Shoresearch Cymru - rocky shore surveys
This month we managed several surveys as well as joining the Porcupine Marine Natural History Society (PMNHS) for a joint investigation of the shores at Clynnog fawr, close to the North Llyn coast…
Speckled wood butterfly - Vicky Nall
This month we managed several surveys as well as joining the Porcupine Marine Natural History Society (PMNHS) for a joint investigation of the shores at Clynnog fawr, close to the North Llyn coast…
Their empty, delicate pink or yellow shells can often be found washed up on beaches, but the animals themselves live buried in the sand all around the coasts of the UK.
Shepherd's purse is often considered a 'weed'. It produces a lot of seeds and can be found on cultivated and disturbed land, such as arable fields, tracks and gardens.
Bell heather is our most familiar heather. In summer, it carpets our heaths, woods and coasts with purple-pink flowers that attract all kinds of nectar-loving insects.
A new initiative led by the Wales Coasts and Seas Partnership (CaSP Cymru), of which North Wales Wildlife Trust is a member, recently launched ‘Y Môr a Ni’ – a framework for Ocean Literacy in…
This secretive bird is a member of the rail family, related to coots and moorhens. The breeding call, a rasping rattle, is given mostly at night, sometimes for hours on end.
A pretty, little gull, the kittiwake can be spotted nesting in colonies on clifftops and rock ledges around the UK's coast. It spends the winter out at sea.
A scarce but distinctive brown seaweed with curved, funnel-shaped fronds. It is a warmer water species at the northern edge of its range on the south coast of England.
As its name suggests, Sea spurge is found at the coast. It is an attractive plant that displays cup-shaped, greeny-yellow flowers and fleshy, grey-green leaves.
Known in America as the 'Eared Grebe' because of its golden ear tufts, the black-necked grebe is a rare nesting bird in the UK. It is easiest to spot around southern coasts in winter.…
A scrambling plant, Common vetch has pink flowers. It is a member of the pea family and can be seen on grassland, farmland and waste ground, as well as at the coast.