Ingo Arndt / Northern elephant seal male on seashore {Mirounga angustirostris} California, USA

Philip Stephen / Rough weather on the seashore at Buchan Ness Lighthouse, Scotland, January 2014. All non-editorial uses must be cleared individually.

Gabriel Rojo / Orca (Orcinus orca) hunting sea lion pups along seashore, Peninsula Valdez, Patagonia Argentina

Gabriel Rojo / Orca (Orcinus orca) hunting sea lion pups, Peninsula Valdez, Patagonia Argentina

Philippe Clement / Colourful water-smoothed pebbles on shingle beach. Normandy, France, October 2010.

Adrian Davies / Orange coloured Seashore Lichens (Xanthoria parietina) and Sea Ivory (Ramalina siliquosa) UK, August

Dan Burton / Young girl fishing in a tidepool on Exmouth Beach, Devon, UK, September 2009, Model released.

Dan Burton / Children checking their bucket for animals caught in a tidepool on Exmouth Beach, Devon, UK, September 2009, Model released.

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Snowy Plover (Charadrius nivosus) in winter plumage on beach, Point Reyes National Seashore, California

Pete Oxford / North American Red fox {Vulpes vulpes} eating Chitons on the seashore, Aleutian Islands, Alaska

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola) non-breeding bird resting on one leg on shore, spring, Gulf of Mexico, Padre Island National Seashore, Texas

Nigel Cattlin / Murainagrass (Ischaemum muticum) flower spike. Krabi, Thailand.