This huge gull can be seen around most of the UK's coasts in summer, with some venturing inland in winter.

The meadow pipit favours moorland and grassland. It is an unfortunate victim of cuckolding behaviour - their own young being pushed out of the nest, so they can look after the 'parasitic…

A common and stocky bird of our rocky coasts, the rock pipit can nearly always be seen close to the sea. It is a bit smaller than a starling.

This dashing diving duck is a winter visitor to the UK's seas, coastal lakes and occasionally inland water bodies.

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

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.