#WaderWednesday - #Whimbrel

It's peak Whimbrel week according to our Ecologist, Pete. Smaller than a Curlew with a pale stripe above the eye, they are passage migrants - seen in the spring on passage from Africa to breed in Scotland or further north.

📸 Shirley Rushmer

Take a look at the new Solent Seascape Project website 🎉

Head to the website and join our journey over the next few years as we work with our partners and community to restore the Solent seascape to health. 🌱🌊

You can dive in here: solentseascape.com

🪶Cuckoo, Cuckoo🪶

Have you seen or heard a cuckoo around Chichester Harbour yet this year? The BTO's satellite tagged birds are returning - and we have a little competition amongst the staff here as to who will here one first!

Or maybe you will win!

#cuckoo #cuckoo cuckoo

Take a look at the new Solent Seascape Project website!

University of Portsmouth is working with partners to restore our ocean's health.

Find out more: solentseascape.com

UoP Faculty of Science & Health UoP Marine Biology Blue Marine Foundation Solent Seascape Project Prof Joanne Preston - Coastal Restoration Lab #PortsmouthUni #Solent

Our new website has launched 🎉

Head to our website and join our journey over the next few years as we work with our partners and community to restore the Solent's seascape to health. 🌊

Dive in here: solentseascape.com

Last week, the #Solent team successfully finished their #April fieldwork by #planting 2600 #zosteramarina #plants all over the #Isleof#Wight. Special thanks go out to @IOWDistillery Arksen, Yachts for Science, and the Green Grass crew for their assistance in this project!

🌱🌿It's #InternationalPlantAppreciationDay 🌱🌿

Showing our appreciation for the incredible 'halophytic' plants of our saltmarsh. Specially adapted to cope with inundation by salt water as the tide comes in - here are a few of our favourites 👉

#saltmarsh Solent Seascape Project

This week we’ve been out with our fantastic team of volunteers planting 40,000 seagrass seed as part of our Solent Seagrass Restoration Project and Solent Seascape Project project! 🌱🌊

An exciting milestone working towards our vision of a #wilderSolent
Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust

📢Calling all volunteers📢

The latest batch of oysters are arriving next week, we NEED YOUR HELP to clean them ready for their new home in the Solent!

We would really appreciate as many hands on deck next Tues, Wed, Thur and Fri.

Info and sign-up here: register.enthuse.com/ps/event/Solen…

🌊The Environment Agency and Ocean & Coastal Futures (OCF) have come together again for the #ReMeMaRe24 Conference

🟠Tickets: site.corsizio.com/event/65e1bec3…
🟠Outline Programme: coastal-futures.net/wp-content/upl…
🟠Event webpage: coastal-futures.net/rememare

The OceanSaver team joined our Project Officer at Mercury Yacht Harbour #RiverHamble to check on #oyster health and replace a few rusty old cages!

Lots of fun learning and chatting all things #marine #restoration

Blue Marine Foundation Solent Seascape Project #GenerationRestoration

On the IoW this weekend with EmmaAliceW and Hayley Craig for the Solent Seascape Project collecting our pre #restoration #carbon cores at Priory Bay for the #seagrass sites 🥳👩‍🔬🌎❤️

Our small-scale #seagrass test deployments as part our Solent Seagrass Restoration Project and the Solent Seascape Project Project are complete!

We’ll be doing larger scale plantings next month with the help of our wonderful #volunteers
Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust

Great to hear an update yesterday at Oxford Seascape Ecology Lab from the wonderful Prof Joanne Preston - Coastal Restoration Lab

Jo spoke about the pioneering #seascape restoration work being done in the Solent.

I encourage everyone to follow the progress of this project at Solent Seascape Project.

#GenerationRestoration

Why is saltmarsh so special? Join our free online talk this Thursday to find out, and learn about saltmarsh restoration in Chichester Harbour.

Book here 👇

eventbrite.co.uk/e/solent-seasc…

This talk is one of the Solent Seascape Project winter habitat talks.

Happy #worldseagrassday 🌱

Exciting continuation of seagrass research and restoration in The Solent and Isle of Wight and celebration of the many elements that make up this work!

#solentseagrass #marinehabitats #generationrestoration

🌍World Wildlife Day 🌍

This World Wildlife Day, let us celebrate the birds here in Chichester Harbour National Landscape. And the importance of protecting their habitats, so we don’t have to live in a #WorldWithoutNature

📸Paul Martin, Shirley Rushmer Paul Adams

How can the UK Government support ocean nature-based solutions and seagrass recovery?

Check out our report on seagrass vs water quality now: bit.ly/SeagrassVsWate…

2/2 The #Solent hosts beautiful beds of #seagrass such as this one at Bembridge 🌊
Natural England is part of ongoing efforts to support the recovery of this habitat through restoration and management.
Check out LIFE Recreation ReMEDIES and Solent Seascape Project for more.
📷 Theo Vickers