Thornback ray
The most commonly encountered ray around the British Isles, it's easy to see where the thornback ray got its name from - just check out the spines on its back!
The most commonly encountered ray around the British Isles, it's easy to see where the thornback ray got its name from - just check out the spines on its back!
Donal Griffin, marine conservation officer for The Wildlife Trusts, shares the experiences that inspired his love for the sea.
The spotted ray is one of the smallest species of skate, growing to only 80 cm.
Join our volunteer Marine Champions as they lead our monthly survey days; learn about marine wildlife on the Cumbrian coast, gather data to help protect it, and gain experience in wildlife and…
Cardigan Bay Marine Wildlife Centre visitor centre
The undulate ray has beautiful wavy patterns on its back, which helps it camouflage against the sandy seabed.
This large skate has tiny, prickly spines all over its back.
Explore and record our coastal and marine wildlife. All welcome!
It’s easy to identify this distinctive skate from the black and yellow marbled eye spots on each wing.
From the comfort of your own home, with a DIY rockpool ramble or a socially distanced sea-watch, help The Wildlife Trusts discover and celebrate our wonderful shore and seas
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…
The River Ray is one of the best areas in central England for locally scarce wading birds. The first curlew usually return to the Upper Ray Meadows in late February, and by early spring lapwing…