Cuckoo ray
It’s easy to identify this distinctive skate from the black and yellow marbled eye spots on each wing.
It’s easy to identify this distinctive skate from the black and yellow marbled eye spots on each wing.
Considered to be an early sign of spring, the song of the cuckoo sounds the same as its name: ‘cuck-oo’. It can be heard in woodlands and grasslands. Cuckoos famously lay their eggs in the nests…
One of the most colourful fish in UK seas, the cuckoo wrasse looks like it belongs in the tropics. Don't be fooled though, it's very much a native species.
The spotted ray is one of the smallest species of skate, growing to only 80 cm.
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 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 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.
Despite its name, the "common" skate is not so common anymore. In fact, they are Critically Endangered.
Providing expert advice to the North Wales Wildlife Trust (NWWT) on marine issues.