Seagrass stories

Paul Naylor takes a closer look at a precious habitat , the UK ’ s seagrass meadows

Seagrass rightly has a high profile at the moment , in terms of its immense value as a habitat and the efforts that are being made to restore and expand its distribution in many locations across the UK .

Of course the biodiversity that seagrass supports also makes it a wonderful place to watch animals in action and that , as all regular Critter readers know , is what really floats my boat . It ’ s not simply the number and variety of animals living among the

Pre-mate pair of common hermit crabs

Seagrass meadow with plentiful sea anemones and tube worms