You’d be excused for thinking that stingrays are more at home in the tropics, but these beautiful animals migrate to the Sussex coast every year through spring and summer. Stingrays are predatory fish, keeping food webs in check, patrolling the Sussex coastline right up to the shore.
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The seasons are shifting once more, as is the focus of our 'News from the Blue' with a wider scope to our news coverage this month. We start locally with a report back on Sussex Wildlife Trust's successful 'SeaFest' event, then we share news from Westminster and then beyond...with a report on our Scottish seas, north of the border.
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With skin that can transform in the blink of an eye and a remarkable ability to vanish against the seabed, the Common Cuttlefish is one of the ocean's most extraordinary inhabitants. Although rarely seen, these intelligent animals are important predators in coastal ecosystems, helping to regulate populations of crustaceans, worms and small fish, while also providing food for larger marine species.
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With summer in full swing, we've been busy sharing the importance of kelp and its recovery, near and far. From representing kelp (on behalf of the Kelp Forest Alliance) at the Climate-Resilient Cities Summit on the Road to COP31 and supporting Sussex Wildlife Trust's Marine Week, to celebrating new research into kelp spore motility and discussing rewilding on the Planet Possible Podcast, it's been an exciting few weeks. We also cheered on the incredible Surfrajets, a team of Brighton sea swimmers who completed a Channel relay swim while raising funds for the project.
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Kelp forests are among our most valuable coastal habitats. They provide food and shelter for marine life, support fisheries and help soften the force of waves. But every kelp forest begins with something almost too small to see: a microscopic swimming cell called a zoospore...and their motility matters!
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Hidden away beneath rocky ledges and reefs, the European (or Common) lobster is one of the most remarkable creatures living in our coastal seas. Best known for its large claws and impressive longevity, this iconic species plays an important role in maintaining healthy marine ecosystems.
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As we find ourselves at the end of July we celebrate the mover and shakers - Black Sea Bream - and we join our partners, sea swimmers as well as stakeholders beyond our region to support the recovery of life beneath the waves!
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Black Sea Bream are surely some of the most “Fascinating Fishes” to be found in Sussex waters. Over the past few years, researchers have been working to lift the lid on their mysterious life cycle.
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Hot Hot Hot!! We've been cooking in June, not only in the heat, but with the start of our field season as conditions allow us to get back out to sea. We're also celebrating becoming a case study for the Global Rewilding Alliance's recent remport, and we showcased the majestic and elusive seahorse in our monthly creature feature.
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Beneath the waves off the Sussex coast, among swaying seagrass meadows and hidden pockets of marine life, lives one of Britain’s most enchanting sea creatures - the seahorse. Delicate, secretive and almost mythical in appearance, these tiny fish are a reminder that the waters around Sussex hold far more magic than many people realise.
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