
Common Cuttlefish
Sealife, Wildlife FactsCuttlefish are relatives of squid and octopuses. They are predators, living out in water up to 200 metres deep but coming into shallow, weedy waters to breed.

Common Sun-star
Sealife, Wildlife FactsA beautiful starfish, usually orangey in colour with bands of paler yellow and richer red on the legs. Covered with small spines.

Common Hermit Crab
Sealife, Wildlife FactsHermit crabs live inside the empty shells of snail-like animals, particularly whelks and periwinkles.

Dolphin – Bottlenose
Mammals, Sealife, Wildlife FactsThe bottlenose dolphin is a large stocky dolphin around 2.5-3.0m in length. They have a large sickle shaped fin and they can leap right out of the water.

Dolphin – Common
Mammals, Sealife, Wildlife FactsThe common dolphin is also known as the short-beaked common dolphin and is one of the smallest of the dolphins, measuring 2.1 - 2.4 metres in length.

Moon Jellyfish
Sealife, Wildlife FactsThis jellyfish is transparent and grows up to 40cm wide. It is shaped like an umbrella and has short hair-like tentacles around the edges, and four rings towards centre.

Jewel Aemones
Sealife, Wildlife FactsThe Jewel anemone is a beautiful sea creature with spectacular colours varying from bright green, red, orange, pink and white and has a smooth column.

Short-Snouted Seahorse
Sealife, Wildlife FactsThe Short-snouted Seahorse has its name because it has a head shaped like a horse and it has a short nose that is slightly upturned.

Basking Shark
Sealife, Wildlife FactsThe basking shark is Britain’s largest fish, growing up to 11 metres long and weighing up to seven tonnes - about the size and weight of a double-decker bus!

Tompot Blenny
Sealife, Wildlife FactsTompot Blenny (Parablennius gattorugine) a medium-sized elongated, large-headed, large-eyed fish found in crevices amongst rocks below the low tide line.

Killer Whale
Sealife, Wildlife FactsThe killer whale (Orcinus orca) or orca, is a very striking creature, black on the back and sides with its white belly extending as a rear pointing lobe up the flanks. It has a conspicuous white oval patch above and behind the eye, and a grey saddle on the back just behind the fin.

Long Finned Pilot Whale
Sealife, Wildlife FactsThe long-finned pilot whale (Globicephala melas), is a medium-sized whale, with a bulbous forehead and a short, almost imperceptible beak.