Atlas7 min read
Dive Guide: Loch Carron — Scotland's Maerl and Kelp Maze
Loch Carron hides maerl beds, flame shells and kelp-fringed narrows. A practical Scottish sea-loch dive guide: sites, seasons, slack water and wildlife.
Tom Okafor ·
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Atlas11 min read
East Lothian: Bass Rock Gannets over North Sea Kelp
A coastal atlas guide to East Lothian: Bass Rock gannets, Firth of Forth estuary water, wolf-fish reefs, and where the kelp grows clear of the bight.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·
Atlas8 min read
The Inner Hebrides: Sea Lochs, Otters and Kelp
Mull and Skye hide forests of kelp in long, calm sea lochs — otters on the weed ridges, sharks offshore. A visitor's guide to the Inner Hebrides' kelp coast.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·
Atlas8 min read
Kelp Forests of the Outer Hebrides: Scotland's Atlantic Frontier
The Outer Hebrides hold Britain's oceanic kelp frontier — Laminaria forests in gin-clear Atlantic water, shell-sand lagoons and seabird citadels.
Tom Okafor ·
Atlas9 min read
The Shetland Islands: Kelp, Otters and the North Atlantic Front
Shetland grows some of Britain's finest kelp forests: clear northern water, Eurasian otters and an intact sea culture on the North Atlantic front.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·
Atlas7 min read
St Abbs to Eyemouth: Scotland's Voluntary Marine Reserve and Its Kelp Reefs
On the Berwickshire coast, one of Britain's first voluntary marine reserves protects tangle kelp forest, wolf-fish dens and clear North Sea water.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·
Atlas9 min read
Scotland's West Coast: Kelp Forests of the Hebrides
Sea lochs, tidal sound races and a kelp-burning past: a guide to the kelp forests of Scotland's west coast and the Hebrides, and where the industry is heading next.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·
Atlas10 min read
The Moray Firth: Dolphins, Salmon and Kelp on Scotland's Shoulder
Scotland's Moray Firth is famous for its resident bottlenose dolphins, but its quiet kelp fringes, salmon rivers and tide races reward a closer look. A coastal atlas guide.
Jack Callum ·
Atlas8 min read
Shetland: Kelp at the Busiest Tidal Crossroads in Britain
Sixty degrees north, where the North Sea and Atlantic squeeze through Shetland's sounds, tide races drive some of Britain's richest kelp — and put conditions on everything.
Tom Okafor ·
Atlas9 min read
Orkney and Shetland: Kelp at Britain's Northern Rim
Orkney and Shetland hold Britain's most exposed kelp forests: tide-scoured channels, otter-rich shores and the sunken fleet of Scapa Flow. A coastal atlas guide.
Jack Callum ·
Atlas8 min read
Scotland's Sea Lochs: Kelp Where the Mountains Meet the Tide
A coastal atlas guide to Scotland's west coast sea lochs: sheltered kelp forests, tidal rapids at loch mouths, maerl beds and how the voes shape what grows.
Jack Callum ·
Atlas9 min read
Kelp Forests of the Firth of Clyde: Scotland's Once-and-Future Sea
A coastal atlas guide to the Firth of Clyde: where kelp still grows, what a century of trawling took out, and why Arran's no-take zone matters.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·