Red-necked grebes occasionally attempt to nest in the UK, but they're more often seen as winter visitors to sheltered coasts.

Sea lettuce is unmistakeable - most often a bright green and always translucent, it is found on all UK coasts.

If you spot a crawling shell next time you're at the seaside, take a closer look… it might be a hermit crab!

It's easy to see where this small starfish got its name, it really does look like a little star-shaped cushion. Keep an eye out under rocks next time you're rockpooling for this little…

This stocky wader is mostly a winter visitor to the UK, where it can be found on rocky, seaweed-covered coasts, often with groups of turnstones.

The herring gull is the typical 'seagull' of our seaside resorts, though our coastal populations have declined in recent decades.

This slender and elegant shark species is often found close to shore all around our coasts and can grow up to 6 feet long.

If you’ve ever been rockpooling, you’ve probably seen a limpet or two! Their cone-shaped shells clamp onto rocks until the tide comes in, at which point they become active. Limpets move around…

In summer, the 'frothy' flowers of lady's bedstraw can carpet the grasses of meadows, heaths and coasts with yellow and fill the air with a sweet, honey-like scent.