Seashore ID Course

Crab on Cromer Shoal Chalk reef

Paul Naylor

Seashore ID Course

Learn to identify some of Dorset's common seashore species in just 7 days

Learn all about some of Dorset's most intriguing seashore residents and refer back to the information from your course here. 

Edible crab in Kimmeridge Bay

Lily Burnet / Edible crab in Kimmeridge Bay

Day 1

Crustaceans

Identify crustaceans
Red beadlet anenome
Day 2

Anemones

Identify anemones
Seaweed at Kimmeridge

Sarah Hodgson / Seaweed at Kimmeridge

Day 3

Seaweed

Identify seaweed
Common brittlestars

Common Brittlestars © Paul Naylor

Day 4

Rockpool Stars

Identify rockpool stars
Blue Jellyfish © Andy Marsh

Blue Jellyfish © Andy Marsh

Day 5

Jellyfish

Identify jellyfish
Two snails on a rock

Sarah Hodgson/Jess Kenneally

Day 6

Sea Snails

Identify sea snails
Shanny

Shanny ©Linda Pitkin/2020VISION

Day 7

Fish

Identify fish