Bring on Festival Season – Rathlin Maritime Festival
On Saturday the 27 May, Living Seas trainees Patrick and Emma were up bright and early to hit the road. We were headed for Ballycastle to set up our Living Seas stall for the Rathlin Maritime…
On Saturday the 27 May, Living Seas trainees Patrick and Emma were up bright and early to hit the road. We were headed for Ballycastle to set up our Living Seas stall for the Rathlin Maritime…
Join Ronald Surgenor, our Nature Reserves Officer and wildlife expert, for a guided sea safari of the Gobbins and our Isle of Muck Nature Reserve, off Islandmagee.
On 18th April 2019, the Living Seas team and 9 enthusiastic volunteers made the crossing to the Copeland Islands for a very extreme beach clean!
Volunteers invited to take part and help survey Northern Ireland’s hedgehogs
Beth Finnegan, aged 15, organised a day trip to the Copeland Islands, off Donaghadee, for all our Youth Forum members in April. Beth tells us about their fantastic day out and the wonderful…
Common sorrel is a common plant of grasslands, woodland edges, roadside verges and gardens. It is also known as 'sour ducks' because its leaves taste tart.
A delicate, small plant of woodlands and hedgerows, wood-sorrel has distinctive, trefoil leaves and white flowers with purple veins; both fold up at night.
Also known as the flat topshell, these are one of the most common and colourful sea snails you are likely to see when out on a rockpool safari!
This bumpy shell lives up to its name and lives partly buried in the seabed along the west coast of Great Britain.
In May, our hedgerows and woodland edges burst into life as Midland hawthorn erupts with masses of pinky-white blossom. During the autumn, red fruits known as 'haws' appear.
Elegant, airy woodlands of silver-barked birches found across the northern uplands. Often transient in feel, with scattered trees growing over the heathy field layer of the surrounding moorland,…
On Thursday 17 August, the Living Seas Team was heading to Rostrevor for a Coastal Foraging event. As an EVS (European Volunteering Service) volunteer working in Communications, sometimes I'm…