Seasearch NI

Delighted to announce that Seasearch NI will be attending the "Citizen Science and Marine Ecology Symposium" being hosted by @shiftingtidesproject this Saturday 24th February. Link below has details and booking link: instagram.com/p/C3aePFHtbgT/…

whilst day two and three will be more practical based with focus on skills for the preservation, dissection and examination of ascidians and bryozoans.”

“As part of our DAERA Environment Fund project ‘Developing a web-based portal for marine biodiversity’ we are organizing a workshop on the identification of marine invasive non-native species (INNS)…

Course on invasive non-native species coming up at QML, Portaferry. 31st October - 2nd November. Spaces are very limited so if you are interested please email seasearchni@gmail.com & I will put your name down to be considered for a space. Some info in tweets below -

Dr John D. D. Bishop & Chris Wood of the Marine Biological Association will be the tutors for this three-day workshop, based at Queen’s University Marine Laboratory in Portaferry. Day 1 will cover the identification of a wide range of non-native marine species

The aim of this workshop is training for ID of a wide range of marine INNS, esp ascidians & bryozoans in N.I. It will be targeted at those who already have some experience in identifying/recording marine INNS or whose future work will involve recording/monitoring of marine INNS.

What an amazing Open Day! Thanks to each person who took the time to come and visit us - we counted over 400 visits!! We had waves, experiments, marine, freshwater and terrestrial animals, sea shanties & seaweed!

Thanks to our friends @SeasearchNI @UlsterWildlife @NIMTF and Portaferry Sails & Sounds.Thanks and see you all again next year!! 😀

Come and join us on August 5th for our open day! You'll get to see behind the scenes of our research where we work collaboratively across the university with engineering, chemistry, and computer science! Test out some tech, meet marine life, learn about spiders & more. PleaseRT.

Marine Conservation Society are organising some beach cleans in NI for the GBBC. There may be more organised in the coming weeks so keep an eye out! Everyone very welcome to attend but spaces are limited - details below👇🏻 mcsuk.org/beach-cleans/p… mcsuk.org/beach-cleans/p…

🤩 Still blown away by this encounter with a critically endangered female Flapper Skate (Dipturus intermedius) - the worlds largest skate! During a shore dive at Macduff yesterday with @DiverChrisR 🤯 So so special!!! #flapperskate #elasmobranch #scubadiving

This Thursday night, sure to be a brilliant talk and it is free to attend! Just book a spot via Eventbrite to get the joining link on the day 😁

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To celebrate World Ocean Day we are travelling (virtually!) to Trondheim Fjord in Norway. There is some absolutely wonderful marine life which can be seen here, including cold water corals and chimaeras! ***BOOK A TICKET HERE eventbrite.co.uk/e/marine-life-… ***

Great day on Sunday diving Rathlin with @Aquaholicsdive 😁

Really looking forward to our online talk on Monday all about the marine life of Rathlin, from marine biologist Christine Picton 😁 Suitable for all levels of Seasearch volunteer (and marine life enthusiasts). Booking essential - eventbrite.co.uk/e/627315205667

Plenty to see out there! Great time to be in the water and get some cracking forms submitted 😉

Latest @_Seasearch marine life guide - get your copy from the Seasearch shop shop.mcsuk.org/collections/fi…

Well done to everyone who took part in our trial run with the GPS units. Thank you for the hard work and good craic today! 😁#seasearch #citizenscience