Purple laver
This purply-brown seaweed is a common feature on our rocky shores and on our dinner plates.
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Home Education Connection - Seaweeds vs Seagrass
This link will open on the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust website.
Join us for a session exclusively for home-educated children and their families. Suitable for children aged 7 – 13 years old.
Seagrass
Meadows of seagrass spread across the seabed, their dense green leaves sheltering a wealth of wildlife including our two native species of seahorse.
Purple hairstreak
The Purple hairstreak is an elusive butterfly with a brilliant purple sheen. It is entirely reliant on oak trees and can be spotted chasing around the treetops in woodlands and parks.
Purple emperor
The male purple emperor is a stunning butterfly with a brilliant purple sheen. Look for it feeding around the treetops in woodlands, or on damp ground, animal droppings or even carrion in the…
Cumbria’s Marine Life and Seagrass Restoration
This link will open on the Cumbria Wildlife Trust website.
Cumbria Wildlife Trust’s Marine Officer Amber Gould talks about the life in the Irish Sea, and the Trust’s current seagrass restoration work.
Purple sandpiper
This stocky wader is mostly a winter visitor to the UK, where it can be found on rocky, seaweed-covered coasts, often with groups of turnstones.
St Austell Bay Seagrass Monitoring Training
This link will open on the Cornwall Wildlife Trust website.
Join Cornwall Wildlife Trust for a special training day all about monitoring seagrass and get involved in a local conservation project.
Purple topshell
Also known as the flat topshell, these are one of the most common and colourful sea snails you are likely to see when out on a rockpool safari!
Early purple orchid
The Early purple orchid is one of the first orchids to pop up in spring. Look for its pinkish-purple flowers from April, when bluebells still carpet our woodland floors. Its leaves are dark green…
Seagrass restoration cycle tour
This link will open on the Cumbria Wildlife Trust website.
A cycle ride from Morrisons Dock in Barrow, down the old line path to Roa island.
Wildlife Explorers Club
This link will open on the Warwickshire Wildlife Trust website.
An event for 8 to 16 year olds to learn new skills and explore the outdoors!