Cattle egret
This small, white heron is an increasingly common sight in parts of the UK as it spreads north from continental Europe.
Water vole by Terry Whittaker/2020VISION
This small, white heron is an increasingly common sight in parts of the UK as it spreads north from continental Europe.
Even a small pond can be home to an interesting range of wildlife, including damsel and dragonflies, frogs and newts.
Look for the small, white, star-shaped flowers of Common chickweed all year-round. Sometimes considered a 'weed', it is still a valuable food source for insects.
A delicate, small plant of woodlands and hedgerows, wood-sorrel has distinctive, trefoil leaves and white flowers with purple veins; both fold up at night.
A small and delicate plant of chalk grasslands, Fairy flax can be seen in bloom from May to September - look out for its nodding, white flowers.
Arrowhead is an aquatic plant of shallow water and slow-moving waterways. In bloom over summer, it displays small, white flowers, but it is the arrow-shaped leaves that are most distinctive.