Wild Wanderings
Wildlife Watcher Chloe lives by the coast in Wales and shares her favourite finds.
Water vole by Terry Whittaker/2020VISION
Wildlife Watcher Chloe lives by the coast in Wales and shares her favourite finds.
Look out for this large, leafy lichen on trees in ancient woodlands in the west 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.
Look for the deep magenta, star-shaped flowers of Marsh cinquefoil in marshes, bogs, fens and wetlands in the north, west and east of the UK.
A summer visitor to the UK, the red-tailed redstart is a robin-sized bird that can be spotted in woodlands, parks and hedgerows, mainly in the north and west of the UK.
Living up to its name, the common blue damselfly is both very common and very blue. It regularly visits gardens - try digging a wildlife-friendly pond to attract damselflies and dragonflies.
Considered Britain's most threatened butterfly, the high brown fritillary can be only be found in a few areas of England and Wales.
Look for the wood warbler singing from the canopy of oak woodlands in the north and west of the UK. Green above, it has a distinctive, bright yellow throat and eyestripe.
The jersey tiger moth is a beautiful moth with creamy white strips on its forewing and bold orange underwings. It is mainly found in the south.
The raven is famous for being the imposing, all-black bird that guards the Tower of London. Wild birds live in forests, and upland and coastal areas in the north and west of the UK.