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

The large white is a common garden visitor - look out for its brilliant white wings, tipped with black.

This grass-green seaweed is sometimes known as Grass Kelp and grows on pretty much every shore in the UK.

This slim fish is usually found on gravelly parts of the seabed, close to shore, but can turn up in rockpools.

This glossy wading bird is a scarce visitor to the UK, though records have become more common in recent decades.

This brown seaweed lives in the lower shore and gets its name from the serrated edges to its fronds.

This yellow-brown seaweed grows in dense masses on the mid shore of sheltered rocky shores. It is identifiable by the egg-shaped air bladders that give it its name.

This common hoverfly can be recognised by the dark markings behind its head, which often resemble the Batman logo.

The distinctive sight of a spoonbill is becoming increasingly common in the east and southwest of England, with colonies of breeding birds now established.

As the name suggests, this beautiful brown butterfly is most common in Scotland, though it can also be seen in northern England.

The lightbulb sea squirt is common around much of the UK. Its easy to see where its name came from!

This well-camouflaged woodpecker used to be a common breeding bird in Britain, but is now only likely to be seen passing through on migration.