Solvin Zankl / As soon as it entered the water the young Olive ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) struggles against the swell to swim away from the coast. The swimming frenzy lasts for approximately 48 hours...

Jabruson / Dropped into the ocean or washed overboard, abandoned hardwood tree trunks wash ashore along Gabon's Atlantic seaboard. These disrupt nests and nesting behaviour of sea turtles along the entire length...

Jabruson / Dropped into the ocean or washed overboard, hardwood tree trunks wash ashore along Gabon's Atlantic seaboard - Pongara National park. Logs disrupt nests and nesting behaviour of sea turtles along the...

Jabruson / People walk passed hardwood log on beach, dropped into the ocean, washed overboard, abandoned hardwood tree trunks wash ashore along Gabon's Atlantic coast. Logs disrupt nests and nesting behaviour of...

Nick Upton / Common European squid egg sacs (Alloteuthis / Loligo subulata), with developing embryos visible, in rockpool after being washed ashore, St.Bees, Cumbria, UK, July.

Nick Upton / Common European squid egg sacs (Alloteuthis / Loligo subulata), with developing embryos visible, in rockpool after being washed ashore, St.Bees, Cumbria, UK, July.

Laurie Campbell / Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) vertabrae of stranded animal washed ashore on the Moray Firth, Scotland, June 1993

Philippe Clement / Furbellow Kelp (Saccorhiza polyschides) washed ashore on beach. Brittany, France, September.

Philippe Clement / Furbellow Kelp (Saccorhiza polyschides) washed ashore on beach. Brittany, France, September.

Philippe Clement / Furbellow Kelp (Sacchoriza polyschides) washed ashore on beach. Brittany, France, September.

Philippe Clement / Bulbous holdfast of Furbellow kelp (Saccorhiza polyschides) washed ashore on rocky beach. Brittany, France.

Philippe Clement / Bulbous holdfast of Furbellow kelp (Saccorhiza polyschides) washed ashore on rocky beach. Brittany, France.

Roger Powell / Two immature Great Black-backed Gulls (Larus marinus) aggressively fighting over a carcass washed ashore, Varanger Fjord, Arctic Norway. June

Roger Powell / Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus) pair "trumpet calling" to claim feeding rights over a carcass washed ashore, Varanger Fjord, Arctic Norway. June

Roger Powell / Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus) "trumpet calling" over a carcass washed onshore, to claim feeding rights over a carcass washed ashore, Varanger Fjord, Arctic Norway. June

Solvin Zankl / As soon as it enters the water the young Olive sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) struggles against the swell to swim away from the coast. Pacific coast, Costa Rica, October. ^^^This swimming frenzy...

Solvin Zankl / As soon as it enters the water the young Olive sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) struggles against the swell to swim away from the coast. Pacific coast, Costa Rica, October ^^^ This swimming frenzy...

Colin Seddon / Portrait of Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) pup, who has been washed ashore, winter, Scotland, UK

Gary K. Smith / Tideline with mass of Razor shells (Ensis siliqua) washed ashore, Norfolk, UK, November 2009

Philippe Clement / Scallop shell (Pecten jacobeus) washed ashore among seaweed on the beach, Brittany, France

John & Mary-Lou Aitchison / Coconut {Cocos nucifera} washed ashore on North Uist, Scotland

Niall Benvie / Dogfish eggcase {Scyliorhinus canicula} washed ashore, Islay, Scotland, UK

Philippe Clement / Mass of Razor Shells (Ensis siliqua) washed ashore on beach, North Sea, Belgium

Philippe Clement / Razor Shell (Ensis siliqua) and Mussel (Mytilus edulis) washed ashore on beach, Ostend, Belgium

Philippe Clement / Razor Shell (Ensis siliqua) washed ashore, North Sea, Belgium

Philippe Clement / Mass of Razor Shells (Ensis siliqua) washed ashore along breakwater, North Sea, Belgium

Thomas Mangelsen / Adelie Penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) and Gentoo Penguins (Pygoscelis papua) playing on an iceberg washed ashore, Brown Bluff, Antarctica Peninsula, Antarctica

Nature Production / Coconut palm nut {Cocos nucifera} germinating on beach after being washed ashore

Philippe Clement / Coconut washed ashore on beach of Manuel Antonio National Park, Costa Rica

Philippe Clement / Coconut washed ashore on beach of Manuel Antonio National Park, Costa rica

Philippe Clement / Coconut washed ashore on beach of Manuel Antonio National Park, Costa Rica

Piotr Naskrecki / Ghost Crab (Ocypode quadrata) patrolling a beach on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica in search of small animals or carcasses of fish washed ashore, Costa Rica

Norbert Wu / Pelagic Red Crab (Pleuroncodes planipes) group washed ashore by storms, Magdalena Bay, Baja California, Mexico

Tui De Roy / Marine Iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) is washed ashore by wave action onto steaming new lava flow, Cape Hammond, Fernandina Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Niall Benvie / Common jellyfish washed ashore {Aurelia aurita} Scotland, June summer

Doug Allan / Humpback whale carcass washed ashore {Megaptera novaeangliae} and Bald Eeagle, Ketchikan, Alaska, USA

Onne van der Wal / A yacht with a broken mooring chain washed ashore during a storm off Newport, Rhode Island, USA.

Onne van der Wal / Wrecked yacht washed ashore after a storm, New England, USA

Onne van der Wal / A yacht with a broken mooring chain washed ashore during a storm off Newport, Rhode Island, USA.

Eric Baccega / Ice washed ashore, Dundas Harbour, Devon Island, Nunavut, Canada, August 2010

Ingo Arndt / Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) hair washed ashore on river bank during migration, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska