Species that live in a habitat similar to the Adder's-tongue spearwort Results 1 - 20
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Common frog (Rana temporaria)
Undoubtedly Britain's most well-known amphibian, the common frog is often found in garden ponds. They are typically brown or greyi...  More  22 Images  4 Videos
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Palmate newt (Triturus helveticus)
The palmate newt is the smallest British amphibian, and earns its English name from the strongly webbed hind feet that males devel...  More  9 Images  2 Videos
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Canada goose (Branta canadensis)
The Canada goose was introduced to England around 300 years ago. It is now the most familiar goose in Britain. This large goose ha...  More  21 Images  7 Videos
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Little grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
The little grebe is also known as the dabchick and is the smallest member of the grebe family. It is a dumpy little bird with a ra...  More  15 Images  0 Videos
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Lesser silver water beetle (Hydrochara caraboides)
This beetle earns the name 'silver' from the bubbles of air that are trapped in the fine hairs on its underside. These hairs form ...  More  5 Images  1 Video
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Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
The familiar mallard is the most numerous duck in Britain, and is the ancestor of the domestic duck. Both male and female mallards...  More  31 Images  13 Videos
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Pillwort (Pilularia globulifera)
Pillwort is a rather curious member of the fern family. Its leaves resemble green hair, and arise singly from a creeping stem, or ...  More  8 Images  0 Videos
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Creeping marshwort (Apium repens)
As its name suggests, creeping marshwort is a low-growing plant. The leaves are toothed with a single large cleft, and the plant s...  More  3 Images  0 Videos
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Coot (Fulica atra)
The coot, Britain's largest rail species, is a plump water bird; it has a greyish body, a black head, and a white bill, above whic...  More  21 Images  6 Videos
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Black crowned-crane (Balearica pavonina)
This beautiful stately bird, threatened by the loss of their wetland habitat, gets its name from its dark slaty-grey to black plum...  More  10 Images  0 Videos
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Teal (Anas crecca)
The teal is one of the smallest wild ducks in the UK. The drake (male) in breeding plumage is also one of the most handsome of bir...  More  13 Images  0 Videos
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Convergent stonewort (Chara connivens)
Stoneworts used to be classified as members of the plant kingdom, but it is now agreed that they belong, along with other green al...  More  2 Images  0 Videos
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Water scorpion (Nepa cinerea)
The water scorpion is not a true scorpion, but is a large, aquatic insect that belongs to the order of insects known as the Hemipt...  More  7 Images  1 Video
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Mugger (Crocodylus palustris)
The broad snout of the mugger makes it look more like an alligator than a crocodile, but the large and visible fourth tooth indica...  More  9 Images  8 Videos
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Rudd (Scardinus erythrophthalmus)
This fish is often confused with the roach (Rutilus rutilus), as the two species are similar in appearance. In the rudd, the dorsa...  More  5 Images  1 Video
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Perch (Perca fluviatilis)
The perch is a distinctive fish, with a deep greenish body marked with dark vertical bands, and the dorsal fin is stiffened with s...  More  8 Images  0 Videos
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Bulrush (Typha latifolia)
The bulrush was termed 'reedmace' by botanists until the 1970s, but the common English name 'bulrush’'has since been accepted. Thi...  More  7 Images  2 Videos
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Common reed (Phragmites australis)
This common reed forms large beds in shallow water; it has round, hollow stems, which typically grow to 2m in height, but may reac...  More  4 Images  4 Videos
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Brown hydra (Hydra oligactis)
Hydras are freshwater animals that belong to the same group as jellyfish, corals and sea anemones. The sac-shaped 'body' is topped...  More  3 Images  3 Videos
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