MCS Sea Champion: Sarah’s story
We asked MCS Sea Champion volunteer, Sarah Pearson, why she is so passionate about seagrass, what had prompted her to volunteer for MCS and help out with organising talks about seagrass…. So what’s my story – I think the best thing is to give a little background… Jacques Cousteau shaped my early love of the…
Read MoreOne week in the Solent
Spring finally felt like it had sprung last week as myself and a number of the ReMEDIES partnership headed down to Hampshire to plant the first of four hectares of seagrass in the Solent Restoration site.
Read MoreSpring seagrass planting is underway
Our wonderful volunteers are back in action packing seagrass seed bags for our springtime planting effort.
Read MoreSpring into action for seagrass
Snowdrops are emerging at our re-wilding site on Wembury recreation ground where we partnered Parklife Southwest last Autumn. It reminds us that spring is on its way – an exciting time of renewal and growth. In our seagrass lab at the National Marine Aquarium, our seedlings are growing well. Growth is also happening on our…
Read MoreLife in the lab
Our new seagrass cultivation officer, Amelia Newman based at Ocean Conservation Trust, has just finished preparing the seagrass lab at the National Marine Aquarium ready for the next stage of our restoration work… It’s a busy time in the lab as we care for more than 3 million seagrass seeds that will be used in…
Read MoreWhen volunteers help conservation
Science is difficult and must be done by professionals. Or must it? When Marine Conservation Society (MCS) was offered the chance to work with a volunteer yachtsman, Mr Chris Cooling, aboard his ocean-going yacht (Allegra), we grabbed the chance with both hands. In marine conservation, budgets aren’t at the levels required to map every single…
Read MoreSeasearch survey in the Solent
Hampshire Seasearch volunteers surveyed a large seagrass bed just east of the busy port of Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, at the end of June.
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