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 large colourful sea slug found on rocky shores around the UK.

This black and grey solitary bee takes to the wing in spring, when it can be seen buzzing around burrows in open ground.

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

The ocean sunfish is the second largest bony fish on the planet and visits UK seas during the summer months to feast on jellyfish.

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.

One of the most bizarre fish to find on the rocky shore, the clingfish appears an assortment of different animals stuck together!