The pincushion-like, lilac-blue flower heads of Devil's-bit scabious attract a wide variety of butterflies and bees. Look for this pretty plant in damp meadows and marshes, and on riverbanks. The ...

The song thrush is a familiar garden visitor that has a beautiful and loud song. The broken shells of their blue, spotty eggs can often be found under a hedge in spring. Classified in the UK as Amber ...

The spiny spider crab lives up to its name in every way! Their distinctive spiny shells are often found washed up on beaches. The spiny spider crab is also known as the European spider crab. It is a ...

In an incredible ‘endosymbiotic’ relationship, this sea slug feeds on algae by slicing or puncturing its cells and is then able to ingest the algae’s chloroplasts unharmed, into its own body and carry ...

This small, round sea urchin is (unsurprisingly!) green in colour and can be found on rocky shores around the UK. The green sea urchin is a small spiny urchin that lives amongst the seaweeds on rocky ...

The Wildlife Trusts is a movement made up of 46 Wildlife Trusts: independent charities with a shared mission.