Spiny squat lobster
A bizarre half lobster/half crab, this squat lobster is one of the true stunners of the rocky shore!
A bizarre half lobster/half crab, this squat lobster is one of the true stunners of the rocky shore!
Goose barnacles often wash up on our shores attached to flotsam after big storms.
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.
This brown seaweed lives in the lower shore and gets its name from the serrated edges to its fronds.
On 31st May the Dolwen Fields - Recreation For All community group together with the The Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales (WTSWW) organised a wildlife Bioblitz!
This yellow-brown seaweed grows in dense masses on the mid shore of sheltered rocky shores. It is identifiable by the egg-shaped air bladders that give it its name.
Not to be confused with the ‘jewel anemone’ which resides in deeper waters, the gem anemone is just as wonderful a find on the rocky shore!
One of the longest seaweeds native to the UK, thongweed helps create a beautiful underwater forest to rival that of any on the land!
This worm builds its own home out of bits of shell and sand. It can be spotted on the shore all around the UK.
A small colourful sea slug that can be found grazing on sea mats on the rocky shore and beyond the low water mark.
The striking black-and-white checks of the marbled white are unmistakeable. Watch out for it alighting on purple flowers, such as field scabious, on chalk and limestone grasslands and along…