Purple laver
This purply-brown seaweed is a common feature on our rocky shores and on our dinner plates.
This purply-brown seaweed is a common feature on our rocky shores and on our dinner plates.
Sea lettuce is unmistakeable - most often a bright green and always translucent, it is found on all UK coasts.
One of the only venomous fish to be found in British waters, the lesser weever fish is certainly one to watch out for!
Dive into the long distance travels of Sandwich terns and hear about how you can help us protect this beautiful bird
Look for wood avens along hedgerows and in woodlands. Its yellow flowers appear in spring and provide nectar for insects; later, they turn to red, hooked seedheads that can easily stick to a…
Acclaimed underwater photographer Paul Naylor has been diving and capturing images of life in the waters around the British coast for years, with over 2,000 dives to his name. He knows the impact…
Our woodlands are a key tool in the box when addressing climate change for their carbon storage potential, but are less well known for their potential to limit flooding events, with wet woodlands…
Have you been to Spinnies Aberogwen recently? If not, now’s a great time to pay a visit!
A 'weed' of cultivated and disturbed ground, Round-leaved fluellen is a trailing plant with round leaves and yellow flowers that appear over summer.
Look for Water avens in damp habitats, such as riversides, wet woodlands and wet meadows. It has nodding, purple-and-orange flowers that hang on delicate, purple stems.
The carnivorous lifestyle of the round-leaved sundew makes this heathland plant a fascinating species. The round leaves have sticky, 'dew'-covered tendrils that tempt in unsuspecting…