Oyster drill
This jagged-shelled sea snail is normally found near its favourite food - oysters!
This jagged-shelled sea snail is normally found near its favourite food - oysters!
Although, commonly referred to as a ‘sea snail,’ this species in fact belongs to the fish family!
Native Oysters are a staple of our seas and our plates - but our love of their taste has lead to a sharp decline all around the UK.
Oyster mushrooms are shell shaped fungi that grow in tiers or fabulous clusters on dead trees or stumps. Unlike many fungi, these mushrooms are not seasonal and can be found all year round,…
This large sea slug is anything but dull!
There's another world waiting beneath the waves. Seals weave in and out of sunlit kelp forests, cuttlefish flash all the colours of the rainbow, starfish graze along the muddy seabed and…
A small colourful sea slug that can be found grazing on sea mats on the rocky shore and beyond the low water mark.
Amy Pickford, one of our Living Seas Volunteers in 2019, has moved on to new pastures. Here she gives a summary of the native oyster reintroduction work she's been doing with our colleagues…
The sea hare looks like a sea slug – but in fact has an internal shell. They can be up to 20cm long but are usually much shorter.
A large colourful sea slug found on rocky shores around the UK.
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.