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Excellent day in the polytunnel again today, two new volunteers joined us and got stuck in to various jobs around the tunnel, including taking cuttings from our stock plants.
#volunteering #NatureScot #SaltmarshRestoration -
Excellent day in the polytunnel again today, two new volunteers joined us and got stuck in to various jobs around the tunnel, including taking cuttings from our stock plants.
#volunteering #NatureScot #SaltmarshRestoration -
Excellent day in the polytunnel again today, two new volunteers joined us and got stuck in to various jobs around the tunnel, including taking cuttings from our stock plants.
#volunteering #NatureScot #SaltmarshRestoration -
Excellent day in the polytunnel again today, two new volunteers joined us and got stuck in to various jobs around the tunnel, including taking cuttings from our stock plants.
#volunteering #NatureScot #SaltmarshRestoration -
Excellent day in the polytunnel again today, two new volunteers joined us and got stuck in to various jobs around the tunnel, including taking cuttings from our stock plants.
#volunteering #NatureScot #SaltmarshRestoration -
Out on my #walk yesterday when I heard a loud piping sound and a wee flock of #birds took off ahead and flew loops around me before disappearing, I walked on a little and waited... #scotland #wildlife #nature #BirdsofScotland #RSPB #NatureScot #BTO
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Out on my #walk yesterday when I heard a loud piping sound and a wee flock of #birds took off ahead and flew loops around me before disappearing, I walked on a little and waited... #scotland #wildlife #nature #BirdsofScotland #RSPB #NatureScot #BTO
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Out on my #walk yesterday when I heard a loud piping sound and a wee flock of #birds took off ahead and flew loops around me before disappearing, I walked on a little and waited... #scotland #wildlife #nature #BirdsofScotland #RSPB #NatureScot #BTO
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Out on my #walk yesterday when I heard a loud piping sound and a wee flock of #birds took off ahead and flew loops around me before disappearing, I walked on a little and waited... #scotland #wildlife #nature #BirdsofScotland #RSPB #NatureScot #BTO
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Out on my #walk yesterday when I heard a loud piping sound and a wee flock of #birds took off ahead and flew loops around me before disappearing, I walked on a little and waited... #scotland #wildlife #nature #BirdsofScotland #RSPB #NatureScot #BTO
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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/
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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 Dornochcontact [email protected] to sign up
More info at https://greenshores.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/volunteering-opportunities/#SolarPunkSunday #Scotland #NatureScot #NatureRestorationFund #Volunteering
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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.
please share
#Saltmarsh #NatureScot #NatureRestorationFund #Volunteering #TayRiver
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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. -
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
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Low tide on the Eden Estuary.
#MeerMittwoch #NatureScot #NatureRestorationFund #Estuary -
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! -
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 -
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 -
We are absolutely thrilled to share that Green Shores has won the Nature of Scotland Award for Coasts and Waters! We loved that the judges particularly commended the scale, impact, and community involvement of our project in tackling crucial issues that affect us all in Scotland.
A big thank you to the #rspb, to our wonderful sponsors #NatureScot, the Royal Dornoch Golf Club, #ArmyInScotland , St Andrews Links Trust, Fife Council, University of St Andrews, and to our amazing volunteers.
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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 -
#Walking in mature pine and birch woodland on the #MuirofDinnetNNR - the route takes a short diversion to the ruins of a small settlement of houses and steadings at #OldKinord … 😀
#Hiking #NatureScot #Deeside #Dinnet #Aboyne #Tarland #Aberdeenshire #Scotland
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#Walking in mature pine and birch woodland on the #MuirofDinnetNNR - the route takes a short diversion to the ruins of a small settlement of houses and steadings at #OldKinord … 😀
#Hiking #NatureScot #Deeside #Dinnet #Aboyne #Tarland #Aberdeenshire #Scotland
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#Walking in mature pine and birch woodland on the #MuirofDinnetNNR - the route takes a short diversion to the ruins of a small settlement of houses and steadings at #OldKinord … 😀
#Hiking #NatureScot #Deeside #Dinnet #Aboyne #Tarland #Aberdeenshire #Scotland
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#Walking in mature pine and birch woodland on the #MuirofDinnetNNR - the route takes a short diversion to the ruins of a small settlement of houses and steadings at #OldKinord … 😀
#Hiking #NatureScot #Deeside #Dinnet #Aboyne #Tarland #Aberdeenshire #Scotland
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#Walking in mature pine and birch woodland on the #MuirofDinnetNNR - the route takes a short diversion to the ruins of a small settlement of houses and steadings at #OldKinord … 😀
#Hiking #NatureScot #Deeside #Dinnet #Aboyne #Tarland #Aberdeenshire #Scotland
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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.
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The Sea Club Rush (Bolboschoenus maritimus) root system showing why it does such a good job of trapping sediment and resisting the pull of the tide.
The contour lines of the container it was growing in are still retained when it is lifted out.
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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 -
The other week we were up in Dornoch, working with some Dornoch Academy S1 and S3 classes.
They did great a great job of taking cuttings and potting them on, now we'll have more plants for saltmarsh restoration in Dornoch firth.
#SaltmarshRestoration #Dornoch #NatureScot #plants -
Green Shores has a 'saltmarsh stock up' session coming up on 23rd Sept in Tayport, Fife. 9:30-1pm.
We will be harvesting Sea Club Rush plants to grow on and propagate in the Plant Hub polytunnel for saltmarsh restoration. If you are local to Tayport and would like to join in -contact us on [email protected] for more info and to book a place.
#volunteering #Scotland #NatureScot #NatureRestorationFund #conservation -
We've carried out extensive tests* and can conclude spending time doing Saltmarsh Volunteering makes people happy.
Look at these happy volunteers!
These (and other) lovely folks have already smashed last year's volunteering hours record. We're delighted that collectively, our volunteers have chosen to donate over 400 hours of their time this year, and that's only the count so far!
*Looked at photos, remembered we were there being happy too -
Biodiversity on the saltmarsh, from the very small to big enough to break your arm - saltmarsh supports a wide variety of insects and animals.
One of the best things about being able to work in this environment is the feeling of how lucky we are to help protect and restore more of this habitat.
#saltmarsh #NatureScot #NatureRestorationFund #Biodiversity -
Such a colourful time of year on the saltmarsh. The sea aster brings all the bees to the saltmarsh.
As if we needed more reasons to restore saltmarsh- biodiversity, erosion prevention, carbon storage, saltmarsh has it all.#saltmarsh #NatureScot #NatureRestorationFund #BloomScrolling
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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
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A new patch of saltmarsh growing out in a circle.
The new growth accumulates sediment as it grows, increasing in size and height.
This growing patch of saltmarsh was spotted today on the Eden estuary.
#saltmarsh #NatureScot #NatureRestorationFund -
We've finished our planting season for 2025 and there will be a small social media pause from this account till August.
Meantime, please enjoy our mini blog post about this year's planting season
https://greenshores.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2025/07/01/2025-planting-season-photos/
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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 -
Sea thrift in bloom on saltmarsh on the Dornoch firth.
#MeerMitwoch #Saltmarsh #NatureScot #NatureRestorationFund