Species

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.

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

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.

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

Rainbow wrack

A bushy brown seaweed that appears bright blue underwater.

Species

Serrated wrack

This brown seaweed lives in the lower shore and gets its name from the serrated edges to its fronds.

Species

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.

Species

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.