F is for Freshwater pearl mussles with Francesca and Florence the freshwater selkies

Francesca and Florence the freshwater selkies are helping to look after the very rare freshwater pearcl mussels.

Listed as endangered by IUCN. Critically endangered on the island of Ireland.

Protected in the UK under the Wildlife and Countryside Act, 1981.

Priority Species under the UK Post-2010 Biodiversity Framework.

Find out more

https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-explorer/invertebrates/slugs-snails-and-freshwater-mussels/freshwater-pearl-mussel#:~:text=Freshwater%20pearl%20mussels%20are%20incredibly,larger%20than%20a%20sea%20mussel.