This hefty diving bird is a winter visitor to the UK, where it can be seen around the coast or occasionally on large inland lakes.

This metallic green beetle can be seen visiting flowers on sunny days in spring and summer.

This brightly-coloured beetle is often found feeding on flowers on warm days in late spring and summer.

The rare Slavonian grebe is an attractive diving bird with distinctive, golden ear tufts that give rise to its American name - 'horned grebe'.

This elegant tern is named for the rosy flush to its summer plumage. With just one regular nesting colony, it is the rarest breeding seabird in the UK.

This slender and elegant shark species is often found close to shore all around our coasts and can grow up to 6 feet long.

This wading bird is mainly a visitor on its spring and autumn migration, though a small number nest in Scotland.

This unusual fly ambushes bees, laying eggs inside of them.