Terrestrial predators in the intertidal zone

The intertidal zone is not isolated from the terrestrial environment. In particular there are a number of predators and grazers that feed in the intertidal and shallow marine environment. 

Below are images of such examples:

  On the tops of the low cliffs that flank rocky shores in Shetland, an assortment of marine organisms’ remains scatter the ground. These are the remains of terrestrial predation of the intertidal zone.

Sanderlings feed amongst the strand line

Shetland ponies come down on to the shore to graze on the washed up seaweed.