David Tipling / Visitors viewing Grey Seal colony at Winterton Dunes, Norfolk, December 2010

Ross Hoddinott / Sandymouth Bay in evening light. North Cornwall, UK, June 2011.

David Woodfall / Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna) moulting birds at high tide roost, Bridgewater Bay NNR, Severn estuary This is a nationally significant site for this species, Somerset, England, August 2009

Merryn Thomas / Path leading down to Blockhouse Beach, Tresco, Isles of Scilly, Cornwall, England, UK, May 2012.

Merryn Thomas / Path leading down to Blockhouse Beach, Tresco, Isles of Scilly, Cornwall, England, UK, May 2012.

David Woodfall / Storm pebble ridge, colonised by vegetation, Pwll Du nature reserve, Gower, Wales, UK, June 2009

David Woodfall / Orache (Atriplex sp) growing between the pebbles on a storm pebble beach, Pwll Du Gower, Wales, UK, June

David Woodfall / Pwll Du Bay nature reserve, with storm beach pebble ridge, Wales, UK, June 2009

David Woodfall / Visitors enjoying Easter event overlooking Rhosilli Bay, Gower, Wales, UK 2009

David Woodfall / Couple enjoying cycle track alongside beach in urban environment, Swansea Bay, Wales, UK 2009

David Woodfall / Sand blown around public paths following poorly executed coastal sand dune project, Crosby, Merseyside, UK 2012

David Woodfall / Sand being deposited from eroded sand dune to maintain high level of beach and prevent coastal erosion of sand dunes and sea level rise on beach at Crosby, adjoining Anthony Gormley 'Another Place ' s...

David Woodfall / Boulders placed on the beach to encourage displacement of newly created sand dune by sea and thus raising level of beach in an attempt to reduce coastal erosion and protect Hightown village. This man...

David Woodfall / Boulders placed on the beach to encourage displacement of newly created sand dune by sea and thus raising level of beach in an attempt to reduce coastal erosion and protect Hightown village. This man...

David Woodfall / Child playing in sand blown by high winds following poorly planned translocation of sand dune by local authority causing threat to community, Merseyside, UK 2012

David Woodfall / Sand from translocated sand dune blown into roads and homes causing extensive problems to community, caused by non stabilisation of translocated sand dune, problems of poorly executed coastal engineer...

David Woodfall / Sand from translocated sand dune blown into roads and homes causing extensive problems to community, caused by non stabilisation of translocated sand dune, problems of poorly executed coastal engineer...

David Woodfall / Sand blown into town from destroyed sand dune, illustrating poor land management decisions (relocation of sand dune) Merseyside, UK 2012

David Woodfall / Effect of blown sand from destroyed sand dune, illustrating poor land management decisions (relocation of sand dune) Merseyside, UK 2012

David Woodfall / Sand deposited on meadow, previously destroyed by engineering project, to enable it to develop a semi natural vegetation, Merseyside, UK 2012

David Woodfall / Conservation workers from Sefton Borough Council reparing coastal defence, inadvisedly erected to protect reconstructed sand dune after high tide and wind erosion, Merseyside, UK 2012

David Woodfall / Conservation workers from Sefton Borough Council reparing coastal defence, inadvisedly erected to protect reconstructed sand dune after high tide and wind erosion, Merseyside, UK 2012

David Woodfall / Reconstructed sand dune, reprofiled by engineering project, experiencing significant erosion by high tides and wind erosion. Sand dune moved from Crosby to Hightown to prevent coastal innundation to...

David Woodfall / Reconstructed sand dune, reprofiled by engineering project, experiencing significant erosion by high tides and wind erosion. Sand dune moved from Crosby to Hightown to prevent coastal innundation to...

David Woodfall / Dumper trucks translocating destroyed sand dune along beach from Crosby to Hightown where it is used to create engineered sand dune which will erode naturally and raise level of beach. This will help...

David Woodfall / Remains of submerged peat forest, 3-4,000 year old indicating a lower sea level in inter glacial period, Crosby, Merseryside, UK 2012

David Woodfall / Coastal conservation in action, stabilising fore mobile dunes with chestnut fencing, carried out by Sefton Borough Council, Merseyside, UK 2012

David Woodfall / Coastal conservation in action, stabilising fore mobile dunes with chestnut fencing, carried out by Sefton Borough Council, Merseyside, UK 2012

David Woodfall / Father and daughter looking at dead Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus) pup, 1 week. Possible cause of death is heavy-metal build up from industry. Donna Nook, UK, October.

David Woodfall / Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus) on beach. Donna Nook, November.

Chris Gomersall / 2020VISION / Wildlife tourists landing on island of Lunga in the Treshnish Isles, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, UK, July 2011

Andrew Parkinson / Herring gull (Larus argentatus) nest inside an old discarded lobster pot, Saltee Islands, Republic of Ireland, June.

Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Lines of Stake Nets set out from the beach to catch Atlantic Salmon. St Cyrus Bay, Scotland, 1982.

David Tipling / Female Grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) interacting in surf. Norfolk, UK, November

Steve Knell / Sandy cove on Isle of Lewis, Western Isles, Scotland. July 2009

David Woodfall / Pebble beach fringing saltmarsh Bridgewater Bay NNR Severn Estuary Somerset, England, August 2009

David Woodfall / Pebble beach fringing saltmarsh Bridgewater Bay NNR Severn Estuary Somerset, England, August 2009

David Woodfall / Pebble beach fringing saltmarsh Bridgewater Bay NNR Severn Estuary Somerset, England, August 2009

Nick Upton / Mother and daughter looking at Rock cook / Small mouthed wrasse (Centrolabrus exoletus) caught in a rock pool on a low tide with a fishing net. Cornwall, UK. Model released, April 2009

Nick Upton / Overview of a family walking on a sandy beach and throwing a ball for a dog (Canis familiaris). Cornwall, UK. Model released, April 2009

David Woodfall / Arctic terns (Sterna paradisaea) in flight due to predator presence, Northumberland, UK, June 2009

David Woodfall / Researcher with umbrella preparing for the arrival of visitors to study behaviour of tern colonies, Northumberland, UK, June 2009

David Woodfall / Long Nanny nesting colony area of Little terns (Sterna albifrons) and Arctic terns (Sterna paradisaea) Northumberland, UK, June 2009

David Woodfall / Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) on foreshore being mobbed by Arctic terns (Sterna paradisaea) while attempting to predate Arctic tern colony, Northumberland, UK, June 2009

David Woodfall / Red fox cub (Vulpes vulpes) trying to predate Tern colony eggs or young, Northumberland, UK

David Tipling / Rubbish washed up from sea on beach, Shetland Isles, Scotland, April 2009

John Cancalosi / Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) mother and young interacting on beach, UK

David Noton / Donegal coastline, nr Burtonport, Co Donegal, Republic of Ireland

David Noton / Donegal coastline, nr Burtonport, Republic of Ireland

Gary K. Smith / Whitby Harbour, Yorkshire, UK

Gary K. Smith / Whitby Harbour, Yorkshire, UK

Barry Bland / Grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) playing on sand. Donna Nook, Lincolnshire, England, UK.

Barry Bland / Common seal (Phoca vitulina) lying on the beach, Blakeney Point, Norfolk, England, UK.

Barry Bland / Common seal (Phoca vitulina) lying on beach, Blakeney Point, Norfolk, England, UK.

Barry Bland / Common seal (Phoca vitulina) juvenile on beach, Blakeney Point, Norfolk, England, UK.

Barry Bland / Common seals (Phoca vitulina) lying on the beach, Blakeney Point, Norfolk, England, UK.

Barry Bland / Tourists watching Common seals (Phoca vitulina) in the wild, Blakeney Point, Norfolk, England, UK.

Barry Bland / Common seal (Phoca vitulina) lying in shallow water, Blakeney Point, Norfolk, England, UK.

Barry Bland / Common seal (Phoca vitulina) lying on the beach, Margate Sands, England, UK.

Barry Bland / Common seal (Phoca vitulina) lying on the beach, Margate Sands, England, UK.

Barry Bland / Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus), with a fishing net caught around its neck. Blakney Point, Norfolk, UK.

Barry Bland / Common seal (Phoca vitulina) lying on the beach, Margate Sands, England, UK.