Chwilio
Speckled wood butterfly - Vicky Nall
Chwilio
Common rosefinch
The common rosefinch is a rare visitor to the UK, usually passing through in autumn.
Giant puffball
This football-sized fungus can be seen in autumn, sometimes growing on grass verges.
Bilberry
Bilberries appear in summer and early autumn and are often turned into jams, pies and sauces...
Little stint
This tiny wading bird is most often seen in autumn, feeding on the muddy margins of wetlands.
Sooty shearwater
These globe-spanning seabirds can often be seen offshore in autumn, shearing low over the waves.
Yellow-browed warbler
This charming little warbler is an increasingly common sight in autumn, when migrants pass through the UK.
Orchard
A visit to a traditional orchard reveals gnarled old trunks of fruit and nut trees bursting with blossoms and young leaves in springtime, with wildflowers and insects populating summer’s long…
Fly agaric
The classic fairy tale toadstool, this red and white fungus is often found beneath birch trees in autumn.
Keeled skimmer
The Keeled skimmer is a dragonfly of heaths and commons with shallow pools. It has a skittish and weak flight, and is on the wing in summer and early autumn.
Black bryony
A climbing plant of hedgerows and woodlands, Black bryony produces greenish flowers in summer and red, shiny berries in autumn. It is a poisonous plant.
Dog-rose
Look for the pinky-white flowers of the dog-rose in summer, and its bright red rosehips in autumn. It is a scrambling shrub of hedgerows, woodlands and grasslands.