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Bailiwick Eelgrass Exploration Project: aiming to increase awareness of this important habitat 🌱🌱🌱 #eelgrass #seagrass #protect #monitor
Joined February 2022
It’s #WorldSeagrassDay!!! The perfect time to launch our new #BEEP Bailiwick Eelgrass Exploration Project, Twitter 😃 We have a wonderful new logo, designed by @pierregsy and March is #SeagrassAwarenessMonth so we’ll be sharing more about our project, partners & members!!! 🌱
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Today is #WorldOceanDay - let’s all commit to action of this years theme “Wonder: Sustaining what sustains us.” I commit to volunteering with the amazing @BEEP to learn more about our #eelgrass beds, to ensure it’s long term protection! What’s your commitment to the ocean?
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If you have the time why not: - do an personal beach clean - even if it is just three items! - record what you find via irecord - head out to complete a Seasearch form #WorldOceansDay @AlderneyWT @LaSocieteG #BiodiversityPartnership #guernseyseasearch
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Happy #worldoceansday 🙌🪼🐙🐟🐬🦈🐳🌱 Whatever you are up to today in the sea, from working, playing, traveling past or on, reading about it or just watching the waves roll by, whatever you choose, have a great day near the big blue 😎🌊
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Last autumn we won funds from the Channel Islands COOP to assess the blue carbon of some of the Bailiwick’s #eelgrass beds 🙌 our results are finally out 👀 Huge thanks to Channel Islands Co-operative & our @beepresearch volunteer @Jenthomasgsy for leading on this initiative!
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🌱 Join Nature Guernsey for a Rockpool Ramble today from 1pm at Belle Greve Bay, Guernsey (meeting at Salarie Corner slipway) 🌱 Meet the @AlderneyWT for a Wilder Seas and Eelgrass Walkover on Monday 28th April from 1.45pm at Longis Bay, Alderney (meeting at Nunnery carpark)
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Happy Easter 🐣 Join us for some eggciting explorations of our incredible Bailiwick #eelgrass beds and marine life 🌱🐟🦀🪼🦐 We hope to see you there! Please wear appropriate clothing and footwear. @AlderneyWT @LaSocieteG #BiodiversityPartnership #guernseyseasearch
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Thinking about doing a course - go to a FREE session organised by @thegsyinstitute about the Adult Community Learning course, ‘Explore the Bailiwick Environment’ ⏰ Thursday 10th April: 18:30-19:30pm 🌍 Health Connections, Market Square #eelgrass #seagrass #environment
I am delivering talks this week about my course ‘Explore the Bailiwick Environment’ during the Festival of Adult Learning Week at @thegsyinstitute 🌱🌸🐝🦀🐚 ⏰ Thursday 10th April: 18:30 - 19:30pm 🌍 Health Connections, Market Square.
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You can email Dr Mel at marine@alderneywildlife.org with your sighting or either use irecord or the seagrassspotter! @LaSocieteG
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If you are out and about on our shores this weekend and spot a patch or a bed, whilst out for fun, please do let us know! We really need to increase our sightings of the Bailiwick’s bed. Please tell us: - where (bay name or w3w) - when - how big it is - take a photo
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Happy World Seagrass Day from @beepresearch 🌱🥳🌊 Today is marked by the UN to celebrate this super special flowering marine plant due to its vital role within our seas! More info here: https://t.co/qai3HwktXd
#healthyseagrasshealthyplanet #worldseagrassday #unitednations
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The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 1 March the World Seagrass Day. Seagrasses have a vital function in stabilizing the sea bottom, providing ecosystem support through food, shelter and...
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To celebrate #internationaldayofwomenandgirlsinscience we would like to thank all our incredible female citizen scientists and volunteers! 🙌🥳 Our growing knowledge of the Bailiwick’s #eelgrass habitats would be particularly poor without your voluntary recording efforts 🌱
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The course will show you our iconic terrestrial & marine species and habitats, from bats to #seagrass #eelgrass Contact caoilfhionnb@gcfe.net to book your place now - places are limited! @AlderneyWT
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Fancy learning about our amazing Bailiwick environment or still thinking about what to do for your New Year’s resolution? Why not immerse yourself with this wonderful 8 week evening course, provided by @thegsyinstitute, hosted by our @beepresearch volunteer, @XplorOceanEarth
Give the gift of learning this Christmas 🎁 ‘Explore the Bailiwick Environment’ is going to run again @thegsyinstitute 🌱🌸🐚🪸🌾🪼🦀🦋🐝 📆 Starts 27 January 2025 for eight weeks (excluding half term) 🕖 6.00 - 8.00pm 📍Coutanchez Campus £160.00 Contact caoilfhionnb@gcfe.net
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Give the gift of learning this Christmas 🎁 ‘Explore the Bailiwick Environment’ is going to run again @thegsyinstitute 🌱🌸🐚🪸🌾🪼🦀🦋🐝 📆 Starts 27 January 2025 for eight weeks (excluding half term) 🕖 6.00 - 8.00pm 📍Coutanchez Campus £160.00 Contact caoilfhionnb@gcfe.net
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Not long now! 🥳 Come in from the wintery gusts tomorrow evening to hear of our #eelgrass escapades across the Bailiwick for 2024 🌱 @AlderneyWT WILDLIFE TRUST #Biodiversity Partnership @LaSocieteG
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We are heading into a wonderful winter of (inside/cosy/warm) talks with @LaSocieteG Marine Biology section! Join us to hear how our year has gone and the escapades of local #eelgrass scientist, Jenny Thomas assessing #Guernsey’s eelgrass carbon stock 🌱
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If you missed out on any of our #Stateofnature2024 talk series then you can now watch them back! Recordings can be found via this link https://t.co/tLfcFGLSah 7 presentations have been put up so far including topics such as woodlands and insects. 🐞🐝🌲🌳
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The Nature Commission recognises that our natural environment is declining in biodiversity and, hence, health. We are working hard to reverse this trend by protecting and enhancing Guernsey’s natural...
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