An endangered seahorse native to the UK has taken advantage of the lockdown to recolonise its former stronghold in Dorset, marine conservationists have said.
The Seahorse Trust, a world-leading charity for seahorse conservation, found 16 spiny seahorses – including pregnant males and a juvenile that had been born this year – during a regular survey dive at Studland Bay.
The discovery marks the largest number of seahorses found in a single dive on the site since the trust began monitoring the area in 2008. Before now, a seahorse had not been seen at the site for two years.
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