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 grass-green seaweed is sometimes known as Grass Kelp and grows on pretty much every shore in the UK.

Broad-leaved dock is well-known to most of us as the remedy for Stinging nettle irritations. Often considered a 'weed', it can be found next to water or on disturbed ground almost…

Also known as the two-coloured mason bee, this beautiful bee is famous for nesting in old snail shells.

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.

This large round urchin is sometimes found in rockpools, recognisable by its pink spiky shell (known as a test).