Plants, insects and animals

  Opposite-leaved golden saxifrage ( Chrysosplenium oppositifolium ) grows as a gold-speckled pale green mat on the banks of small streams i...

  The goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) is present all the year round in upland forested areas of northern and southern Scotland and northern Eng...

  Mossy saxifrage (Saxifraga hypnoides) is a plant that, although it can occasionally be found growing wild in lowland sites in the United K...

  Montagu’s harrier (Circus pygargus) is very similar in appearance to the hen harrier, and was only recognised as a separate species in 180...

  The red-breasted merganser (Mergus serrator) is one of only two species of sawbill duck (the other being the goosander) that breeds in the...

  Meadow saxifrage (Saxifraga granulata) grows in non-acidic well-drained soils, mainly in the eastern parts of the United Kingdom such as t...

  The Anhingidae family of birds is closely related to other families within the Sulae suborder, which includes gannets, boobies, cormorants...