Worm pipefish
The last thing you’d expect this extraordinary creature to be is a fish!
Water vole by Terry Whittaker/2020VISION
The last thing you’d expect this extraordinary creature to be is a fish!
The river lamprey is a primitive, jawless fish, with a round, sucker-mouth which it uses to attach to other fish to feed from them. Adults live in the sea and return to freshwater to spawn.
A small fish found on rocky shores in the south and west of Britain.
The nursehound is a nocturnal predator, hunting smaller fish close to the seafloor.
This shy fish lives in burrows in muddy seafloors, sometimes sharing them with nephrops.
Although, commonly referred to as a ‘sea snail,’ this species in fact belongs to the fish family!
The male purple emperor is a stunning butterfly with a brilliant purple sheen. Look for it feeding around the treetops in woodlands, or on damp ground, animal droppings or even carrion in the…
One of the UK’s rarest marine species, this giant of the rocky shore is a very special fish.
Spiny lobster, crawfish, crayfish, rock lobsters - many names, one animal! This pretty lobster was made extinct in many areas through overfishing, but is now making a slow comeback.