Marine life photos taken around the north of England and Scotland. The otters seen in the marine waters of Scotland are the same species as those found in freshwater rivers and lakes.
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BARNACLE 03A - Acorn barnacles
Acorn barnacle - Semibalanus balanoides.
Acorn barnacles attached to a seashore rock.
Acorn barnacles attached to a seashore rock.
BOLTON-LE-SANDS 34A - Elver tidal flap
Elver tidal flap at Red Bank Farm, Bolton le Sands on the Lancashire coast.
The tidal gates introduced after WW2 to prevent flooding and reclaim land for farming, also prevented returning elver migrate up the rivers to mature into adult eels before returning to the Sargasso Sea to breed.
This is one of 11 tidal flaps inserted into the gates in this area to allow the elver access to the watercourses necessary for their mammoth migration.
The tidal gates introduced after WW2 to prevent flooding and reclaim land for farming, also prevented returning elver migrate up the rivers to mature into adult eels before returning to the Sargasso Sea to breed.
This is one of 11 tidal flaps inserted into the gates in this area to allow the elver access to the watercourses necessary for their mammoth migration.
BULLHEAD 01A - Long spined bullhead
Long-spined bullhead - rockfish - clubberhead - sea scorpion - Taurulus bubalis.
Long-spined bullhead in a rock pool on the Isle of Mull, Scotland.
Long-spined bullhead in a rock pool on the Isle of Mull, Scotland.
BULLHEAD 02A - Long spined bullhead
Long-spined bullhead - rockfish - clubberhead - sea scorpion - Taurulus bubalis.
Long-spined bullhead in a rock pool on the Isle of Mull, Scotland.
Long-spined bullhead in a rock pool on the Isle of Mull, Scotland.
BUTTERFISH 01A - Butterfish
Butterfish or rock gunnell - Pholis gunnellus.
Butterfish in a rock pool on the Isle of Mull, Scotland.
Butterfish in a rock pool on the Isle of Mull, Scotland.
COCKLE 50A - Boiled Morecambe Bay cockles
Freshly boiled cockles from Morecambe Bay, Flookburgh in Cumbria.
DOLPHIN 03A - A pod of common dolphin
Common dolphin - Delphinus delphis.
A pod of common dolpin off the coast of the Isle of Mull, scotland.
A pod of common dolpin off the coast of the Isle of Mull, scotland.
JELLYFISH 01A - Lion's mane jeyyfish
Lion’s Mane jellyfish - Cyanea capillata.
Lion's mane jellyfish washed up on the shore at Heysham in Lancashire.
Lion's mane jellyfish washed up on the shore at Heysham in Lancashire.
JELLYFISH 07A - Barrel jellyfish
Barrel jellyfish - Rhizostoma octopus.
Barrel jellyfish washed up on the shore at Heysham in Lancashire.
Barrel jellyfish washed up on the shore at Heysham in Lancashire.
OYSTER 03A - Common oyster shell
Common oyster or native oyster - Ostrea edulis.
Oyster shell on the seashore
Oyster shell on the seashore
RAZOR SHELL 03A - Razor shell
Razor shell - Ensis arcuatus.
Razor shells live buried upright in the sand with their siphons just at the surface for feeding on plankton.
Razor shells live buried upright in the sand with their siphons just at the surface for feeding on plankton.
SCALLOP 03A - Scallop shell
Variegated scallop - Chlamys varia.
The interior surface of a variegated scallop shell with toothed wrack seaweed.
The interior surface of a variegated scallop shell with toothed wrack seaweed.
SEA ANEMONE 01A - Beadlet sea anemone
Beadlet sea anemone - Actinia equina.
A beadlet sea anemone in a rockpool on the Isle of Mull, Scotland.
A beadlet sea anemone in a rockpool on the Isle of Mull, Scotland.
SEA ANEMONE 01B - Beadlet sea anemone
Beadlet sea anemone - Actinia equina.
A red beadlet sea anemone in a rockpool on the Isle of Mull, Scotland.
A red beadlet sea anemone in a rockpool on the Isle of Mull, Scotland.
SEA ANEMONE 02A - Beadlet sea anemone
Beadlet sea anemone - Actinia equina.
A red beadlet sea anemone in a rockpool at low tide on the Isle of Mull, Scotland.
This anemone looks like a blob of jelly because the tentacles retreat when it is out of the water.
A red beadlet sea anemone in a rockpool at low tide on the Isle of Mull, Scotland.
This anemone looks like a blob of jelly because the tentacles retreat when it is out of the water.
SHARK 01A - Basking shark
Basking shark - Cetorhinus maximus.
Basking shark in the seas off the Isle of Mull.
Basking shark in the seas off the Isle of Mull.
SHARK 02A - Basking shark
Basking shark - Cetorhinus maximus.
Basking shark in the seas off the Scottish Isle of Mull.
Basking shark in the seas off the Scottish Isle of Mull.
URCHIN 03A - Heart Urchins or Sea Potatos
Heart urchin or sea potato - Echinocardium cordatum.
Heart urchins in a rock pool on the beach at Heysham in Lancashire.
The thin hollow shells of dead heart urchins are called 'tests'.
Heart urchins in a rock pool on the beach at Heysham in Lancashire.
The thin hollow shells of dead heart urchins are called 'tests'.
WEEVER FISH 01A - Weever fish with shrimps
Weever fish caught in the shrimp nets in Morecambe Bay, Flookbugh, Cumbria.
Weever fish are a tiny fish with a very painful sting that can be allieviated by placing the effected body part in a very hot liquid.
Weever fish are a tiny fish with a very painful sting that can be allieviated by placing the effected body part in a very hot liquid.
WHALE 01A - Minke whale
Minke whale - Balaenoptera acutorostrata.
Minke whale off the coastline of the Isle of Mull, Scotland.
Minke whale off the coastline of the Isle of Mull, Scotland.
WHALE 04A - Dead minke whale
Minke whale - Balaenoptera acutorostrata.
A dead minke whale washed up on the coastline of the Isle of Mull, Scotland.
All too often these beautiful creatures drown after getting tangled up with fishing ropes around our coastline.
A dead minke whale washed up on the coastline of the Isle of Mull, Scotland.
All too often these beautiful creatures drown after getting tangled up with fishing ropes around our coastline.
WORM 20A - Lugworm
Lugworm - Arenicola marina.
Lugworm casts on West Kirkby Beach, Merseyside. The worms live in a U-shaped burrow and ingest the sandy mud at one end, and excrete digested sand at the other. They digest the micro-organisms in the sand in a similar way that earthworms process soil. Lugworms help to make up the food chain of the Dee Estuary which sustains a large bird population.
Lugworm casts on West Kirkby Beach, Merseyside. The worms live in a U-shaped burrow and ingest the sandy mud at one end, and excrete digested sand at the other. They digest the micro-organisms in the sand in a similar way that earthworms process soil. Lugworms help to make up the food chain of the Dee Estuary which sustains a large bird population.
