by Kerri Whiteside, Community Support Specialist at Fauna & Flora International (FFI) Last weekend I visited the beautiful Craignish peninsula in Argyll to join Seawilding’s first ever ‘restoration training weekend’,…
Posts Tagged ‘Seagrass’
Restoration Forth: the seagrass search begins
Monday, April 18th, 2022Let me introduce myself. My name is Lyle Boyle and I was a member of CCN a few years ago when I served as a Marine Ranger with the Berwickshire…
Sowing the seeds of recovery: community-led marine restoration in Scotland
Monday, March 14th, 2022By Alan Munro Oysters being put in the loch by local community © Philip Price Once upon a time, Scotland’s inshore seas supported vast seagrass meadows rich in biodiversity and…
Scotland’s first seagrass restoration guide
Wednesday, December 1st, 2021Seagrass © Ben James/NatureScot Flickr Scotland’s first handbook for seagrass restoration has been published as trials in the innovative technique gather pace. The handbook has been developed by NatureScot in…
Seagrass and oyster restoration begins in the Forth
Thursday, October 28th, 2021Scientist Richard Lilley is one of the team working on a new £2.4 million project to restore seagrass and wild oyster populations in the Firth of Forth. Pioneering work to…
Seagrass Harvest Open Day at Loch Craignish!
Tuesday, August 24th, 2021Community snorkelers and volunteers marked a milestone in Scottish inshore marine habitat restoration in mid-August by harvesting and planting seagrass in Loch Craignish. Over 60 snorkellers and volunteers from the…
Cleaning up sea loch to bring wildlife back
Tuesday, June 22nd, 2021Image © Seawilding For most gardeners, the fiddly task of sowing seeds is eventually rewarded by seeing the fruits of their labours blossom and grow. But for pioneering volunteers involved…
90% of seagrass meadows lost across the UK
Wednesday, March 10th, 2021The UK has lost more than 90% of the lush seagrass meadows that once surrounded the nation, research has found. Scientists described the decline as catastrophic, but the latest analysis…
Seagrass restoration project to resurrect UK’s sea meadows
Monday, March 16th, 2020First seagrass restoration project in Britain will capture carbon rapidly and offer habitat for lost marine life. “We think this whole bay was once carpeted with seagrass,” says Evie Furness,…
The Blue Planet UK effect
Thursday, March 28th, 2019If people knew the wonder and beauty of the UK’s marine habitats they would want to protect them. The life of a conservationist often feels like one long struggle, taking…