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Large dragonfly, long thin abdomen, blue/green with some black or yellow

Family Aeshnidea

Green-brown metallic beetle, fluffy hair on sides, 1.2-1.5cm, slight lenthwise ridges on elytra, antenna with 3 oval flaps.

Anomala dubia - dune chafer.

Medium spider, large round abdomen, light yellow to dark brown, characteristic white cross, 4-22.5mm

Araneus diadematus - garden spider

large segmented marine worm, pink/red-brown/brown, small head, thick middle region, narrow tail, middle region has 13 red bushy gills

Arenicola marina - lugworm

Large bee, body covered in dense hairs, black with 2 orange stripes, white butt, 11-17mm

Bombus terrestris - buff-tailed bumblebee

ribbed oval shells, ribs flattened in middle part of shell, 3.5-6cm, white yellow or brown colour

Cerastoderma edule - common cockle

usually brown grasshopper, distinct hairy underside, sharply incurved pronotal side-keels, wings extend well past hind knees, 15-25mm

Chorthippus brunneus - common field grasshopper

small mayfly, forewings 5-12mm, hindwings absent, males distinct turban shaped eyes, long tails.

Cloeon dipterum - pond olive mayfly

damselfly with long thin abdomen, eyes separate, wingspan 2-4.5cm, wings folded at rest, often a black pattern on abdomen, 3-5cm, green/blue/yellow/orange/purple

Family Coenagrionidae

Medium bee 12mm, thorax covered in red/brown hairs, black abdomen with pale yellow bands

Colletes halophilus - sea aster bee

crustation with dorso-ventrally flattened body of 11mm, whitish colouration, distinct brown markings, segmented body, 7 pairs segmented legs, small head with two pairs forward facing antennae second pair thick and elongated

Corophium volutator - european mud scud

3-5cm long shrimp, sandy brown colouration that changes to match surroundings, flattened body, first pair pereopods end in claws, very short rostrum doesn’t extend beyond eyes

Crangon crangon - common brown shrimp

small hermit crab 3-11mm, hides abdomen in shells, carapace square in shape, triangle projections along front edge, hairs along two front corners, eyes on stalks, left chela larger than the right, both chela hairy.

Diogenes pugilator - south-claw hermit crab

small toad 5-8cm, yellow line from middle of head to the rear

Epidalea calamita - natterjack toad

fly of 4-25mm, single pair of wings, black and yellow bands, covered with fine yellow hairs, aquatic larvae with air tube on posterior

Eristalis tenax - common drone fly (rat tailed maggot)

Large eyes, long antennae, grey to brown colour, black spots over entire body,males 8mm females 6.5mm

Eurydice pulchra - speckled sea louse

small fish (<8cm freshwater, 11cm saltwater), laterally flattened body, silver flank black spots or stripes, 2-4 hard spines on its back

Gasterosteus aculeatus - three spined stickleback

broadly arched body, hollow shape, highly segmented legs and antennae, yellowish white colour, small poorly define eyes

Haustorius arenarius

flattened marine worm, 6-12cm, 90-120 segments, head has 4 eyes, two antennae, two palps and 4 pairs of tentacles, green during breeding otherwise red-brown

Hediste diversicolor - ragworm

black and yellow longitudinal stripes on upper thorax, wing length 8.5-11.25mm

Helophilus pendulus - common tiger hoverfly

11-15mm, flat oval body, dark back, silvery underside because of air bubble held there, distinct pair horn like front legs

Ilyocoris cimicoides - saucer bug

dorsal wings orange with black spots, wings squarish, three white markings at forewing tips

Issoria lathonia - Queen of spain fritillary

dragonfly of 40-48mm, broad tapering abdomen, hidewings with dark basal patches and yellow veins, wings have dark spot midway along edge, young individuals orange abdomen, adults greyish brown, eyes reddish brown and face cream to white

Libellula quadrimaculata - four spotted chaser

newt with tail length almost equal to body, head has dark stripes, body has spots all over, stripe going over eyes, underside light yellow rest brown or olive-grey

Lissotriton vulgaris - smooth newt

upper forewings bright orange with dark edge and 8-9 black spots, hindwings dark with orange border, some females have blue spots in orange border, undersides similarly patterned but paler.

Lycaena phlaeas - common copper

small grasshopper (male 10-15mm, female 11-16mm), male have antennae with dark club, green/brown/black, wings reach to end of abdomen, side keels pronotum angularly curved and deeply indented

Myrmeleotettix maculatus - Mottled grasshopper

workers: yellow brown colour, 3 segments, pinched waist, slender elbow antennae.

Queens: similar to workers, larger 5.5-7mm, larger thorax.

Males: darker colour, long protective hairs on legparts

Myrmica ruba - common red ant

Slender, almost transluscent, slight brown colour, large stalked eyes with pointed rostrum, 17mm, distinct flattened antennal scale, feathery limbs

Mysida neomysis - opossum shrimp

6-7cm bivalve, dark blue to yellow brown

Mytilus edulis - blue mussel

flat oval body, dull brown/grayish, 2cm, front legs shaped like scorpion claws, long thin breathing tube, other 4 legs thin

Nepa cenerea L. - water scorpion

13.5-14.5mm, grey-yellow forewings, black triangle on back, long hind legs

Notonecta viridis - green backswimmer

3.4-5.2mm, pale brown, dark streak down centre of body, short black spines on legs

Oligolophus tridens - three toothed harvestman

10-15mm, brown or greyish, round black eyes, short first antennae, second antennae 1/3 of its body length, curved back

Orchestia gammarellus - beach flea

max 5cm, six abdominal segments, large stalked compound eyes, straight rostrumwith 5-7 dorsal teeth and 3 ventral teeth

Palaemonetes varians - atlantic ditch shrimp

reddish brown or olive shell, 35mm diameter, 5-5.5 whorls, shell opening kidney shaped, skin grey in o2 rich waterns and red in o2 poor waters

Planorbarius corneus - great ramshorn

small, transparent, oval shaped, eight rows cilia, two long tentacles

Pleurobranchia pileus - sea gooseberry

grey/sandy brown, dark markings on back and fins, 4-5cm, anterior dorsal fin has 6-8 spines, posterior has 8-11 rays, fused pelvic fins, rounded caudal fins

Pomatoschistus microps - common goby

slender body, max 14cm, over 200 segments, 4 eyes, two long palps, red gills on all segments

Scolelepis squamata - bristleworm

5-8mm, oval body, brown/grey, darker markings, cross striped pattern on wings, entirely dark/black posterior claw segment

Sigara lateralis - lesser water boatman

Dragonfly

Genus: Sympetrum

8-20mm, greyish brown, laterally compressed compact body, two distinct pairs of antennae first slightly shorter than second, strongly developed hind legs

Talitrus saltator - common sand hopper

Perennial grass with upright stems

Typically grows in dense clumps

Reaches around 1 metre in height

Long, narrow, stiff, grey-green leaves

Ammophila arenaria

15-50 cm tall

Thick, fleshy lancelot leaves

Composite flowers with purple/pink ray floret

Aster tripolium

Heavily branched

Over a meter long

Leaves opposite

Atriplex portulacoides

Birch tree

Betula pendula

0.10 to 0.60 meter high

- Lila or white

- 4 petals

- 6 anthers (4 long, 2 small)

- 1 stigma, 1 style

- 2 segmented seed

- Flowering: June – October

- Thick fleshy leaves

Cakile maritima

Heather

Calluna vulgaris

4-10 cm tall, grey-green and often with a

yellowish green tinge, the surface often

roughened,

Cladonia portentosa

Crassula helmsii

Elymus athericus

Elytrigia juncea boreoatlantica

Empetrum nigrum

Erica tetralix

perennial herb

30–100 cm tall.

narrow, lance-shaped leaves.

yellow flower heads

umbrella-like appearance.

Festuca rubra