Wavy hair-grass
Wavy hair-grass lives up to its name: its fine, hair-like leaves and delicate flower heads can be seen shaking in the breeze of a windswept moorland or heathland.
Wavy hair-grass lives up to its name: its fine, hair-like leaves and delicate flower heads can be seen shaking in the breeze of a windswept moorland or heathland.
The teal is a pretty, little dabbling duck, which can be easily spotted in winter on reservoirs, gravel pits, and flooded meadows. Watching flocks of this bird wheel through a winter sky is a true…
This dainty seaduck is a winter visitor to our coasts, particularly in northern and eastern Scotland.
This purply-brown seaweed is a common feature on our rocky shores and on our dinner plates.
Hedgehogs need somewhere warm and dry to snuggle down over winter.
This unmistakable moth spends the winter as an adult, tucked away in a sheltered spot like a cave or outbuilding.
With ginger hairs, dark banding and a cream tail, the Narcissus bulb fly looks like a bumble bee, but is harmless to us. This mimicry helps to protect it from predators while it searches for…
This huge gull can be seen around most of the UK's coasts in summer, with some venturing inland in winter.
One of 2 seahorses found in UK seas, long snouted seahorses are recognisable by their longer snout and fleshy "mane".
This well-camouflaged wader is a winter visitor to the UK, where it can be seen feeding on wetlands with a distinctive bobbing motion.
With food, water and shelter scarce over the winter months, give your garden birds a treat with an edible Christmas wreath.