New paper! Great to see this out in the world ๐ฆ
It has been a pleasure working on it with the wonderful @NatureBasedSols team ๐
My first first-author publication๐
๐ต๐ถ Had the pleasure of chatting to @AnnaTurns for a podcast on #seagrass soundscapes
Featuring some initial findings from my PhD
Beautifully put together by @ConversationUK
Take a listen if you like ๐
https://t.co/iaWO7ULlhY
These beautiful sand dunes (just down the coast from one of my seagrass field sites) are likely to be turned into *yet another* golf course
Sign to try to prevent this if you wish ๐
I don't normally share things like this on here, but I also really hate it when billionaires have power to destroy natural environments for their own gain, especially in such important wilderness in #Scotland.
Please read & sign if you wish https://t.co/aswrg2aS6K @scottishgreens
SUPER excited that the applications for the @Youth4Seas flagship training programme (Turning the Tide) are now OPEN! ๐
Over 5 months, youโll learn skills & strategies to influence marine policy & receive personal mentoring to help you in your advocacy journey ๐
Our PhD student @IssyKey is giving a public talk on her research on #seagrass meadow biodiversity in Scotland
Thursday 26th Oct 7pm, hosted by @SeabirdCentre
Expect pretty pictures, fun footage, and surprising sounds โ๏ธ๐ฆญ๐ต
Free tickets ๐
https://t.co/IT8YdQya6n
Wonderful time helping out at @Seawildingโs WildSeas Weekend, displaying some of the PhD work happening at Loch Craignish
Great to see people of all ages engrossed in the sounds of seagrass and oyster reefs (and colouring!)
We also managed to squeeze in some sunny fieldwork โ๏ธ
Check out this new education pack on #seagrass!
Includes hands-on science and art activities ๐จ๐ป
#scicomm
Created by the Scottish Seabird Centre, with some help from our PhD student @IssyKey
Hugeee thank you to these amazing people (and dog๐พ) for helping with data collection and providing ample emotional support (alongside working on another exciting seagrass project !)
Had a stunningly sunny couple of weeks of fieldwork on the #Kintyre Peninsula!
We investigated the invertebrate and fish diversity supported by #seagrass, and trialled a new method for monitoring #otters and birds hunting in seagrass
We also tapped into the underwater soundscape, taking some sound recordings to listen for crab crunches and fish gruntsโฆ very excited to look at that data!
Thanks to @OpenAcoustics#audiomoths !
Super exciting to see this!!
A while ago I got to help out a little with this beautiful Usborne book - Ecology for Beginners
Itโs a real gem. Look at that whale spouting a rainbowโฆ ๐๐
Led by the lovely Andy Prentice
#Seagrass restoration in the #FirthofForth is officially underway!
It was such a treat to help inject seeds into the mudflats - now we just have to wait patiently for them to germinate๐ฑ
Huge congrats to the Restoration Forth team who organised this so elegantly ๐
Very cool PhD opportunity - will involve monitoring the effect of halting trawling on seabed carbon around the Isle of Man ๐๐
#bluecarbon#seagrass
Today is the first ever UN-recognised #WorldSeagrassDay ! ๐ฑ๐๐
Here's some relaxing footage from my fieldsite on Skye to celebrate - featuring a curious pollock, and lots of lil' two-spot gobies
Thought I'd share some of the footage from my baited camera surveys this summer...
Two curious spiny dogfish in a seagrass meadow in the south of Skye - aren't they cute?!
#spurdog in #seagrass captured by a #BRUV
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Learn more and apply below โคต๏ธ
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