Marine life

Seals hauled out on rocks

Britain’s best seal watching spots

Dolphin

Guide to Britain’s dolphins, porpoise and whales – facts, how to identify and where to see them

Minnow

Guide to small river fish: where to see and how to identify

PIC: TIM BOW/APEX 23/07/2018
The hottest summer for decades has created an outbreak of a rare and beautiful phenomenon - glowing seas.
The temperatures have caused a surge in bioluminescent plankton around the British coast.
Tim Bow was stunned by the spectacle at Aberavon Beach, Port Talbot.
The light occurs due to a complex chemical reaction, known as bioluminescence.
Organisms such as jellyfish, squid and fireflies generally use the production of light as a defence against predators.

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