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

Europe's largest frog is not naturally found in the UK, but was introduced to Kent and has spread throughout the southeast.

These distinctive beetles are often found around dead birds and small mammals.

The Carline thistle produces distinctive brown-and-golden flower heads that look like a seeded thistle. These flowers are attractive to a wide range of butterflies, including the very rare Large…

This streaky brown bird is a winter visitor, occasionally found walking around the muddy margins of marshes.

The rare natterjack toad is found at just a few coastal locations, where it prefers shallow pools on sand dunes, heaths and marshes.

The delicate, tube-like, violet-blue flowers of Skullcap bloom from June to September in damp places, such as marshes, fens, riverbanks and pond margins.

A tall plant, purple-loosestrife can form dense stands of bright purple flower spikes in wet habitats like reedbeds, fens and marshes.