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We've planted out thousands of saltmarsh plants this month.
That means we've got space in the poly tunnel to grow more cuttings!
The polytunnel sessions start back in April, there will be a bit of washing pots along side the propagation, as it's better to reuse than recycle.
Small pots for the grasses, medium for the Sea Club Rush.
#Volunteering #SaltmarshRestoration #NatureScot #NatureRestorationFund

That’s the end of the saltmarsh planting sessions for now. Many thanks to all the volunteers who came out to help get thousands of plants planted.
Next it’s time to take more cuttings from the stock plants in the poly tunnel.

There’s a wee blog post with some of the photos taken during the planting here:

https://greenshores.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2026/03/25/2026-fife-planting-season-photos/

#Saltmarsh #volunteers #NatureScot #NatureRestorationFund

Another great day saltmarsh restoration planting on the Eden Estuary, many thanks to today’s volunteers- the polytunnel grown plants now out in the wild to fend for themselves (with a little protection from the waves by the fencing)
#MarshMadness #volunteers #NatureScot #NatureRestorationFund #Saltmarsh

Another muddy planting day today.
Today’s group were planting sea club rush in the Eden Estuary.
A successful planting day - all the plants we brought were planted.
We are still looking for more volunteers in Dornoch on the 24 & 25 March
Sign up at [email protected] to join in the planting.

@HI_Greens please spread the word!
#Dornoch #SaltmarshRestoration #NatureScot #NatureRestorationFund

Thanks to our fabulous volunteers we got more saltmarsh grasses planted behind protective fencing to help restore saltmarsh on the Eden Estuary today.
#Saltmarsh #MarshMadness #NatureScot #NatureRestorationFund

A very successful first week's planting at Tayport common saltmarsh, all the plants were planted and the polytunnel has a bit more space in it.
Many thanks to all the fabulous volunteers who came out to help on the sunny saltmarsh.

There is still time to sign up for the next sessions, on the Eden estuary, on the 10th, 11th, 17th-19th March.
contact [email protected] to sign up
More info at https://greenshores.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk
#NatureScot #NatureRestorationFund #Volunteers #Saltmarsh

Looking for Volunteers to get muddy doing conservation planting

Saltmarsh Restoration Planting Dates March 2026

Sessions will run 9:30am-1pm

March Tues 3 & Wed 4 at Tayport Common
March Tues 10, Wed 11 at Eden North Shore
March Tues 17, Wed 18, Thursday 19 at Eden South Shore
March Tues 24 & Wed 25 at Dornoch

contact [email protected] to sign up
More info at https://greenshores.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/volunteering-opportunities/

#SolarPunkSunday #Scotland #NatureScot #NatureRestorationFund #Volunteering

We've got more opportunities to join the saltmarsh planting fun on the 10th and 11th of March on the Eden Estuary North Shore, near Leuchars.
Get in touch to sign up.
more info on our website
https://greenshores.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/volunteering-opportunities/
#NatureScot #NatureRestorationFund #Saltmarsh #Conservation

We're into saltmarsh restoration planting season again!

If you are in Fife or nearby we have planting sessions in Tayport, and on the Eden Estuary, north and south shores, over the next few weeks. Details online https://greenshores.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/volunteering-opportunities/

First up is Tayport on March 3rd and 4th

We have some wellies and waterproofs we can lend out for the session, let us know if you need a loan when you email to sign up.

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#Saltmarsh #NatureScot #NatureRestorationFund #Volunteering #TayRiver

Lichen on a large stone sitting on saltmarsh on the Eden Estuary
A hare and the sound of shorebirds also accompanied our sampling work today.

#LichenSubscribe #NatureScot #NatureRestorationFund

The south-easterly winds we’ve been having lately have thrown lots of seaweed up on the saltmarsh grass, emphasising the connection between land and sea.
#Saltmarsh #TextureTuesday #NatureScot #NatureRestorationFund

Saltmarsh in Dornoch last January taken on a sampling trip.
Many textures, from the sharp ice to the brushed (by the sea) grass.
We've got more sampling to do in February, and more planting in March.

#TextureTuesday #Saltmarsh #NatureScot #NatureRestorationFund

Low tide on the Eden Estuary.
#MeerMittwoch #NatureScot #NatureRestorationFund #Estuary

Here's a throwback to a very still winter's day at the start of the year.
The Green Shores team have spotted what we assume was a water vole -it was too fast to be sure- hopping into and swimming in these naturally forming salt pans.
Salt pans are a bit like rock pools without the rocks, where water remains when the tide is out.
Restoring saltmarsh provides more habitat for all the saltmarsh creatures.
#NatureScot #NatureRestorationFund #voles #Biodiversity

We've been busy confirming the next saltmarsh restoration planting dates today.
If you are in Fife, near Tayport or St Andrews and like getting muddy while restoring habitat, reducing coastal erosion and creating a carbon store, we have a day out (or more) for you.
Dates and how to sign up to volunteer on our webpage:
https://greenshores.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/volunteering-opportunities/
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#Fife #Saltmarsh #Muddy #NatureRestorationFund #NatureScot

It's nice to see saltmarsh in recovery. The fragmented saltmarsh with crevices has new extending saltmarsh in front of it.
This new saltmarsh will take some of the energy out of the waves before they reach the damaged areas and reduce further erosion. The grass at the front is already trapping sediment, increasing in height, storing carbon, and extending habitat.
#NatureScot #NatureRestorationFund #Nature #Saltmarsh #ClimateAction

Throwback to January 2025 and the view out to Dornoch Firth at the end of a day sampling on the saltmarsh restoration sites.
#MeerMittwoch
#NatureScot #NatureRestorationFund #saltmarsh

We've got more sampling planned for January, continuing the ongoing monitoring of the restoration sites.
We won't have the benefit of the University of St Andrews photographer to take photos this month though we love the photos Gayle took when she came out with us and made us look in focus/focussed.
Photo Credit Gayle McIntyre/University of St Andrews.
#NatureScot #NatureRestorationFund #Saltmarsh #FieldWork

There will be no polytunnel plant propagation session running tomorrow (Wednesday 7th Jan) as it is too cold for volunteers and plants alike.
We should be back next week!

#NatureScot #NatureRestorationFund #volunteering #ice

The last few poly tunnel volunteering sessions have been listed on our website including the one with mince pies, the team Christmas lunch has been booked. It's definitely getting to the end of the year.
Meantime, on the saltmarsh, the plants keep growing, or are in dormancy waiting for better conditions to grow again. The fencing should protect this year's plantings from some of the effects of the winter storms.
#NatureScot #NatureRestorationFund #saltmarsh

Lovely to spend some time with some of the artists from the Reciprocity/Poiesis project, talking saltmarsh, grasses, plant awareness disparity, connections and plotting a visit to a saltmarsh.
Thanks to Kate Downie for hosting in her beautiful studio.
#NatureScot #NatureRestorationFund #artistCollaboration

Green Shores was featured on BBC Radio Scotland's Out Of Doors programme this weekend. Presenter Mark Stephens came along to our Saltmarsh Stock up in September to meet us and the volunteers who joined us on the day.

You can listen to the recording here:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002ld4d
or as podcast, wherever you get your podcasts under ‘Scotland Outdoors’.
#NatureScot #NatureRestorationFund #Volunteers #Podcast

It was great to lead a walk and talk today with the Scottish Wildlife Trust, Fife and Kinross group.

We covered successful saltmarsh restoration sites, new techniques for protecting restoration planting and saw what healthy and eroded saltmarsh looks like. There was even time to visit the Green Shores plant hub where we propagate saltmarsh plants for the next round of restoration planting.

#NatureScot #NatureRestorationFund

One of the less glamorous* jobs we do to help restore saltmarsh is wash the minimal plastic polypots we use to grow the cuttings on.
There were plenty to wash after planting nearly 4000 plants earlier in the year.
After washing we can reuse them for the next set of cuttings.

*yes, planting saltmarsh in the mud is glamorous- for a certain value of glamor
#Reuse #SaltmarshRestoration #NatureScot #NatureRestorationFund

Great work from the Green Shores volunteers today, joining the West Sands Rangers for a litter pick along some of the Eden Estuary saltmarsh.
#volunteering #litterPick #saltmarsh #NatureRestorationFund

Another field day with a beautiful blue sky.
Spotted this lichen crusted post that has seen a lot of weather on the Eden saltmarsh.
#LichenSubscribe #PostOfTheDay #Saltmarsh #NatureRestorationFund #NatureScot

Before and After.
6 months after planting this tidal reservoir site in March the plugs we planted are really doing well and have even started developing their own seeds.
The Sea Club Rush (Bolboschoenus maritimus) and Reeds (Phragmites australis) roots have established well. Hopefully the winter weather will be kind to them and their roots will be nicely established.
#HabitatRestoration #NatureRestorationFund #Saltmarsh

This is what we love to see, taken on the Dornoch firth this summer, the previously eroded saltmarsh edge is recovering and extending seaward.
Saltmarsh is very effective at protecting against coastal erosion when it is healthy and of a sufficient size to buffer the energy of the incoming waves.
#Saltmarsh #CoastalErosion #NatureBasedSolutions #NatureScot #NatureRestorationFund

Sea thrift in bloom on saltmarsh on the Dornoch firth.
#MeerMitwoch #Saltmarsh #NatureScot #NatureRestorationFund

Volunteers have been hard at work in the polytunnel, propagating plants for saltmarsh restoration.
There will more opportunities to volunteer with Green Shores; saltmarsh restoration planting dates will be released soon for the Tay and Eden Estuaries
#NatureScot #NatureRestorationFund #saltmarsh #volunteering #EcosystemRestoration

A seascape from Dornoch Firth. It was taken at the end of a field day, as the tide was returning and the sun was setting. Such a beautiful place to work.
#MeerMittwoch #DornochFirth #NatureScot #NatureRestorationFund

A seascape from Dornoch Firth. It was taken at the end of a field day, as the tide was returning and the sun was setting. Such a beautiful place to work.
#MeerMittwoch #DornochFirth #NatureScot #NatureRestorationFund

A seascape from Dornoch Firth. It was taken at the end of a field day, as the tide was returning and the sun was setting. Such a beautiful place to work.
#MeerMittwoch #DornochFirth #NatureScot #NatureRestorationFund

A seascape from Dornoch Firth. It was taken at the end of a field day, as the tide was returning and the sun was setting. Such a beautiful place to work.
#MeerMittwoch #DornochFirth #NatureScot #NatureRestorationFund

A seascape from Dornoch Firth. It was taken at the end of a field day, as the tide was returning and the sun was setting. Such a beautiful place to work.
#MeerMittwoch #DornochFirth #NatureScot #NatureRestorationFund

Then and Now. Trays of newly potted on grasses in (first picture)July and in the second picture in September this year.
These are plants which will go on to be planted out as part of our saltmarsh restoration project.
#NatureRestorationFund #SaltMarsh #Grasses #FestucaRubra

Tide coming in and tide out at one of our saltmarsh restoration sites on the Eden.

The Saltmarsh plants are adapted to this twice daily tidal influx.
The recent planting are establishing and still hard to see against the sand behind the fences, they are fully submerged as the tide comes in.

#MeerMittwoch #NatureScot #NatureRestorationFund #SaltmarshRestoration

We were planting last week, getting the last of this year's polytunnel grown stock out into the Eden Estuary- Sea Club rush and saltmarsh grass.
Another two days with fabulous volunteers, we couldn't do it without them.
#SaltmarshRestoration #NatureScot #NatureRestorationFund #TidesOutTuesday

The tides were good for planting on the Eden estuary this week, and we had some lovely volunteers to help us. This was the Tuesday group.

#SaltmarshRestoration
#NatureScot #NatureRestorationFund

More saltmarsh harvesting today for our work with the University of St Andrews Transition group. Tomorrow we’ll be planting up the reservoir we started restoration planting last year.
Sunny, muddy fun.
#SaltmarshRestoration #NatureScot #NatureRestorationFund

The Dornoch Academy students were helping propagate saltmarsh plants for saltmarsh restoration in the Dornoch Firth the other week.
Great to have them helping bulk up the plants.
#Saltmarsh #SaltmarshRestoration #NatureScot #NatureRestorationFund

More reflections of our recent trip to Dornoch Firth to monitor the effects of the fencing on saltmarsh restoration.
more info in the alt text

#Saltmarsh #NatureScot #NatureRestorationFund #SaltmarshRestoration

At the University of St Andrews Mind & Matter 2024 family science day.
Muddy fun and a chance to show off our new banners.
#SaltMarshRestoration
#NatureRestorationFund

The saltmarsh walk went well today. The participants saw the new fencing in place on the seaward side of the saltmarsh that is taking some of the energy out of the waves, protecting the damaged saltmarsh. Next year’s plantings will also be protected while they establish, & once established those plants will go on to shelter the saltmarsh further, allowing it to extend more.
#SaltmarshRestoration #Saltmarsh #NatureRestorationFund #NatureScot #MeerMittwoch

The Green Shores #FifeClimateFestival events continue next week with an open volunteering session at the polytunnel just outside of St Andrews to divide plants to get them ready for planting out at our saltmarsh restoration sites on the Tay and Eden Estuaries.

https://fccan.org.uk/events/saltmarsh-superstars-plant-propagation/

#Fife #Volunteering #SaltmarshRestoration #NatureRestorationFund #NatureScot

We're into saltmarsh planting season, planting now to give the plant roots time to establish over summer before heading into winter storms.

#SaltmarshRestoration #NatureScot #NatureRestorationFund #volunteering

Another image from last week's drone survey outings to some of the saltmarsh restoration sites to get baseline data. We will use it to see the change in saltmarsh extent by the end of the current funding cycle.
The edge of the estuary can be a harsh habitat. This moss is growing on rock armour at the estuary edge. The drone pilot, Ken, is visible in the background.
#mosstodon #NatureScot #NatureRestorationFund #saltmarsh #SaltmarshRestoration

A good day at the polytunnel today, we tipped over 100 hours of volunteering time and have potted on over 1,250 saltmarsh grass plants- all since July.
We haven't counted how many of the Bolboschoenus maritimus plants have been potted on yet.
No wonder we keep needing to source new containers to keep the plants in, thankfully, Transition University of St Andrews have been great at supplying us boxes from their StAndReUse scheme.
#volunteers #NatureRestorationFund #SaltmarshRestoration #ReUse

This Sea Club Rush (Bolboschoenus maritimus) grew new shoots out of it's pot and into the container it was sitting in. Turning it upside down, it's clear that the roots form a dense mat, stabilising the soil it is growing in.
No wonder it is a superstar plant for catching sediment and building saltmarsh, all that and it can survive salty water and waterlogging.
#saltmarshRestoration #plants #roots #NatureRestorationFund