
Moray Ocean Community
@morayocean
Promoting citizen science and recording in the Beauly, Cromarty and Inner Moray Firth, and exploring community led marine habitat enhancement.
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09-09-2019 14:53:38
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Sun & Seagrass! What a wonderful day for Moray Ocean Community volunteers to trial some Seagrass survey techniques using paddleboards, snorkels, bathyscopes & cameras! Huge thanks to Sea-Changers for the funding for the paddleboards and NatureScot for our surveying kit!

What a stunning morning for an early seagrass survey for another section of Findhorn Bay for @findhornwater ๐คฉ๐ฑ๐ Project Seagrass @nature

Thanks to the Moray Ocean Community volunteers who had a beautiful sunset on Cummingston beach taking part in the Marine Conservation Society #GreatBritishBeachClean this evening! Jasper & Hamish were also a big help ๐พ Lots of events over the next week so sign up & help gather important litter data!

Thanks again to the volunteers who helped at our Marine Conservation Society #GreatBritishBeachClean event on Friday - that's the important data now added to their website! Lots of events still happening - especially by Moray Firth Coastal Partnership so have a look on the website and join in ๐



Thank you to Ceris from Fauna & Flora for a brilliant strategy day with Directors in Cromarty. Thanks to Lighthouse Field Stn for hosting us & brilliant to say hi to Matt from Moray Firth Coastal Partnership taking part in the Marine Conservation Society #GreatBritishBeachClean We also did a survey to finish the day!

Directors Robyn, Terrie & Catherine are on their way to @FSC_Millport for the Coastal Communities Network (CCN) gathering to represent Moray Ocean Community and learn from other coastal community groups from across #Scotland! Let us know if you have any questions you would like them to ask ๐


Some of our Directors are travelling back from our first Coastal Communities Network (CCN) gathering which was a weekend full of incredible connections. We can't wait to take the inspiration back and see what we can do next with some of the opportunities & partnerships discovered over the weekend ๐

We spoke with volunteers from Moray Ocean Community about their volunteering in the Moray Firth area and how they integrate the #SeagrassSpotter app into their activities ๐ฑ Read the interview here ๐ ow.ly/2fMB50TWY4v #SeagrassSpotter #volunteers #citizenscience #climateaction



One of our Directors was delighted to take part in NatureScot training on intertidal surveying at @FSC_Millport this weekend using the Community led Marine Biodiversity Monitoring Handbook. nature.scot/funding-and-prโฆ Massive thanks to Fauna & Flora Coastal Communities Network (CCN) & NatureScot!


Today Moray Ocean Community volunteers got together to reflect on everything we have done in 2024 and started looking forward to 2025! Here are a few highlights of the year and a huge thank you to everyone for such a fantastic year :) NatureScot Sea-Changers Fauna & Flora
