Species

Carrageen

This small reddish-purple seaweed grows in small branching fans on rocky shores. It is widely used in the food industry - and might have been used to produce your ice cream, beer or even jelly!…

Habitat

Seagrass

Meadows of seagrass spread across the seabed, their dense green leaves sheltering a wealth of wildlife including our two native species of seahorse.

Volunteer Opportunity

Seagrass Restoration Volunteer

This link will open on the Cumbria Wildlife Trust website.

Be a part of efforts to restore seagrass meadows in Cumbria!

Job

Seagrass Recovery Officer

This link will open on the Essex Wildlife Trust website.

We have an exciting opportunity for a passionate, practical individual to be the post holder of this new role within the Trust’s growing Marine & Coastal Recovery Team.

Event

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.

Species

Common eelgrass

This seagrass species is a kind of flowering plant that lives beneath the sea, providing an important habitat for many rare and wonderful species.

Species

European seabass

Seabass is a seafood favourite, appearing on menus throughout the UK. But it's in trouble in UK seas, with much of the seabass we eat imported from European fish farms.