There are piles (hur hur!), of these all over the UK, living in any kind of wild and cultivated habitat - and they are a serious agricultural pest.
They are our most common 'Click Beetle', so named because of their ability to right themselves should they land on their back (unlike most beetles), by flicking a well developed muscle. This sounds just like a piece of cardboard being flicked, or "clicked" I suppose.
I took this photo near the photo of the mating Soldier Beetles. Unfortunately not only is it slightly out of focus, I did approach too close to this beetle, so it took up a very characteristic defensive posture, with its head drawn back into its body and anntenae pulled close.
Never mind - you get an idea of what this Click Beetle looks like - whilst there are a few different species of this type of Beetle - they all look like this - unmistakeable.
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