The truth is that people only want to conserve and protect the things they love. A great way to get people to love the ocean is getting them to interact with it, and going rock-pooling is an easy way to get close to nature.
I went down to Cuckmere Haven this week to check out what it has to offer. One of the most exciting things with nature is that you never know what you are going to find, some days you will see hundreds of animals and the next day virtually nothing. Our day was one of the latter! But, it was still a fun day out and great just being by the sea!
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| Cuckmere Haven, situated in the Seven Sisters Country park, a great place for a summers walk |
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| Some limpets stuck to one of the rocks |
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| Although live crabs eluded us we saw plenty of evidence of them |
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| An image of a typical rock pool |
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| A Sea Anemone, we saw loads of these in all the rock pools! |
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| We managed to catch a tiny shrimp. make sure you bring a net with you so you can catch these little critters! (obviously return them safely to the water afterwards) |
So, although we didn't see a lot we had a great day out. Such a good activity to do while there is still a bit of the summer left!! Top tip: Check the tide times before going, you want it to be low tide so there are lots of rock pools to visit.
Other things you could expect to see include crabs, Starfish and little juvenile fish.
Comment and add pictures below if you go rock-pooling and find anything interesting! If you don't know what it is we will try our best to tell you the species and a bit about its life.
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