A bushy brown seaweed that appears bright blue underwater.

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

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

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

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 mid shore and looks a bit like bubble wrap with the distinctive air bladders that give it its name.

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.

This brown seaweed lives high up on rocky shores, just below the high water mark. Its blades are usually twisted, giving it the name Spiral Wrack.

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

This stocky wader is mostly a winter visitor to the UK, where it can be found on rocky, seaweed-covered coasts, often with groups of turnstones.