Bladder wrack
This brown seaweed lives in the mid shore and looks a bit like bubble wrap with the distinctive air bladders that give it its name.
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Seagrass
Meadows of seagrass spread across the seabed, their dense green leaves sheltering a wealth of wildlife including our two native species of seahorse.
Bladder campion
Bladder campion is so-called for the bladder-like bulge that sites just behind the five-petalled flower - this is actually the fused sepals. Look for it on grasslands, farmland and along hedgerows…
St Austell Bay Seagrass Monitoring Training
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Join Cornwall Wildlife Trust for a special training day all about monitoring seagrass and get involved in a local conservation project.
Evening Cruise on the Fleet Explorer
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Join us for an evening cruise on the Fleet Explorer to discover the fascinating wildlife of Chesil and the Fleet Lagoon.
Evening Cruise on the Fleet Explorer
This link will open on the Dorset Wildlife Trust website.
Join us for an evening cruise on the Fleet Explorer to discover the fascinating wildlife of Chesil and the Fleet Lagoon.
Evening Cruise on the Fleet Explorer
This link will open on the Dorset Wildlife Trust website.
Join us for an evening cruise on the Fleet Explorer to discover the fascinating wildlife of Chesil and the Fleet Lagoon.
Spiral wrack
This brown seaweed lives high up on rocky shores, just below the high water mark. Its blades are usually twisted, giving it the name Spiral Wrack.
Egg wrack
This yellow-brown seaweed grows in dense masses on the mid shore of sheltered rocky shores. It is identifiable by the egg-shaped air bladders that give it its name.
Channelled wrack
This yellow-brown seaweed grows in tufts at the very top of rocky shores. Its fronds curls at the sides, creating the channel that gives Chanelled Wrack its name.
Little Tern cruise on the Fleet Explorer
This link will open on the Dorset Wildlife Trust website.
Join the RSPB’s Project Officer on board the Fleet Explorer to get some of the best views possible of little terns and learn more about this vital colony.
Little Tern cruise on the Fleet Explorer
This link will open on the Dorset Wildlife Trust website.
Join the RSPB’s Project Officer on board the Fleet Explorer to get some of the best views possible of little terns and learn more about this vital colony.