Sea lettuce
Sea lettuce is unmistakeable - most often a bright green and always translucent, it is found on all UK coasts.
Search
©Andrew Parkinson/2020VISION
Search
Seagrass
Meadows of seagrass spread across the seabed, their dense green leaves sheltering a wealth of wildlife including our two native species of seahorse.
Stronger Shores Talk Series: Seagrass with Tees Rivers Trust
This link will open on the Durham Wildlife Trust website.
Join Joe from Tees Rivers Trust as he updates us on the work on seagrass during 2025.
Stronger Shores Talk Series: Seagrass with Tees Rivers Trust
This link will open on the Northumberland Wildlife Trust website.
Join Joe from Tees Rivers Trust as he updates us on the work on seagrass during 2025.
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…
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.
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
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…
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.
Ocean Explorers
This link will open on the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust website.
Are you a budding marine biologist? Drop in to the Living Seas Centre to discover what lies beneath the waves on the Yorkshire coast!
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…