Spotters Guide
Check out the spotters’ guide to find out more about the creatures that live on Wembury’s rocky shore. Click on the button on the right to enter the guide.
Nature Features
You can find out more about Wembury's rockpool creatures on the BBC Devon website.
Devon Wildlife Trust's rocky shore and seaweed guides
Download Devon Wildlife Trust's rocky shore and seaweed guides from the publications page of their website - scroll to the bottom of the page and download both guides in PDF format.
Remember to always follow the seashore code
-Handle me with care
Poking or squeezing soft-bodied animals like sea anemones can harm them.
-No nets!
Use a bucket and your hands to catch rockpool creatures rather than a net. Nets can rip seaweed off the rocks and animals like crabs can lose their legs and claws if they get tangled up in the holes in the net.
-Buckets
Keep one animal at a time in your bucket, sea creatures get stressed too!
-Put me back
Always replace animals, rocks and seaweed
as you found them.
-Don’t make me homeless
Only collect empty shells.
-Hey! I’m down here
Watch where you walk – you can easily dislodge
or crush small sea creatures.
-I don’t like litter
Take your rubbish home – litter is a killer.
-Look after yourself
Wembury is a wonderful place but be careful – the
rocks can be slippery, the cliffs can be high and the tides
change quickly.
