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*Springwatch returns for another three-week celebration of UK wildlife and wildlife people – live and interactive from across the country.*

Get active and explore!

Get out and about on the coast, explore our fantastic marine environment, learn more and most importantly, have fun! We’ve got it all right here, whatever the weather and whatever your budget. No matter what your mood, make your very own marine adventure!

Rockpooling © Nicola Davidson

When the weather’s good, or you don’t mind getting wet……

Visit our favourite rockpooling sites within the UK, or find out where your nearest Wildlife Trust coastal reserve or centre is and get out and about.
Remember to take a copy of our Seashore code with you, for some fun colouring in as well as safety advice.
Investigate the clarity and productivity of our seas by making a secchi disc.
Go on a beach adventure, discover treasure and build your own pirate ship, only to be shipwrecked at the end of the day!

When the weather’s bad…..

Bake some tasty skate and ray biscuits
Make a basking shark puppet
Who am I? – play the name guessing game
Make your very own salt dough sea creatures

Things to do if you’re with a group of friends, or for schools to do…..

A whole host of fun and games for groups or schools!
Play the hungry dolphin game and learn how dolphins find food.

And if this isn’t enough…

Download our Do one thing guide and
Visit our junior website – Wildlife Watch for further information on how you can get involved.

Tell us about it!

Whatever you end up doing, we want to hear about it!

Email us at marine@wildlifetrusts.org to share your adventures with us. Don’t forget to include a photograph too – we’ll publish a selection of the best on this website!

By including images you provide us with permission to use them on the website and agree to handing over copyright for further use in our marine campaign work.

Did you know?

Common hermit crab © Paul Naylor

The common hermit crab is a seasoned traveller, carrying its mobile home with it wherever it goes. Using discarded and unused winkle, topshell and whelk shells as its home it slides its body into the shell cavity and uses its legs to walk around with the shell on its back. If threatened, or picked up, the crab will retreat into its shell for protection; only re-emerging when it is sure the coast is clear! There are a number of different types of hermit crab, growing to various sizes – as soon as a shell becomes too small the crab hunts around for a new larger home. Look out for any shells which appear to be moving quickly across rockpools – you can be sure that there’s a crab beneath them!