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…
Seagrass Restoration Volunteer
This link will open on the Cumbria Wildlife Trust website.
Be a part of efforts to restore seagrass meadows in Cumbria!
National Marine Week - Falmouth Seagrass Snorkel
This link will open on the Cornwall Wildlife Trust website.
Get involved in National Marine Week 2025 and take part in one of the many marine events happening around the coastline run by CWT and the associated local marine groups in the Your Shore Network…
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.
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.
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.
NWT Ponteland Group: Seaweeds
This link will open on the Northumberland Wildlife Trust website.
Local naturalist, Gavin Hardy, will be talking about this important but perhaps over-looked feature of our marine environment.
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.