Seven armed starfish
Brittle stars, sea urchins and other starfish will want to stay out of the way of this speedy carnivorous starfish!
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Spiny starfish
Our largest starfish, the spiny starfish can reach an impressive diameter of 70cm!
Common starfish
A most familiar seashore inhabitant, the common starfish truly lives up to its name in UK seas and rockpools!
Marine
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…
Bloody henry starfish
The bloody henry starfish is normally a bright purply-red colour and is found all around the UK.
Green sea urchin
This small, round sea urchin is (unsurprisingly!) green in colour and can be found on rocky shores around the UK.
Edible sea urchin
This large round urchin is sometimes found in rockpools, recognisable by its pink spiky shell (known as a test).
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Youth Event: Beach Clean at Sand Bay with the Marine Conservation Society
Join us at Sand Bay, Weston-Super-Mare to help clean up the beach with the Marine Conservation Society.
Youth Event: Why we do beach cleans? with the Marine Conservation Society
Hear from the Marine Conservation Society about why beach cleans (and data) are important before a beach clean event at Sand Bay on 24th May.
Harbourside Wildlife
Avon Wildlife Trust is working with the team at SS Great Britain Trust to explore what activities and information would help to create a nature-rich marine environment in the harbourside for all to enjoy.
Explore Weston Big Wood
Autumn is here. Time to wander in the wild and wonder at the changes. A wood is alive with seasonal transformation with leaves turning different colours and mysterious fungi emerging in autumnal…