National Marine Week

Help us celebrate in style by downloading our '60 Seaside Shore-nanigans' marine pack, crammed full of exciting, family-friendly activities! We've got plenty to keep you busy from the shore or from home, including handy species spotter sheets and ways to get involved with our work!

Fancy becoming a seaside superhero this National Marine Week? Whether you're keen to 'eggsplore' the shore hunting for shark eggcases, or if you're interested in becoming an avid porpoise watcher, we've got you covered! 

Seagrass is a flowering plant which lives beneath our waters. It has many incredible benefits, including helping the fight against climate change, hosting thousands of species and protecting our coasts from erosion.

North Wales Wildlife Trust are a delivery partner of the Seagrass Ocean Rescue project, aiming to restore seagrass meadows in North Wales.

Have you ever heard of a mermaid's purse? These amazing finds are actually the eggcases of sharks and skates.

Each eggcase holds one baby shark which, once hatched,  swims away ... the empty eggcases get washed up onto our shores, ready for us to collect!

Scour the intertidal zone for all sorts of exciting creatures! Use the spotter sheets to tick off which species you've found living within your local rockpools.

Have you noticed the dark red tentacles of the beadlet anemone? Or the blue claws of the velvet swimming crab?

Don't forget, it's really important to stick to the rockpooling code whilst out on shore, and ensure that no animals are removed or injured.