Help Our Kelp Q&A
08 April 2021
Dr Ian Hendy (University of Portsmouth) and Sarah Ward (Sussex Wildlife Trust) answer your questions about the exciting kelp forest restoration project
Archive of: Sarah Ward
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Black Bream Nests
29 March 2021
When we think of nests, our thoughts immediately go to birds, building intricate shelters in which to lay their eggs and rear their newborns. However, a number of fishes also create nests
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Ideal Home: Hermit Crab
23 February 2021
Finding a suitable shell can be quite the challenge for a small crab in a big ocean, and this life constraint has caused a number of quite unique behaviours to have evolved in hermit crabs, allowing them to find their ideal home.
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Living Seas marine recording round-up
21 December 2020
We have finally reached the end of 2020, and what a year it has been for all the wrong reasons. But we were lucky enough to get out and about on the shore a few times over the summer to create some videos for National Marine Week
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All washed up
29 November 2020
As the winter weather arrives, we often get stormy and turbulent seas, resulting in all sorts of things washed up on our beaches.
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Aquatic Creepy Critters
26 October 2020
The oceans are full of strange and scary looking beasts, but there are some creatures which are ready to celebrate Halloween all year round!
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Bluefin Tuna
07 October 2020
Officers at the Sussex IFCA were surprised to find an Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus) which had washed up on the shores of Chichester Harbour.
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Creature feature: Green Shore Crab
05 January 2020
Green Shore Crabs have been recorded on every single Shoresearch survey we have undertaken in the last year
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Merry Christmas from Sussex Seas
23 December 2019
Here is some of our favourite festive-themed marine wildlife
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Leatherback Turtle
14 November 2019
Astonishingly, a Leatherback Turtle was spotted last month just off Brighton, it’s incredibly rare to spot one this far east in the Channel.