Seashore

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A comprehensive, authoritative account of the natural history of the seashore, from earliest times to the present day. The seashore, with its everchanging tides, is one of the most fluctuating physical environments on the planet, is home to an abundance of plant and animal life and is one of the richest habitats on earth. Peter Hayward, author of Collins Pocket Guide to the Sea Shore of Britain and Europe, looks at resident and migrant species, including fish, barnacles, limpets, winkles, sponges, algae, lichens and sea grasses. He also discusses the effects of tourism and pollution on these habitats and looks at the geology of the British Isles and the responses and adaptations of plant and animal life to a changing physical environment.