Painted topshell
The beautiful pink and white bands of a Painted topshell make it easy to see where this little sea snail got its name!
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Water vole by Terry Whittaker/2020VISION
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Scarlet Lady
This brilliant red and white sea slug would make the perfect nudibranch for a Christmas card image or perhaps a football team mascot!
Water pipit
This streaky brown bird is a winter visitor, occasionally found walking around the muddy margins of marshes.
Wooing in the wild
A peek at the passionate world of animal courtship
Purple topshell
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!
How to build a pond
A wildlife pond is one of the single best features for attracting new wildlife to the garden.
Autumn
There is plenty of wildlife to see in autumn. This is a time of nature's plenty, with a wonderful hedgerow harvest of blackberries, rose hips, crab apples, hazelnuts and seeds. Have a look at our top autumn wildlife.
Arctic cowrie
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!
Kittiwake
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.
Gwellt y gamlas
Mae'r rhywogaeth yma o forwellt yn fath o blanhigyn blodeuol sy'n byw o dan y môr, gan ddarparu cynefin pwysig i lawer o rywogaethau prin a rhyfeddol.
Llynghyren y traeth
Ydych chi wedi gweld y twmpathau tebyg i bryfed genwair yma erioed ar draethau? Arwyddion o lyngyr y traeth yw’r rhain! Nid yw’r llyngyr eu hunain i’w gweld byth bron, ac eithrio gan bysgotwyr sy’…
Rock pipit
A common and stocky bird of our rocky coasts, the rock pipit can nearly always be seen close to the sea. It is a bit smaller than a starling.