rock pooling: The Lizard, Cornwall

top to bottom: candy-striped flatworm (Prostheceraeus vittatus); edible crab (Cancer Pagurus); European cowrie (Cypraea europaea); furrowed crab (Xantho incisus); sea hare (Aplysia sp) mating activity; snakelock anemone (Anemonia viridis); velvet swimming crab (Necora puber)

In bloom: The Lizard, Cornwall

From top to bottom:
Bird's-foot Trefoil (Lotus corniculatus)
Hairy Bird's-foot Trefoil (Lotus subbiflorus)
Bird's-foot Trefoil (left)
Hairy Bird's-foot Trefoil (right)
Bithynian Vetch (Vicia bithynica)
English Stonecrop (Sedum anglicum)
Greater Bird's-foot Trefoil (Lotus pendunculatus)
Yellow Bartsia (Parentucellia viscosa)
Yellow Centaury (Cicendia filiformis)
Yellow Centaury (Cicendia filiformis)
Yellow Vetchling (Lathyrus aphaca).