Sea lettuce
Sea lettuce is unmistakeable - most often a bright green and always translucent, it is found on all UK coasts.
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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.
Basingstoke Wildlife Watch – Wildlife Watch Woodland Explorer
This link will open on the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust website.
Come and join us as we look for signs of life in the woodlands
Tor to Shore Seagrass & Kelp Monitoring Training (Snorkel)
This link will open on the Cornwall Wildlife Trust website.
Join us for this Seagrass and Kelp Snorkel Monitoring training course in St Austell Bay as part of the Tor to Shore project.
Sea slugs, seaweeds and snorkel trails make headlines in The Wildlife Trusts’ 2024 marine review
Ordinary people find extraordinary ‘climate indicator’ species in UK waters
Wildlife Trust volunteers clock over 46,000 hours of surveys and beach cleans
Research highlights the…
Seaweed Identification Workshop
This link will open on the Cornwall Wildlife Trust website.
Join Cornwall Wildlife Trust and seaweed expert, Esther Hughes for a day full of tips and tricks to identify Cornish seaweeds.
Why is the sea salty and why is the sea blue
Why is the sea salty and why is the sea blue? Answering questions on the sea
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.
Celebrating Elke Mackenzie: Explorer, scientist and lichenologist, in honour of LGBTQ+ History Month
Finley Reynolds, Co-Chair of The Wildlife Trusts' Out for Nature network, explores the legacy of Elke Mackenzie—a trailblazing botanist and explorer whose lichenology work shaped natural…
Seaweed Pressing at Kimmeridge
This link will open on the Dorset Wildlife Trust website.
Come along to the Fine Foundation Wild Seas Centre to learn the Victorian art of seaweed pressing.
North Sea nurdles – a threat to wildlife
Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust and Norfolk Wildlife Trust ‘very concerned’
New campaign to protect wildlife at sea
The Wildlife Trusts are calling on everyone to join a giant wave of support for 41 new Marine Conservation Zones.