The lesser-black backed gull can be spotted around the coast in summer, with the biggest colony on Walney Island, Cumbria. Look for it over fields, landfill sites and reservoirs during winter.

Look out for the black guillemot all year-round at scattered coastal sites in Scotland, England, Wales and the Isle of Man. It tends not to travel far between seasons, breeding and wintering in…

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

This common fungus puffs out clouds of spores when it's mature.

The herring gull is the typical 'seagull' of our seaside resorts, though our coastal populations have declined in recent decades.

The violet click beetle is a very rare beetle that lives in decaying wood, particularly common beech and ash. It gets its name from its habit of springing upwards with an audible click if it falls…