Sea Kintyre

25/07/2025

We have a contract with the Marine Conservation Society to carry out a baseline seagrass survey in Kintyre. It will be approximately 6 days of work in August or September, in Kintyre. The position is paid (amount tbc).

Candidates will need:

-Snorkel experience in Scotland
-Snorkel equipment including 7mm wetsuit (mandatory. 5mm won't let you stay in the water long enough)
-A snorkel or scuba qualification such as Advanced Open Water (no scuba involved but insurance companies are awkward about snorkeling)
-20 logged dives or snorkels

The work will involve mapping and surveying the health of 4 seagrass beds in Kintyre.

Message if you are interested!

30/04/2025

Life's been getting in the way so apologies for the radio silence. But, this deserved a post. Finally saw not a live catshark, at a skerry I've been meaning to check out for a while. Also healthy seagrass. What a find! 😊

11/06/2024

Another new Islay seagrass meadow mapped! Huge thanks to for the tip off!

This is a snapshot of how we work....gps track recorded going around the seagrass (GPS in waterproof pouch on a float), quick doodle to show where seagrass is while fresh in the mind, before making proper maps on QGIS later. These maps will eventually be submitted to and be made available to anyone who wants to study these habitats, as well as a body of evidence to show areas that should be protected from pollution and other destructive human influences.

05/06/2024

Came across this while searching for intertidal seagrass on Islay today! Any cetacean experts out there care to hazard a guess at the species? I'm thinking minke whale, for no particular reason!

Collie-sized dog for scale 😛!

14/10/2022