The Wildlife Trust's North Sea Wildlife Project

The Wildlife Trusts CELEBRATE National Marine Week

28th July 2010

Look what’s living in our seas!

 

And take the chance to celebrate it with your local Wildlife Trust during National Marine Week

Whether it’s clinging to a rock among a sea of anemones, or buried in the soft sand in cunning camouflage, the wildlife hidden beneath the waves around the UK is intriguing and mysterious. Why not take a voyage of discovery during The Wildlife Trusts’ National Marine Week?

From Saturday 31 July to Sunday 15 August, Wildlife Trusts up and down the UK will be celebrating our unique undersea life, running marine-themed activities such as rockpool rambles and fossil walks in fishy fancy dress! And of course, here in the North Sea we will be getting in on the action too.

Kirsten Smith, North Sea Marine Advocacy Manager said:

“You don’t have to live by the sea to appreciate the wonderful creatures that inhabit our oceans. There’s the curious tompot blenny that often comes to check out divers, the fearsome spider crab which can reach over a metre in length, and the technicolour sea slugs whose stunning looks rival any creature on sea or land. National Marine Week is a chance to appreciate and celebrate this wonderful variety, and The Wildlife Trusts feel this is the perfect time to launch our vision for ‘Living Seas’.

Living Seas is our plan for the future of the UK’s marine life – we want to see our oceans returned to their former splendour through the implementation of the new Marine and Coastal Access Act, and we want the public to share our vision too. This will give us the greatest chance of achieving Living Seas, where wildlife thrives from the depths of the ocean to the coastal shallows.”

Whether you get out to a local Wildlife Trust event, or simply browse through a copy of The Wildlife Trusts’ Living Seas vision, take the time to immerse yourself in some marine life this National Marine Week.

For more details on activities and events taking place during The Wildlife Trusts’ National Marine Week visit:www.wildlifetrusts.org/index.php?section=events:summer:marineweek or to find out more about North Sea events click  here.