This brown seaweed lives in the lower shore and gets its name from the serrated edges to its fronds.

This worm builds its own home out of bits of shell and sand. It can be spotted on the shore all around the UK.

This brown seaweed lives in the mid shore and looks a bit like bubble wrap with the distinctive air bladders that give it its name.

This slender and elegant shark species is often found close to shore all around our coasts and can grow up to 6 feet long.

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!

Selfheal is a low-growing, creeping plant that likes the short turf of grasslands, roadside verges or even lawns. Its clusters of violet flowers appear in summer.

Sugar kelp is the crinkly belt like kelp that can often be found in deep rockpools on the lower shore or washed up on the beach after rough seas.