‘The case for more Marine Conservation Zones’ identifies 48 areas within English waters that, if designated, will complete an ecologically coherent network of special places where habitats and wildlife can flourish to safeguard healthy and productive seas for the future. Nine of these sites can be found in the North Sea between Northumberland and Suffolk.
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Join the Northumberland Wildlife Trust staff and volunteers to help with a spring beach clean at Cresswell Foreshore and Cresswell Pond.
Name: Basking Shark
Scientific name: Cetorhinus maximus
Category: Fish and sharks