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26 July - 10 August 2025

National Marine Week

Our marine projects (https://www.essexwt.org.uk/marine-and-coastal-recovery)
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Take action (https://www.essexwt.org.uk/blog/essex-wildlife-trust/how-help-marine-life)
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Featured species (https://www.essexwt.org.uk/marine-week-species)
Marine blogs (https://www.essexwt.org.uk/blog/tag/marine)

From playful orange seals basking along the coastline to the carbon-capturing habitats fighting climate change, join our celebration of Essex’s magical marine species and spectacles.

Although National Marine Week may be over for 2025, there's never a bad time to explore the coast, learn about coastal species or take action for the marine environment.

Dive into the marine world

Painting of coastal Essex
Competition

Coastal Creations

Celebrate marine life through art and win fin-tastic prizes!
Items collected from a coastal beach clean.
Event

Beach cleans

Help us tackle plastic pollution by joining our beach cleans.
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Join us

Marine events

Join us for seashore labs, fossil hunting and more.
A shore-bird with its beak in the mud.
Take action

How to help marine life

By taking small actions, we can help to protect and conserve our beautiful coastline.
Marine conservation team undertaking seagrass surveys.
Conservation

Marine projects

Find out more about the species and habitats we work hard to protect.
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Take action

Ban bottom trawling

Add your signature to ensure bottom trawling is banned rapidly in offshore protected areas.

Be the first to hear about marine news, projects and updates. 

Join our mailing list

Seal pup stares at the camera while laying on a rock.

Seal pup: Lara Howe

Support our work

Your donation can help us to conserve even more marine species and habitats, from seagrass meadows to little terns.

Help marine life thrive