This beautiful butterfly is one of our rarest, now mostly restricted to the western parts of the UK.

The classic fairy tale toadstool, this red and white fungus is often found beneath birch trees in autumn.

Ever noticed lots of little white spirals on seaweed fronds on rocky shores? These are tiny tube worms!

This small, round sea urchin is (unsurprisingly!) green in colour and can be found on rocky shores around the UK.

The mountain hare lives in the Scottish Highlands and the north of England. They are renowned for turning white in winter to match their upland surroundings.

The porbeagle shark is a member of the shark family Lamnidae, making it one of the closest living relatives of the great white shark.

Despite its dazzling colouration, this fabulous nudibranch can be easily missed, due to its small size!

The umbrella-like clusters of white, frothy flowers of cow parsley are a familiar sight along roadsides, hedgerows and woodland edges.