The kestrel is a familiar sight hovering over the side of the road, looking out for its favourite food: small mammals like field voles. It prefers open habitats like grassland, farmland and…

These mat like growths found on kelp and seaweed are actually colonies of tiny individuals animals.

Look for the star-like, feathery, white flowers of Bogbean in ponds, fens, bogs and marshes. It is so-named because its leaves look like those of broad beans.

This unmistakable moth spends the winter as an adult, tucked away in a sheltered spot like a cave or outbuilding.

This jewel like leaf beetle is an incredibly scarce species which is only found in wetland habitats.

The variable damselfly looks a lot like the azure damselfly, but is much less common throughout most of the UK.

These large rocky shore fish look like they belong in deeper waters, but they are the find of the day for any rockpooler!

This colonial creature looks like an old-fashioned quill - that's where the name sea pen comes from.

Look out for the white, umbrella-like flower heads of lesser water-parsnip along the shallow margins of ditches, ponds, lakes and rivers. When crushed, it does, indeed, smell like parsnip!