It can sometimes be rather hard to believe claims the UK’s coast is a rich haven for marine wildlife. After all, a typical summer’s walk along the cliffs is likely to yield sightings of just a handful of gulls, a smattering of crows, and – if you’re really lucky - one or two seals. Hardly a raging wildlife stampede.
So where all that coastal wildlife? The answer is that much of it is concentrated into pockets, specific sites scattered around our shores. What’s more, those sites may not be filled with wildlife the whole year round, but only at specific times, mainly the breeding season.