The North Sea

In the Belgian section of the North Sea, which is only 1% of its total area, there are around 90 species of fish (amongst them eels, herring, anchovies, whiting, turbot, plaice, brill, butterfish, blennies, and mullet). There are also a few marine mammals, such as porpoises and seals (such as this one), a number of birds (including black-headed gulls, herring gulls, common terns, shelduck, common scoter and the European eider) and a wide variety of invertebrates (bivalves, crustaceans, worms, etc.). A workshop in this area would be a good start to a school trip to the seaside.