Sugar kelp
Sugar kelp is the crinkly belt like kelp that can often be found in deep rockpools on the lower shore or washed up on the beach after rough seas.
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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.
Highlights from our Seagrass Restoration Project
This link will open on the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust website.
Join us online to hear from Dr Tim Ferrero and Ellie Parker talk about our seagrass restoration work in the Solent.
Blashford Lakes: Autumn Wildlife Explorers
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Join us for a morning of autumn wildlife exploration at Blashford Lakes!
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…
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…
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.
Kelp forests
Forests of kelp sway in shallow sunlit waters, offering shelter to a host of sea life from tiny worms to juvenile fish.
Rainforest Explorers
Take part in the Rainforest Explorers photography competition with Aviva!
Exploring local wildlife - in Urdu, Arabic and Slovakian
Several Wildlife Trusts have trialled new 'Wildlife Explorer' cards to help non-English speaking communities find out about the wildlife near them. Cheryl Burns, The Wildlife Trusts…
Seaweed Pressing at Chesil
This link will open on the Dorset Wildlife Trust website.
Come along to The Fine Foundation Wild Chesil Centre to have a go at seaweed pressing.
Help our kelp!
Sussex IFCA's proposed byelaw is currently out for public consultation, and they want your support and comment.