This worm builds its own home out of bits of shell and sand. It can be spotted on the shore all around the UK.

This black and grey solitary bee takes to the wing in spring, when it can be seen buzzing around burrows in open ground.

Spot these giants of the bumblebee world during springtime. They can be seen buzzing from flower to flower getting their pollen fix.

Considered Britain's most threatened butterfly, the high brown fritillary can be only be found in a few areas of England and Wales.

A small colourful sea slug that can be found grazing on sea mats on the rocky shore and beyond the low water mark.

This stocky wader is mostly a winter visitor to the UK, where it can be found on rocky, seaweed-covered coasts, often with groups of turnstones.

The yellow meadow ant is known for creating anthills in grassland habitats. It has a close relationship with the chalkhill blue butterfly - protecting the larvae in return for a sugary substance…

Hedge mustard is a tall plant with small, yellow flowers atop tough stems. It likes disturbed ground and grows in hedgerows and roadside verges, and on waste ground.

Selfheal is a low-growing, creeping plant that likes the short turf of grasslands, roadside verges or even lawns. Its clusters of violet flowers appear in summer.

Often found basking on tall grasses, or buzzing between stems, the small skipper is a small, orange butterfly. It prefers rough grassland, verges and woodland edges.

Field elm suffered declines due to the devastating effects of Dutch elm disease, but can still be found across much of the UK.