This common fungus puffs out clouds of spores when it's mature.

This purply-brown seaweed is a common feature on our rocky shores and on our dinner plates.

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

These mat like growths found on kelp and seaweed are actually colonies of tiny individuals animals.

These globe-spanning seabirds can often be seen offshore in autumn, shearing low over the waves.

Hornwrack is often found washed up on our beaches, with many believing that it is dried seaweed. In fact, it is a colony of animals!

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

Ever noticed lots of little white spirals on seaweed fronds on rocky shores? These are tiny tube worms!

One of the longest seaweeds native to the UK, thongweed helps create a beautiful underwater forest to rival that of any on the land!

These colourful little fish are a delight for snorkellers or shallow water divers to photograph, rarely being scared off by their presence!

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.