Looking after the seashore

 

 

 

Seashores can be harmed by people. If we leave rubbish on a beach, it can hurt or kill wildlife. Plants and animals often lose their homes when we build on the seashore. We all need to take care of the seashore and the wildlife that lives there.

 

 

 

 

 

 

This rubbish has been washed up on a beach.

Rubbish is often dumped in the sea. It can be carried long distances and washed up on beaches. Rubbish like plastic bottles and bags, fishing line and glass can hurt or kill animals. Turtles eat plastic bags because they look like jellyfish.

 

 

 

 

 

This bird is covered in oil.

When oil is spilled from ships at sea it can wash ashore. Oil can clog seabirds’ feathers so they cannot fly. It also stops them from being waterproof, so they get wet and cold. When they try to clean themselves they swallow the oil. Oil can kill many of the living things on seashore.

 

 

 

 

 

This seashore is cared for to keep the wildlife safe.

Some seashores have been made into nature reserves to protect them. This stops seashores from being changed by people. Making seashores into nature reserves keeps the animals and plants that live there safe.