• Is famous for singing all year round, often under streetlights at night.
• Both male and female robins have a red breast and look identical.

• The male blackbird is glossy black with a bright orange-yellow beak, but the female is actually a warm, speckled brown!
• Blackbirds are among the finest songbirds in Britain, and their rich, flute-like song is one of the first sounds of a spring morning.
• They love to hunt earthworms on the lawn, cocking their head to one side to watch and listen for movement in the soil.

• Grey squirrels have a great memory, but they don't remember where they buried every single nut. The nuts they forget often grow into new oak trees!
• A squirrel's twitchy tail isn't just for show; it helps them to balance when they leap between trees.
• Their front teeth never stop growing, which is useful because they spend so much time chewing on hard nuts.

• A single honeybee colony can be home to tens of thousands of bees, all working together as one big family.
• Honeybees tell each other where to find flowers by dancing a special 'waggle dance' inside the hive.
• To make just one jar of honey, the bees of a hive must visit around two million flowers.

• The Peacock has four big, bright eyespots on its wings that look like staring eyes to scare away hungry birds.
• If a predator gets too close, it rubs its wings together to make a hissing, rustling sound.
• With its wings shut, the Peacock looks just like a dark dead leaf, perfect camouflage while it hibernates through winter.

Can shed its tail if caught by a predator. The tail continues to wriggle, distracting the attacker while the lizard escapes.

Gives birth to live young, which is unusual for a reptile, rather than laying eggs.

They hibernate through the winter, often in groups inside log piles or under rocks.

• They have specialized fringed feathers that allow them to fly completely silently.
• They are strictly nocturnal and rely on exceptional hearing to hunt in the dark.
• The 'twit twoo' sound is actually two owls calling to each other (a female's 'twit' and a male's 'twoo').
• They rarely drink water as they get all hydration they need directly from their diet. The protein and fat in their prey break down to water inside their bodies.

• They have around 5,000 to 7,000 spines covering their backs for protection.
• When threatened, they roll into a tight ball, protecting their soft faces and bellies.
• They are highly immune to snake venom.

• They live in underground burrow systems called setts, which can be centuries old.
• They are incredibly clean animals and change their bedding of leaves and grass regularly.
• Earthworms make up the majority of their diet.

• A single, tiny Common Pipistrelle can eat up to 3,000 small insects — mostly midges and gnats — in one night.
• It is the UK's commonest and most widespread bat, and also one of the smallest: its body is shorter than your thumb and it weighs about the same as a 20p coin.
• It was only discovered to be a separate species in the 1990s, when bat detectors revealed that two kinds of 'pipistrelle' were squeaking at different pitches — and never breeding with each other.

• A wood mouse can jump almost a metre in the air to escape from danger.
• They are excellent climbers and will scale plants to find seeds and berries.
• They often store food, such as seeds and nuts, in underground burrows for the winter.

• This gorgeous moth is a dazzling mix of pink and olive-green, like a living sunset.
• Its caterpillar is named after an elephant because its front end can stretch out like a long, grey trunk.
• When alarmed, the caterpillar puffs up and shows off two big fake eyespots to look like a scary little snake.

• Has whiskers on its legs as well as its face to help it feel its way around in the dark.
• Can make around 20 different sounds, including a scream-like bark that is often heard at night.

• Only male deer (stags or bucks) grow antlers, which they shed and regrow every single year.
• Fawn (baby deer) are born with white spots that help them camouflage in the dappled sunlight of the forest.
• Deer have eyes on the side of their head, giving them a 310-degree view to spot danger.

• A rabbit's teeth grow continuously throughout its life, so it must chew on grass and tough plants to wear them down.
• They eat their own droppings to digest their food a second time and get all the nutrients out.
• Their long ears can turn 180 degrees, helping them to pinpoint the source of a sound.

• They have heart-shaped faces that act like a satellite dish, directing the rustling sounds of prey straight into their ears.
• Their feathers have soft fringes that make their flight completely silent.
• They often swallow their prey whole and later cough up a 'pellet' containing the bones and fur.

• The Noctule is one of Britain's biggest bats, and it hunts higher than almost any other — swooping through the open sky far above the treetops, then folding its wings for a sudden, breathtaking power-dive onto an insect.
• It is one of the very first bats to appear each evening, often flying out before the sun has even set — so on a bright summer evening it is the bat you can watch against a glowing sky.
• Its squeaks are so low and loud — a 'chip-chop' sound — that some lucky people can actually hear a Noctule with their own ears, which is impossible with most bats.
• Noctules make their homes in old holes in trees, like abandoned woodpecker holes, so they need old, gnarled woodland to thrive.

• Unlike most owls, they are diurnal, meaning they hunt during the daytime.
• The males are almost entirely white, while females and juveniles have dark spots for camouflage on the tundra.
• They heavily rely on lemmings for food and will lay more eggs in years when lemmings are plentiful.

• Their large ears act like radiators to dissipate heat and help them hear prey underground.
• Their kidneys are adapted to restrict water loss, so they don't need to drink free-standing water.
• They have thick fur on the soles of their feet to protect them from the burning desert sand.