Help champion our seas this National Marine Week
With National Marine Week in full swing, we caught up with our Living Seas Manager, Rebecca Hunter, to find out why our local seas are worth protecting and how we can all play our part in…
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Explore your shore this National Marine Week with Ulster Wildlife’s ‘Big Rockpool Ramble’
Ulster Wildlife has launched Northern Ireland’s first-ever Big Rockpool Ramble and is inviting everyone to get outdoors and explore their fin-tastic rocky shore wildlife to help with local…
Marine
There's another world waiting beneath the waves. Seals weave in and out of sunlit kelp forests, cuttlefish flash all the colours of the rainbow, starfish graze along the muddy seabed and…
National Lottery Heritage Fund
Funding through the National Lottery Heritage Fund has helped us to achieve many things for people and wildlife over the years.
Marine Conference makes waves for a sustainable future
This January, we proudly hosted the inaugural Blue Horizons Marine Science Conference at W5, uniting 170 attendees for two days of engaging talks and dynamic discussions.
Dip beneath the waves - a day in the life of a graduate marine conservation assistant
Jessica Mather joined us almost three months ago as a Graduate Marine Conservation Assistant - a new role kindly funded by Wilson Resources. Hear more from Jessica about a typical day working on…
Bog Meadows 'Our People, Our Places'
Creating a vibrant community hub centred on Bog Meadows nature reserve and neighbouring St. James Community Farm
Blue Horizons Conference
This two-day scientific conference will highlight the latest research in marine science affecting the coasts of Northern Ireland, focussing on three major themes: restoration and conservation of marine habitats, marine spatial planning, and innovation in Marine Science.
Four new marine protected areas welcomed for NI's seas
The Northern Ireland Marine Task Force (NIMTF), a coalition of ten environmental organisations including Ulster Wildlife, today welcomed the designation of four new Marine Conservation Zones (MCZs…
Small blue
The small blue's name is a little misleading: it is our smallest butterfly, but only shows a dusting of blue on brown wings. It is scarce, occurring on chalk grassland, mostly in southern…
Blue jellyfish
Often confused with the larger but similarly shaped lion’s mane jellyfish, the blue jellyfish can be colourless when young and develop a striking blue-purple bell as it matures.
Big Beetle Bonanza
This ain't no beetle drive! To celebrate National Insect Week join one of our ecologists, Adam Mantell, to discover fascinating facts about beetles. Did you know there are over 2,000 species…