A rare breeder in the UK, this sooty-coloured bird is as at home on an industrial site as it is on a rocky cliff face.

Once a rare visitor to the UK, this striking gull is now found nesting here in large colonies.

The rare Norfolk hawker is a pale brown dragonfly, with a distinctive yellow triangle on its body. Until recently, it was only found in unpolluted fens, marshes and ditches of the Broads National…

This pretty, speckled moth is now a rare sight, found only in a few parts of southern England.

Considered a gardener’s best friend, hedgehogs will happily hoover up insects roaming in vegetable beds. Famously covered in spines, hedgehogs like to eat all sorts of bugs and crunchy beetles.…

This elegant wading bird is a rare visitor to the UK, though occasionally one or two of pairs will nest here.

Rare summer visitors, honey buzzards breed in open woodland where they feed on the nests and larvae of bees and wasps.