Thick topshell
The thick topshell is a common sight on rocky shores in Wales and South West England.
The thick topshell is a common sight on rocky shores in Wales and South West England.
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!
The beautiful pink and white bands of a Painted topshell make it easy to see where this little sea snail got its name!
Although, commonly referred to as a ‘sea snail,’ this species in fact belongs to the fish family!
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.
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.
Nia Jones (Living Seas Manager) describes some of the events in a typical marine spring.