parts of Britain, where it flutters slowly through woodland clearings.

The stinging nettle is a familiar and common plant, often firmly rooted in our memories after our first, hands-on experience - a prickling irritation that's not forgotten easily!

This stocky wader is mostly a winter visitor to the UK, where it can be found on rocky, seaweed-covered coasts, often with groups of turnstones.

The ringed plover is a small wader that nests around the coast, flooded gravel pits and reservoirs. It is similar to the little ringed plover, but is a little larger, has an orange bill and legs,…

A member of the buttercup family, Common water-crowfoot displays white, buttercup-like flowers with yellow centres. It can form mats in ponds, ditches and streams during spring and summer.

This wading bird is mainly a visitor on its spring and autumn migration, though a small number nest in Scotland.