Common Mussel
Common (or Blue) Mussels are a familiar find on our shores. Look for them attached to rocks in rockpools, and in the zone between high and low tide.
Photo: Amanda Scott
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Stonechat
Stonechats are resident in the western and southern parts of Britain. Listen out for their familiar clicking call, which sounds just like two stones being tapped together.
Photo: Ray Surridge
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Great Spotted Woodpecker
It's close to the time of year when woodpeckers begin to drum to establish their breeding territories. Great Spotted Woodpeckers might be our most common woodpecker species but are always a delight to see, sporting that characteristic flash of red.
Photo: © Natural England/Allan Drewitt
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Blackbirds
Have you ever noticed there are more Blackbirds around in winter than in summer? Although resident in Britain, some Blackbirds migrate from the north of the UK and Scandinavia in the colder months, swelling numbers further south.
Photo: © Natural England/Julian Dowse
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