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Selsey's Marine Ecology

Dahlia Amemone

Dahlia Amemone

Different colours of coral in the water off the coat of Selsey

Different colours of coral in the water off the coat of Selsey

The Greater Piperfish courtesy of Steve Frampton

The Greater Piperfish courtesy of Steve Frampton

Little Cuttlefish- Sepiola atlantica, courtesy of Steve Trewhella

Little Cuttlefish- Sepiola atlantica, courtesy of Steve Trewhella

Lumpsucker, courtesy of Cat Briggs

Lumpsucker, courtesy of Cat Briggs

Red weed surrounded a sea urchin shell

Red weed surrounded a sea urchin shell

violet coloured sea slug captured on camera whilst diving off Selsey

violet coloured sea slug captured on camera whilst diving off Selsey

Grey and brown mottled seal on the shingle at East Beach, Selsey with a crashing wave behind

Grey and brown mottled seal on the shingle at East Beach, Selsey with a crashing wave behind

Thornback Eyes and Breathing Holes, courtesy of Cat Briggs

Thornback Eyes and Breathing Holes, courtesy of Cat Briggs

Vegetated Shingle

Vegetated Shingle

Velvet Swimming Crab, courtesy of Alison Fuller Shapcott

Velvet Swimming Crab, courtesy of Alison Fuller Shapcott

Image of Selsey Bill at sunrise

Image of Selsey Bill at sunrise

underwater photograph of a sea swimming amounst green fronds of kelp

underwater photograph of a sea swimming amounst green fronds of kelp

Sussex Kelp Restoration Project

The Sussex Kelp Restoration Project aims to help to restore the kelp forests along the Sussex Coastline which once stretched for over 40 kilometres but has declined since the 1980's by 96%.