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.
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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.
Meadows of seagrass spread across the seabed, their dense green leaves sheltering a wealth of wildlife including our two native species of seahorse.
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.
For National Marine Week we'll have the opportunity to discover what's living on our shores & in our seas, searching the strandline together
For National Marine Week we'll have the opportunity to discover what's living on our shores & in our seas, searching the strandline together
For National Marine Week we'll have the opportunity to discover what's living on our shores & in our seas, searching the strandline together
For National Marine Week we'll have the opportunity to discover what's living on our shores & in our seas, searching the strandline together
Join Cornwall Wildlife Trust and seaweed expert, Esther Hughes for a day full of tips and tricks to identify Cornish seaweeds.
A bushy brown seaweed that appears bright blue underwater.
This brown seaweed lives in the lower shore and gets its name from the serrated edges to its fronds.
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.
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.