Water vole by Terry Whittaker/2020VISION
With a silvery body, and purple, pink and bluish streaks down its flanks, the rainbow trout lives up to its name. Popular with anglers, it is actually an introduced species in the UK.
Sarah lives in a beautiful part of Radnorshire and wants to share her magical, mossy waterfall with everyone. Sometimes when the light shines through the spray a rainbow is born. She has a jar…
A bushy brown seaweed that appears bright blue underwater.
The sinuous otter is an excellent swimmer and can be seen hunting in wetlands, rivers and along the coast - try the west coast of Scotland, West Wales, the West Country or East Anglia for the best…
The pied flycatcher is a summer visitor, migrating here from West Africa to breed. Look for this small, black-and-white bird in woodland, parks and gardens, mostly in the west of the UK.
A small fish found on rocky shores in the south and west of Britain.
Look out for this large, leafy lichen on trees in ancient woodlands in the west of the UK.
The thick topshell is a common sight on rocky shores in Wales and South West England.
This long-lived bivalve can be found buried in the sand on the south and west coasts of the UK.
This streaky brown bird is a summer visitor to Britain, favouring open woodlands in the north and west.
This bumpy shell lives up to its name and lives partly buried in the seabed along the west coast of Great Britain.
