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New to gathering wild food from the shore? A friendly, safety-first guide to foraging the Cornish coast — what to look for, the simple kit you need, and the golden rules that keep it safe and sustainable.

Marsh samphire and rock samphire — how to find, pick and cook the salty ‘asparagus of the sea’, and how to gather it without harming the plant.

The UK shore is full of nutritious, delicious seaweed. A beginner’s guide to a handful of common edible seaweeds — how to recognise them, and how to harvest so they keep growing.

Gathering cockles and mussels is a coastal tradition — but shellfish need extra care. How to find and pick them, and the water-quality and safety rules that really matter.

Is foraging legal in the UK? A plain-English guide to the rules — what you can and cannot pick, where, and the simple code that keeps the coast healthy for everyone.

Seaweed Foraging Veggies of the Sea It’s not just the Japanese that are partial to a bit of seaweed – in recent years there has been a strong movement in Europe to introduce sea...