This streaky brown bird is a summer visitor to Britain, favouring open woodlands in the north and west.

When threatened, the green tortoise beetle acts just like a tortoise, pulling its feet and antennae in and hunkering down, gripping the leaf it is on as tightly as possible. Look for it on white…

This elegant wading bird is a rare visitor to the UK, though occasionally one or two of pairs will nest here.

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

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

This wading bird is mainly a visitor on its spring and autumn migration, though a small number nest in Scotland.

Planaria are flatworms in the phylum Platyhelminthes with amazing regeneration abilities giving them the title 'immortal under the edge of a knife'. There are many different species that…

The hairy-footed flower bee can be seen in gardens and parks in spring and summer, visiting tubular flowers like red dead-nettle and comfrey. As its name suggests, it has long, orange hairs on its…