Bringing a little colour to your life each day - with six things that delight, inform and entertain.
Also known as Atlantic or Celtic rainforest, the special temperate rainforest habitat is extremely rare. It exists in a number of specific locations on the west coast of Britain, and is regarded as more threatened than tropical rainforests. The lush conditions it provides are perfect for scarce plants, lichens and fungi, as well as a number of unusual animals.
The Turnstone can be spotted pacing around large stones on rocky and gravelly shores, flipping them over to look for prey. It can even lift rocks as big as its own body! Although a migrant to the UK, it can be seen all year-round as different populations arrive throughout the seasons.
Nonsuch Palace, near Ewell, Surrey, was the grandest of Henry VIII's building projects. So unbelievably elaborate were the plans that people said that "non such" had ever been seen, and the name stuck.
Loch Ness may be best known for the mythical monster, but this long and deep freshwater loch in the Scottish Highlands is a beautiful location whether or not you get a glimpse of Nessie!
The Anderton Boat Lift is a unique industrial structure that solved a problem of getting canal barges between two different levels of waterway. The two-caisson lift lock near the village of Anderton, Cheshire was built in 1875.
The legendary King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table are a feature of English late-5th and early-6th century history. They were reputed to occupy the mythical kingdom of Camelot. In later times, various writers and leaders have embellished the story, and even created physical embodiments of it - one of which is an imitation of the iconic Round Table, now on display in the city of Winchester.
Six things to delight and entertain you every day.