At the end of November, the Scottish Government published the Scottish Biodiversity Strategy, which runs up to 2045, alongside a delivery plan which covers the next six years. The strategy…
Posts Tagged ‘Seagrass’
Seawilding: sowing the seeds for community-led marine restoration
Friday, June 24th, 2022by 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’,…
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…