Rockpool Safari Guide
The Seashore Code
To minimise our impact on wildlife while rockpooling, please remember to follow the Seashore Code.
Respect Marine Life
Handle with Care: Gently handle creatures with wet hands and return them to where you found them.
Watch Your Step: Avoid stepping on marine life by walking on bare rocks or sand.
No Tools: Use only your hands to interact with creatures, not tools like nets.
Maintain Natural Habitats
Return Residents: Ensure all creatures are safely returned to their original homes after observation.
Preserve the Environment: Leave the beach clean by taking your litter and any other rubbish you find with you.
Stay Safe
Move Safely: Use caution on slippery rocks and handle animals carefully.
Monitor the Tide: Keep an eye on the tide to avoid getting stranded or swept away.
Rockpool Spotter Sheet
Brown Seaweed Sugar Kelp Oar Weed
Dulse
Serrated Wrack
Bladder Wrack
Ceramium Irish Moss
Red Seaweed Green Seaweed
Cladophora
Dabberlocks
Saw Wrack
Channelled Wrack
Spiral Wrack
Rockpool Spotter Sheet
Rockpool Spotter Sheet
Animals without cases, shells or legs
Animals with cases (without legs)
Common Periwinkle
Snakelock Anemone
Common Sea Urchin
Common Whelk
Mussel
Common Oyster
Beadlet Anemone
Common Limpet
Dog Whelk
Barnacle
Painted Topshell
Dahlia Anemone
Snake Pipefish
Crabs and crab like animals
Brittle Star
Cushion Star
Spiny Starfish
Sand Hopper
Common Prawn
Hermit Crab
Starfish
Common Lobster
Edible Crab
Spider Crab
Shore Crab Velvet Swimming Crab