The Bluebell is a familiar sight in our woodlands and grassy banks during the spring. They grow from bulbs, with leaves emerging shortly before the flowers.

Native ivy  is a vigorous evergreen climbing plant which can be found growing up and over walls, trees and hedges.

Sweet Violet grows in hedge banks, woodland, churchyards, waste and brownfield sites and beside roads and footpaths.

This tree, native to southern England and Wales, is a large deciduous tree with smooth grey bark can grow to a height of 40 metres.

There are over 50 different species of Fir tree. They can be found throughout North & South America, Asia and Europe.

Sycamore trees can grow to be 100-175 ft tall and the leaves tend to be 4-6 inches in length. It is one of the oldest species of tree on earth.

Wood ants create large mound nests in open glades or on the edges of woodlands in sunny, sheltered locations. The ant mounds are dome-shaped and are often over a meter high and two metres wide.

Bechstein’s bats tend to forage in woodland within a kilometre or two of their roost site, generally high up in the canopy although they can be seen near the ground when drinking, commuting or socialising.

Common Pipistrelle's are the commonest and most widespread of all British bat species.

Grey long-eared bats are very rare medium-sized bats found only in a few places in southern England. They are generally longer than the Brown long-eared bats. 

Nathusius pipistrelle is a rare bat in the UK, though records have increased in recent years A previous migrant species, it has only been classed as a resident species since 1997.

The Noctule bat is one of the largest widespread British species, but it is still smaller than the palm of your hand.

Soprano Pipistrelles are the commonest and most widespread of all British bat species.

The Orange Tip Butterfly can be seen on the wing from April to June. The female which doesn’t have the orange tips, lays its eggs on cuckoo flower.

Cuttlefish are relatives of squid and octopuses. They are predators, living out in water up to 200 metres deep but coming into shallow, weedy waters to breed.

Hermit crabs live inside the empty shells of snail-like animals, particularly whelks and periwinkles.

The common dolphin is also known as the short-beaked common dolphin and is one of the smallest of the dolphins, measuring 2.1 - 2.4 metres in length.

Dragonflies are similar to damselflies, but hold their wings horizontally at right-angles to their body when at rest.

Possibly our most recognisable amphibian, the common frog is distributed throughout Britain and Ireland.

The Common Field Grasshopper is the one of the grasshoppers that you are most likely to see throughout the UK.

The grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) are very large animals, males can grow up to 3 metres long and weigh 300kg!

Hen Harriers (Circus cyaneus) are resident and passage migrants, they nest on moorlands and move to the lowlands in winter.

Kingfishers can be found throughout the UK near slow-flowing rivers and streams, canals, lakes and ponds.

Due to vast habitat loss the sand lizards (Lacerta agilis) now only occurs naturally in Surrey, Dorset, Hampshire and Merseyside. 

Harvest mice (Micromys minutus) are Britain’s smallest rodent, weighing around 4-6g as adults, with a head and body length of 50-70mm.

Great crested newts (Triturus cristatus) are widely distributed throughout Britain, though absent from Ireland.

The Barn Owl (Tyto alba) is a beautiful bird, it has buff coloured wings and upper parts, with pure white underside.

A medium size long winged owl with long ear tufts and piercing orange eyes.

The fox is a member of the dog family and is recognised by its orange-reddish fur, it has overtaken grey wolves as the most common canines in the wild.

The Red squirrel's (Sciurus vulgaris) fur colour varies from bright ginger through to red and dark brown or black tinged with grey in winter.

The Seven Spot Ladybird (Coccinella 7-punctata) is a small red beetle that has seven different shaped black spots on each wing case.

The Pygmy Shrew is a very small mammal with a markedly pointed snout. As in the common shrew the fur is greyish brown (dirty white ventrally) but the pygmy shrew is smaller and has a proportionately longer and thicker tail.

Grass snakes (Natrix natrix) are found throughout England and Wales. Feeding primarily on fish and amphibians.