Sometimes called 'Wild spinach', Sea beet can be cooked and eaten. It grows wild on shingle beaches, cliffs and bare ground near to the sea, as well as in saltmarshes.

A small colourful sea slug that can be found grazing on sea mats on the rocky shore and beyond the low water mark.

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

Did you know we have colourful corals in UK seas? Pink sea fans are a type of horny coral - related to the sea fans found in the tropics. Don't be fooled by their name though, pink sea fans…

As its name suggests, Sea spurge is found at the coast. It is an attractive plant that displays cup-shaped, greeny-yellow flowers and fleshy, grey-green leaves.

This small, round sea urchin is (unsurprisingly!) green in colour and can be found on rocky shores around the UK.

This distinctive lark is a passage migrant and winter visitor to the UK, most often found along the east coast of Britain.

Although, commonly referred to as a ‘sea snail,’ this species in fact belongs to the fish family!

These little critters are related to the woodlice you find in your garden and play a very important role on rocky shores.