Wildlife Of The Solway
Wildlife of The Solway Firth [90] The Sea Vase, by Mark Vollers, Lake District Coast Aquarium
Wildlife of The Solway Firth [90] The Sea Vase (Ciona intestinalis) by Mark Vollers, Lake District Coast Aquarium These beautiful animals are one of a group known as sea squirts, so named because if moved out of their element they will often spurt out a stream of water! They are widespread around the British […]
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Wildlife of The Solway Firth Number 75 The Tompot Blenny
Wildlife of The Solway Firth Number 75 The Tompot Blenny (parablennius gattorugine) By Mark Vollers How distinctive and easily recognised these fish are with their feathery head tentacles and faces that radiate charisma! They are found in shallow rocky coastal waters of Western Europe, the Mediterranean and North Africa, sometimes in rockpools low down on […]
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Wildlife of The Solway Firth Number 73 – The Common Octopus – Octopus Vulgaris
Wildlife of The Solway Firth Number 73 The Common Octopus – Octopus Vulgaris This amazing animal was the first invertebrate to be protected by law in the UK (1993) and is most frequently found in shallow waters along our Southern coasts. It has a relatively short lifespan of 1-2 years, but in that time it […]
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69. The Electric Ray – Wildlife Of The Solway
69. The Electric Ray (Torpedo nobiliana) – Wildlife Of The Solway This is an unusual fish but very widespread in temperate seas including British waters. It has no commercial value but is caught occasionally as a by- catch by commercial trawlers and recreational anglers with somewhat shocking consequences! It has uniformly dark colouration and a […]
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70. The Ballan Wrasse – Wildlife of The Solway
70. The Ballan Wrasse (Labrus bergylta) – Wildlife of The Solway The Ballan is the largest of several Wrasse species found around the UK , inhabiting rocky reefs down to 50m, particularly when Kelp seaweed forests are present. When they are small their colouration changes to better match their surroundings, so various shades of green […]
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68. The Topknot – Wildlife of the Solway
The Topknot – Wildlife of the Solway This is a rarely seen fish even though it is distributed widely around Britain, mainly because it lives on rocky ground and is not a commercially targeted species. It is described as a left sided flatfish as its right eye has migrated around the head when it is […]
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67. The Plaice. Wildlife of the Solway
67. The Plaice. Wildlife of the Solway The Plaice is one of the best known commercially exploited fish species with approximately 5,000 tons landed every year around Britain. Its range is from the Barents Sea in the North to the Mediterranean in the south. It has been seriously overfished in the past but now stocks […]
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65. Native Lobster Breeding. Wildlife of The Solway
Wildlife of The Solway – 65 – Native Lobster Breeding. For the last five years the Lake District Coast Aquarium has been running a lobster hatchery as part of the aquarium display sequence. As a result of its successful operation we have released several thousand juveniles back into West Cumbrian coastal waters. Apart from the […]
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63. Fossils. Wildlife of The Solway Firth
63. Wildlife of The Solway Firth. Fossils. For most of us anyway the chance finding of a fossil whilst walking on a beach is a magical moment, a reminder of life forms that existed millions of years ago. The Solway Firth area in geological terms has not been submerged that long, only since the last […]
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