Coast: Where land and sea meet

Colony: A group of animals

Environment: Surrounding area

Guide: Someone who shows you around

Habitat: Home of a plant or animal

Island: Land surrounded by water

Mudflats: A muddy part of the beach

Protect: To keep safe

Rare: Not many to be found

Saltmarsh: Land that is sometimes covered by the sea

Sand banks: Hills of sand that are sometimes covered by the tide

Sand dunes: Hills made of sand

Seaweed: Plants that can live in salt water

Shelter: A safe place

Strand Line: The line of shells and seaweed that the tide leaves behind

Tide: When the sea moves in and out twice a day