Naturalist Steve Backshall spots rare rainbow nudibranchs in Falmouth rockpools
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Naturalist Steve Backshall spots rare rainbow nudibranchs in Falmouth rockpools

1 hour ago · Originally published 17 Oct 2026 8/10 Original headline: Steve Backshall discovers exotic animal 'not seen in UK for years' in Falmouth
While searching for sea slugs in Cornwall, Steve Backshall discovered a colony of rainbow nudibranchs, a species not typically recorded in the UK. Finding thirty of these colourful marine molluscs in a single rockpool suggests a significant local presence for a creature previously thought to be restricted to waters further south.
Source: Cornwall Live Cornwall
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