The beautiful pink and white bands of a Painted topshell make it easy to see where this little sea snail got its name!

A well-travelled migrant, the painted lady arrives here every summer from Europe and Africa. This beautiful orange-and-black butterfly regularly visits gardens.

This slim fish is usually found on gravelly parts of the seabed, close to shore, but can turn up in rockpools.

It's easy to see where this stunning bivalve got its name from - the bright orange tentacles emerging from the shell really do look like flames!

Their long narrow shells are a common sight on our shores, especially after storms, but the animals themselves live buried in the sand.

This small sea snail is easily identifiable by the 3 brown spots on the top of its shell.

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

This yellow-brown seaweed grows in tufts at the very top of rocky shores. Its fronds curls at the sides, creating the channel that gives Chanelled Wrack its name.

If you spot a crawling shell next time you're at the seaside, take a closer look… it might be a hermit crab!

This worm builds its own home out of bits of shell and sand. It can be spotted on the shore all around the UK.

This bumpy shell lives up to its name and lives partly buried in the seabed along the west coast of Great Britain.

Found on rocky shores and seabeds, the Keyhole limpet gets its name from the little hole at the tip of its shell.