This crab is common around all of the UK. If you've ever been rockpooling or crabbing, it's probably the shore crab that you've met.

One of the most bizarre fish to find on the rocky shore, the clingfish appears an assortment of different animals stuck together!

These large rocky shore fish look like they belong in deeper waters, but they are the find of the day for any rockpooler!

Also known as the brown crab, this large crab is found around all UK shores and is identifiable by the distinctive pie-crust edge to its brown shell.

Despite its name, the great spider crab is actually smaller than the more common European spider crab.

This distinctive lark is a passage migrant and winter visitor to the UK, most often found along the east coast of Britain.

The Keeled skimmer is a dragonfly of heaths and commons with shallow pools. It has a skittish and weak flight, and is on the wing in summer and early autumn.

If you happen to be near rocky places such as sea cliffs, shingle coastlines or even gravel paths during the summer months you will most likely come across sea campion.

A large colourful sea slug found on rocky shores around the UK.

A small colourful sea slug that can be found grazing on sea mats on the rocky shore and beyond the low water mark.