#MyWildCardiff updates and Easter events!
We caught up with Chris, our Wilder Engagement Officer to hear more about My Wild Cardiff's recent projects and any events we have to look forward to over Spring.
We caught up with Chris, our Wilder Engagement Officer to hear more about My Wild Cardiff's recent projects and any events we have to look forward to over Spring.
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The UK will become the first nation to produce a complete map of its blue carbon stores, thanks to a new, pioneering project.
The Great diving beetle is a large and voracious predator of ponds and slow-moving waterways. Blackish-green in colour, it can be spotted coming to the surface to replenish the air supply it…
Did you know we have colourful corals in UK seas? Pink sea fans are a type of horny coral - related to the sea fans found in the tropics. Don't be fooled by their name though, pink sea fans…
Sea potatoes may have a funny name, but they are perfectly adapted for life in the sand. They are a type of sea urchin that live in a burrow in the sand, feeding on dead animals and plants using…
This large sea slug is anything but dull!
The sea hare looks like a sea slug – but in fact has an internal shell. They can be up to 20cm long but are usually much shorter.
Sometimes called 'Wild spinach', Sea beet can be cooked and eaten. It grows wild on shingle beaches, cliffs and bare ground near to the sea, as well as in saltmarshes.
A large colourful sea slug found on rocky shores around the UK.
If you happen to be near rocky places such as sea cliffs, shingle coastlines or even gravel paths during the summer months you will most likely come across sea campion.
Sea lettuce is unmistakeable - most often a bright green and always translucent, it is found on all UK coasts.