Topics: Habitats

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 sharks slip through the open water.

• Habitats
• Marine

Coastal habitats are found wherever the land meets the sea. With some 17,800km, the UK has one of the longest national coastlines in Europe. The coast is home to many habitats, with cliffs, rocky shores, sand and shingle beaches, sand dunes, mudflats, saltmarshes and machair.

• Coast
• Habitats

Habitat fragmentation poses significant threats to biodiversity and climate stability. In our lifetimes, we’re witnessing dramatic changes in the landscapes around us and the species that inhabit them.

• Habitat Management
• Habitat Restoration
• Habitats
• Respecting Nature
• Species

In episode 8 of Talk on the Wild Side, Rob Smith interviews George Cooper - a Thanet local with a passion for wildlife, who has been heavily involved in bird recording and ringing at Minster Marshes for many years. They talk about why Minster Marshes is so important for bird-life, the damage National Grid's Sea Link project will do to the area, and why he started the Save Minster Marshes campaign.

• Birds
• Conservation
• Farming
• Food and Farming
• Habitats
• Species

Mammal expert Stuart Edmunds introduces the four species of mice you can see in the UK.

• Environment
• Gardens
• Habitats

Five days learning to identify and record wild plants in nature reserves in Kent.

• Courses & Education
• Study Day
• Botany
• Habitats

Five days learning to identify and record wild plants in nature reserves in Kent.

• Study Day
• Botany
• Courses & Education
• Habitats
• Study Day

From otters to freshwater shrimps, all animals are dependant on an abundant and reliable supply of clean water. Rivers sustain the natural environment, wildlife and people in equal measure.

• Freshwater
• Habitats
• Rivers

Saltwater marshes and mudflats form as saltwater floods swiftly and silently up winding creeks to cover the marsh before retreating again. This process reveals glistening mud teeming with the invisible life that draws in thousands of birds to feed.

• Coast
• Habitats

Meadows of seagrass spread across the seabed, their dense green leaves sheltering a wealth of wildlife including our two native species of seahorse.

• Habitats
• Marine