This brilliant red and white sea slug would make the perfect nudibranch for a Christmas card image or perhaps a football team mascot!

This beautiful butterfly is one of our rarest, now mostly restricted to the western parts of the UK.

Our largest starfish, the spiny starfish can reach an impressive diameter of 70cm!

One of the UK’s smallest and most delicate sea snails and an absolute favourite find for avid shell collectors when washed upon the shore empty!

A pretty, little gull, the kittiwake can be spotted nesting in colonies on clifftops and rock ledges around the UK's coast. It spends the winter out at sea.

Also known as the flat topshell, these are one of the most common and colourful sea snails you are likely to see when out on a rockpool safari!

These gruesome sounding creatures are actually a type of coral! They get their name as they branch out into lobes as they grow - making them look like fingers on a hand.

Goose barnacles often wash up on our shores attached to flotsam after big storms.

Able to camouflage itself to its surroundings, the European flounder is one of our many amazing flatfish!

One of our largest soldier beetles, often found on flowers where they hunt other insects.

This hefty diving bird is a winter visitor to the UK, where it can be seen around the coast or occasionally on large inland lakes.