Breadcrumb sponge
This sponge is found on rocky shores around the UK and looks like a thick bready crust (if you use your imagination a bit!).
This sponge is found on rocky shores around the UK and looks like a thick bready crust (if you use your imagination a bit!).
With her sketchbook, Carol loves to get lost in the detail of the shore’s wildlife, plants, textures and fossils. And she always comes away feeling enriched.
This large anemone is found on rocky shores around the UK and is so called because its green spots and red body means it looks like a strawberry!
Look out for this tiny crab under rocks and boulders on rocky shores - you'll have to look closely though, they're pretty well camouflaged!
This yellow-brown seaweed grows in tufts at the very top of rocky shores. Its fronds curls at the sides, creating the channel that gives Chanelled Wrack its name.
These little sea snails are found amongst the seaweed on rocky shores around much of the UK. They come in lots of different colours, from bright yellow to chequered brown!
This brown seaweed lives high up on rocky shores, just below the high water mark. Its blades are usually twisted, giving it the name Spiral Wrack.
Edible periwinkles are a common sight when rockpooling and can be found in huge numbers on the shore.
This grass-green seaweed is sometimes known as Grass Kelp and grows on pretty much every shore in the UK.
This slim fish is usually found on gravelly parts of the seabed, close to shore, but can turn up in rockpools.
Delay to Sustainable Farm Scheme in Wales is bad news for farmers, nature and climate, say Wildlife Trusts Wales.
This brown seaweed lives in the lower shore and gets its name from the serrated edges to its fronds.